Desiree Petersen is a

professional wrestler Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring or ...

. She was born in

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and once held the

WWF Women's Tag Team Championship The WWF Women's Tag Team Championship was a women's professional wrestling tag team title in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). The belief its holders were considered world champions was expressed by Jesse Ventura, an announcer for s ...

Wrestling career

In 1982, Desiree Petersen met

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. Hart would not train her, but referred her for training with

The Fabulous Moolah Mary Lillian Ellison (July 22, 1923 – November 2, 2007) was an American professional wrestler better known by her ring name The Fabulous Moolah. She began her career working with promoter Billy Wolfe and his wife, wrestler and trainer Mildr ...

. After training at Moolah's school, Petersen made her professional debut in January 1983 against Velvet McIntyre in

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World Wrestling Federation (1984–1985; 1988)

In December 1984, Petersen replaced Princess Victoria as Velvet McIntyre's tag-team partner and was awarded the

. From 1984-1985, Petersen competed in solo and tag-team matches against Moolah, Mad Maxine,

Leilani Kai Patty Seymour (born January 23, 1960) is a semi-retired professional wrestler, better known by her ring name Leilani Kai. She began training with The Fabulous Moolah right after finishing high school. In the 1980s, as part of the World Wrestling F ...

, Judy Martin, Donna Christanello, Penny Mitchell, Peggy Patterson, and

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. During the first half of 1985, Petersen was engaged in a major solo feud against Martin, which was also spotlighted during her interview with

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on ''

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'' in June 1985. Petersen and McIntyre defended the titles until splitting up. A tag team title match between

The Glamour Girls The Glamour Girls was a female professional wrestling tag team. The members were Judy Martin and Leilani Kai History Early career and training Leilani Kai was trained by The Fabulous Moolah in 1975 right after she finished high school at ' ...

(Leilani Kai and Judy Martin) and champions McIntyre and Petersen was reported to have happened in Egypt in 1985, but in actuality, the match never took place. Kai and Martin were awarded the titles after McIntyre and Petersen split up when Petersen left the WWF in 1985. Petersen returned to the WWF in 1988 and feuded with

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Ladies Professional Wrestling Association

After leaving the WWF, Petersen competed in the

Ladies Professional Wrestling Association The Ladies Professional Wrestling Association (LPWA) was a women's professional wrestling promotion which operated in the early 1990s (ca. 1989–1992). It was considered a successor to such women's promotions as Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (GLO ...

. At the

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pay-per-view event, she was defeated by

Shinobu Kandori is a retired Japanese wrestler and politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Yokohama, Kanagawa, she ran unsuccessfully for House of Councillors in 200 ...

Championships and accomplishments

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** WWF Women's Tag Team Champion (1 time) - with

Velvet McIntyre Velvet McIntyre (born November 24, 1962) is an Irish-Canadian retired professional wrestler. After beginning her career in 1980, she wrestled in American independent promotions before joining the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). She ...

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Petersen, Desiree Living people Sportspeople from Copenhagen Danish female professional wrestlers Year of birth missing (living people) Stampede Wrestling alumni 20th-century professional wrestlers