1999 really was a wasteland of awful Women's Champions. With the new Millennium on its way and Ivory carrying the gold, it appeared as though the proverbial ship had been steadied. Then came December's Armageddon pay-per-view and a Fatal 4-Way Evening Gown match held inside a swimming pool. Filled with water. Yes, a match designed strictly to see a bunch of attractive women ripping each other's clothes of while soaking wet. To the average man, it sounds like a blast. But as a match for a championship, it was a joke, a travesty that made like the object of the match and stripped away (pardon the pun) all meaning that title may have had left. When Miss Kitty (later The Kat) won the title despite having no experience as an actual wrestler, everything accomplished by Ivory's reign was erased. Suddenly, the company was right back where it was with Sable and Debra as champion. The new titleholder was nothing more than an excuse to put T&A front and center, and she did so immediately by exposing her bare breasts to the entire world. It certainly created buzz around the championship but besides being a beautiful, sexy woman, The Kat brought nothing to the Divas division. She made only a handful of defences, including a Pudding Match against Tori and a win over Ivory. The third was a Snow Bunny match against a competitor who was unknown to fans. That competitor is, without a shadow of a doubt, the worst champion in Divas history...
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.
