Pro Wrestling Illustrated Women’s 150 2021 List in Full

Pro Wrestling Illustrated Women’s 150 2021 List in Full

As another year starts to draw to a close, we can once again look back on another 12 month stretch where the women’s divisions of every promotion in the world have stolen the show.

Bianca Bel Air and Sasha Banks made history at WrestleMania with one of the greatest, most important matches in WWE history, Britt Baker cemented her place as one of AEW’s top stars while Thunder Rosa worked absolutely everywhere, pulling out non-stop bangers with everyone she faced.

Elsewhere, Mickie James got her much deserved flowers in NWA at their EmPowerrr event before dethroning the superb Deonna Purrazzo as Impact Knockouts Champion at Bound For Glory this past week. At that very same event, the former Iiconics, Cassie Lee and Jessica McKay, now known as The Iinspiration made their long awaited return to the squared circle, becoming Knockout Tag Team Champions in the process, while Jordynne Grace won the inaugural Digital Media Championship in an inter gender six-way bout on the same night.

Nikki Cross was repackaged as Nikki A.S.H (Almost Super Hero), initially to the chagrin of a section of fans. However, once the Glasgow native nicked off with the Money In The Bank briefcase before stunning Charlotte Flair to become Raw Women’s Champion, the former Sanity star gained a much more appreciative fanbase. And although her reign as champ was short lived, A.S.H finds herself as one half of the Women’s Tag Team Champions alongside unlikely partner Rhea Ripley, herself coming off a similarly short lived reign atop the Raw Women’s division, which came after her emotionally charged victory over Asuka at WrestleMania 37.

In Japan, it was a banner year for Stardom trio Utami Hayashishita, Syuri and Tam Nakano, with former Stardom ace Io Shirai continuing to dazzle audiences in the US with her ever impressive NXT run.

With all this and much, much more occurring over the past year such as Becky Lynch’s SummerSlam return and unexpected (and not necessarily well received) heel turn, Zelina Vega winning the first ever Queen’s Crown tournament, Mandy Rose being repackaged in NXT and, oh yeah, RUBY SOHO TEARING THE ROOF OFF THE PLACE IN HER AEW DEBUT, the Pro Wrestling Illustrated Women’s 150 2021 list had even more eyes on it than last year’s edition.

Naturally, the list generated a ton of debate online, with Twitter back and forth’s only curtailed by more women’s division news, primarily the apparent backstage bust up over the ill fated ‘Title Exchange’ between Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair on SmackDown last Friday, which, if reports are to be believed, ended with Flair being escorted from the building by security.

Just one day earlier, Lynch had successfully defended her SmackDown Women’s Title in a triple threat match against Sasha Banks and Bianca Belair at Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia.

But, rather than just talk about the Pro Wrestling Illustrated Women’s 150 2021 List, why don’t we share it in full with you right here, right now?

Oh, and if you want to check out some exclusive interviews with a few of the stars of this list, we’ve kindly hyperlinked the names that have sat down for interviews with WT for our official YouTube channel over the past year, so you can hear from the women themselves talking about their respective careers.

1 Bianca BelAir

2 Utami Hayashishita

3 Deonna Purrazzo

4 Britt Baker

5 Thunder Rosa

6 Sasha Banks

7 Syuri

8 Io Shirai

9 Tam Nakano

10 Raquel Gonzalez

11 Serena Deeb

12 Rhea Ripley

13 Hikaru Shida

14 Abuja

15 Charlotte Flair

16 Giulia 

17 Kay Lee Ray

18 Trish Adora

19 Gisele Shaw

20 Tsukasa Fujimoto

21 Bayley

22 Jordynne Grace

23 Faby Apache

24 Maki Ito

25 Allyson Kay

26 Kris Statlander

27 Meiko Satomura

28 Rok-C

29 Masha Slamovitch

30 Shotzi BlackHeart 

31 Miyu Yamashita

32 Kamille 

33 Susan

34 Becky Lynch

35 Red Velvet

36 Nyla Rose

37 Hyan

38 Nikki A.S.H.

39 Saya Kamitani

40 Kimber Lee

41 Ryo Mizunami

42 Kanji

43 Laynie Luck

44 Kylie Rae

45 Lady Shani

46 Maiki 

47 Candice LeRae

48 Dakota Kai

49 Tay Conti

50 Jade Cargill

51 Tasha Steelz

52 Lady Frost

53 La Rosa Negra

54 Princesa Sugehit

55 Kiera Hogan

56 Veny 

57 Willow Nightingale 

58 Allie Katch

59 Yuka Sakazaki

60 Momo Watanabe

61 Leyla Hirsch

62 Shayna Baszler

63 Suzu Suzuki

64 Havok

65 Mayu Iwatani

66 Natalya

67 Rosemary 

68 Mei Suruga

69 Nia Jax 

70 Natsupoi

71 Dalys 

72 Big Swole 

73 Aoife Valkyrie 

74 Skye Blue 

75 Emi Sakura

76 Starlight Kid

77 Alexa Bliss

78 Mazzerati

79 Penelope Ford

80 Naomi

81 AZM

82 Holidead

83 Jazz

84 Jessica Troy

85 Rika Tatsumi

86 Zoey Stark

87 Charli Evans

88 Davienne 

89 Heather Monroe

90 Ember Moon

91 Jamie Senegal

92 Risa Sera

93 Carmella

94 Delmi Exo

95 Rina Yamashita

96 Indi Hartwell

97 Erica Leigh

98 Ashley Vox

99 Jamie Hayter

100 Queen Aminata

101 Mio Momo-No

102 Miranda Alize

103 Jinny

104 Billie Starkz

105 Maya Yukihi

106 Tenille Dashwood

107 Jordan Blade

108 Alex Gracia

109 Hikari Noa

110 Christi Jaynes

111 Kilynn King

112 Doudrop

113 Raychell Rose

114 Brooke Valentine

115 Rachael Ellering

116 Dark Sheik

117 Tamina Snuka

118 Tsukushi Haruka

119 Jody Threat

120 Megan Bayne 

121 Toni Storm

122 Xia Li

123 Mercedes Martinez

124 Savannah Evans

125 Lady Maravella

126 Franky Monet 

127 Blair Davenport

128 Marti Belle

129 Max The Impaler

130 Janai Kai

131 The Bunny

132 Ivelisse

133 Diamante 

134 Ruby Soho

135 Chelsea Green

136 Dani Jordyn

137 Liv Morgan

138 Chihiro Hashimoto

139 Tootie Lynn

140 Edith Surreal

141 Riho

142 Jennacide

143 Yuki Kamifuku

144 Miyuki Takase 

145 Zoe Lucas

146 Chik Tormenta

147 Unagi Sayaka

148 Leila Gray

149 Mina Shirakawa

150 Becca

The sheer amount of talent on the Pro Wrestling Illustrated Women’s 150 2021 List is tremendous and signifies just how much women’s wrestling is continuing to flourish. And next year is only going to get better, with AEW introducing the new TBS Title, which will serve as the female equivalent of the TNT Title. A tournament to crown the inaugural champion began this week, with The Bunny, Red Velvet, Serena Deeb, Hikaru Shida, Penelope Ford, Ruby Soho, Anna Jay, Jamie Hayter, Kris Statlander, Nyla Rose, Jade Cargill and Thunder Rosa all taking part.

So, with 2021’s list in the bag, who are you predicting makes some major moves in 2022?

Once you’ve finished with the women’s 150, why not check out which male stars ranked where in this year’s PWI 500?