Joyce Grable

National Wrestling Alliance

The team of Grable and Vicki Williams won the NWA Women's World Tag Team Championship from Donna Christanello and Toni Rose on October 15, 1973 in New York City.

In 1978 at Superbowl of Wrestling II, she defeated seven other wrestlers in an eight-woman battle royal. Later that year, she defeated Ann Casey to win the NWA United States Women's Championship. In 1979, she helped train Judy Martin. In August 1979, the team of Grable and Williams defeated The Glamour Girls (Leilani Kai and Martin) to begin their second reign as NWA Women's Tag Champions. She wrestled in a series of matches in Stampede Wrestling with partner Richter against Velvet McIntyre and Judy Martin. Joyce Grable also appeared in Puerto Rico for the World Wrestling Council. The teams continued their rivalry into April 1983 in Verne Gagne's American Wrestling Association. Grable continued to make appearances at wrestling reunions and conventions, as well as occasional independent shows. Grable appeared at a Magnificent Ladies Wrestling event on April 30, 2011, where she managed Melanie Cruise in a match against "Pryme Tyme" Amy Lee, and also managed Million Dollar Baby in a street fight against Robbie Rage. On May 20, 2011, she (along with several other retired professional wrestlers) was a guest at a Total Nonstop Action Wrestling live event in Amsterdam, New York.

Personal life Grable was originally from Columbus, Georgia.

Joyce Grable died on September 29, 2023, at the age of 70. A few days earlier, her son had posted online that she was in hospice care.

Championships and accomplishments Cauliflower Alley Club Women's Wrestling Award (2010) Courage Award (2022) Deep South Wrestling DSW Women's Championship (1 time, final champion) National Wrestling Alliance NWA Texas Women's Championship (1 time) NWA United States Women's Championship (1 time) Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame Class of 2013 Pro Wrestling Illustrated Girl Wrestler of the Year (1973) Pro Wrestling This Week Wrestler of the Week (November 23–29, 1986) St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame Class of 2022 Women's Wrestling Hall of Fame Class of 2024 – with Wendi Richter