Birthplace: USA
Years Active: 1995-2011
Net Worth: $4 million*
Chyna (birth name, Joan Marie Laurer) trained at Wladek Kowalski’s pro wrestling school in Massachusetts. She was hired by the WWF and afterward became a founding D-Generation X stable member (and the first female enforcer). Chyna was the only woman to ever win the WWF Intercontinental Champion twice and was the first female wrestler to participate in Royal Rumble and King of the Ring.
A dedicated performer, Chyna was the number-one contender to win the top title in the WWE, boasting victories over many prominent male wrestlers (which was devastation to some of them). Overall, Chyna had a glistening wrestling career and was even nicknamed the “Ninth Wonder of the World” before she retired in 2011.
Akira Hokuto
Birthplace: Japan
Years Active: 1985-2002
Net Worth: $5 million*
Akira Hokuto was born in Hisaka Unois and made her career debut in 1984 after she was trained in an AJW dojo while in high school. At the ripe age of eighteen, her fame had already grown, as she gained a reputation for her intense fighting capabilities. Hokuto won the Rookie of the Year, along with Match of the Year.
Hokuto set herself apart by gaining a reputation for toughness after she broke her neck in a fight but still kept wrestling for two more rounds, using her hands to hold her head in place. Akira Hokuto is definitely an unrivaled woman!
Torrie Wilson
Birthplace: USA
Years Active: 1999-2018
Net Worth: $5 Million
Torrie Wilson had a rather happenstance entrance into wrestling when she was selected to walk out to the ring with Scott Steiner. She later became a part of an elaborate storyline involving Kevin Nash. Wilson eventually made her debut on WWE in 2001 under the Smackdown brand and was involved in quite a few feud storylines. She was then moved to the Raw brand in 2005 where she faced and defeated Candice in WrestleMania 22.
She made occasional appearances after her retirement through 2018 and was recently inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2019.
Su Yung
Birthplace: USA
Years Active: 2007-Present
Net Worth: $1 Million
Su Yung (born Vannarah Riggs) was working as a professional wrestler for a number of promotions such as Lady Sports, GCW, and Jerry Lawler’s Memphis Wrestling. She was signed to a developmental contract with the WWE in 2010 and debuted that same year toting a villainous persona. After facing continual losses, she was released from her WWE contract in 2011.
Since then, Yung has been seen on Shimmer Women’s Athletes promotions as well as Impact Wrestling which she is still a part of today.
Bayley
Birthplace: USA
Years Active: 2012-Present
Net Worth: $2 million*
Pamela Rose Martinez, known in the wrestling world as Bayley, started her career in the independent circuit before signing with the WWE in 2012. She was under the NXT brand and became a one-time NXT Women’s Champion.
Bayley tag-teamed with Sasha Banks during the Battleground competition to take down Charlotte and Dana Brooke. Presently, she is part of the SmackDown brand and became the first WWE Women’s Grand Slam winner in the history of WWE.