Cora Combs

{{Infobox professional wrestler

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|birth_name = Beulah Mae Combs{{cite web|url=http://wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=4061&details=7|title=Wrestlingdata.com |author=Axel Saalbach}}[https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/54532600:2442?ssrc=pt&tid=33827115&pid=152265438553 1940 U.S. Census Record]

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|3|17}}[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]

|birth_place = Hazard, Kentucky, U.S.

|death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|6|21|1927|3|17}}

|death_place = Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.

|names = Cora Combs
Lady Satan
Beulah Szostecki

|height = 5 ft 5 in

|weight = 138 lb

|billed =

|spouse = Earl Evans Andrews, Chester Joseph Szostecki

|children = Deborah "Debbie" Ann Szostecki, Charles David Szostecki

|trainer = Billy Wolfe

|debut = 1945

|retired = 1985

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Beulah Mae Combs (March 17, 1927 – June 21, 2015),[https://www.springhillfh.com/obituaries/Beulah-Szostecki/#!/Obituary Obituary for Mrs. Beulah "Cora Combs" Szostecki]. Springhillfh.com. 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/118-daily-updates/43167-cora-combs-passes-away|title=Cora Combs passes away|author=Dave Meltzer|work=Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Weekly}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2015/06/22/22465841.html?cid=rsssportswrestling|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623165155/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2015/06/22/22465841.html?cid=rsssportswrestling|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 23, 2015|department=SLAM! Sports |title=Wrestling – Cora Combs was a pioneering woman wrestler|work=canoe.com}}

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

Championships and accomplishments

File:Cora Combs poster.jpg

National Wrestling Alliance
NWA United States Women's Championship (5 times){{cite web|url=http://wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=titles&titel=219|title=Wrestlingdata.com |author=Axel Saalbach}}
NWA Southern Women's Championship (Florida version) (2 times){{cite web|url=http://wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=titles&titel=223|title=Wrestlingdata.com |author=Axel Saalbach}}
Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame
Class of 2007{{cite web|url=http://www.pwhf.org/halloffamers/bios/cora_combs.asp|title=Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame|work=pwhf.org|access-date=2015-06-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090418235017/http://www.pwhf.org/halloffamers/bios/cora_combs.asp|archive-date=2009-04-18|url-status=dead}}
WWE
WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2018){{Cite web|url=https://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.php?id=116599|title=2018 WWE Hall of Fame Legacy Wing Inductees Are.... |website=www.PWInsider.com|access-date=2018-04-06}}