Peggy Lee Leather
Acting
Biography
Peggy Lee Fowler, better known in the world of professional wrestling as Peggy Lee Leather, Lady X, and Thug, was an American professional wrestler who made her mark in organizations such as WWF, AWA, and WCW. She began her career in the WWF in 1980, where she formed a successful partnership with Wendi Richter. Together, they frequently challenged WWF Women's Tag Team Champions Velvet McIntyre and Princess Victoria. After splitting from Richter in 1985, Leather competed unsuccessfully for the WWF Women's Championship. In 1986, she moved to Montreal to continue her career with Lutte International. In the American Wrestling Association (AWA), under the name Peggy Lee Leather, she faced rivals such as Madusa Miceli for the AWA World Women's Championship. She also participated in the lingerie battle royal at the SuperClash III event. Throughout the 1990s, Leather joined POWW and adopted the persona of Lady X in the LPWA, where she won and later lost the LPWA Championship. She also had a brief stint in WCW, where she continued her rivalry with Madusa. In 2000, she wrestled as Thug in Women of Wrestling (WOW), a promotion in which she had one of her most memorable feuds with Selina Majors. The rivalry culminated in a fierce steel cage match. Throughout her career, Peggy Lee Leather made a significant impact on women's professional wrestling, both as a competitor and as a trainer for new talent. She retired in 2013, and sadly passed away on May 22, 2023, at the age of 64.
Known For
The eight-episode series will feature 35 wrestlers, including third generation wrestling superstar Tessa Blanchard, returning superheroes The Beast, Stephy Slays, Jungle Grrrl, Beverly Hills Babe and talented newcomers to WOW such as Faith the Lioness and Princess Aussie.
WOW - Women of Wrestling
Discover rarely-seen matches from the 1970s, '80s, and '90s featuring countless WWE Hall of Famers such as Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair.
WWE Old School
The first nationally syndicated WWE television series, Championship Wrestling features numerous WWE Hall of Famers and Legends in action.
WWF Championship Wrestling
WOW! Women of Wrestling, aka WOW!, is a professional wrestling promotion founded in 2000 by David McLane, previously the founder of Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling. It is based in Los Angeles, California and relaunched in 2012. Using a similar format of character driven performers, with names befitting a comic book series, such as Jungle Grrrl, an inmate tag-team complete with orange jump suits named Caged Heat, a Hollywood starlet named Lana Star and the Persian Princess, WOW launched a series of syndicated programs in the 2000-01 television seasons in 102 TV markets. WOW programs were able to stand out from other wrestling programs by offering television viewers and live event audience an all female troupe of performers who played campy villains and heroines in all sizes and nationalities. By being the only entertainment source of its kind, WOW captured a strong adult demographic following with its primary audience, the male television audience generating 25% higher ratings than its secondary audience of young women, teens, and tweens.
Women of Wrestling
AWA World Heavyweight Champion Jerry Lawler puts his title on the line against Kerry Von Erich's WCWA World Heavyweight Championship in a Title Unification Match main event. Plus, King Parsons defends the Texas Heavyweight Title against Brickhouse Brown, The Rock 'n' Roll Express battles The Stud Stable, and much more.
AWA SuperClash III
WWF stadium show in the summer of 1980 from Shea Stadium in Flushing, Queens, New York.
WWE Showdown at Shea '80
The story of one hot night in Alabama as an Independent Pro Wrestling Show rolls into town with its cast of high flying characters in faded tights. This film features former WWF World Champion Iron Sheik, Grits and Gravy crowd favorite Bullet Bob Armstrong, female wrestlers Bambi and Peggy Lee, The Masked Flame and other rising or falling stars. The LA WEEKLY made this riveting documentary their "Pick of the Week" calling it "Fascinating...Unforgettable."
Iron Sheik: The Maim Event
Women of Wrestling's first pay per view event.
WOW Unleashed
A genuinely stacked supercard equal to any modern Wrestlemania, held in the 75,500 seat Orange Bowl stadium in Miami, Florida. The main event saw a (kayfabe) $15,000 gold and diamond ring on the line in a best 2 out of 3 falls match between "Nature Boy" Ric Flair and long-time rival "American Dream" Dusty Rhodes.
NWA Lords of The Ring
The first, and only LPWA, pay-per-view, was held on February 23, 1992 from the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, Minnesota.