Female bodybuilder Nicole Bass first entered pro wrestling in ECW in 1998, but she hit it big at WrestleMania XV when she debuted as Sable's bodyguard. Standing 6'2" and weighing 240 pounds, she was quite the intimidating backup, manhandling men as needed and out-Chyna-ing Chyna. The alliance with Sable dissolved and a romance angle with Val Venis started, but didn't really go anywhere. Bass puttered around a bit, but left the company shortly thereafter, filing a sexual harassment lawsuit against WWE. According to the lawsuit (which was dismissed in 2003), Bass was sexually assaulted backstage by "The Brooklyn Brawler" Steve Lombardi. While the allegations were never proven, it's not hard to imagine that, at the very least, Bass was victim to a hostile work environment one infamous Raw segment saw Shawn Michaels, on guest commentary, repeatedly refer to Bass as "Mister" and "him," which reportedly had the imposing Diva in tears afterwards. Today, Bass makes appearances as part of Howard Stern's "Wack Pack."
Scott Fried is a Slammy Award-winning* writer living and working in New York City. He has been following/writing about professional wrestling for many years and is a graduate of Lance Storm's Storm Wrestling Academy. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/scottfried.
*Best Crowd of the Year, 2013
