25 Greatest Women Professional Wrestlers of All-Time

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RankingWrestler
1Charlotte Flair
2Chyna
3Trish Stratus
4Lita
5Becky Lynch
6Ronda Rousey
7Asuka
8Bayley
9Rhea Rhipley
10Bianca Belair
11Sasha Banks
12Alexa Bliss
13The Fabulous Moolah
14Mildred Burke
15Alundra Blayze
16AJ Lee
17Paige
18Liv Morgan
19Beth Phoenix
20Nikki Bella
21Wendi Richter
22Iyo Sky
23Mickie James
24Naomi
25Natalya

2 thoughts on “25 Greatest Women Professional Wrestlers of All-Time

  1. Great names, Inferno! Jacqueline, Ivory, and Molly Holly were (are) great workers and certainly would be in the top 40 and probably even the top 30. To give a nod to Roman Reigns, there’s really only room for “head of the table” names on a list as short as the top 25. Sable is different, though. She only had 30 matches. It would be unfair to the other names to throw a manager/valet with only 30 matches into the top 25. She’d rank higher on a list of valet/managers.

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