10 Superstars Who Aren't As Big As They Think They Are
9. Nikki Bella
In a division still mostly in the dark and a relationship that would be permanently and unfairly credited with her achieving any success in the company, Nikki Bella quietly became a good professional wrestler.
She did not - despite relentless doses of received wisdom and revisionist history - help drive forward the women's division to what it is today.
Quite the opposite in fact; Bella was a total Diva before a huge reality show branded her as such. Hired as much to perform in bikini battles more than brilliant brawls, Nikki and sister Brie hung from the arms of Guest Hosts and hung around backstage whilst a mini-revolution began on NXT and AJ Lee attempted to reframe the narrative around a feckless female league.
It's the latter's persona non grata status in modern day WWE that makes Nikki's story so easy to slot in place. Without Lee to feature (due, presumably, to ill feeling between the company and her husband CM Punk), Nikki Bella was considered the bridge between the then and now and will be immortalised as such forever.
Far from fighting to break the mold, she was, for the most part, a paticipatory footnote.