In the spirit of Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Female 50 – a feature in the November issue of PWI that ranks the top women wrestlers over the past year – here is the second annual Ring Posts Female 20.
The rankings are based on championships won, prominence within their individual promotion, won-loss records, quality of opponents and activity. Attributes such as charisma, promo skills and in-ring ability were not taken into account.
The grading period is from Sept. 1, 2009 to Aug. 31, 2010. Only wrestlers under contract to WWE and TNA were considered.Before getting to the list, I want to say that I thought it was more difficult to compile this one than last year's. That's because a number of top stars missed significant time during the grading period due to getting released or injured.
1. MICHELLE McCOOL
2. TARA
3. MICKIE JAMES
4. MADISON RAYNE
5. LAYLA
6. ODB
7. ALICIA FOX
8. EVE TORRES
9. BETH PHOENIX
10. ANGELINA LOVE
11. MARYSE
12. MELINA
13. KELLY KELLY
14. GAIL KIM
15. SARITA
16. TAYLOR WILDE
17. VELVET SKY
18. AWESOME KONG
19. HAMADA
20. DAFFNEY
Photo: Michelle McCool (No. 1) controls Gail Kim (No. 14). Courtesy of World Wrestling Entertainment.
To read the 2009 Ring Posts Female 20, click here.
To view photos of the WWE Divas, click here and here.