Birthplace: USA
Years Active: 2001-2012
Net Worth: $4 million*
Beth Phoenix, (birth name, Elizabeth Kocianski) began her amateur wrestling career while she was still in high school. She emerged as a pro in May of 2001, where she wrestled for a variety of indie organizations. She worked for Ohio Valley Wrestling before suffering a broken jaw that benched her for awhile. Her jaw was seriously injured and required several surgeries, but she was soon ready to wrestle again and signed a new contract.
Phoenix was known for her Glamazon persona. In 2012, Phoenix retired to focus on her family and personal life.
Sherri Martel
Birthplace: USA
Years Active: 1980-2006
Net Worth: $10,000*
Sherri Martel was born in Alabama in 1958 and became interested in wrestling as a young child. She started wrestling in the Mid-South after completing training in South Carolina. After recovering from some injuries, she joined the AWA, debuted in1985, and won the Women’s Championship three times.
Later, she joined the WWF, again winning the Women’s Championship. She was seen throughout the nineties in ECW and WCW promos, cheering on her clients. Tragically, Martel’s career was cut short upon her death in 2007.
Aja Kong
Birthplace: Japan
Years Active: 1986-2019
Net Worth: $100,000*
Japanese wrestler, Aja Kong was trained by AJW (All Japan Women’s Pro-Wrestling) and is the founder of the pro-wrestling promotion Arsion. Kong has won many championships and singles championships within her long-standing career.
She wrestled with the AJW promotion in the eighties and nineties and became a freelance wrestler both in Japan and the U.S. Kong has used other names in her wrestling career (including Erika and AmeErika). In 2019, Kong debuted on AEW (All Elite Wrestling) and continues building her career today.
Carmella
Birthplace: USA
Years Active: 2013-Present
Net Worth: $160 Million
Leah Van Dale, known in the wrestling world as Carmella, first appeared in the pro wrestling world in 2013. A former Laker Girl, Carmella signed with WWE under the NXT brand and debuted the following year. She won the battle royal in 2014 but ultimately lost the NXT Women’s Championship. She was drafted to the Smackdown brand in 2016 and gained her first victory (over Natalya).
In 2017, Carmella made her first appearance on WrestleMania in a six-member tag team but unfortunately was defeated, however, she did go on to win the WrestleMania Women’s Battle Royal. In 2020, Carmella continues to wrestle in the WWE under the SmackDown brand.
Asuka
Birthplace: Japan
Years Active: 2004-Present
Net Worth: $1 million*
Asuka (birth name, Urai Kanako) was born in Osaka Japan, and began wrestling professionally in 2004 under the AtoZ promotion. She retired just two years after joining AtoZ but quickly returned as an independent wrestler in 2007. Previously known as Kana, she appeared a handful of times on the Pro Wrestling Wave promotion in 2008 and began appearing regularly in 2010.
With her partner, Mio Shirai, she defeated Misaki Ohata and Tsukasa Fujimoto, winning the Tag Team Championship. Asuka went on the independent Japanese and American Wrestling circuits from 2010-2015, respectively, and finally signed with WWE in 2015.