5 things you (maybe) didn't know about WWE Hall of Famer Beth Phoenix

#4 Molly Holly paid for her wrestling training

Molly Holly spoke about this very topic on her Table For Three episode

Phoenix had been a fan of the business since the age of eleven. In fact, she loved it so much, that she worked hard enough to become the first female athlete to wrestling for Notre Dame High School's varsity wrestling team (bonus fact!) She contemplated getting training at Stu Hart's infamous Dungeon in Calgary, but eventually settled on somewhere more local to her, so she could attend college at the same time.

While training with Joey Knight and Robin Knightwing (who, themselves, were students of Stu Hart, so it's kind of like she trained there... I guess) in 1998, she sent a demo tape to one Nora Greenwald - who was then in the WWF going by the ring name Molly Holly. Greenwald was so impressed that she offered to pay for Phoenix's training herself.

It's a cool example of one generation of talent helping to bring along the next. But, Mighty Molly has always been awesome like that.

So, let's get her in the Hall of Fame already!