Rebecca Knox-Becky Lynch in NXT

I did a write up on Irish female pro wrestler Rebecca Knox (real name Rebecca Quin) way back in 2008.
And I was pretty bummed that her career seemed to over due to an injury.

I was pleasantly surprised when she showed back up in Shimmer Women Athletes as the manager of Saraya and Britani Knight back in 2011.
And I am even happier now that Rebecca has shown back up as Becky Lynch in NXT!
Yeah I know I usually do Indy wrestlers here, but "Becky" did start out in the Indies.

It just shows that you cannot keep a good woman down.

Rebecca Knox (Becky Lynch) & Britani Knight (Paige)

At the time, I thought she was one of the most physically fit female wrestlers I had ever seen...and it doesn’t look like she has lost a bit of that.
How good is she in the ring?
Well she began wrestling training when she was 15 and she's 26 now....
I'm really hoping for the best and that the WWE will actually let her wrestle.

Female Wrestling - Reggie Bennett Before Wrestling

One of the fan favorites here is female pro wrestler Reggie Bennett.
But you know before Reggie got into wrestling, she was into bodybuilding.

She bulked up quite a bit for her wrestling career as you need to.
You need some cushion taking those constant bumps.
Of course back then they actually wrestled.

But as you can see from these pictures, when Reggie wanted to, she could be VERY sleek and muscular.
Reggie was born in 1961 (five days before me actually), made her pro wrestling debut in 1986 and retired from active wrestling in 2001.
But when Reggie went out, she went out with a bang.
Her retirement match was against one of the greatest wrestlers (male or female) of all time, Manami Toyota.

When Reggie was wrestling she held the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling All Pacific Championship, the IWA World Women's Championship and the Independent Wrestling Federation (IWF) Women's Championship three times.

Shanna - Women's Pro Wrestling

This gorgeous young lady is Shanna, also known as "Portugal's Perfect Athlete".
She's not only a wrestler, but an actress, a model, and a dancer.
Shanna's real name is Alexandra Barrulas and she was born in Lisbon, Portugal.
She stands five foot five, weighs 119 pounds and made her pro wrestling debut in 2006.
Shanna was trained by Bruno Bammer and Florian Klonig.

You can keep up with Shanna at her Twitter page here:
https://twitter.com/Shanna_WP
Or her Facebook Official Fanpage:
https://www.facebook.com/PerfectAthleteOfficial