WRESTLING

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Penelope Pink is part of a stable headed by Star, who made her mark decades ago by wrestling with McLane’s prior promotion, Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (GLOW). Her teammates in the Fabulous Four are WOW tag team champions Laurie and Lindsey Carlson and Vickie Lynn McCoy. All five in the group are considered “villains” in a sport that typically features good vs. bad.

When the previous WOW champion, “The Beast,” was injured, Penelope competed against 10 other women in a gauntlet match to win the world championship.

With about seven years in the wrestling business, the 28-year-old Tucker has accomplished more than many wrestlers will do in their entire career. The WOW world title is the latest on her resume.

As Marina Tucker, she has been

Coastal Championship Wrestling ladies champion twice, WXW women’s champion and tag team champion.

She lives in Tampa, Florida, with boyfriend Eric Child, who is also a professional wrestler.

Tucker still has family living in Wyandotte, including her biggest supporter, grandfather Randy Oginski. She returns occasionally to enjoy the Wyandotte Street Art Fair, BobJo’s custard, Bishop Park and other Downriver mainstays.

“I am very proud of where I’m from,” she said. “I’m a small-town girl.”

Tucker/Penelope Pink is very active on social media, including Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

Locally, “Women Of Wrestling” TV series is broadcast on WKBD (Channel 50) at 11 p.m. Saturdays. Matches are called by McLane and A.J. Mendez, who was a world champion as A.J. Lee in WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment.