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The Wrestling Clothesline is proud to present the Fourth
Annual Wrestling Clothesline's Top 50 Independent Women Wrestlers.
In 2003, The Wrestling Clothesline, being an avid supporter of women
indy wrestling, decided to take the idea of ranking wrestlers in a slightly
different direction. Since Vince McMahon won't take women wrestling seriously
and TNA won't even give it a second thought, someone has to give credit
to those women who are working week in and week out, in those high school
gyms and broken down Elk's Lodges, for barely enough money to pay for
gas an tolls.
Hell, everyone does a Top (insert number here) for the guys in wrestling.
So, here at WrestlingClothesline.com, we feel the need to give all those
women out there on the indy scene the recognition they deserve.
The 2003 Wrestling Clothesline Top 50 Independent
Women Wrestlers was such a unique concept that Bill
Apter's Total Wrestling Magazine featured the list (both on the cover
and with a multiple page spread!!)
Due to the overwhelming success of the 2003 Top 50, we decided to continue
it in 2004 and in 2005
. Now, in 2006, the time has come once again.
Narrowing down the list of independent women wrestlers to 50 is not an
easy task. We're only human. There are many women we have not seen in
action live, and without you letting us know about them, it would be impossible
to take them into consideration. Before emailing me and or flaming me
because your favorite woman wasn't ranked where you felt they should be,
please read the guidelines below so you fully understand how we determined
the rankings.
When making our final decisions we used the following guidelines:
- The list is a reflection of who we feel are the 50 best women
wrestlers on the indy scene at the present time.
- The list is reflective, but not limited too, a wrestlers previous
12 month body of work.
- The women in the list should be active WRESTLERS and should
wrestle on a regular basis. Women who primarily manage or valet will
not be included. Women who were under a contract of any kind
with the WWE/OVW/etc. are not included.
- Wrestlers who are booked and seem to work more frequently than others
will get higher rankings than those who do not work as often.
- Wrestlers we have seen work will get a higher rank than those who
we have not seen.
- Injuries will be factored into the decision making process. Poor booking
will not.
The final rankings are just our opinions and
are being done to help generate discussion and bring attention to women's
wrestling.
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The Wrestling Clothesline is proud to
present...
The 2006 Wrestling Clothesline Top 50
Independent Women Wrestlers.
These final rankings are just
our opinions and are being done to help generate discussion and bring
attention to women's wrestling.
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April Hunter
Height: 5' 9"
Weight: 150
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)
Last Years Ranking: #1
April Hunter first became involved in wrestling as a WCW valet
back in 1999. Soon after, April began training at Killer Kowalski's
School. April is one of, if not the, most recognizable woman wrestler
on the indy scene today.
April has worked for: ARSION / AtoZ, Big Time/All Star Wrestling,
IWW, ROH, NWA:TNA, NEO, WCW, JAPW, USA Pro, ECWA, WXW, JCW, Killer
Kowalski's All Stars, UPW, ACW, NECW, MCW, NWA - NJ, Chaotic, NWA
- New England, MWF, UWF, LAW, Kiryoku/Chikara Pro, Alpha Pro, CSWF,
WEW, PWA, IWA, 3PW, LLF, and Zero One MAX (to name a few).
Some of the titles April has held include: CSWF Women's Champion,
3PW Tag Team Champion (w/Slyk Wagner Brown), JAPW Tag Team, WXW
Womens Title, JCW Womens, 2003 Womens Super 8 Tournament Winner,
USA Pro Women's Title, FNW Women's Title, WEW Tag Team titles (with
Talia Madison)
This year, April became the 4th Queen of Chaos in History and the
first-ever non European one!
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Cindy Rogers
Height: 5' 5"
Weight: 140
Hometown: Hartford, Connecticut (USA)
Last Year's Ranking: #2
Cindy trained at the Monster Factory and has worked for WXW, ROH,
ECWA, NWA/CSWF, NWA/NJ, CCW, PWU, NECW, AWA, IWA, SSCW, WWW, AWF,
SHIMMER, JWA, DPW, NECW, IndyGurlz, and others.
The "Definition of Technician" has held the WXW Women's
Championship.
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Mercedes Martinez
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 147
Hometown: Waterbury, Connecticut
Last Year's Ranking: #4
Mercedes trained under former ECW TV champion Jason Knight at Knight's
House of Pain dojo in Waterbury.
Her first pro match came only 5 weeks after she began training,
on November 12th, 2000 in Waterbury.
CCW, ACW, WXW, NWA, PWU, SHIMMER, WEW, PWF, IndyGurlz and NECW
are just a few of the promotions this amazing talent has worked
for in the past.
Mercedes' titles include: NECW North American Woman's Title, NECW's
All-Women's Tournament Winner, and the 2006 Elite 8 Champion.
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Lacey
Height: 5' 6"
Weight: 130
Hometown: Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)
Last Year's Ranking: #6
Trained by Eddie Sharkey , Lacey made her wrestling debut in August
2000 in Minnesota, in a handicap match. (The match also featured
Shawn (Khosrow) Daivari.)
Lacey has worked for IWA-MS, ROH, MIW, PWA, NEO-PRO, SDW, CCWA,
ACW-NWA, MAW, MIAW, RCW, FLWA, WXW, CZW, BCW, WEW, SHIMMER, and
NWA - No Limits.
Lacey's Title History includes: IWA-MS Women's Champion, MIW -
Women's champion, FLWA- Women's champion
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Nikki Roxx
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 135
Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts (USA)
Last Year's Ranking: #5
Nikki is another graduate of Killer Kowalski's school.
Nikki has wrestled for LPGA, LLF, Wrestling Star Wars, Assault
Championship Wrestling, United Wrestling Federation-PA, Kiryoku
Pro, Latin American Wrestling, SHIMMER, Kowalski All Stars, NECW,
UWA, IndyGurlz, Chaotic Wrestling, and Yankee Pro Wrestling.
Nikki has held the LLF Tag Team titles w/Diana la Cazadora as well
as the LLF title and WWW championship.
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MsChif
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 135 lbs.
Last Year's Ranking: #33
MsChif has wrestled for SHIMMER - Women Athletes, Japan's NEO, Ring
of Honor, All Pro Wrestling, World League Wrestling, IWA Mid-South,
NWA Midwest, NWA Mid American Wrestling, NWA TNA, NWA No Limits,
NWA Central States, NWA Midwest Missouri, Professional Girls Wrestling
Association, Gateway Championship Wrestling, SHIMMER, Midwest Powerhouse
Wrestling, and Mid-America Xtreme
MsChif has held numerous titles, including the NWA Midwest Women's
championship and the GCW Light Heavyweight Championship. In addition,
she was Voted as best female wrestler of St. Louis in 2002, 2003,
& 2004
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Daizee Haze
Height: 5' 3"
Weight: 115
Hometown: Forrest Park, Illinois (USA)
Last Year's Ranking: 7
Daizee Haze was trained by Delirious and made her debut in March
2002.
Daizee is rapidly developing into one of the most versatile competitors
in the Midwest. Mixing a submission style with a great deal of aerial
offense, Haze was added to the roster of Ring of Honor in early
2004. Aside from traveling the U.S. indie scene, Daizee also competed
for LLF in Mexico during 2005.
Daizee has competed in LLF, ROH, IWA-Mid South, NWA TNA Xplosion,
NWA Wildside, MPW, APW, Pro Wrestling Iron Midwest, SHIMMER, IWC
and many others.
Daizee's Titles include the All Pro Wrestling Future Legends Title
and the NWA Midwest/IWA Mid-South Women's Title.
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Sumie Sakai
Height: 5' 1"
Weight: 118.8
Last Year' s Ranking #10
Trained at Killer Kowalski's School and Steve Bradley's School,
Sumie made her professional wrestling debut on April 20 1997 vs.
Megumi Yabushita. In the US, Sumie has wrestled for NECW, DPW, USA
Pro, PWI, DCW, WXW, ROH, CZW, IWA East Coast, PWU, WEW, IndyGurlz,
and many other promotions.
Titles Held: AWF title, Queen Of The Ring, TWF Tag Team titles
w/Cooga, TWF Tag Team titles w/Megumi Yabushita, TWF Tag Team titles
w/Hiroyo Mutoh, AJW Tag Team titles w/Yuko Kosugi, JD Junior Title,
and the North American Women's title.
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Ariel
Height: 5' 2"
Weight: 130
Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts (USA)
Last Year's Ranking: #2
Ariel has quickly made a name for herself on the indy scene having
worked for promotions such as WXW, ROH, CSWF, SSCW, ACW, NECW, UCW,
SHIMMER, WWW, IndyGurlz, and too many more to list.
Ariel has held the G.L.O.R.Y. Championship; JWA Women's Title;
NWA-NJ Women's Title; NWA-NJ Female Tag Title; NWA-NJ Men's Tag
Title; BWA Women's Title; SSCW Women's Championship; IWA-MidSouth
Women's Championship.
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Lu Fisto
Height: 5' 3"
Weight: 137
Hometown: Montreal, Canada
Pro Debut: June 23rd 1997
Last Year's Ranking: #26
LuFisto has worked for A to Z Major Girls Fighting, International
Women Grand Prix , AAA, Lucha Libre Feminil, Nueva Generacion Xtrema,
Xtreme Factory Wrestling, NWA Nashville, NWA Main Event, NWA New
England, Green Mountain Wrestling, All-Star Wrestling, Eastern Wrestling
Alliance, Ultimate Professional Wrestling, Combat Zone Wrestling,
Renegade Warfare Wrestling, NWA Québec, Can-Am Wrestling
Federation , Canadian Championship Wrestling, Fédération
Canadienne de Lutte, Fédération de Lutte Québécoise,
Inter - Championship Wrestling, International Wrestling Syndicate,
International Wrestling 2000, Hardcore Wrestling Federation, Royal
Wrestling Ring, Slam Angels Wrestling, Elite Wrestling Revolution,
Montreal Wrestling Federation, and Canadian Professional Wrestling
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Sara Del Ray
Height: 5' 9"
Weight: 150
Hometown: Martinez, California (USA)
Last Year's Ranking: #45
Trained by Donovan Morgan, Pro Wrestling IRON Dojo, Antonio Inoki,
and Bryan Danielson, Sara made her debut 2001.
She is a mainstay for SHIMMER Women Athletes as well as Mexico's
Lucha Libre Femenil, and has appeared for numerous independent promotions
in the United States, including Ring of Honor, All Pro Wrestling
and CHIKARA.
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Cheerleader Melissa
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 135 lbs
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Last Year's Ranking: #36
Trained by Christopher Daniels, Robert Thompson, Bryan Danielson,
and Mariko Yoshida, Melissa made her debut in 1999.
Melissa is one of the few second-generation female wrestlers. Her
father, Doug Anderson, wrestled professionally before her in the
early 1980s.
Titles held: Pure Wrestling Association Elite Women's Championship,
All Pro Wrestling Future Legend Title
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Amy Lee
Height: 5' 7"
Hometown: Highway To Hell (aka, somewhere in NJ)
Last Year's Ranking: #22
Amy Lee has been in the wrestling business for over 16 years and
was trained by Dick Murdoch and Art Palmer.
Amy has held the NWL Ladies Championship, Dangerous Women Of Wrestling
Championship, Women Of Extreme Wrestling Championship, and the NWS
Ladies Championship.
Some of the promotions Amy has worked for include USWA, NWA, GLOW,
DWOW, WEW, NWS WWA, WWWA, LAWW, UWC, NWL/HOPWF, and WWC.
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Lexie Fyfe
Height: 5' 4"
Weight: 135
Hometown: Denville, NJ.
Last Year's Ranking: #18
Lexie started training in 1995 and had her first match in August
of that year. In addition to working for promotions such as FCW,
SGWA, KCW, WCEW, NYWA and a host of others, she has also toured
Europe in a series of matches where she took on Wendi Richter !
Titles Held: PGWA Women's Title, The Western States Women's Belt,
The Ultimate Championship Women's belt.
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Missy Sampson
Height: 5' 7"
Weight: 155
Hometown: Abington, Pennsylvania (USA)
Last Year's Ranking: 17 (as Luscious Lily)
Missy has been a staple on the women's indy scene since 1995. She
was trained by Angel Amoroso and Heidi Lee Morgan and hasn't looked
back since.
Titles Held: N.E.W. Womans Championship, OSPW Womans
Championship, AWA-NJ Womans Championship, UWA Womans
Championship, WWWA Womans Championship, RAW Hardcore Championship.
Missy has worked for AWA-NJ, DPW, IWA Championship Wrestling, JAPW,
JWA, LAW, MWA, NWL, NWS, NECW, New Jack City Wrestling, NEW, NWA-NJ,
OSPW, PWF, PWU, RAW, RCW, UXW, World-1 Wrestling, WWWA and WXW.
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Alicia
Height: 5' 4"
Hometown: Hackensack, New Jersey (USA)
Last Year's Ranking: #16
Alicia has held the AWA Women's Championship, SSCW Women's Championship,
IHPW Women's Championship, WXW Women's Tag Team Championship (w/Cindy
Rogers) and was the 2005 WXW Elite 8 Winner.
She has worked for: AWA, JAPW, WXW, DPW, NECW, SSCW, JCW, IHPW,
CCW, IWF, CRUSH!, GLORY, NWS, ECPW, PWE, UCW, UWA, ACWA, GWF, IWA
(PA), and SCMPW
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Kayla
Height: 5' 6"
Weight: 120
Hometown: Port Richey, Florida (USA)
Last Year's Ranking: #15
Trained by Chip Stetson, T.N.T., & Jeff Starr, Kayla made her
pro wrestling debut in 2002.
Kayla has worked for: CCW, DPW, EWA, G.L.O.R.Y., GWF, JWA, MFW,
NECW, NEPW, NWA: Green Mountain, RCW, SPW/FSPW, IndyGurlz, and WOHW.
Kayla is a 2 time WOHW Women's Champion
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Malia Hosaka
Height: 5' 3"
Weight: 125
Hometown: Tampa, Florida (USA)
Last Year's Ranking: #14
Malia was trained by Killer Kowalski at Misty Blue Simms Camp and
made her debut on August 7, 1987. After 19 years Malia is still
going strong wrestling regularly throughout the United States as
well as around the world.
During her career Malia has held the NWA Woman's World title, WWOW/LMLW
(Florida) Junior title, All Japan Woman's title, WLW Women's title,
IWA (Louisiana) Women's title, and UCW (Virginia) Women's title.
Malia was inducted into the Wrestling Clothesline Independent Wrestling
Hall of Fame this year.
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Rebecca Knox
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 130 lbs
Hometown: Dublin, Ireland
Pro debut: November 11th, 2002
Last Year's Ranking: NR
Rebecca was trained by Fergal Devitt and Gonzo De Mondo and has
worked for NWA Ireland, NWA UK Hammerlock, IWF, Queens of Chaos,
ECCW, Just Wrestling, Supergirls Wrestling, New England Championship
Wrestling, NWA Virginia, APW California, IWGP Japan, Pinnacle wrestling
Washington, CPW Oregan, and Shimmer.
In addition, Rebecca has been the NWA/ECCW Supergirls Champion
as well as the IW*GP Battle Royal Winner on November 9, 2005 in
Tokyo's Korakuen Hall.
Rebecca was definately making a name for herself in the US this
year with her appearances in numerous promotions. Unfortunately,
Rebecca suffered a severe injury during a match, in October. Until
further notice, she will not be allowed to wrestle.
Our thoughts go out to this tremendous talent.
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Simply Luscious
Height: 5' 5"
Weight: 130
Hometown: San Antonio, Texas (USA)
Last Year's Ranking: #9
Simply Luscious graduated from Shawn Michaels Wrestling Academy
where she was trained by Shawn Michaels and head trainer Rudy Boy
Gonzales. She also attended Dory Funk Jr.'s Funking Conservatory.
Luscious has worked for ROH, ETW, GLOOW, CZW, PWF, IHPW, WPW, USA
Pro, NWA TNA, FNW, WEW, LLF, CMLL, NWA Anarchy, APW, MEW, 1PW, WEW,
and numerous others.
Titles Held: ETW Television title, USA Pro Woman's title.
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Mickie Knuckles
Height: 5' 4"
Weight: 185 lbs
Hometown: Clarksville, Indiana (USA)
Last Year's Ranking: 25
Trained by Ian Rotten and Chris Hero, Mickie debuted on August
2, 2003.
While Mickie's home fed is IWA Mid South, she has also wrestled
in IWA East Coast, NWA No Limits, NWA Revolution, and Chikara. This
year she also wrestled in IWA-Deep South, CWA/PGWA, WXW Germany,
and Pro Wrestling Xplosion.
Mickie has held the IWA Mid-South/NWA Midwest Women's title.
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Portia Perez
Height 5'3"
Weight 123 11/16 pounds
Hometown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Last Year's Ranking: NR
Trained By Dave Dalton - UWA Battleground Academy - Ottawa, Ontario
Portia has wrestled for Universal Wrestling Alliance (Ontario/Quebec),
Professional Wrestling Entetainment (Quebec), Canadian Pro Wrestling
(Quebec), MECCA Pro Wrestling (Quebec), AWA Championship Wrestling
Association (Quebec), Association de Lutte Féminine (Quebec),
Rage Wrestling Entertainment (Ontario/Quebec), Main Event Wrestling
(Ontario), Canadian Independent Wrestling Association (Ontario),
New Vision Pro Wrestling (Ontario), Pro Wrestling Xtreme (Ontario),
Professional Championship Wrestling (Ontario), Great Canadian Wrestling
(Ontario), Triple "X" Wrestling (Ontario), Pure Wrestling
Association (Ontario), Shimmer Women Athletes, Chikara, Cleveland
All Pro Wrestling. Heartland Wrestling Association, Mega Championship
Wrestling, Mad Pro Wrestling, IWA East Coast, Northern Impact Wrestling,
All Star Wrestling (England), Irish Whip Wrestling (Ireland), Lucha
Libre Feminil, and Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion (AAA)
Portia has held the MEW Women's Championship
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Christie Ricci
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 160
Hometown: Hendersonville, Tennessee
Last Year's Ranking: # 40
Trained by Leilani Kai
Titles Held: LLF Women's Title, XWF Women's Title, HLOW Women's
Title, and NWA Women's Title.
Christie has wrestled for LLF, XWF, HLOW, NWA, SHIMMER, USWO, PGWA,
APW, FTW, UCW, CWA Championship Wrestling, USA Championship Wrestling,
World 1 Wrestling, CWF Mid Atlantic, Top Rope Wrestling, New Breed
Wrestling, Georgia Championship Wrestling, and numerous others.
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Angel "Riptide" Orsini
Height: 5' 5"
Weight: 155
Hometown: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (USA)
Last Year's Ranking: #21
Formerly Prodigete in ECW, Riptide has continued (while ECW has
not). After suffering a serious injury in a car accident (which
left her sidelined for 14 months), Riptide made her return in June
2002 and has been going strong since. Riptide now wrestles for numerous
indy promotions throughout the US.
Titles Held: PGWA Champion; Florida Championship Wrestling Champion;
Sunshine Wrestling Federation Champion; Ultimate Wrestling Federation
Champion; Hot-TV Wrestling Champion
Now, along with Lady Victoria, she is forming a new promotion called
Professional Ladies Wrestling.
Angel was injured in a match when she jumped off a ladder, to the
ringside floor, shattering her heels. Even with this injury, Angel
made an incredible recovery and returned in August to win the WEW
Heavyweight Title in a 4 way cage match.
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Nattie Neidhart
Height: 5'6
Weight: 120 lbs
Hometown: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Last Year's Ranking: NR
Nattie has held the Stampede Women's Pacific Championship on two
occassions as well as the NWA Supergirls title. She also won the
1st Annual Maple Flag - Women's Division (2004) Stampede Wrestling
Tournament and the 1st Annual Spelvin Elimination Tournament - Women's
Division (2004) Stampede Wrestling
The spring of 2006 saw Natalie take time off to concentrate on her
training, and in late July returned to wrestling repackaged and
refocused after months of intense training. 2006 saw her grace promotions
all over the United States and Canada, facing such stars as Sarah
Stock, and former WWE Women's Champions Gail Kim and Ivory among
others.
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Some individual women's statistics (Height, weight, hair, etc.) courtesy
GloryWrestling.com
or individual wrestler's websites.
The rest of the info from my sick twisted memory of things not needed
to be memorized, or past write ups.
Thank you to everybody for your help in making this a success!!
Now onto #26 -50
(Last Year's Ranking in parenthesis. NR=Not Ranked)
26 Amber O'Neal (35)
27 Violet Flame (24)
28 Alere Little Feather (11)
29 Allison Danger (30)
30 Rain (34)
31 Alexa (47)
32 Tiana Ringer (NR)
33 Miss DeVille (12)
34 Melissa Stripes (NR)
35 Lorelei Lee (NR)
36 Lady Victoria (20)
37 Lil Jeanne (19)
38 Synndy (38)
39 Jazz (8)
40 Sarah Stock (23)
41 Amber (50)
42 21 Century Fox (28)
43 Hailey Hatred (NR)
44 Della Morte (46)
45 Jana (NR)
46 Traci Brooks (13)
47 Kylie Pierce (NR)
48 Crybaby (NR)
49 Kacee Carlisle (NR)
50 Roxi (NR)
Feel free to use
our forum to comment on this year's list!
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