3. Maria Kanellis
Debuting as the ditzy backstage interviewer, Maria showed during her six-year run with WWE that shes far from dumb in reality, she was just really good at playing her part. Another Diva Search contestant who got signed (she placed fifth in 2004), Maria eased into in-ring competition, wrestling only a few matches here and there her first couple years. Like several of the divas in the middle of the 2000s, Maria posed for Playboy and appeared in a reality television show, in this case,
Celebrity Apprentice. Despite a six-year run that included two years when there were two womens titles, Maria only got to challenge for a championship, never hold one. Still, shes one of the most memorable divas from that era. Of all the women on this list, Maria is probably the most likely to return to WWE. At 32 and still active in professional wrestling, Maria has spent a decade in the industry. She and her fiancé, Mike Bennett, are mainstays with Ring of Honor, and Bennetts name comes up every now and again as a wrestler who could make the jump to WWE. If Bennett were to make the move, its likely that Maria would accompany him as part of a package deal.