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| ANN CASEY: MORE THAN A PRETTY FACE by Bill Kociaba |
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she decided to open a bail bonds business.
After a few years Ann and her now-teenage daughter relocated to southern Mississippi where she opened a barbecue restaurant. In 1998 Ann started driving eighteen wheelers cross-country. She gave that up this occupation this past July because it was taking too much of a toll on her health. So what is Ann Casey doing now? "Right now I am going to the gym and Trying to lose the weight I gained from all that bad truck stop food. I am very honored that the Cauliflower Alley Club wants to present me with an award and want to be at my best when I accept it. After that I would like to climb back into the ring again. I want one more shot at Moolah." Q. who were your favorite girls to work against? A. I loved to work against Natasha the Hatchet Lady. We always had Great matches. I also had great matches with Sweet Georgia Brown, Donna Christenello, Toni Rose and Annie Laverne. I learned so much from Annie. She was a wonderful lady. Q. Who did you hate to work with? A. Cora Combs and Moolah. Q. Favorite Promoter to work for? A. Leroy McGuirk. I loved him so much. He was very good to me. Q. When was your last match? A. Last match was against Judy Grable in 1990 for my USA title. Q. What other titles have you held? A. I retired as the USA Women’s champ and still have the belt. I also was the Southern States Ladies champ and the Mississippi State Ladies champ. Q. What were your favorite moves in the ring? A. I threw a great dropkick and used the airplane spin as my finisher most of the time. Q. What was the best rib ever played on you? A. I was wrestling in El Paso, Texas and we had a big Mexican crowd so I asked one of the Latino boys to teach me something to say to the fans in Spanish. He instructed me as to what I should say and I practiced this phrase over and over until I went out for my match. I stood on top of each turnbuckle and waved to the crowd and said my phrase. I had no idea what I was saying but they sure got mad. They were throwing cups of beer and ice and all kinds of stuff at me. Some of the women were even trying to get in the ring to get to me. The police had to escort me out of the ring. I went in the back and found that guy and asked what he made me say to get the fans so riled up. He laughed and told me it was something like, "Hello you bunch of cows. Man, you ladies sure are fat!" Q. Best rib you ever played? A. It was in Jackson, Mississippi. On my way to the show I saw this dead rattlesnake in the road. I grabbed it and threw it in my trunk. When I got there I walked to the dressing room and tossed the snake in. It landed on the table and slid right across and landed in the girls laps. Man you should have heard all that screaming. A police officer there actually shot the dead snake. |
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