A former WWF Women’s Champion & sister of WWE Hall of Famer is set to make her final wrestling appearance at an upcoming convention in July.
TMart Promotions recently sent out a press release regarding their upcoming The Gathering VI convention from Hilten University Palace in Charlotte NC. They announced that former WWF star Rockin Robin will be making her last wrestling appearance at the event from July 30 to August 3:
“This talent has informed me that this will be the Final Appearance of her career. So this will be your last opportunity to get your Autographs or Photo ops.. We welcome her for the first time ever to the Hilton and her final Appearance. Former WWF Women’s World Champion Rockin Robin”
Robin is a retired professional wrestler who was active in the business from 1986 to 1992. Real name Robin Denise Smith, the wrestling veteran is the half-sister of legendary Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts.
Hailing from Charlotte itself, she had a stint with the then-WWF between 1987 and 1990, after the company restarted its women’s division. Rockin Robin defeated Sensational Sherri in October 1988 to win the WWF Women’s World Title. She held on to the title for the remainder of her WWF stint and the belt was retired upon her exit from the company in 1990.
After leaving the company, Robin had multiple stints in Japan and she even formed a tag team with Wendi Richter before retiring from in-ring action in 1992. She was inducted into the Women’s Wrestling Hall of Fame last year.