Last Updated on April 16, 2024 by Avik Das
WWE has prioritized the importance of wrestlers with different backgrounds. With the worldwide fame, the company hires wrestlers from different parts of the world. From the early years, African-American wrestlers and in recent years, African-based athletes have been recruited more than often. In addition, WWE celebrates the monumental black history month every single year, showing homage to their black female wrestlers WWE and black male wrestlers of past and present.
Today, a big percentage of the WWE women’s division consists of black female wrestlers, who are doing brilliant jobs and staying in the women’s championship race. In the three decades, even though not as much as today, we have seen females with African-American backgrounds stealing the shows in the squared circle and winning the ultimate prize of the company. We take a look at the top wrestlers from African-American community to shine in the ring of WWE.
#5 Alicia Fox
Alicia Fox’s lengthy WWE career, which lasted seventeen years. Starting her wrestling career under WWE in OVW, Fox was a homegrown wrestler, building herself from scratch and learning the craft of wrestling gradually. SmackDown was the place to make her main roster debut in 2008. She had gone through an evolution in her fifteen years of WWE career. Alicia Fox’s career peaked in 2010 when she captured the Divas Championship, becoming the first and only black woman to win the now-defunct butterfly-designed belt. In her underwhelming wrestling career, Alicia Fox enjoyed associations with a handful of male and female wrestlers, both as romantic partners and as friends. As an important member of the roster, she received the opportunity to star in the popular TV show WWE, Total Divas, which featured elite names like The Bella Twins, Ronda Rousey, Alexa Bliss, etc.
#4 Jazz
When we think about the talent of Ruthless Aggression Era’s WWE women, the likes of Trish Stratus, Lita, and Victoria pop in mind as the first batch of names. But Jazz was one prominent underrated star of the division. Jazz’s Women’s Championship rivalry with Trish Stratus was a highlight of her career. The latter was beaten by the former, changing hands of the Women’s Title. It was the first Women’s Championship victory for her in WWE, and they also contended in a match at WrestleMania 18 involving Lita. The following year at WrestleMania 19, Jazz was again involved in a women’s title match, but this time against her previous year’s nemesis Trish Stratus and Victoria. While Jazz’s full career at the top of her game ended sooner than expected in 2004, she ended her career as a two-time Women’s Champion.
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#3 Jacqueline
Jacqueline was the frontline name among the old-school female stars, who paved the way for other women from similar backgrounds. She wrestled in a largely male-dominated Attitude Era, making a perennial impression to win the Women’s Championship. When WWE re-introduced the belt in the Attitude Era, Jacqueline was the first woman to wear it around her waist, becoming the first-ever black woman to win a title in WWE. She defeated Sable to win the honor and Jacqueline’s accolades in WWE weren’t limited to the women’s belt. She also captured the Hardcore Championship one time, becoming the maiden African-American winner of the title. She left her full-time WWE career in 2004.
#2 Bianca Belair
The EST of WWE’s tremendous achievements has already positioned her among the greatest black female wrestlers in WWE history. Following her graduation from NXT, Bianca Belair attained sky-high success by headlining shows, winning titles and women’s Royal Rumble, and even maineventing day one of WrestleMania 37. Currently, she is ranked among the top talents of the company with three title reigns, including the RAW Women’s Championship run of an epoch-making 420 days. Belair is still young, in phenomenal shape, and hungry for success, so she still has many years left in her career. The EST’s strength and athleticism give her the tag of one of the best female athletes, who consistently gives awe-inspiring matches whether on weekly shows or pay-per-views. Bianca’s success makes her a perfect role model for the young girls who look up to her, giving her an easy spot in the elite female wrestler list today.
#1 Sasha Banks
Born to a German mother and an African-American father, Sasha Banks is part of the community. Sasha Banks isn’t in WWE anymore, but her legacy lives on for her overwhelming achievements in her decade-long WWE career. Considered to be one of the horsewomen in WWE, Banks is a Grand Slam Champion, winning every active women’s title the company has to offer. She is one of the few women to make the Grand Slam female wrestler list. Her first title triumph was in NXT. That run as the NXT Women’s Champion made her a force to be reckoned with due to some incredible matches during the title defense. Upon the main roster debut, Banks’ feud with Charlotte Flair raised the bar of the women’s division, even though the RAW Women’s Championship changed hands back and forth around this time. In addition, she captured the Women’s Tag Team Titles three times, twice with Bayley and once with Naomi. Before leaving the company, with six women’s title reigns, she wrote her name in history.
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Avik Das is the founder of Sportsheed. He is a sports lover with broad knowledge of Professional Wrestling, MMA, Football, and Cricket. He has an English major and has previously written articles for various sports and entertainment websites
