BP Women of Wrestling: Summer '11 - THE COUNTDOWN!

[Burke]

I knew Brie would rank higher than Nikki! Justice has been done.

Jul 8, 2011 18:27:52 GMT -5 Tiarnán said:

Right, TOP TEN!

No ties from here on in. Any predictions?

I predict a top 3 of Maryse, Kelly and Velvet. In that order.

[Tiarnán]

Finally someone replied. >_>

Anyways, perhaps that'll be the top three. Don't rule certain others out tho.

And yeah, Brie trumped Nikki. It's worth noting that Nikki got a 100 point vote from someone, so she has that over her sister at least.

[Mutant Couch]

I'll just edit this with my list after you finish. I'm happy Natalya at least made top 10.

Sara Del Ray is a must watch. I'm pretty well in love with her.

[Tiarnán]

Jul 9, 2011 22:01:56 GMT -5 Mutant Couch said:

I'll just edit this with my list after you finish. I'm happy Natalya at least made top 10.

Sara Del Ray is a must watch. I'm pretty well in love with her.

Ya, it would've been silly had she not cracked Top 10 at least. She deserves even higher.

I shall check some stuff out.

[Tiarnán]

8th Place --- Gail Kim --- WWE (220 Points)



Credentials:
- First ever TNA Knockout Champion.
- Former WWE Women's Champion.
- Made history by becoming the only woman in company history to win said title in her debut match.
- First woman to have held both WWE and TNA gold.
- PWI No.3 female singles wrestler 2008
- PWI No.13 female singles wrestler 2009
- PWI No.13 female singles wrestler 2010
- TNA Knockout of the Year 2007
- AWF Diva of the Year 2001
- Former FC Women's Champion
- Oldest woman in top ten.
- Highest ranked Asian female on the list
- Only woman in top ten to have competed actively on WWE and TNA television

Notable Matches:
vs. Jazz, Victoria, Trish Stratus, Molly Holly, Jacqueline, Ivory, Raw 2003 (Battle Royal)
vs. Molly Holly, Raw 2003
w/Molly Holly vs. Trish Stratus & Lita, Unforgiven 2003
vs. Victoria, Trish Stratus, Lita, Bad Blood 2004
vs. Sirelda, Hard Justice 2006
vs. Jacqueline, Lockdown 2007 (Cage Match)
vs. Jacqueline, iMPACT! 2007 (Street Fight)
vs. Roxxi Laveaux, O.D.B., Talia Madison, Angel Williams, Awesome Kong, Christy Hemme, Jacqueline, Shelly Martinez, Traci Brooks, Bound for Glory 2007
vs. Roxxi Laveaux, O.D.B., Angel Williams, Genesis 2007
vs. Awesome Kong, Turning Point 2007
vs. Awesome Kong, Final Resolution 2008
vs. Awesome Kong, iMPACT! 2008
vs. Awesome Kong, O.D.B., Destination X 2008
w/O.D.B. vs. Awesome Kong & Raisha Saeed, Lockdown 2008
vs. Roxxi Laveaux, Angelina Love, O.D.B., Jacqueline, Rhaka Khan, Christy Hemme, Traci Brooks, Velvet Sky, Salinas, TNA Sacrifice 2008
vs. Awesome Kong, iMPACT! 2008
w/O.D.B. & Taylor Wilde vs. Awesome Kong & The Beautiful People, Hard Justice 2008
vs. Awesome Kong, iMPACT! 2008 (Street Fight)
vs. Maryse, SmackDown 2009
w/Melina vs. Michelle McCool & Alicia Fox, SmackDown 2009
vs. Beth Phoenix, Kelly Kelly, Alicia Fox, Raw 2009
vs. Mickie James, Raw 2009
w/Melina & Kelly Kelly vs. Michelle McCool, Beth Phoenix & Natalya, Bragging Rights 2009
w/Melina, Mickie James, Kelly Kelly & Eve vs. Michelle McCool, Beth Phoenix, Alicia Fox, Jillian Hall & Layla, Survivor Series 2009
w/Maryse vs. Lay-Cool, Elimination Chamber 2010
vs. Maryse, Raw 2010
vs. Alicia Fox, Eve Torres, Maryse, Fatal Four Way 2010
vs. Jillian Hall, Superstars 2010
w/Daniel Bryan vs. Melina & Tyson Kidd, Superstars 2011
vs. Melina, Superstars 2011
vs. Beth Phoenix, Superstars 2011

Notable Rivalries:
vs. Trish Stratus
vs. Victoria
vs. Stacy Keibler
vs. Jackie Gayda
vs. Sirelda
vs. Jacqueline
vs. Awesome Kong
vs. Michelle McCool
vs. Maryse
vs. Jillian Hall
vs. The Bella Twins
vs. Melina

My thoughts:
I'll just start things off by saying that next to Layla, Gail Kim currently wears the best attires on the Diva roster imo.

Looking at Gail's accomplishments, she's actually way more decorated than I realised. She'll leave a legacy, in spite of WWE's vendetta to destroy it. I remember when Gail made her debut in 2003. She actually got promo videos (the same thing happened in 2009, right?), and they seemed really cool. The matrix thing was a nice touch, and her music was brilliant. Bring it back. Things looked up, but sadly she was pushed into the spotlight as champion far too early and it didn't work out so well. I really enjoyed her alliance with Trish tho.

Glad that Gail did so well in TNA; she deserved it. Like it or not, she is one of the best active female wrestlers today, and it's a shame to see her wasting away in WWE. Nice to see her get a little fiery over the whole situation on Twitter a few days back. Preach it, Gail. I'm enjoying the broken friend angle with Melina; more of that.

Point Breakdown: 40 / 60 / 70 / 30 / 20

[Tiarnán]

7th Place --- A.J. Lee --- WWE (230 Points)



Credentials:
- Former FCW Divas Champion
- Former Queen of FCW
- First Diva to hold the Divas Championship and the Queen of FCW title simultaneously
- Former WSU Tag Team Champion (w/Brooke Carter)
- Former WSU/NWS Queen of the Ring
- Highest ranked NXT3 alumnus on list
- Shortest woman in top ten

Notable Matches:
vs. Naomi Night, NXT Series 3

Notable Rivalries:
vs. Naomi Night
vs. The Bella Twins
vs. Tamina

My thoughts:
A.J. is my second favourite female wrestler in WWE right now. In addition to being very talented, she also has a wonderful taste in wrestlers, including Melina and Molly Holly (and Lita). She was actually a regular poster on the old Melina forum on her fansite. ;D

A.J. is extremely likeable and extremely athletic. I would not be at all surprise if she and Naomi became the Trish/Lita or the Mickie/Melina of their generation. And don't let her nerdy girl act fool you! She pulls it off great, but there's actually a fantastic heel hidden beneath all of that - in some ways reminiscent of a certain idol of hers - as was seen during her FCW run.

Point Breakdown: 70 / 30 / 60 / 70

[Tiarnán]

6th Place --- Angelina Love --- TNA (270 Points)



Credentials:
- Holds the record for most TNA Women's Knockout Championship title reigns
- Former five time TNA Women's Knockout Champion
- Former TNA Knockout Tag Team Champion (with Winter)
- PWI No.16 female singles wrestler 2008
- PWI No.2 female singles wrestler 2009
- PWI No.2 female singles wrestler 2010
- Former OSPW Women's Champion
- IWF Manager of the Year 2000
- Highest woman on list to have been employed to both WWE and TNA

Notable Matches:
vs. numerous, Bound for Glory 2007
vs. Gail Kim, Roxxi Laveaux, O.D.B. Genesis 2007
w/Velvet Sky vs. O.D.B. & Roxxi Laveaux, Turning Point 2008
vs. numerous, Sacrifice 2008
w/Velvet Sky & Moose vs. Gail Kim, O.D.B. & Roxxi Laveaux, Slammiversary 2008
vs. Gail Kim, Victory Road 2008
w/Velvet Sky & Awesome Kong vs. Gail Kim, O.D.B. & Taylor Wilde, Hard Justice 2008
vs. Taylor Wilde, No Surrender 2008
vs. Taylor Wilde, Awesome Kong, Lockdown 2009
vs. Awesome Kong, Sacrifice 2009
vs. Tara, Slammiversary 2009
vs. Tara, iMPACT! 2009
vs. Tara Victory Road 2009
vs. O.D.B., Hard Justice 2009
vs. Mercedes Martinez, WSU 2009
vs. Sassy Stephanie, WSU 3rd Anniversary Show
vs. Tara, iMPACT! 2010
w/Tara, O.D.B. & Hamada vs. Beautiful People & Daffney, iMPACT! 2010
w/Tara vs. Madison Rayne & Velvet Sky, Lockdown 2010
vs. Madison Rayne, Victory Road 2010
vs. Madison Rayne, iMPACT! 2010
vs. Tara, Madison Rayne, Velvet Sky, Bound for Glory 2010
w/Winter vs. Sarita & Rosita, Victory Road 2011
vs. Velvet Sky, iMPACT! 2011
w/Winter & Jeff Jarrett vs. Velvet Sky & Kurt Angle
w/Winter vs. Velvet Sky, iMPACT! 2011
vs. Mickie James, Slammiversary 2011



Notable Rivalries:
vs. Krissy Vaine
vs. Roxxi Laveaux
vs. Gail Kim
vs. Taylor Wilde
vs. Awesome Kong
vs. Tara
vs. The Beautiful People
vs. Madison Rayne
vs. Velvet Sky
vs. Mickie James

My thoughts:
Angelina actually wasn't doing too well at the start of this, surprisingly. She wasn't really in the race at all, but some big votes later in saw her surge past much of the competition.

Not Angelina's biggest fan, but I can see why people like her. She's a good wrestler and she played the Beautiful Person/Queen Bee gimmick well. She's clearly done insanely well in TNA and is probably regarded as their most successful female. I've seen a bunch of people refer to her as TNA's Trish Stratus.

Shocker: I actually have a bit of a soft spot for A.L. Way back in 2007 I had fun with her character (then Angel Williams) in my T.E.W. game (essentially a better EWR, but one that you pay for). She was supposedly this big name Hollywood fashion advisor, and Melina hired her. Angel encouraged her to wear all these ridiculous clothes and ultimately it turned out that she'd been hired by Mickie James to humiliate Melina. Good times.

ANYWAY, well done.

Point Breakdown: 20 / 100 / 70 / 80

[Tiarnán]

That leaves five women. In alphabetical order:

Kelly Kelly
Madison Rayne
Maryse
Melina
Velvet Sky

Predictions?

[Brandon]

Jul 13, 2011 12:42:22 GMT -5 Tiarnán said:

Madison Rayne

[Tarry]

I'm more surprised at Melina being in the top 5 tbh.

[Brandon]

Jul 13, 2011 12:54:03 GMT -5 Tarry said:

I'm more surprised at Melina being in the top 5 tbh.

I'm giving Melina being in the top five a pass cause of rigged voting.

[Burke]

The top 5 are all people I voted for!

Jul 13, 2011 12:42:22 GMT -5 Tiarnán said:

That leaves five women. In alphabetical order:

Kelly Kelly
Madison Rayne
Maryse
Melina
Velvet Sky

Predictions?

Jul 9, 2011 18:46:22 GMT -5 Burke said:

I predict a top 3 of Maryse, Kelly and Velvet. In that order.

[Brandon]

Jul 13, 2011 12:56:11 GMT -5 Burke said:

The top 5 are all people I voted for!

[Tiarnán]

No rigged voting. Promise.

[Tiarnán]

Also, fifth place coming soon.