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There was once a time when the wrestling business was considered to be one dominated by men, but the Women's Evolution over the past few years has allowed a number of female wrestlers to push their careers forward and become part of the biggest wrestling company in the world.
These women have since become role models to the many up and coming female wrestlers all over the world, but whilst they have been able to show off their skills on international TV, behind the scenes, there are a number of female wrestlers who have to leave behind their children in order to travel with WWE around 300 days a year.
Whilst there are many women that the WWE Universe know are mothers like Stephanie McMahon who has three daughters with her husband Triple H, Brie Bella, who has documented the life of her first daughter on Total Bellas over the past few years and Maryse who recently gave birth to her second daughter, there are many female wrestlers who don't push their children into the spotlight.
#6. JoJo Offerman
JoJo Offerman came through the 2013 Diva Search in order to win her place on the first season of Total Divas. Whilst Eva Marie became a huge star because of her inclusion in the show, Offerman found her passion for wrestling and gave up her place on Total Divas in order to train at the Performance Center.
Offerman then suffered an injury that pushed her into a ring announcing role, something that she has since kept and was the main announcer for Monday Night RAW when she left the company on maternity leave last year.
JoJo and her partner Bray Wyatt announced back in February that they were expecting their first child together and Offerman then gave birth to their son Knash Sixx back in May.
Offerman is yet to return to WWE following the birth of her son, but rumors have suggested that she could return to take back her role anytime soon.
#5. Mickie James
Mickie James is now considered to be a veteran in WWE at present since the former Women's Champion actually debuted in WWE back in 2005 and feuded with the likes of Trish Stratus and Lita before she was released in 2011. Over the past few years, James managed to make a name for herself in TNA before WWE opted to re-sign the 6-time Champion back in 2017 following her loss to Asuka at the inaugural Takeover: Toronto event.
In the time that James was away from WWE, she met her husband Nick Aldis (Magnus) and the couple then welcomed their first child together back in September 2014, a son called Donovan.
Despite being on the road with WWE over the past three years, James has still been able to split her time so that she can help to raise her son. The Virginia native often updates images of her spending time with her son on social media, the fact that she is currently out of action with a knee injury means that she now has much more time to spend with her five-year-old son.
#4. Maria Kanellis
Maria Kanellis is another female wrestler who came through WWE though the Diva Search and was later signed to the company. Kanellis is perhaps best remembered for being a backstage interviewer rather than a wrestler and unsurprisingly she was released from WWE back in 2010.
Maria then went on to wrestle for Ring of Honor, Impact Wrestling and NJPW before she made her return to WWE at Money in the Bank 2017 alongside her husband Mike Bennett. Maria and Mike were set to be WWE's next IT couple but Maria announced that she was pregnant with the couple's first child a few months later and welcomed their daughter Fredrica "Freddie" Moon in April 2018.
Maria has recently been part of a storyline with her husband surrounding her second pregnancy after she announced that she was expecting in the middle of a tag team match with Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch back in July. This has led many fans to believe that it was all a storyline, this actually isn't' he case, Maria is pregnant with her second daughter at present and due to give birth in February 2020.
#3. Beth Phoenix
Former Women's Champion Beth Phoenix was an unstoppable beast in WWE for a number of years known as The Glamazon until she requested her release from the company in 2012 for "family reasons."
The former Champion married WWE Hall of Famer Edge back in 2016 but ahead of their marriage the couple already welcomed two daughters. Lyric Rose was born back in December 2013 whilst their second daughter Ruby Ever arrived in May 2016.
The couple are WWE's first Hall of Fame duo and whilst Edge has made a number of guest appearances with the company over the years, Phoenix remained away from the ring for more than five years until she was asked to return to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.
The following year in 2018, Phoenix was asked to commentate on the Mae Young Classic which as since led to her becoming one of the main commentators on NXT over the past year. Phoenix has also returned to the ring a number of times and attempted to win the Women's Tag Team Championships alongside Natalya at WrestleMania back in April.
#2. Tamina Snuka
Tamina Snuka has been part of the WWE Women's Division ever since 2010, but only lifted her first Championship earlier this year when she became the 24/7 Champion for a few minutes. Snuka has been overlooked throughout her career despite being the daughter of WWE Hall of Famer Jimmy "The Superfly" Snuka.
Snuka has made a career out of being a manager for the likes of The Usos and AJ Lee or a jobber to many other women on the roster, but she was finally given a push towards the Women's Tag Team Championships earlier this year alongside Nia Jax. The two women lost the match at WrestleMania and Snuka hasn't been seen in a WWE ring since.
Before Tamina made her debut in WWE, she married and welcomed two children, her daughters Male’Ata and Milaneta are now teenagers which means that Tamina is able to travel with WWE throughout the year whilst her daughters go to school but she still has time to return home regularly. That being said, the two youngsters have been spotted backstage supporting their mother on a number of occasions throughout her career.
#1. Lacey Evans
WWE has pushed the fact that former NXT star Lacey Evans was once in the US Marine Corps throughout ther career on the main roster, but The Sassy Southern Belle is also the mother of a five-year-old girl called Summer.
Evans got into wrestling when she was in the Marines and decided to continue her career after picking up the spot quite quickly, which led her to WWE. Evans met her husband when they were still in high school and welcomed her daughter before she pursued a wrestling career.
Lacey often updates cute stories on Instagram alongside her daughter and has been known to take Summer on the road with her and put her to bed backstage whilst preparing for her match. Whilst in NXT, Summer was able to travel with her mother for most of the year, but now she's moved up to the main roster it's much more travelling so Evans isn't able to bring her daughter with her as often.
That being said, it's obvious from Evans' Instagram page that she's still able to spend a lot of time with her daughter outside of the ring.
