20 Best Women's Wrestlers In The World Today

13. Candice LeRae

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An extremely versatile competitor, Candice LeRae is best known for working intergender matches as well as teaming with Joey Ryan as one half of the World’s Cutest Tag Team - but there’s much more to her game than such novelties.

Candice possesses a near identical set of skills to her husband, Johnny Gargano, who stands as the most believable babyface in WWE today. She has proven this countless times on the independent circuit, and also in the Mae Young Classic, where fiery underdog displays against Shayna Baszler and Nicole Savoy more than caught the eye.

LeRae is somebody that fans have been calling for WWE to sign for years. She appeared in an NXT battle royal earlier in 2017, but has yet to ink a full-time deal, though it’s probably only a matter of time before she gets the call. Candice is easily the American indie scene’s most famous female name, and while Kairi Sane will likely become NXT’s top face upon arrival, there’s no reason LeRae couldn’t be thrown on Raw or SmackDown from the get go. She has been doing this for 15 years, after all…

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