The Nasty Girls: Linda Dallas & Kat LeRoux

Women's Wrestling is more popular now than it has ever been in my lifetime with the casual wrestling fan.  After the Rock n' Wrestling boon of the mid 80's the Women's Wrestling seen slowly began to dwindle on the national level.  It didn't disappear it just wasn't as prevalent but it was kept alive with such groups as the Ladies Professional Wrestling Association, Powerful Women of Wrestling, and Delta Tiger Lillies to name a few.  Two women who toured this circuit as well as having exposure on the national level were Linda Dallas and Kat LeRoux (sometime spelled Kat LaRoux)

The Nasty Girls: Kat LeRoux & Linda Dallas

Information on these two ladies on the internet is scarce except what I have managed to put together in my research.  I would have thought with all the wrestling conventions these two, as well as Misty Blue, Black Venus, Heidi Lee Morgan, and other from that time frame would be making appearances at them.  I still hope one day to be able to meet them and thank them for their contributions to wrestling.

Linda Dallas

Hailing from the Utica, New York area Dallas began training in 1983 with Killer Kowalski in Massachusetts.  A long time opponent of Misty Blue they two would wrestle many matches against each other in many promotions from the independents, AWA, NWA, WCW, and more.  Often Linda Dallas found herself traveling around with Misty Blue and Kat LeRoux as well as other including Black Venus, Mad Dog Debbie, and more.

In 1985 Dallas would appear for Verne Gagne's AWA, and World Class Championship Wrestling in Texas.  In 1986 she found her way to Jim Crockett Promotions wrestling on and off until 1988.  She traveled around the independents in the northeast including Joel Goodhart's Tri-State Wrestling Alliance in 1990.  In 1991 Dallas and her troupe wrestled a few shows for World Championship Wrestling.

It was in the LPWA: Ladies Professional Wrestling Association that Linda Dallas and Kat LeRoux would adopt the tag team name of The Nasty Girls.  Even though they had been teaming together on and off for a few years.

The Fall 1994 issue of Fighting Females Magazine has an interview with Linda about her retirement.  I have been trying to find this issue so I can read the interview.

The last record of a match I can find of Linda's was for the TWWF: Trans World Wrestling Federation in Sayreville, New Jersey on October 3, 1992 she was defeated by Misty Blue.

One of my favorite things about Linda Dallas was how she would yell and carry on in the ring.  At her opponent, at the referee, the audience, she was so loud and it was great!

Kat LeRoux

Trained with Killer Kowalski at his school in Malden, Massachusetts at the age of 16 debuting in 1985.  Initially a baby face teaming with Misty Blue before turning heel and joining Blue's nemesis Linda Dallas remaining heel for the rest of her career.

Kat LeRoux with Misty Blue

Her career path appears to parallel that of Linda Dallas, she too worked for, IWF, ICW, USWF, NCW, Jim Crockett Promotions, Florida Championship Wrestling, Delta Tiger Lillies Joel Goodhart's TWA and Tor Berg's LPWA where she teamed with Linda Dallas and they adopted the name The Nasty Girls.

She did and an interview in New Wave Wrestling Magazine issue 10 April 1993.  Again I'm trying to find a reasonably priced copy of this magazine to learn more about her story.

The last recorded match that I can find of Kat's is for the WWA: World Wrestling Association in Clementon, New Jersey on May 1, 1993 and she too was defeated by Misty Blue.  I read that she retired in 1995.

What both of these lovely ladies did after they left wrestling is essentially a mystery.  Again I would love to see them show up at a convention so fans can pay their respects.

You can find their matches on the WWE Network just search their names.  Also YouTube has many of their matches from through-out their careers.

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Random Wrestling: From the WWE Network and You Tube

WWE Network

World Class Championship Wrestling

Episode 66, Monday March 21, 1983

Decent episode featuring a midget match Little CoCoa vs. Billy The Kid, Iceman King Parsons vs. The Great Kabuki, Killer Karl Krupp in action, and David Von Erich vs. Buddy Roberts of the Fabulous Freebirds.  I always like the opening theme to this show, best match was David Von Erich vs. Roberts continuing the Freebirds and Von Erich feud, a surprising clean finish to this one, also the ring announcer forgets Billy The Kid’s name.

You Tube

Brian Myers Making Towns

Episode 24 posted June 4^th

This episode is my favorite episode to date of his show.  Footage from Wrestlemarica in North Carolina and a Create a Pro show in Long Island.  Best part of this episode is the footage he shot from her merchandise table of the Bullet Club: Big LG & Karl Anderson’s tag team match wrestling in and around the merchandise tables.  

Colt Cabana Cut My Promo

Episode 10 posted June 8^th

Featuring CM Punk cutting Colt’s promo for his upcoming show on June 14^th in London, England for Revolution Pro Wrestling.

10 Times Wrestling Got Real

From whatculture.com

posted

They highlight what they feel is the top ten shoot wrestling moments

John Tenta vs Koji Kitao 1991 Japan

New Jack vs. The American Gangstas

ECW One Night Stand JBL vs. Meanie incident

Perry Saturn vs. Mike Bell

New Jack random kids he murders with a chair

Kurt Angle vs. Daniel Puder

Stevie Richard chair shot to JBL

Antonio Inoki vs. Great Antonio from December 8, 1977

Hardcore Holly vs. Brock Lesnar

New Jack vs. Gypsy Joe

 TNA Explosion NWA TNA PPV 61

Fairgrounds Coliseum Nashville, TN

Taped September 17, 2003

CM Punk & Julio Dinero vs. Cliff Compton & J-Rocc

Basically it’s a squash match with Punk and Dinero getting the win in 3.5 minutes

NWA World Championship Wrestling Saturday Night Edition

December 31, 1988 Superstation TBS

Commentators: Jim Ross & Tony Schiavone

6 Woman Tag Team Match

NWA US Women’s Champion: Misty Blue Simmes, Heidi Lee Morgan & Zula vs. Kat Leroux, Linda Dallas, & Mad Dog Debbie.  Teddy Long was the referee

Decent match, Zulu was the only one that I hadn’t heard of before.  Very large black woman wrestling in  a pleather jacket, I was assume very green based her bumps.  Of all these girls Kat Leroux was my favorite, she usually played the heel to Misty Blue’s face.  Misty Blue picked up the victory for her team after a splash off the top rope onto Mad Dog Debbie. 

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