Cora Combs Explained

Birth Name:	Beulah Mae Combs^[1] ^[2]
Birth Date:	17 March 1927^[3]
Birth Place:	Hazard, Kentucky, U.S.
Death Place:	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Names:	Cora Combs Lady Satan Beulah Szostecki
Height:	5 ft 5 in
Weight:	138 lb
Spouse:	Earl Evans Andrews, Chester Joseph Szostecki
Children:	Deborah "Debbie" Ann Szostecki, Charles David Szostecki
Trainer:	Billy Wolfe
Debut:	1945
Retired:	1985

Beulah Mae Combs (March 17, 1927 – June 21, 2015),^[4] better known by her ring name as Cora Combs, was an American professional wrestler. She was the last survivor of the Billy Wolfe troupe. She mainly wrestled in Indianapolis.

Professional wrestling career

Combs was born on March 17, 1927, in Hazard, Kentucky. Before she was a professional wrestler, Combs was a country music singer. In 1949, she attended a pro wrestling show headlined by Mildred Burke, then the biggest star in women's pro wrestling. Nick Gulas presented her to pro wrestler Billy Wolfe, who trained her.^[5]

Combs also wrestled her own daughter, Debbie Combs, under a mask as Lady Satan.

In 2007, Combs was inducted in the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Personal life and death

Combs had a daughter, Deborah Ann Szostecki (Debbie Combs), who also was a professional wrestler.^[6]

Combs died on June 21, 2015, in Nashville at the age of 88.^[4] She had pneumonia in the week preceding her death.^[5]

Championships and accomplishments

• National Wrestling Alliance
  • NWA United States Women's Championship (4 times)^[7]
  • NWA Southern Women's Championship (Florida version) (2 times)^[8]
• Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame
  • Class of 2007^[9]
• WWE
  • WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2018)^[10]

See also

• List of oldest surviving professional wrestlers

External links

• • • Official page at DDT Digest

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wrestlingdata.com . Axel Saalbach.
2. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/54532600:2442?ssrc=pt&tid=33827115&pid=152265438553 1940 U.S. Census Record
3. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3682157:8788?tid=33827115&pid=152265438553&queryId=c220d94e-75d8-42b3-9ffc-a58def749775&%20phsrc=hpq39&%20phstart=successSource Kentucky Birth Index Record
4. https://www.springhillfh.com/obituaries/Beulah-Szostecki/#!/Obituary Obituary for Mrs. Beulah "Cora Combs" Szostecki
5. Web site: Cora Combs passes away. Dave Meltzer. Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Weekly.
6. Web site: Wrestling – Cora Combs was a pioneering woman wrestler. https://web.archive.org/web/20150623165155/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2015/06/22/22465841.html?cid=rsssportswrestling. dead. June 23, 2015. SLAM! Sports . canoe.com.
7. Web site: Wrestlingdata.com . Axel Saalbach.
8. Web site: Wrestlingdata.com . Axel Saalbach.
9. Web site: Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame. pwhf.org. 2015-06-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20090418235017/http://www.pwhf.org/halloffamers/bios/cora_combs.asp. 2009-04-18. dead.
10. Web site: 2018 WWE Hall of Fame Legacy Wing Inductees Are.... . www.PWInsider.com. 2018-04-06.