WWE Hall of Fame 2021: 5 Things you didn't know about Molly Holly

#4. The WWE Hall of Famer is a former powerlifter, tried out wrestling "out of curiosity"

Molly Holly is one of those rare talents you can ask anyone and nobody would say a bad thing about working with her. Accomplish in itself. #WWEHOF
— Scott Fishman (@smFISHMAN) March 10, 2021

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Molly Holly was one of the most determined female wrestlers throughout her WWE career, but it's hard to believe that the former champion was setting records as a teenager before being signed to WWE.

After being inspired to become an American Gladiator, Holly began training to be a powerlifter and at the age of 14 was able to break the record for her age group when she was able to lift 100 pounds.

Holly is also a trained gymnast and after leaving home back in 1996 with just 200 dollars, she drove to Florida and worked several dead-end jobs before deciding to train to be a wrestler.

After training under Dean Malenko for just over a year, Holly went on to make her in-ring debut back in 1997 under the ring name Starla Saxton. This later led to her wrestling for WWE back in 1998 when she challenged Jacqueline for the Women's Championship under this ring name, before she was officially signed to the company.

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Phillipa is a WWE writer for Sportskeeda. She is also a mother, wrestler, dancer, former actress and a Seth Rollins fan. She is a retired wrestler, dancer, and at one-time enjoyed boxing.

Phillipa has tried her hand at all aspects of the wrestling business in the past including booking, promoting, refereeing, commentating, ring announcing and wrestling.

Throughout her time in Sportskeeda she has become known for picking up botches and sharing them.

Phillipa's favorite wrestler is Seth Rollins, but will allow her head to be turned by any high-flying superstar.

She also once had a dream that Drake Maverick was her father, this is yet to be confirmed by the man himself. Outside of the world of spandex and screwjobs, Phillipa likes to watch football, supports Stoke City and is a huge fan of Judd Trump.

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Edited by Andrea Hangst