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A TRUE ORIGINAL, LUNA CAME FROM THE GREAT VACHON WRESTLING FAMILY WHICH INCLUDED HER ADOPTIVE FATHER, PAUL 'THE BUTCHER' VACHON, HER UNCLE, MAURICE 'MAD DOG' VACHON AND HER AUNT, VIVIAN VACHON.
LUNA DEBUTED IN FLORIDA CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING AND QUICKLY BECAME ONE OF KEVIN SULLIVAN'S DISCIPLES; HENCE THE BIRTH OF HER 'PSYCHO' GIMMICK. AFTER A FEW YEARS WRESTLING AROUND THE GLOBE, SHE JOINED THE THEN WWF, WRESTLING FOR THEM FROM 1992-1994.
AFTER A STING IN ECW, WCW AND THE INDEPENDENT CIRCUIT, LUNA CAME BACK TO THE NOW WWE AND WAS QUICKLY LAUNCHED INTO A FEUD WITH SABLE. AS SABLE WAS THE CASH COW FOR THE FED, LUNA NEVER DID GET A TITLE RUN AND REPEATEDLY CLASHED WITH SABLE BACKSTAGE. HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR LUNA'S PROFESSIONALISM, I DOUBT SABLE WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE THAN ANOTHER GLORIFIED VALET. AFTER RUNNING AFOUL OF THE POWERS THAT BE, SHE WAS RELEASED AND RESUMED TOURING THE INDY CIRCUIT UNTIL HER RETIREMENT IN 2007 AS G.L.C.W. CHAMPION.
GAINING NOTORIETY DURING THE FABULOUS MOOLAH'S FADING YEARS AND BEFORE THE WWE'S DIVA CRAZE, NEVER SEEMED TO STRIKE A CHORD WITH MANY OF THE FANS, BUT TO ME, SHE WAS WAY AHEAD OF HER TIME. EARLIER THIS YEAR, HER HOUSE BURNED DOWN WITH ALL OF HER MEMORABILIA. SHE MOVED IN WITH HER MOTHER AND WAS FOUND DEAD YESTERDAY MORNING. NO FOUL PLAY IS SUSPECTED. GODSPEED GERTRUDE, MAY YOU REST IN PEACE.
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GERTRUDE "LUNA" VACHON JANUARY 12, 1962 - AUGUST 27, 2010 REST IN PEACE
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