Molly Holly
| Molly Holly | |
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| Birth name | Nora Kristina Greenwald |
| Born |
September 7, 1977 Forest Lake, Minnesota, United States |
| Residence | White Bear Lake, Minnesota, United States |
| Spouse(s) | Geno Benshoof (m. 2010) |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Lady Ophelia Mighty Molly Miss Madness Molly Holly Mona Nora Greenwald Starla Saxton |
| Billed height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
| Billed from | Forest Lake, Minnesota |
| Trained by |
Dean Malenko Dudley Dudley Dave Finlay |
| Debut | August 2, 1997 |
| Retired | April 14, 2005 |
Nora Kristina Benshoof (née Greenwald; born on September 7, 1977) is an American retired professional wrestler. She is best known for her appearances with the World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment from 2000 to 2005 under the ring name Molly Holly. She is also known for her appearances with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as Miss Madness and Mona in 1999 to 2000.
Holly began her professional wrestling career in WCW, where she also worked as a trainer. In 2000, Greenwald debuted in the then-WWF as part of The Holly Cousins stable, an alliance of storyline cousins. She was later aligned with The Hurricane. During her time with the WWF/WWE, Holly held the WWF Hardcore Championship once and the WWE Women's Championship twice.
She now serves as a female coach at The Academy School of Professional Wrestling in Minnespolis, Minnesota owned by Ken Anderson and Shawn Daivari.
Greenwald was born in 1977 to Rick and Bonnie Greenwald. She has two brothers. Growing up, Greenwald had no plans to be a wrestler, but she was interested in appearing on American Gladiators while growing up. She trained to be a powerlifter from age 14 to age 18, and at age 14, she broke the Minnesota state powerlifting record (75 pounds) for her age group by lifting 100 pounds. She also trained as a gymnast. Later, she began wrestling for fun, not because she wanted to be on TV.
After she graduated from Forest Lake Area High School in 1996, Nora left home with $200 and a '65 Oldsmobile, which she drove from Minnesota to Florida. Before training as a wrestler, Greenwald was employed at a Subway restaurant and as a telemarketer for Special Data Processing. While working at Subway, it was suggested to Nora that she try out for wrestling, and out of curiosity, she did.
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