40 Most Popular Female Wrestlers

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25. Gail Kim
> WWE debut: 2003
> WWE appearances: 111
> Daily avg. Wikipedia page views: 1,192
> Pro Wrestling Illustrated “Woman of the Year” awards: 2

Gail Kim began her career on the Canadian-American independent circuit and was hired by WWE in 2002. She was the first WWE Diva to win a championship in her debut match and went on to win seven TNA Knockouts championships. She was the first woman to be inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame. Kim recently retired from in-ring competition, and currently serves as a producer for Impact Wrestling.

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24. Bayley
> WWE debut: 2012
> WWE appearances: 183
> Daily avg. Wikipedia page views: 2,347
> Pro Wrestling Illustrated “Woman of the Year” awards: 1

Born Pamela Rose Martinez, Bayley has been a wrestling superfan since she was 10 years old. In 2015, Bayley competed in the first WWE Iron Man Match to feature two women wrestlers. In 2017, she defeated Charlotte Flair (No. 3 on our list) to win her first Raw Women’s Championship.

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23. Maryse
> WWE debut: 2006
> WWE appearances: 272
> Daily avg. Wikipedia page views: 2,484
> Pro Wrestling Illustrated “Woman of the Year” awards: 0

Born Maryse Ouellet, Maryse is a French-Canadian performer with the SmackDown brand. She also manages her husband Michael Mizanin, known as The Miz. She began her career as a model and joined the WWE in 2007 after participating in the Diva Search competition. She was the first two-time Divas Champion and is one of the longest-tenured champions.

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22. Kelly Kelly
> WWE debut: 2006
> WWE appearances: 206
> Daily avg. Wikipedia page views: 1,989
> Pro Wrestling Illustrated “Woman of the Year” awards: 1

Kelly Kelly is the ring name of Barbara Jean Blank. She began her career as a model and became the youngest WWE Diva at the age of 19. She debuted on the WWE Extreme Championship Wrestling television program. She became known for Kelly’s Exposé, a weekly segment in which she performed a striptease that was regularly interrupted by her on-screen boyfriend Mike Knox. In 2011, she won the Divas Championship.

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21. Nia Jax
> WWE debut: 2015
> WWE appearances: 106
> Daily avg. Wikipedia page views: 4,167
> Pro Wrestling Illustrated “Woman of the Year” awards: 0

Savelina Fanene, aka Nia Jax, is an Australian with part Samoan ancestry. She is also the cousin of The Rock. At 6 feet tall, Jax is the biggest woman on our list — and she embraces her size. In fact, Nia Jax is the only female wrestler in the WWE to have her weight announced by the ring announcer. Jax herself says, “I’m not like most girls.”