5 best women heels of all time

Sable

Even though Naomi and Tamina are doing well in their heel gimmicks, it has been a well established fact in the women’s division that for the longest time Creative didn’t really give the women competitors much room to develop their characters. But there have been times, even though they’re few compared to their male counterparts, where women have really had clear, demarcated character traits which made them a babyface or a heel. Heels, as history goes, have been far more intriguing. Getting them to watch you and boo you is an achievement in itself.

Here are the top 5 heels in the history of women’s wrestling in WWE-

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5.Sunny

Sunny started off as a valet

When Sunny made her way into the World Wrestling Federation, a hypermasculine world in itself, she created a little chaos of her own. Not only did she become the most desirable woman in the company, she quickly started gaining a lot of heat as a heel manager. Her manner of extreme self- importance made her become one of the prime recipients of boos from the audience but despite that reaction, the audience paid a lot of attention to her.

And who can forget the infamous ‘Sunny days’ comment by Shawn Michaels meant for Bret Hart, which nearly ended his marriage!

Whether it was as a tag team manager or just being by herself, Sunny did bring along a little chaos.

4.Sable

If Sunny’s on the list, can Sable be far behind? These two women were known to be fierce rivals off-screen, but what made Sable a great heel has nothing to do with Sunny. Sable is one of the prime, most unrecognized reasons why the Attitude Era was so successful. Her risque gimmick was a result of what the company wanted the Attitude Era to be. She played her part impeccably. But soon she left the company with a lawsuit.

but she returned in 2003, to an audience that welcomed her after all those missing years. She began a pretty invasive feud against then Smackdown General Manager- Stephanie McMahon. She even seduced Vince McMahon on her way to spite Stephanie even more. This may be the only time when Stephanie McMahon enjoyed a great, immensely popular babyface run. A part of that popularity was because how much Sable made the crowd want to see her get avenged by Stephanie.

3.Sensational Sherri

Sherri was a heel manager of Macho Man & Shawn Michaels

Most women in the WWE start as managers and then move on to becoming singles’ performer. There have been many women who’ve been managers to male wrestlers, but none can be compared to how sensational Sherri Martel was in her role. She was the ultimate heel magnet. That heat from the audience is one of the major reasons why Macho Man and Shawn Michaels got over as heels.

But mostly what was even more sensational was the fact that she was a great wrestler as well. After all, she was trained by Fabulous Moolah. She wasn’t just the one with the right reactions, she wasn’t afraid to jump in the ring and attack her male counterparts.

That appearance, the face paint- she was always experimental with her looks and all those reasons combine to make her one of the greatest performers in WWE history.

2.Lita

Lits was a heat missile with her pairing with Edge

There has been no woman, absolutely noone, who was as popular and as hated as a babyface and heel respectively as Lita was. When Lita began doing the moonsaults and hurricanranas, she made a unique place for herself in the company since the WWE audience wasn’t used to seeing women wrestlers performing those moves. She then teamed up with the Hardy Boyz and her popularity soared even more. What was also unique about her was her look. She was tattooed and her dyed red hair added to her cool yet fiery presence.

When WWE decided to turn the real life affair between Lita and Edge into a storyline and brought Matt Hardy into the dynamic, what followed resulted into this being the feud of the year and Lita becoming one of the most hated wrestlers on the planet. Not even a single cheer could be heard during her performances and even her last match was devoid of any heartwarming emotion related to the trailblazing career she had.

1.Stephanie McMahon

Stephanie inherited the best heel genes from Vince

Stephanie McMahon is one of the most memorable characters WWE has ever seen. She’s not just a memorable character, she’s just plain impeccable at playing her character. The now evil, capitalistic, cut-throat boss used to be a spoilt, little brat of a daughter to an even more evil, capitalistic, cut-throat man during the Attitude Era.

That nasty grin, the snarky remarks and that thumping slap will stand the test of time in the WWE lore.

Despite always being either a daughter, wife or sister, Stephanie McMahon holds her own without her family even being around her. She’s phenomenal at playing her character. I mean, she made people cheer for Vickie Guerrero. That is no mean feat.