#3 Kaitlyn (Season Three Winner)
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By the time the third season of NXT came around, fans were clearly lacking an appetite for it. To shake things up, the WWE decided to hold an all-female version of the show, giving opportunities to several women still involved with the company today. Any hopes that the WWE was about to inject some seriousness back into the format were soon dashed, however, after it was made apparent that the women would mostly be subjected to meaningless tasks and ridicule from a heel Michael Cole.
The winner of the season turned out to be Kaitlyn, a fitness enthusiast signed by the WWE a short while before NXT 3 started. She was somewhat of a surprise victor, narrowly edging past the likes of AJ Lee and Naomi. Her impressive physique and semi-impressive wrestling skills did make her stand out in what was a difficult series for the women. Her victory earned her a place on Smackdown where she formed a tag-team with AJ called ‘The Chickbusters’.
These were certainly not the days of the Divas’ Revolution, so anything Kaitlyn attempted to do was a little underplayed. She did have a decent programme with AJ Lee throughout her career, feuding with her initially after the break up of their team, and a few years later when she played the babyface victim of AJ’s mind games and bullying.
Kaitlyn also gave some stability back to the Divas’s Championship after it was passed around amongst undeserving members of the roster. She was a believable champion to look at and could talk on the mic fairly comfortably. She did good business with stars like Layla, Tamina and Natalya along the way, but her best feud was undoubtedly with AJ Lee. The two women's careers effectively mirrored each other, feuding over the championship and inserting themselves into several feuds involving the men.
Kaitlyn considers herself retired from wrestling altogether, concentrating on her numerous other ventures including a fashion line and bodybuilding. She runs a fitness clothing company with her husband and has recently started a smoothie bar in Florida. While we might not see her in a wrestling ring anytime soon, she does occasionally appear on the cover of fitness magazines and in various media appearances every so often.
