There was no 'Diva's Revolution' in WWE in the mid-90s. Well, there kinda was, since the company recast women as silicone-enhanced sex objects who accompanied there men to the ring and wore as little clothing as possible. Before Sunny and Sable, however, the women of WWE were quietly putting on some damn fine wrestling matches, when given the means. The main problem was that it wasn't exactly a deep division. Essentially, it was little more than 'Alundra Blayze versus whoever her challenger happened to be that particular week. Oftentimes WWE would draft someone in from Japan, like Bull Nakano, which led to some really good matches. Someone who never wrestled for WWE, but really should have, was fellow Japanese starlet Akira Hokuto. Hokuto was one of the best women's wrestlers of her generation and regularly tore it up in home promotion All Japan Women, which was renowned for putting on some of the best sows anywhere. Unfortunately, her high standards also resulted in lots of injuries, and she was even given the nickname 'The Mummy' by Japanese fans due to how often she would come to the ring wrapped in bandages. Hokuto would have blown away WWE audiences in the mid-90s and would have seriously helped the credibility of their Women's Title 'division'. Alas, it was not to be. Hokuto instead signed on with WCW, where she would tangle with Blayze (wrestling as Madusa) in some disappointingly average matches. Due to some bizarre booking and other goings on, Hokuto was, in fact, the only WCW Women's Champion ever.
