kick butt and take names later!';$wrestling_style = 'I was a super/power heel. I used to be a competitive power lifter and threw those girls around like they were nothing. If you can dead lift 360 lbs., you can toss most girls around pretty much as you please. I had baby faced at first...but that just wasn\'t me. So I went heel. The more people hated me, the more I liked it!';$gear = 'Regular, one-piece bathing suits and moccasins. Then in 1983 when A&H came along, it was matching everything. Now, managing my husband Redneck Bubba Kirk (or when I get in the ring for an occasional match myself), I wear blue jeans and a tee-shirt...all the better to kick butt in.';$titles_held = 'Mississippi State Champ; US Women\'s Tag Title and Women\'s World Tag Title with Beverly Shade.';$biggest_win = 'Anybody that I beat--and I beat a lot--I considered a big win.';$worst_loss = 'Losing to Beverly and Natasha for the tag titles. You always want to beat the ones who trained you...that\'s the best. But they got the better of me that time.';$fave_type_match = 'I enjoyed singles matches, but tags really were my favorites.';$moves_holds = 'Anything I could use to beat an opponent was my favorite!';$finisher = 'Power bodyslam and reverse bodyslam.';$allies = 'Beverly Shade; Natasha The Hatchet Lady; Moolah; Ann Casey; Judy Martin...the list is long.';$enemies = '';$toughest_opponents = 'My teachers, Beverly and Natasha, were always the hardest to battle. They expected a lot out of me. Other toughies were Moolah, Ann Casey, Judy Martin and Susan Green. These women were tough!';$manager_of = '';$have_managed = '';$career_highlight = 'The night I wrestled Ann Casey in Memphis, TN for her US Title. I was wrestling my idol...you can\'t beat that! Also, I got to travel to Japan (twice), Trinidad, Africa and Canada. In Africa, I wrestled Naughty Nancy in the semi-finals for the Women\'s World Title. It was a long hard match and she beat me in the end...but I\'ll always remember it.';$fave_pros = '';$ambition = '';$what_i_liked = 'Being in front of hundreds of fans and having the opportunity to travel all over and see so many places was great.';$what_i_hated = 'Nothing! I love this business. I didn\'t get into it for the money or fame. I was in it (and still am) just to have the chance to wrestle.';$personal_notes = 'I met my husband in Columbia, SC in 1987 when he was training with Moolah. At that same time, I had moved from Florida to start working for her.....We have three children: two boys and a girl.....Outside of wrestling, I\'m a veterinary technician. So the fact that we own two cats and a dog shouldn\'t be surprising!.....I enjoy football and Nascar racing (we are a very sports-oriented family as you can see).....I also workout regularly and enjoy yoga.....I like to spend as much time as I can with my family.....I\'m still active (semi-retired) in the business. I manage my husband and sometimes I still get in the ring if the opportunity presents itself. It\'s hard to give up something you love!.....I still try to get to shows to see old friends. It brings back great memories. Thanks to all who have helped me along the way.
To my mom, Betty Hunter, who passed away April 12, 2002 after a long illness: She loved this business and went on the road with me a lot. Mom always encouraged me...and if it wasn\'t for her I wouldn\'t have been able to get in the business, much less be as successful as I was. Thanks Mom. You will be greatly missed.';$link_text = 'Visit Tracy Richard\'s site...';$link_title = 'Generation Redneck';$link = 'http://www.geocities.com/newkirkp13/Rednecks.html';$pic_heights = '332,285,264,239,248,201,126,229';$pic_alts = 'Legend Of The Ring: Tracy Richards in her very first promotional photo.,,Tracy is still active in the business. Currently, she manages her husband, Redneck Bubba Kirk.,,Fellow G.L.O.R.Y. Legend Of The Ring and long time Richards\' tag partner--Beverly Shade--helps Tracy with her ring robe.,,Tracy waits patiently in her corner for Beverly Shade--the other half of the \'Arm & Hammer Connection\'--to tag her into the match.,,Tracy works over Desiree Peterson in a match from 2001. Richards can still break the rules with the best of them!,,Tracy Richards circa 1980.,,Tracy Richards competes in a power lifting competition in 1984.,,Tracy Richards moves in to cause even more bodily harm to a dazed Robin Lane back in 1983.';$intro = 'Tracy Richards broke into the wrestling business in the mid-70s...and she\'s still going strong! Although she doesn\'t wrestle nearly as much as she used to, she still actively manages her husband \"Redneck\" Bubba Kirk. And when Ms. Richards is that close to a ring--even acting in a management capacity--she finds ways to get involved. This fiery veteran and ring legend still climbs through the ropes to do battle on those occassions when she wants to prove a point (or when an old nemesis happens to be traveling through her area). Semi-retired or not, Tracy Richards remains a tough grappler who continues to break the rules and punish opponents.';include ('../../WrestlerProfileLayout.asp');