16. Jacqueline
By the time Jacqueline reached the WWF in 1998, she'd already been trained in World Class Championship Wrestling, and probably had more great matches against men than against women. Thus, she arrived in WWE with a pronounced advantage -- and with her Memphis wrestling background too -- truly understood both the "wrestling" and "sports entertainment" sides of pro wrestling better than most any other women's wrestler in WWE during the Attitude Era. Jackie was another solid professional brought in originally to get solid matches out of Sable, but her role expanded to being the first (revived) WWF Women's Champion, having a hand in getting over yet another untrained wrestler in Stephanie McMahon, and by 2004, also holding the WWF's Cruiserweight Championship, defeating Chavo Guerrero. An underrated groundbreaker, Jacqueline is deserving of praise.
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Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
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