Wendi Richter

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Wendi Richter

Acting 65 September 6, 1961

Dallas, Texas, USA

Wendi Richter is a retired American professional wrestler. She began her professional wrestling career in companies such as the National Wrestling Alliance, where she teamed with…

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WWE Saturday Night's Main Event

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event

8.3 1985 TV Show
Mid-South Wrestling

Mid-South Wrestling

1981 TV Show
Mr. McMahon

Mr. McMahon

7.7 2024 TV Show
WWE Old School

WWE Old School

1973 TV Show
Tuesday Night Titans

Tuesday Night Titans

9.0 1984 TV Show
WrestleMania

WrestleMania

6.7 1985 Movie
WWE Survivor Series 2012

WWE Survivor Series 2012

7.3 2012 Movie
WWE Survivor Series 1991

WWE Survivor Series 1991

7.4 1991 Movie
Let the Canary Sing

Let the Canary Sing

6.5 2023 Movie
AWA Arena Shows

AWA Arena Shows

1981 TV Show
Then, Now, Forever: The Evolution of WWE’s Women’s Division

Then, Now, Forever: The Evolution of WWE’s Women’s Division

10.0 2018 Movie
Women of the WWF

Women of the WWF

1988 Movie

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Wendi Richter is a retired American professional wrestler. She began her professional wrestling career in companies such as the National Wrestling Alliance, where she teamed with Joyce Grable, with whom she held the NWA Women's World Tag Team Championship twice. In the 1980s, she joined WWE. She held the WWE Women's Championship twice and feuded with The Fabulous Moolah over the title. She was also involved in a storyline with singer Cyndi Lauper called the "Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection". Richter, however, left WWE after losing the championship in controversial fashion. She then worked in the World Wrestling Council and American Wrestling Association (AWA), where she held both companies' women's titles.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2024
    Mr. McMahon

    TV show Self

  2. 2023
    Let the Canary Sing

    Movie Self - Wrestler

  3. 2018
    Then, Now, Forever: The Evolution of WWE’s Women’s Division

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  4. 2012
    WWE Survivor Series 2012

    Movie Wendi Richter

  5. 2010
    WWE Hall of Fame 2010

    Movie

  6. 1991
    WWE Survivor Series 1991

    Movie Herself - Wendi Richter

  7. 1989
    AWA War in The Windy City

    Movie Herself

  8. 1988
    AWA SuperClash III

    Movie Herself

  9. 1988
    AWA The Road to Super Clash III

    Movie Wendi Richter

  10. 1988
    Women of the WWF

    Movie Wendi Richter

  11. 1987
    Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports

    Movie Wendi Richter

  12. 1986
    The Life and Times of Captain Lou Albano

    Movie Wendi Richter

  13. 1986
    The Best of the WWF: volume 5

    Movie Wendi Richter

  14. 1985
    The WWF's Amazing Managers

    Movie Wendi Richter

  15. 1985
    WWE Saturday Night's Main Event

    TV show Wendi Richter

  16. 1985
    WrestleMania

    Movie Wendi Richter

More credits
  1. 1985
    Best of the WWF Volume 1

    Movie Wendi Richter

  2. 1984
    WWE St. Louis Wrestling: September '84

    Movie Wendi Richter

  3. 1984
    WWE The Brawl to End it All

    Movie Self

  4. 1984
    Tuesday Night Titans

    TV show Wendi Richter

  5. 1983
    AWA Super Sunday

    Movie Wendi Richter

  6. 1983
    AJW Slant Eyed Slaughter

    Movie

  7. 1982
    NWA Sam Muchnick Retirement Show

    Movie Herself

  8. 1981
    AWA Arena Shows

    TV show Wendi Richter

  9. 1981
    Mid-South Wrestling

    TV show Wendi Richter

  10. 1980
    NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa

    Movie Herself

  11. 1973
    WWE Old School

    TV show Wendi Richter