The Mike Tyson of women's wrestling, Jazz was presented to the WWE fans as legitimately tough and capable of destroying whichever woman was put in front of her. Utilizing a move set that played up her strength advantage, she relentlessly threw Divas such as Trish Stratus, Ivory, Jacqueline, Victoria and Molly Holly around the ring with relative ease. Her finishers, the fisherman buster and the STF, were more suited to male competition and really stood out among the more female-friendly finishers incorporated by her peers. With the assistance of Finlay, she developed a badass female persona that struck a chord and made her the most intimidating woman on the roster. Her feud with Stratus was one of the defining ones in WWE's revamped and refocused women's division. They had some tremendous matches together that told the story of dominant villain and plucky babyface perfectly. Their matches together helped establish Jazz as a legitimate competitor while also proving to an unsure audience that the stunningly gorgeous Stratus could mix it up between the ropes. As the heel champion, Jazz helped establish and evolve Stratus as a wrestler and never quite gets the credit she deserves for that. Injuries killed a great deal of Jazz's momentum on more than one occasion, however, and cost her the opportunity to really dominate as champion. She could easily have been the centerpiece of women's wrestling in the industry but never was able to get on that roll that would have cemented her as one of the undisputed best of her generation. Still, a revolutionary wrestler that carried the women's division until Trish Stratus was ready to lead it in the years that followed.
Erik Beaston is a freelance pro wrestling writer who likes long walks in the park, dandelions and has not quite figured out that this introduction is not for Match.com. He resides in Parts Unknown, where he hosts weekly cookouts with Kane, The Ultimate Warrior, Papa Shango and The Boogeyman. Be jealous.
