Throughout the history of women's wrestling, especially in WWE, women got overlooked as they hardly got any minutes to tell a meaningful story. However, there have been some women in WWE who have made a mark in the wrestling industry but for some reason, they don't get the credit they deserve.
The likes of Trish Stratus and Charlotte Flair are amongst the conversation for being the greatest female wrestler of all time, and their extraordinary Women's Championship hauls back it up. However, some of their contemporaries, who carved out a successful career in WWE, are not spoken in the same ilk as them. Some top names have been omitted from several reunion shows and Women's Royal Rumble matches which has raised eyebrows, but their efforts should not be ignored.
10 Eve Torres
Eve Torres won the 2007 WWE Diva Search, and she was incredibly green when she wrestled. However, she found her niche by conducting backstage interviews, and she got better over time in the ring. Eve made history as the first three-time WWE Divas Champion, which she thoroughly deserved.
Unfortunately, Eve doesn't get much credit since she competed in the tail-end of the Ruthless Aggression Era, and at the start of the PG Era. She retired from professional wrestling in January 2013, two years before the Women's Evolution began, but her work as a heel in 2012 saw the best version of Eve.
9 Bayley
Bayley is unquestionably one of the greatest wrestlers during the Women's Evolution but her Four Horsewomen counterparts Charlotte, Flair, Becky Lynch, and Sasha Banks are held in higher regard than Bayley. Bayley was the last of the four to join the main roster in 2016 and hasn't always been featured in the best storylines.
Nevertheless, 2020 was Bayley's most successful year in WWE as she carried the Women's Division during the pandemic era. She also held the SmackDown Women's Title for a record 380 days and captured the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship with Sasha Banks. Sadly, Bayley suffered another setback as she failed to have a match at WrestleMania 37 which was nonsensical, considering the year she had in 2020. It feels like Bayley is a big star but fails to get the credit she deserves for the hard work she has put in.
8 Melina
Melina began her WWE career as the manager of Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro, and she guided MNM to the WWE Tag Team Championship in April 2005. However, Melina was one of the best female wrestlers in the Ruthless Aggression Era.
Melina improved leaps and bounds, and her record speaks for itself. She is a three-time WWE Women's Champion and a two-time WWE Divas Champion. Unfortunately, injuries curtailed Melina's career earlier than expected but she played a massive role in the success of women's wrestling.
7 Jacqueline
When you think about trailblazers, Jacqueline comes to mind. Jacqueline is legitimately tough, and one of the strongest women in WWE history. Moreover, Jacqueline made history in September 1998 as she became the first black woman to win the WWE Women's Championship.
She was an integral figure of the Attitude Era, and Jacqueline captured another Women's Title reign in 2000. Jacqueline was a magnificent in-ring performer but women's wrestling was not taken seriously in the Attitude Era. The larger-than-life characters like Chyna, and Sable happened to be in the Attitude Era like the WWE Hall of Famer but they got more praise than Jacqueline.
6 Michelle McCool
Michelle McCool is a history maker as she became the first woman to capture both the Divas and Women's Championships in 2008 and 2009. McCool was a naturally gifted athlete but she took her character to the next level when she allied with Layla, and they were known as LayCool.
McCool put on some memorable matches with the likes of Natalya, and Melina but many feel that she got success due to being married to The Undertaker. It's completely unfair that McCool got labeled for having success because of Undertaker, which is not true as women's wrestlers still got overlooked in her era.
5 Ivory
Arguably Ivory is the greatest WWE Women's Champion in the Attitude Era. Ivory captured the Women's Title three times during that time frame, and her in-ring and mic skills were off the charts. Moreover, Ivory joined Right To Censor in late 2000, and she had a high-profile feud with Chyna.
Ivory was a great heel and she is criminally underrated for her efforts in WWE. It made little sense for Ivory to drop the Women's Title to The Fabulous Moolah, and The Kat in late 1999 which summed up the state of the women's division in the Attitude Era.
4 Molly Holly
In late 2000, Molly Holly joined WWE as a member of The Holly Cousins alongside Crash and Hardcore Holly. Molly captivated audiences with her style of wrestling, and she turned heel when she turned on Spike Dudley to join The Alliance and be The Hurricane's sidekick as Mighty Molly.
However, Molly became serious in 2002 when she cut her short and became a threat to Trish Stratus' Women's Title. Molly became a two-time WWE Women's Champion and her second reign lasted over 200 days in 2003-04. Molly was one of the best female wrestlers in the Ruthless Aggression Era, and she showed her passion for the business by sacrificing her hair at WrestleMania XX when she lost to Victoria in a title versus hair match.
3 Natalya
Natalya comes from wrestling royalty as she is a proud member of The Hart Family. Coming from The Hart Family, you would have thought that Natalya would have plenty of Women's Championship reigns in her WWE career.
Surprisingly, Natalya only has won the Divas Championship and the SmackDown Women's Title in her career. Natalya is arguably the most talented in-ring performer alongside Charlotte Flair, and Natalya constantly gets overlooked but has remained loyal to WWE. She certainly deserves a lot better but she has been mistreated in WWE.
2 Victoria
During the Ruthless Aggression Era, Victoria became one of Trish Stratus' biggest rivals, and they competed in hardcore and a Chicago Street Fight over the WWE Women's Championship. Victoria originally portrayed a psychotic heel but she became a babyface in 2004 due to the reception she got from fans.
Unfortunately, Victoria has not been inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as of 2021 and despite being a two-time WWE Women's Champion, Victoria fails to get the recognition she deserves. She finally returned after a decade of absence in the 2021 Women's Royal Rumble match, and hopefully, Victoria gets inducted into the Hall of Fame shortly.
1 Mickie James
Mickie James is a five-time WWE Women's Champion, and a former Divas Champion but for some reason, Mickie doesn't get the recognition she deserves. Unfortunately, she recently got released in the latest dismissals in April, and James wasn't too happy about it.
James is unquestionably a legend and certainly will be a future WWE Hall of Famer. However, despite being the only woman to beat both Trish Stratus and Lita for the Women's Championship, she isn't viewed the same way as both of those legends are.