10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About Women's Wrestling

8. Debra Loses And Becomes The Women's Champion

Debra Sable Women's Championship
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Debra McMichael was one of the biggest female stars of the Attitude Era, and the individual most closely associated with Jerry Lawler shouting 'puppies' like an overexcited teenager. After a stint in WCW, she moved with the then-WWF in 1998 to manage Jeff Jarrett. It was here that her sex appeal was utilised to the fullest to make her an insanely popular member of the roster.

Debra, whose finishing move is listed on Wikipedia as being the 'Slap', was even a one-time Women's Champion, although the circumstances in which she won the belt were degrading to say the least. Debra faced then-champion Sable in an Evening Gown match, a bout won by removing the garments of your opponent. A technical masterpiece it was not.

Bizarrely, Sable won the 'match' by taking advantage of Val Venis' distraction to remove Debra's clothes and seemingly retaining her title, only for then-commissioner Shawn Michaels to declare that the loser of the match would actually be the winner. Debra lost her clothes but won the match, and became Women's Champion in the process.

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