Now that you know some of the best lesbian wrestlers on the scene today, maybe you’re ready to start your own pro wrestling career. First thing first, on the February 7, 2002 episode of SmackDown, the then-relatively new Billy and Chuck challenged Stacy Keibler and Torrie Wilson to a pose-off.

It feels appropriate to kick off this list with one of the main reasons people believe WWE will never handle lesbian issues properly. Wrestling can be an essential tool for self-discovery and sexual expression, especially for younger people or those who are still figuring out their sexuality. Roberts said she grew up in a stress-filled home and was constantly in trouble: "I ended up getting arrested so many times, I got put in front of a juvenile detention officer who said, 'Hey, if you don't find an afterschool activity, you're going to face going to juvenile detention.Back then, there were only six states that recognized girls high school wrestling as an official sport. Whatever happened behind closed doors remains up for debate, but if nothing else, it was pretty clear Young had no problem swapping spit with a woman when she and Mickie James locked lips on an episode of Raw.

While none of this is to say that lesbian representation is anywhere near where it needs to be in the industry, but queer women are continuing to break barriers and continue building on the rich lesbian history of wrestling. Patriots’ Matthew Judon uses photo of two men kissing to slam Patrick Mahomes and NFL officials The Patriots linebacker had a two-fer in insults, using a pic of two men kissing to suggest the officials cheated on Mahomes’ behalf. She was trained by Lillian Ellison, otherwise known as The Fabulous Moolah, who would ask prospective women wrestlers whether or not they were lesbians before agreeing to train them. Having been involved in one of the greatest LGBT storylines of all time, which this list will soon cover, one might hope that Mickie James would be a little bit more sensitive about the subject than some others. There’s no way Paul Heyman’s notoriously violent and intentionally offensive company could possibly hand the sensitive subject with class, right?

We are also proud to announce that Sonya Deville is on track to indeed having a wife now, as she and fiancé Toni Cassano got engaged in February 2023. According to Cagematch, the 43-year-old professional wrestler has wrestled in every single year of the 21st century.

Throughout her career, Martinez has remained defiant and true to herself; her 2019 announcement was more a formality than anything else. com/static/572acf1062cd94f0536532bb/t/5d0ab5ebc0c0d90001266364/1560983020028/WhyWomensWrestling-Steiner. Little Soldier's head coach, Tim Haneberg said, "She is someone that has broken the glass ceilings and opened the doors for those other girls. The sexualization probably cost me a lot of bookings and a lot of friends, but it’s fine, because if those promoters didn’t believe in my work and they just wanted the sexual aspect, you know what, I wouldn’t wanna work for you anyways. That said, on very rare occasions, even WWE has somehow managed to get it right and make a compelling storyline out of lesbian issues.

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Or maybe you just love to watch the homoerotic undertones of two same-sex babes grabbing, fighting, and pinning each other down in the ring. Mostly because of how patently offensive it was on every level, most WWE fans have all too clear memories of Billy Gunn and Chuck Palumbo’s homoerotic tag team and subsequent fake gay wedding.We’re doing what we can to make sure it’s not just a publicity thing, that we’re diverse year-round. Ultimately, only Layla was able to get a job out of the random make-out session, and England was never to be seen again, despite giving it her all in every sense of the expression.