5 female wrestling managers who surpassed their clients in WWE

Scarlett and Karrion Kross in NXT
Scarlett and Karrion Kross in NXT

#4. Sunny - Multiple teams

Sunny was more popular than any superstar she managed, including Chris Candido
Sunny was more popular than any superstar she managed, including Chris Candido

While Sunny's post-WWE career doesn't leave much to write about, she became one of the most popular celebrities in the United States during her run in Vince McMahon's company. An early internet sensation, she became the most downloaded woman of 1996 in AOL.

Sunny initially managed her boyfriend Chris Candido, and Tom Pritchard, in the WWE, before going on to manage Farooq, Legion of Doom 2000, The Goodwins and the Smoking Guns. Among her clients, only Billy Gunn went on to reach top level superstardom and he had to leave her group to do so.

Sunny's addiction issues, problems with female wrestlers and no-showing multiple events led to her inevitable release from the WWE in 1998. Candido would be by her side till his death, accompanying her to ECW, WCW and the independent circuit.

While she has been mired in legal and drug issues since then, nothing can take away her accomplishments in pro-wrestling. Dubbed the 'original diva', Sunny was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2011, safely surpassing any of the wrestlers she managed.

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