Peggy Lee (born January 19, 1959), also known by her

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s Peggy Lee Leather, Lady X, and Thug, is an American

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Professional wrestling career

World Wrestling Federation

Peggy Lee competed in the

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in the mid-1980s. In 1984, she formed a tag team with

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and frequently challenged WWF Women's Tag Team Champions

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and Princess Victoria. By 1985, Leather and Richter split up. Richter became a

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and won the

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. Leather challenged Richter for the title, but was unsuccessful.

American Wrestling Association

After leaving the WWF, she competed in Florida Championship Wrestling as Peggy Lee Pringle, the sister of

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. She engaged in a feud with Mad Maxine, who had been battling Percy. She then began working for the American Wrestling Association as Peggy Lee Leather and challenged Madusa Miceli for the

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. She also competed in a lingerie battle royal at the '' AWA SuperClash III'' pay-per-view event on December 13, 1988.

Independent circuit and World Championship Wrestling

Leather also worked for

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. She competed in his nationally televised professional women's wrestling league, Powerful Women of Wrestling (POWW). During her time in POWW, she had a notable feud with her former WWF tag team partner Wendi Richter. She also feuded with long-time adversary

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. In 1990, she briefly competed in

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and was defeated by Bambi on ''

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''. She then joined the

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and competed as Lady X. She defeated Susan Sexton on January 31, 1991, in

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, to win the LPWA Championship. At the ''

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'' pay-per-view event, she lost the LPWA Championship when she was defeated by Terri Power. After the LPWA closed, she returned to the independent circuit. She competed in the Women's Pro Wrestling organization in the early 1990s. In 1997, she briefly returned to WCW and became a contender for the

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. While in WCW, she wrestled against her former AWA rival, Madusa, who was the number one contender at the time.. From 2000 to 2001, she wrestled as Thug in

's televised

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promotion, where she frequently feuded with long-time rival

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(previously billed as Bambi). Thug defeated Majors in a steel cage match at the ''WOW Unleashed'' pay-per-view event. Off-camera, Majors and Thug served as trainers for the inexperienced talent.History of ''Women of Wrestling''
On January 29, 2005, Leather appeared at ''Wrestle Reunion'' in an eight-woman tag team match (teaming with

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, and

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against Wendi Richter,

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, Bambi and Jenny Taylor).

Championships and accomplishments

* International Wrestling Association ** IWA Women's Championship (3 times) *

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** LMLW International Championship (1 time) *

** LPWA Championship (1 time) * National Wrestling Alliance **

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(1 time) * NWA Blue Ridge ** NWA Blue Ridge Women's Championship (1 time) * National Wrestling League ** NWL Women's Championship (1 time) * New Dimension Wrestling ** NDW Women's Championship (1 time) *

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Trailblazer Award (2013)

References

External links

Peggy Lee Leather profilePeggy Lee Leather as Lady X in LPWAPeggy Lee Leather at IMDB
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