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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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