10 times female wrestlers competed against men

#4 Maria Kanellis

Before the advent of Samoa Joe, there was another Samoan machine smashing his way through the WWE: Umaga.

Originally part of six-man tag team 3 Minute warning, Umaga was repackaged as a 'savage' Samoan, which might not play well to today's audiences but was a smash hit back during his run with the WWE. Umaga was built up not only as a credible wrestling champion but as an unstoppable monster who would often act as an attack dog by the backstage powers in WWE.

Such was the case when Maria asked some difficult questions during a backstage interview. She was forced, literally, into a match against Umaga, who didn't pull any punches and demolished the lovely young woman. We're betting that this is on highlight Maria would rather forget from her previous WWE career. Good thing John Cena was there to save the day.

Maria's bout with the Samoan Bulldozer was a total mismatch on paper and just served as a segment for Cena to cement his position as the hero more than anything else.