Many fans debate what wrestling company has the best or worst women's division, with many pointing towards Stardom as one of the best in the world, while also praising the current WWE Raw women's division for its star power. They also offer criticism for NXT's green roster, while asking for more air-time in AEW's women's offerings. One company, however, has continued to have an excellent women's division for years. Impact Wrestling's Knockouts Division has remained a staple for women's wrestling over the last decade.
With so many prestigious names passing through the Knockouts Division, and the Knockouts Championship being one of the best women's belts in the world, it is only a matter of time before the next generation of champions are crowned, but in that same vein, a number of Impact's talented women's stars will also likely never touch the gold.
10 Savannah Evans - Won't
Serving the role as a wildcard, Savannah Evans seems like she may be a long-term project for Impact Wrestling, and if that is the case, she could very well win the Knockouts belt later on during her career. At the same time however, Evans often appears as an afterthought, only serving the role of Tasha Steelz's backup.
Time will tell for Savannah if the company views her as a future singles star, or if she will end up just being cast in her current role for the rest of her run. Should she break away from Tasha, Evans will need to show some improvement in the ring.
9 Lady Frost - Will
Another more recent addition to Impact's roster, Lady Frost started with Impact in 2021 and has continued to be featured into 2022, mainly feuding with Gisele Shaw and teaming with her once. Frost has shown a great level of athleticism during her run in the company thus far, with the area that she is lacking being her character.
Should Lady Frost manage to work on her character and become more than just a lady who dresses in snow and ice-themed attires, she could very well find her status in the company elevated, possibly even moonsaulting her way to the Knockouts Champion in the process!
8 Chelsea Green - Won't
Having already held the Knockouts Championship before her brief excursion into the WWE system, working as Laurel Van Ness, Chelsea Green has already tasted singles gold within Impact. Prior to Mickie James disappearing from Impact TV, Green's chances of winning the Knockouts Championship felt very high, as it seemed that her and James were on a collision course over the belt.
Mickie would drop the belt to Tasha Steelz, then having a mixed tag match with Chelsea and Matt Cardona, before vanishing from television as Chelsea has now moved on as the female factor within the Major Players faction. Green serves more as a manager right now, with her singles stock now dropped, as her and Mickie seem to be playing their feud out in NWA rather than Impact.
7 Jordynne Grace - Will
At only 26-years old, Jordynne Grace is already a fairly-decorated star within Impact Wrestling. Having already won the Knockouts Championship once, she has also held the Digital Media Championship and the Knockouts Tag Team Championship.
While still being quite young, Grace feels like one of the bigger stars in Impact's ever-evolving women's division, and often features within intergender matches in the company. While it remains to be seen if Jordynne will ever hold one of the men's championships in Impact, it does seem very likely that she will eventually become Knockouts Champion once more.
6 Havok - Won't
A former Knockouts and Knockouts Tag Team Champion, Havok has been a name featured in Impact Wrestling for years, spending time in the company in 2014 and 2015, before returning in 2019. Now a part of the Decay faction alongside Rosemary, Crazzy Steve, and Black Taurus, Havok continues to be a factor on Impact TV.
Time will tell if anything substantial comes for Havok as her career in Impact Wrestling continues, but it does not seem likely with her position in Decay, that she will be winning the Knockouts Championship any time soon.
5 Mia Yim - Will
Making her return to Impact Wrestling on May 7, 2022, at the Under Siege event, Mia Yim has instantly become one of the biggest names in the company's women's division upon her debut. Winning the Knockouts Championship as Jade during her first stint in Impact, Yim returns as a bigger name and a more full wrestler.
Yim is scheduled for a Knockouts Championship match at the 2022 Slammiversary PPV, in the first-ever Queen of the Mountain Match, a women's variant of the infamous King of the Mountain Match, a TNA/Impact staple, with Tasha Steelz defending against a number of Impact's top Knockouts. This could very well be Yim's match to win as well, as she has signed full-time with Impact.
4 Madison Rayne - Won't
One of the greatest Impact Knockouts, Madison Rayne is a 5-time Knockouts Champion and 3-time Knockouts Tag Team Champion, with a career that has spanned almost 20 years. Currently, Rayne is one half of The Influence tag-team alongside Tenille Dashwood.
While Madison Rayne may be one of the best Knockouts in the history of Impact Wrestling, and while she is still featured within the company, the likelihood of her winning the Knockouts Championship once again seems quite low.
3 Masha Slamovich - Will
The definitive long-term project for Impact's female talent, Masha Slamovich came into the company in the latter half of 2021 during the company's Knockouts Knockdown event, an all women's show. Since signing with the compnany, Masha has only featured on TV in squash matches against local talent.
As time goes on, it seems more likely that the run of enhancement matches will come to an end, hopefully sooner than later, with Masha fully entering the Knockouts Division. In time, it should be clear that 23-year old upstart will be one of the staples of the Knockouts Division as she will very likely become champion.
2 Alisha Edwards - Won't
Arguably the easiest name to say as one that will not hold the Knockouts Championship, Alisha Edwards is sitting on the bottom rung of the Knockouts ladder within the division. Mainly working in Battle Royals, tag team matches, and occasional singles matches on pre-shows, Alisha is a name that just kind of exists within Impact Wrestling.
While Alisha serves a purpose in Impact and has been great in comedy segments like Swinger's Palace and Wrestle House, there are too many better and more important names that deserve the Knockouts Championship ahead of her.
1 Gisele Shaw - Will
One of the fastest rising stars in Impact Wrestling currently, Gisele Shaw signed with the company in 2022 and has since made a number of appearances, first feuding with Lady Frost before finding herself involved in the Knockouts Tag Team Championship scene against The Influence. Despite still being a fresh face, Shaw has impressed in nearly every outing, with a singles PPV match against Madison Rayne being her best match so far in the company.
As she continues to grow as a performer, having only been wrestling since 2015, Shaw looks to continue to improve while already being one of the brightest stars in the Knockouts Division. Before long, her time will come and the Knockouts Championship will be placed around the waist of the Quintessential Diva.