10 Most Influential People In Women's Wrestling History

10. The Fabulous Moolah

We start the countdown with a Hall of Fame performer and one of the greatest women's champions of all time, The Fabulous Moolah. A valet-turned-wrestler, she fought for the respect of her peers at a time throughout the second-half of the 1900s in which women were looked at very much like a sideshow attraction. She overcame all perceptions of her and earned the reputation of one of the sport's toughest workers, regardless of gender. In the process, she captured the women's championship and proceeded to hold the title for 28 years. The strength of competition was nowhere what it would be years later, in what many consider the golden age of women's wrestling, but he managed to remain relevant across three decades and that is hard to do in any situation. Moolah was the first huge successful women's wrestler. Sure, there were others, such as Mildred Burke and the great Mae Young, but it was Moolah and her eventual appearances for Vince McMahon's WWE that made her the first great champion of women's wrestling as a legitimate aspect of the sport.