WWE has developed a reputation over its history of not featuring its female wrestlers to the best of their abilities, with the exception of a few ladies who overcame that barrier and won the Women's Championship multiple times. That is unfortunate, as there were several female wrestlers with a lot of potential that were not fully recognized over the years.
Today's women's division is showing some progress, and if certain past female wrestlers were wrestling in the present, there is a strong possibility that those females would be booked better and showcased more prominently. These lady wrestlers come from different eras but share a common trait of being underappreciated.
10 Jazz
Jazz has been wrestling for years, before and after her run in WWE, and while she did win WWE's Women's Championship two times in the early 2000s, her prime happened during a time when WWE was not taking women's wrestling as seriously as today. Jazz wrestled with some of the best years ago, including a long-running rivalry with Trish Stratus.
If Jazz was part of today's women's division in WWE, she would likely be booked as one of the most dominant female wrestlers on the roster. She could have created some great matches with Charlotte Flair, Sasha Banks, and others.
9 Molly Holly
Molly Holly is now retired, making cameos in the Royal Rumbles over the last few years with her Mighty Molly superhero gimmick. In her prime, she was a great technical wrestler and could carry a green competitor to a good match. She wrestled in WCW under various names, among other promotions, prior to migrating to WWE. She was introduced in WWE as the cousin of Hardcore and Crash Holly, and even after that storyline ended, that name stuck with her.
Molly Holly debuted as a pleasant, down-to-earth lady, but turned heel later on with a gimmick about being wholesome and not undressing for the fan's delight. That gimmick was a sign of the times and being a heel for that purpose symbolized WWE's philosophy on women's wrestling then. Molly would be the Women's Champion but would have better luck in today's division.
8 Ivory
Ivory wrestled briefly in the early 1990s to begin her career, then worked for WWE years later. Her most memorable gimmick was being a very vocal promo as part of the Right To Censor faction during the Attitude Era, living that gimmick on TV and talking about how crude the other ladies were to undress for the fans. This caused heel heat for Ivory because she was putting down what many fans wanted.
Ivory would be the Women's Champion before and during the Right To Censor gimmick and would later work in a random match here and there. With her personality and in-ring talents, she would fare better today.
7 Jacqueline
Jacqueline was a very formidable ladies wrestler in her prime, starting in Texas, wrestling in Japan, and working very briefly in WCW before arriving in WWE. She wrestled for WWE in the Attitude Era and the Ruthless Aggression Era, so the storylines she was given to work with were not the most befitting of her talents. She was the Women's Champion and later the Cruiserweight Champion, so she overcame those earlier hurdles to a degree.
Jacqueline would be a better fit today, she would be more respected, have some great matches with today's generation, and would make a great trainer for up-and-coming wrestlers.
6 Victoria
Victoria's best success in WWE came with her gimmick of a kayfabe obsession with Trish Stratus. Victoria portrayed a convincing heel and took that gimmick to her first Women's Championship. She'd eventually turned babyface due to the fans getting to know her in-ring talents and respecting them, leading to her second reign with the WWE Women's Title.
To think she began in WWE as part of The Godfather's group of ladies, and it's even more impressive that she overcame that and worked hard to be taken seriously at that time. Today, she would be one of the best in WWE.
5 Melina
Melina still wrestles elsewhere to this day, but she did make a short appearance in the 2022 Women's Royal Rumble match. She started on WWE TV on SmackDown in 2005 with Johnny Nitro and Joey Mercury as MNM, dealing with a storyline involving Batista which was dramatic and uncomfortable.
Over the next few years, Melina started improving and stepping her game up in the ring, leading to the Women's Title multiple times. If Melina was still regularly wrestling for WWE, she would hopefully be treated as her talents warrant, being a veteran who assists the younger women wrestlers.
4 Luna Vachon
Luna Vachon was part of a wrestling family, being the niece of wrestler "Mad Dog" Vachon. She was a ladies wrestler who possessed a unique personality and charisma, developing a gimmick where she cut promos with a gravely and snarly voice while wearing face paint.
Despite this, she dealt with mistreatment throughout her career, including during her WWE run. She was able to navigate through that and not allow it to stop her from wrestling for several years. She never became a WWE Women's Champion and is underrated for her contributions to professional wrestling. Today, she would hopefully be featured better.
3 Alundra Blayze
Alundra Blayze was featured on WWE shows in the early to mid-1990s, earning and holding the Women's Title multiple times. She was very talented, crisp in the ring, and showed what the women can do between the ropes with the proper booking and opponents.
Her WWE run was not very long, only lasting about two years. However, at a period of time when WWE was barely showing ladies wrestling, Blayze showed why that choice was misguided. Today, she would be a show-stealer.
2 Gail Kim
Gail Kim debuted in WWE in 2003 and won their Women's Title in her first match on RAW. Despite this initial success, Kim would be booked poorly for her obvious talents. This was especially noticeable when she had a second run, having some good matches, but not attaining the Women's Title again.
After a love storyline involving Daniel Bryan and The Bella Twins, Kim left WWE after realizing her career was treading water there. That is a shame, and years later, Kim would be wrestling classics with the current roster.
1 Bull Nakano
Bull Nakano started out her wrestling career in Japan, the country where she is from. She'd later impress people enough to get opportunities in both WCW and WWE. In WWE, she wrestled some great matches with Alundra Blayze and was Women's Champion as well. She was tall and strong and used those traits to her advantage in the ring.
In today's division, Nakano would present a good challenge and, if booked by her talents, would be well-respected.