Professional Wrestling Career
Grable trained for her professional wrestling career with The Fabulous Moolah in her training school in Columbia, South Carolina. She debuted in 1953 using the name Peaches Grable. Moolah's female trainees worked in Boston under promoter Paul Bowser, and in Boston, Grable and Moolah were involved in a feud.
She wrestled in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territories through the 1950s and the 1960s. In September 1956, a battle royal was held to determine the new NWA World Women's Champion, but lost to long-time rival The Fabulous Moolah. On September 20 1958 Grable made an appearance as a contestant on the popular television show What's My Line?. The episode became famous in part because of the highly risque banter from guest panelist Groucho Marx.
Even though she retired in the late 1960s, Grable's last in-ring worked occurred in Superstar Wrestling in 1974.
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