Women who defined wrestling in the 20th century

#3 Ivory

Ivory

Like Jacqueline, Ivory too joined WWE (then WWF) during the time the Women's roster was more about allurement than skills, but Ivory was a renowned exception. She started her professional wrestling career in the promotion called Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (GLOW) under the name Tina Ferrari and soon earned a name for herself by becoming the GLOW Champion.

She went on to wrestle in other indy promotions like POWW, LPWA, and UWF in the late '80s and early '90s. She joined WWF in 1999 and tried to change the way people used to look at women's wrestling at that time.

Ivory brought athleticism to the table but didn't get to wrestle against many renowned opponents. She defeated the inexperienced Debra to commence her first title run but eventually fell victim to the abominable manner in which WWE's management used to book Women's matches. She lost the title to an 80-year-old Fabulous Moolah in a match which received lots of criticism and public outrage and SLAM Magazine reporter described it as "the worst match I've ever seen".

After this, she lost a series of matches against Ms. Kitty, Chyna, and Lita in an embarrassing fashion before she finally decided to leave WWE for good, which was a blessing in disguise as after that she returned to the independent circuit to do what she does best.

Many feel like she was way ahead of her time and that is why people did not accept her just as a wrestler during the attitude era. Ivory was inducted in the WSU Hall of Fame and WWE Hall of Fame in 2011 and in 2018 respectively.