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Mae Young has passed away.

Life support machine switched off do sadly just a matter of time. Rest in peace.

Oh man:( Prayers and thoughts go out from my end.

Wow, you never know when it'll be your time to go.

Very sad.

Hopefully her hand son will be there to give her a low five before she joins Bobby Jaggers and Vicky Venom.

It's official, Mae Young has passed away

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>A sad day in the wrestling world ... <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23MaeYoung&src=hash">#MaeYoung</a> has passed away at the age of 90.
<a href="http://t.co/xgVGcJATxH">http://t.co/xgVGcJATxH</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23RIPMae&src=hash">#RIPMae</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23WWE&src=hash">#WWE</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ProWrestling&src=hash">#ProWrestling</a></p>— Mike Mooneyham (@ByMikeMooneyham) <a href="https://twitter.com/ByMikeMooneyham/statuses/421278205547257857">January 9, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Wrestling in nine different decades, being powerbombed off the stage at 80 years old, giving birth to a hand in one of the funniest moments on Raw. This woman is going to be missed.

Here's the article:

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Legendary women's pro wrestling star Mae Young died early Thursday morning at her Columbia home at the age of 90.

Known to millions of fans worldwide as the Amazing Mae Young, she was born Johnnie Mae Young on March 23, 1923, in Sand Springs, Okla., although some friends insist that her actual birthdate was several years earlier.

A highly touted athlete in high school, Young broke into the pro ranks at the tender age of 15, joining a fraternity of women whose grit and toughness would be profiled decades later in "Lipstick and Dynamite," a 2005 documentary that shone a spotlight on the forgotten first ladies of wrestling who lived hard and fought even harder, blazing a trail on the wrestling circuit and paving the way for future generations.

Young, who broke into the business in 1939, was the first-ever NWA U.S. women's champion and participated in the profession over a remarkable span of nine decades.

She earned a widespread reputation for being one of the toughest, street-savvy workers in the business - and that included men and women.

Young perhaps gained her greatest notoriety when she and longtime friend, perennial women's world champion The Fabulous Moolah (Lillian Ellison), made an appearance on a WWE Smackdown show in 1999, 60 years after Young's entree into the profession.

Moolah was laid out by a guitar while Young was put in a figure four leglock. Both were in their 70s by then, but from that time on they would make semi-regular appearances on WWE television where they became fan favorites.

Although their bits on the show were mostly of a comedic nature, Young would survive power bombs from male wrestlers nearly half a century younger and would even win WWE's Miss Royal Rumble in 2000 at the age of 77.

That same year Young took part in an over-the-top storyline where she dated WWE star Mark Henry, announced that she was "pregnant" and later gave birth to a rubber hand.

Young was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2007 along with Moolah, with whom she shared a home and wrestling complex in Columbia where hundreds of aspiring wrestlers - male and female -trained under two of wrestling's greatest women grapplers.

Young had helped Ellison, who passed away in 2007, break into the sport decades earlier.

"She was in California and had lost all of her family, and I told her this big place was just sitting here and she could have the whole upstairs," Ellison once said.

For years the two, both members of the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame, were delightful hosts at the Columbia estate and reservoirs of grappling history.

RIP. Amazing woman.

Awwwww damn. RIP Mae Young.

This one kid in Sri Lanka was like, "I need confirmation that Mae Young passed, omg, she was taken off life support and I RIP'ed her"

The hell.

I hope she farts on him in the next stage of existence

RIP to one of the toughest women to have ever lived.

I met Mae Young at the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame induction a few years ago. She was very nice and funny also.

RIP :(

Really makes you think about your own mortality.

She was so "young" though. RIP and shit

She certainly lived a full life. RIP.

This sucks, Mae Young and Mark Henry's sex/hand birth angle is one of my favorite wrestling moments/angles of ALL time. WWE needs a new crazy old lady...

This is sad. Mae Young was always a delight to see. At 80 years old she took bumps that Hogan and Flair wouldn't take. Up until last week I truly believed that she would have a segment with Stephanie's oldest daughter in about 10 years.

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Originally Posted by Shisen Kopf (Post 4357130)

She was so "young" though. RIP and shit

Yeah, so sad. But I’m sure her and Moolah are having a “Fabulous” time up in heaven reconnecting with one another. R.I.P. :'(

They’ll probably edit in at least a little still picture memorial for SD! this Friday. Maybe not. Anyway, it’d be nice if they made time on Monday to do some sort of small video tribute package. Doesn’t have to take forever, just think it would be a nice gesture to a woman who was one of the last great female wrestlers still alive from the (ironic considering last Monday’s RAW, I know, but...) “old-school” days of the sport.

Professional wrestling has lost a true icon and Mae Young will be forever missed and loved by millions of fans around the world.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Mae Young has not passed away. The source who reported her passing received incorrect information. Mae is gravely ill, but still alive.</p>— Mike Mooneyham (@ByMikeMooneyham) <a href="https://twitter.com/ByMikeMooneyham/statuses/421311183115669505">January 9, 2014</a></blockquote>
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WTF

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Originally Posted by VSG (Post 4357155)

SEEMS TRUSTWORTHY FROM A GUY WHO WROTE A BOOK CALLED “Sex, Lies and Headlocks”...:yes::y:

lol she's hard as fuck

It is like these ppl want her to pass away, like they hate her.

I say leave her to be at peace, but if you think she'll go down without a fight then you haven't been paying attention

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Nice

Leave it to Mae Young to kick out of death.

RIP if she's dead.

"You go girl!" if she isn't.

You can't have just one pinch, it's great

Cope

ROFL I can just see her ready to fight with doctors who want to keep her admitted. Hope she pulls out of this one!

I'm afraid I have some BAD NEWS: The internet is full of misleading reports that cannot always be trusted.

So Mae Young is no-selling death. Jesus, this woman is tough.

I posted that because although he's not an official source by any means, he was the one that everyone seemed to trace back to her being taken off of life support. But hey, we all make mistakes.

Remember guys, its not real until its posted on WWE.com!

Can a mod add the phrase "Citation Needed" to the title of this thread?

"Fuck you, death. I'm gonna see who wins this Goddamn Royal Rumble."

We ARE talking about the woman who yelled at Bubba Ray Dudley for giving her what she considered to be a sub-par powerbomb, right?

Still alive, by the way.

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NOT THIS WAY, DAMMIT! THOSE DAMN DUDLEYS!!

She didn't listen to anyone who said rest in peace, you A-holes wanted her to stay down.