10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (March 8)

9. Molly Holly Gave Away 40% Of Her Wrestling Income

Molly Holly
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Molly Holly is a former two-time Women's Champion, one-time Hardcore Champ and worked for both WWE and WCW (alongside Randy Savage) during her career. In real life, she's also one of the most generous people you're ever likely to meet. Why? Well, Molly did something rather special after hanging up the tights.

She gave away around 40% of her earnings.

That's right. On Lilian Garcia's 'Chasing Glory' pod, Molly told how she'd always been raised to respect a blue-collar work ethic. Being rich, whilst lovely and comfortable, didn't do much for her as a human being; for that very reason, she gave away a truckload of cash she'd earned from her work in wrestling and then felt guilty she wasn't giving more.

Adding to this idea that Molly Holly is the real world's Santa Claus, she gave Beth Phoenix $2,000 to begin her training and only decided against donating more of her earnings to charity because she wanted to keep aside 20% for retirement.

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