Vicki Williams (born April 21, 1956) is a retired female

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. She held the NWA Women's World Tag Team Championship three times with

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Professional wrestling career

During a match in June 1971, midget wrestler Darlin Dagmar teamed with Williams to defeat midget wrestler Diamond Lil and

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. The following year, Williams was a contender to

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

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, facing her for the title in Baltimore in May 1972. In August, Moolah once again defeated Williams—with the title on the line—at the first Superbowl of Wrestling event. The team of Williams and

won the NWA Women's World Tag Team Championship from Donna Christanello and

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on October 15, 1973 in

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. It was not until October 1975 that Rose and Christanello regained the title from Grable and Williams. As a part of a

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' card, Williams once again faced The Fabulous Moolah for the World Women's Championship, losing to Moolah on July 30, 1976 at the

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before an audience of 11,000 people. That same year, she was the third runner-up for ''

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s Girl Wrestler of the Year award, losing to Sue Green. In August 1979, the team of Grable and Williams defeated The Glamour Girls (

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and Judy Martin) to begin their second reign as NWA Women's Tag Champions. Williams also competed in Mexico's

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, where she was the inaugural UWA World Women's Champion. She defeated Irma González on December 6, 1979 to win the title for the first time, but she lost it two weeks later to Estela Melina. She held the title two more times in 1980, losing it for the final time to Chabela Romero.

Championships and accomplishments

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** NWA Texas Women's Championship (1 time) **

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( 3 times) with

** UWA World Women's Championship ( 3 times)

References

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