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| Birth Name(s) : Nora Greenwald |
Date of Birth: September 7, 1977 |
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It all started in 1997 when Nora Greenwald was approched with an offer to train at a wrestling school, Nora Greenwald even stated herself that she had no intentions to be a wrestler and was never really interested in that sport. As the two time captain of the gymnastics team in her school Nora never thought it possible, Born in Forest Lake back in 1978 [Christ, that makes her younger than me, but only just! - Simon], Nora is currently 22 years old.
While taking a vacation at a holiday park Nora Greenwald accepted an offer to train at a wrestling school. Nora Greenwald says that she had fun and it was a good experience, little did she know that whilst working in the indies she would be called by WCW officials and given a contract, that Nora happily signed. Nora knew that working in WCW would help her career start and it did..... In addition, as Starla, Nora had a TV tryout in the WWF, wrestling then champion Jacqui. Even though officials and Jacqui were impressed, it would be another three years before she made the WWF.
In 1999, Miss Madness made her debut, valet to the legendary Macho Man Randy Savage and member of Team Madness, fans were impressed and Nora got respect from many superstars. As the time went by WCW officials wanted to change Nora's current storyline so she could get involved in different things and that happened. Miss Madness was no more when Randy Savage fired her from being his valet, It was not to soon though before Nora returned with a new character, Mona. After many fueds and impressive matches Nora was called one day again by WCW officials and was told that she was no longer on WCW's roster. Then after months of training Nora finally got recognised by The WWF and was later contacted.....
In the month of November 2000, Molly Holly made her debut, and along with Steve Blackman, Molly and Crash cleared the ring of T&A(Test and Albert) and Trish Stratus, It was then that a match was set for Molly's first WWF PPV Survivor Series, a six person tag where Molly, Crash and Blackman would take on T&A and Trish (then known as T&APA due to there feud with The Acolytes). In the end it was Molly that managed to get the Top Rope Sunset flip on Trish and win the match for her team. Since then Molly has had numerous Womens Title Shots but has been cheated out of them. Only time will tell if this Holly will wear WWF Gold, but if it's down to wrestling abilities then Molly is one of the top contenders! |
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Additional Molly Holly Biography
Noreen "Nora" Kristina Greenwald (born September 7, 1977 in Forest Lake, Minnesota) better known by her ring name Molly Holly, is an inactive American professional wrestler. Greenwald is best known for her appearances with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
Greenwald is a two-time former WWE Women's Champion and one of the few women to hold a male title in WWE, holding the WWE Hardcore Championship on one occasion. Moreover, while working in WCW, she trained many of the female wrestlers at the WCW Power Plant. Aside from professional wrestling, Greenwald is heavily involved in church activities and spends her time doing missions work in Guatemala.
Growing up, Greenwald had no plans to be a wrestler, but she did want to be on American Gladiators for awhile. 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." As soon as she graduated Forest Lake Area High School, 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.
Greenwald began training as a wrestler under Dean Malenko in Tampa, Florida in 1997. She debuted on August 2, 1997 in the World Professional Wrestling Federation (WPWF) under the ring name Starla Saxton. Greenwald wrestled on the independent circuit throughout 1997 and 1998, winning two championships. On August 21, 1998 she defeated Malia Hosaka to win the New Dimension Wrestling Women's Title, but lost it one day later back to Hosaka.
She appeared with both World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation as a jobber, unsuccessfully challenging Jacqueline for the WWF Women's Championship on an October 1998 episode of WWF Sunday Night HEAT. In late 1999, she briefly feuded with Brandi Alexander while wrestling in the Florida independent circuit.
She debuted in WCW as Miss Madness, one of Randy Savage's valets along with Gorgeous George and Madusa. Savage asked her and Madusa to train his then-girlfriend Gorgeous George in real life, highlights of this were shown on WCW TV. This heel stable, called Team Madness, would interfere in matches for the benefit of Savage. Behind the scenes, Nora and Madusa trained the other women of WCW at the WCW Power Plant. Eventually, Savage turned on her and she became Mona, a face, who wrestled barefoot in a blue dress. She embarked on mini-feuds with Madusa, Little Jeannie, and Asya. Independent female wrestlers, such as Dee Dee Venturi and Brandi Alexander, were also brought in to wrestle Mona. However, WCW released Greenwald in August 2000 in a cost-cutting move.
Upon signing a contract with the World Wrestling Federation, she was sent to their training ground in Memphis Championship Wrestling to work off ring-rust. She became the manager of William Regal and was known as Lady Ophelia. While there, she squared off against The Kat, Bobcat, and Victoria.
In 2000, she reappeared in the World Wrestling Federation under the Lady Ophelia gimmick, wrestling dark matches and valeting for William Regal. However, Greenwald would have her first major run in the company as Molly Holly, where she would join her "cousins" Bob Holly and Crash Holly. At the time, The Holly Cousins were involved in a feud with T & A (Test, Albert, and manager Trish Stratus). Greenwald admits that Stratus was one of her favorite people to work with. Molly's arrival on the November 6, 2000 edition of RAW started a short feud with Stratus, leading to her first televised victory over Stratus in a Six-Person Intergender Tag Team Match at the Survivor Series 2000. In a match between Crash Holly and Dean Malenko Molly distracted the referee by standing on the ring apron. Malenko then kissed Molly forcefully, annoying Molly, who then helped out Crash by debuting her Molly-Go-Round on Malenko and enabling Crash to win. In 2001, Molly formed a kayfabe relationship with Spike Dudley, in the midst of the feud between her "cousins" (The Hollys) and Spike's "brothers" (The Dudley Boyz). This relationship added more friction to the feud. In interviews in subsequent years, Greenwald recalled the "relationship" with Spike Dudley as the "best time of her career."
In August 2005, she released an autobiographical DVD entitled "Nora Greenwald: Shootin' the Shi Crap" that detailed the reasons behind her departure. A portion of the profits from the sale of the DVD went to the education fund of the daughter of Mike Lockwood, after his death.
On December 16, 2006, Nora returned to Guatemala for several months to learn Spanish and do missions work.
Greenwald now works for Minnesota Teen Challenge, a one-year residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation program. She said she was drawn to the program after more than 10 of her friends and former colleagues died from drugs. |
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