10 Fastest Female Pushes In WWE History
Where does Sasha Banks' recent push rank among the greats?
Last month, Sasha Banks captured her first major championship on the WWE main roster. All in all, it was a fairly speedy rise to power.
Winning the title on July 25, 2016, her official WWE debut had arrived a little over a year earlier on July 13, 2015, meaning her push to the title clocks in at a very respectable 378 days.
But as quickly as Banks managed to reach the top of the pile, she was by no means the quickest in history. Over the years, and across various incarnations of the women’s division's premier prize, we’ve seen a number of stars pushed to prominence in much faster time.
This list looks back at the most rapid of them all, using the time between a wrestler’s TV debut and her maiden title win as the criteria for defining her push. And of course, these titles win include both the current and previous Women’s titles, as well as the Divas Championship, otherwise it would be a very short list…
Finally, in a bid to give this list something resembling legitimacy, I’ve drawn the line at one-off gimmicks so, unfortunately, the likes of Spider Lady (Fabulous Moolah) and Hervina (Harvey Wippleman in drag) will not be making appearances.
10. Ivory (121 Days)
Despite getting into the pro wrestling business as early as
1986, Ivory didn’t sign for the WWE until January 1999. Once she was finally
there, though, she didn’t mess around in making up for lost time.
After initially appearing as one of the Godfather’s Hoes, Ivory was formally introduced as a valet for Mark Henry and D’Lo Brown on a rare Saturday Night showing of Raw on Feb. 13, 1999.
Two days later she’d make her in-ring debut, teaming with Brown in a mixed-tag match against Debra and Jeff Jarrett and, after a smattering of further TV appearances, she would soon find herself challenging Debra for the Women’s Championship.
That match - and her subsequent victory - arrived on the June 14, 1999 episode of Raw, just 121 days after her official outing. Now, you could argue that her push was actually slightly quicker, as that episode of Raw had in fact been taped six days in advance, but there are no such shortcuts to be taken here! TV dates are the authority in this list, and so 121 days is the official figure.
That’s just enough to see Ivory sneak into 10th place ahead of Bertha Faye’s 125-day ascension in 1995.