Peggy Lee Leather Obituary

Peggy Lee Leather was an American professional wrestler who worked in WWD, AWF and WCW. Lee competed in the World Wrestling Federation from 1980 to 1985. In 1984, she formed a tag team with Wendi Richter and frequently challenged WWF Women’s Tag Team Champions Velvet McIntyre and Princess Victoria.

After leaving the WWF and Montreal, she competed in Florida Championship Wrestling as Peggy Lee Pringle, the sister of Percy Pringle. She engaged in a feud with Mad Maxine, who had been battling Percy. She then began working for the American Wrestling Association as Peggy Lee Leather and challenged Madusa Miceli for AWA World Women’s championship.

From 2000 to 2001, she wrestled as Thug in David McLane’s televised Women of Wrestling promotion, where she frequently feuded with long-time rival Selina Majors. Thug defeated Majors in a steel cage match at the WOW Unleashed pay-per-view event.

On January 29, 2005, Leather appeared at Wrestle Reunion in an eight-woman tag team match. She retired in 2013.

Peggy Lee Leather died on May 22, 2023.