5 things you might not know about Mae Young

#5 She was scheduled to wrestle Stephanie McMahon’s daughter when she turned 100

We’ll never know.

Professional wrestling is said to be one of those industries that you can never actually retire from. As long as your body allows you to continue, and provided the fans will have some desire to watch you perform, superstars will never really be done with the squared circle until they’re six feet under. We have seen many ‘retirement matches’ over the years, only to see those same performers come back and compete a few years later.

Mae Young passed away at the age of 90, but what some fans might not realize is that the female legend continued to harbour plans for a wrestling comeback in some form, right up until her final days. According to the woman herself, if she would have lived to be 100 years old, she was determined to wrestle the daughter of WWE’s own Stephanie McMahon! Whether this impossible match up would have actually taken place on WWE television is not known, but knowing Mae Young and her love for the sport, it’s pretty safe to say this was a genuine proposal.

As Vince used to say back in the 1990s repeatedly, 'anything is possible in the WWF', and it's far from clear whether the 17-year-old Aurora would have been able to last a one-fall matchup with such a legend of the business.

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