Rustee Thomas

Rustee Thomas
Personal information
Born	Rebecca Thomas; March 11, 1957; Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Died	June 1, 2025 (aged 68)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Rustee Thomas; Rusty Fox; Rusty Thomas; Rustee The Fox Thomas
Billed height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Billed weight	136 lb (62 kg)
Billed from	Richmond, Virginia
Debut	1988
Retired	1999

Rebecca Thomas (March 11, 1957 – June 1, 2025), also known by her stage names Rustee Thomas and Rusty Fox, was an American professional wrestler who worked in the WWF, LPWA, NWL and HOPWF in the 1990s.^[2]

Professional wrestling career

Thomas made her wrestling debut in 1988. Mainly worked for National Wrestling League. She would feud with Heidi Lee Morgan during her career.

She won the NWL Women's Championship three times from 1991 to 1992 and 1997 to 1998.^[3]

She wrestled in the WWF Women's Championship tournament in November 1993, defeating Angie Marino in the first round^[4] and losing to her rival Heidi Lee Morgan in the semi-finals.^[5]^[6]^[7] In July 1994, she returned to the WWF losing house shows to Heidi Lee Morgan.^[8]

Later in her career, she worked in the independent circuit, House Of Pain Wrestling Federation and returned to the National Wrestling League in 1997.

She retired from wrestling in 1999.

Death

On June 1, 2025 Thomas passed away at 68.

Championships and accomplishments

National Wrestling League
- NWL Women's Championship (3 times)^[9]

References

^ Saalbach, Axel. "Wrestlingdata.com – The World's Largest Wrestling Database". wrestlingdata.com (in German). Retrieved April 30, 2026.
^ "Rustee Thomas: Profile". CageMatch.
^ Tsakiries, Phil (2004). "NWL Women's Title History". Solie's Title Histories. Solie.org. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
^ "1993". Thehistoryofwwe.com. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
^ Cawthon, Graham. "1993 WWF event results". Archived from the original on June 16, 2007. Retrieved August 31, 2007.
^ "19931213 – Alundra Blayze". WWE.com. Archived from the original on January 16, 2016. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
^ "WWE Title Tournaments". Prowrestlinghistory.com. Archived from the original on October 30, 2015. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
^ "1994". Thehistoryofwwe.com. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
^ "National Wrestling League Ladies Champion History". National Wrestling League. Archived from the original on June 26, 2008. Retrieved May 4, 2010.

External links

[1]
Rusty Thomas at IMDb

[1] Saalbach, Axel. "Wrestlingdata.com – The World's Largest Wrestling Database". wrestlingdata.com (in German). Retrieved April 30, 2026.

[2] "Rustee Thomas: Profile". CageMatch.

[Solie-3] Tsakiries, Phil (2004). "NWL Women's Title History". Solie's Title Histories. Solie.org. Retrieved May 4, 2010.

[4] "1993". Thehistoryofwwe.com. Retrieved December 31, 2016.

[5] Cawthon, Graham. "1993 WWF event results". Archived from the original on June 16, 2007. Retrieved August 31, 2007.

[6] "19931213 – Alundra Blayze". WWE.com. Archived from the original on January 16, 2016. Retrieved December 18, 2015.

[ReferenceA-7] "WWE Title Tournaments". Prowrestlinghistory.com. Archived from the original on October 30, 2015. Retrieved December 18, 2015.

[8] "1994". Thehistoryofwwe.com. Retrieved December 31, 2016.

[TitleHistory-9] "National Wrestling League Ladies Champion History". National Wrestling League. Archived from the original on June 26, 2008. Retrieved May 4, 2010.

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