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#2. Ivory
The state of women's wrestling in the WWE reached a bleak low prior to and during the early part of the Attitude Era. Things were so bad that Allundra Blayze/Madusa switched to WCW while still the WWE's champion. Her dumping the title into the trash can live on Nitro is considered one of the major shots fired during the Monday Night War.
After Madusa's departure, women's wrestling became filler or an afterthought, at best. Most of the matches involved women trying to strip clothing off of each other or wrestling in mud, or some other contrivance designed to show off their bodies.
However, the WWE always has an eye toward the future, and they realized that sooner or later fans would yearn for something more than just filler women's matches. To that end, they hired several experienced, trained wrestlers, like Terri Power, Miss Texas, and Ivory.
Ivory cut her teeth on the GLOW promotion--which now has a Netflix series base upon it--and actually received training from Mexican legend Mando Guerrero for the role. She even won the Glow championship, which was a crown rather than a title belt.
When Ivory signed with WWE, they initially didn't know what to do with her because there were so few women under contract who could actually keep up with her in the ring. She was first one of Godfather's 'ladies of the night,' and then became Mark Henry's girlfriend. When the WWE finally allowed her to wrestle, the fans responded quite well. Here was a woman with beauty AND wrestling talent.
Ivory would end up joining the Right to Censor stable--a common fate for overlooked Attitude Era stars--and had a memorable feud with Chyna. Her multiple reigns as Women's champion would have been more impressive had she actually faced world-class talent instead of the re-purposed valets and models she often had to face.
Why she was underrated: Ivory was in the right place at the wrong time. One can only imagine how successful she's have been in the Women's Evolution era. Alas, a lack of good competition and the WWE's emphasis on gimmick underwear matches held her back.
