Velvet McIntyre

Velvet McIntyre is an IrishCanadian retired professional wrestler After beginning her career in 1980 she wrestled in American independent promotions before joining the World Wrestling Federation WWF now WWE She had rivalries with both The Fabulous Moolah and Sherri Martel and held the WWF Womens Championship and WWF Womens Tag Team Championship After the WWFs womens division went on hiatus in the 1990s McIntyre wrestled in several Canadian promotions holding several championships McIntyre wore wrestling boots for the first four years of her career but later wrestled barefoot when someone took one of her boots as a joke and she was forced to wrestle without them1 Wrestling barefoot subsequently became one of her trademarks as well as her high flying wrestling maneuvers