She was working for Ohio Bell when her world opened up and she fell into the clutches Billy Wolfe and his stable of woman wrestlers. Watson debuted in 1951, and hit the road. She listed Mexico, Cuba, Canada, Puerto Rico, and the Bahamas as countries she wrestled in when the Cauliflower Alley Club honoured her in a 1996 banquet in Tampa, Florida.
Initially, she was "Irish" Bonnie Watson, a "softspoken Irish lassie" with a head of red hair on her 5-foot-6-1/2 frame. A 1954 newspaper from Galveston, Texas, raved that Watson "has a figure that looks more like that of a movie glamour girl than that of a wrestler."
By the middle of the 1950s, Watson had changed her hair colour, though generally remained on the side of good. One newspaper from 1955 praised her "blonde hair, olive skin and hazel eyes."
Initially, she was "Irish" Bonnie Watson, a "softspoken Irish lassie" with a head of red hair on her 5-foot-6-1/2 frame. A 1954 newspaper from Galveston, Texas, raved that Watson "has a figure that looks more like that of a movie glamour girl than that of a wrestler."
By the middle of the 1950s, Watson had changed her hair colour, though generally remained on the side of good. One newspaper from 1955 praised her "blonde hair, olive skin and hazel eyes."
She was working for Ohio Bell when her world opened up and she fell into the clutches Billy Wolfe and his stable of woman wrestlers. Watson debuted in 1951, and hit the road. She listed Mexico, Cuba, Canada, Puerto Rico, and the Bahamas as countries she wrestled in when the Cauliflower Alley Club honoured her in a 1996 banquet in Tampa, Florida.
Initially, she was "Irish" Bonnie Watson, a "softspoken Irish lassie" with a head of red hair on her 5-foot-6-1/2 frame. A 1954 newspaper from Galveston, Texas, raved that Watson "has a figure that looks more like that of a movie glamour girl than that of a wrestler."
By the middle of the 1950s, Watson had changed her hair colour, though generally remained on the side of good. One newspaper from 1955 praised her "blonde hair, olive skin and hazel eyes."
Initially, she was "Irish" Bonnie Watson, a "softspoken Irish lassie" with a head of red hair on her 5-foot-6-1/2 frame. A 1954 newspaper from Galveston, Texas, raved that Watson "has a figure that looks more like that of a movie glamour girl than that of a wrestler."
By the middle of the 1950s, Watson had changed her hair colour, though generally remained on the side of good. One newspaper from 1955 praised her "blonde hair, olive skin and hazel eyes."
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