Dawn Marie Johnston

This article is about the 1980s wrestler, who wrestled in the World Wrestling Federation and the Ladies Pro Wrestling Association. For the current professional wrestler, who wrestled for WWE and ECW, please see Dawn Marie Psaltis.

Dawn Marie Johnston is a former professional wrestler, better known by her ring name, Dawn Marie. She was active in the 1980s and early 1990s. She wrestled primarily in the Japan, National Wrestling Federation (NWF), World Wrestling Federation (WWF), and Ladies Professional Wrestling Association (LPWA).

Professional wrestling career

Japan

In a six-woman match in Japan during the summer of 1985, Johnston teamed with Desiree Petersen and Dump Matsumoto against Jaguar Yokota (Rimi Yokota) and the Jumping Bomb Angels (Noriyo Tateno and Itsuki Yamazaki). The heels controlled from the get go due to a sneak attack before the bell. The faces just made brief comebacks during the first 12 minutes. Dump won the match for her team.

World Wrestling Federation

In March 1986, she wrestled for the WWF at the Boston Garden, teaming with Velvet McIntyre against Bull Nakano and Dump Masamoto. She wrestled as a part of Sensational Sherri's team at the Survivor Series in 1987. She also wrestled against The Fabulous Moolah at times.

Independent circuit

During the early 1990s, she competed in the LPWA and wrestled against Rustee Thomas, Kat LeRoux, and Reggie Bennett.