Alundra Blayze

[7.0] "Alundra Blayze was a woman who wrestled in the wrong era. Neither WWE or WCW had strong women's division at the time, and it did hurt her. Most known for throwing away the WWE women's championship on Nitro. Good powerhouse wrestler in the ring. Unknown how good she could have been."

[9.0] "Alundra Blayze brought real skill and fire to every era she touched. In WWE, she was a bright spot in a weak women's division, putting on solid matches when few were getting chances. In WCW, she made history by dropping that WWE title in the trash on Nitro. That moment was bold and reckless, but it lit up the Monday Night Wars and made her unforgettable. She mixed legit toughness with showmanship and could hang with anyone. More than a moment, she was a force basically sacrificing future earnings and a spot in the biz to speak up on behalf of women's wrestling"

[5.0] "An average talent across the board. She didn't draw well in her limited time as a headliner in Japan, only had notable matches in Japan & the US vs great opponents (Nakano being the notable example), and her historic value is underwhelming (the top star of a division that failed, etc). Yes, she stood out from other women in North America but that was due to how poor the women's wrestling scene was in that era, not because of any notable individual ability."

[7.0] "Madusa was a good wrestler. One of the best in the UNITED STATES (top 5 for sure). Now overall, in Japan she would be lucky to be in the top 20. Yes she did hold the IWA Women's World title, which was a lower level world women's title in Japan, but not in the class of AJW or JWP. She tried her best to make women's wrestling great after Moolah set it back by 30 years but there was just not enough competition (Vince didn't seem to care about it, but neither did Jim Crockett in NWA either). So we were stuck with "great" women's wrestlers like Fabulous Moolah, Wendi Richter, Rockin Robin, and Misty Blue Simms. Even Sherri Martel was not a "great" wrestler. She was a "great' personality. They were not at the level of great women's wrestlers like Manami Toyota, Akira Hokuto, Bull Nakano, and Kyoko Inoue. Even the Jumping Bomb Angels who were mediocre in Japan came to the United States and by far outclassed their opponents (Judy Martin and Leilani Kai- the Glamour Girls). Fortunately we had glimpses of hope with Akira Hokuto and Bull Nakano coming to compete in the United States, as well as the Jumping Bomb Angels. Going back to Madusa/Alundra. She was probably the best of the wrestlers that were American mainstream wrestlers, but not at the A Level."

[7.0] "It is such a shame that Madusa was so out of place and time when she came around. She was often stuck just doing the absolute worst shite in WCW and there was no one to work with in WWF unless they were bringing joshi over. I tended to always enjoy her work but shes more a case of what could have been"

[7.0] "Somehow Blayze was both ahead of her time in the ring and also wildly behind current standards. She mostly stands out because she had a great look and she managed to put on fantastic matches with Bull Nakano despite the era of wrestling doing everything it could to make women's wrestling a joke. She deserved better then, but she's also not better than the wrestlers (like Nakano) that she got great matches with. In a better world either the women's division would have been built better around the Nakano/Blayze rivalry and elevated other stars to meet them, or Blayze would've just gone to Japan herself. Instead, well... we live in this world. Blayze became Medusa and women's wrestling in the states remained a joke for years to come. I still quite like her, but her place in history is more "what ifs" than "must sees." Fantastic bridging suplex, though."

[5.0] "An overrated underachiever who practically gave up just as she was showing improvements and promise in the ring (see: The Bull Nakano matches). Looked OUTSTANDING at her peak but I dunno. she squandered her talents, never rose above mediocrity and yet - she is celebrated by her peers and fans alike. Mic skills? poor. Crowd interaction/Relatable? not so much. ---> Carried by better workers? <--- nailed it. No complaints about The Dangerous Alliance era, she truly held her own there."

[8.0] "Remembered mainly for hilariously throwing the wwf women's title in the garbage on WCW Nitro which was one of the most shocking promos of the Monday Night Wars. Solid wrestler, decent talker, good look, and besides Sherri, Luna Vachon, and Bull Nakano, one of the few females worth watching in the big 2 until Lita and Trish Stratus learned to wrestle. Has the Natalya problem. You remember her as a solid wrestler and she was, but I'm hard pressed to remember a single match she was in other than, vaguely, some of a Bull Nakano feud. If you watch the matches as they happened they're all entertaining enough and worked well (and still are now), but pretty forgettable. Bear in mind for most of her career you had women's wrestling being 50-100 year old women like Moolah and co who had a boring af catfight style or the later end having wwe and wcw just bringing in models and having them work matches, so there weren't many good matches, so she really stood out whereas some folks watching her now see a more mediocre wrestler than us older folks do."

[5.0] "Alundra/Madusa was a lot like a blonde Sensational Sherri back in the early 90's WCW. Her involvement with the Dangerous Alliance and usually being a valet for Rude meant you could count on her sticking her nose into matches and stirring shit. Great moment when she kicked Paul E's ass then later on she became a competent Women's wrestler in the WWF but the fans simply didn't care much for Women's wrestling. Went to WCW, buried the WWF Women's title which inadvertently planted seeds for the Montreal Screw Job because Vince was afraid Bret Hart would do the same with the WWF belt. WCW did nothing of note with her and the next time we saw her in WCW was 1999 when she got some plastic surgery and her wrestling skills went to crap. Probably didn't help she was now trying to wrestle with two basket balls in her shirt!"

[6.0] "Sadly she's from a time where women wrestling in America wasn't really important (thank you Moolah). She was certainly an above average wrestler"

[7.0] "Was always very fun and high energy in her matches. Not so good on the mic, but did well as the top babyface american female wrestler in the 90's."

[5.0] "A definite standout in her era (at least in the States) who would be absolutely lost in today's much richer pool of women's talent. Her best matches were with the AJW A-listers who accentuated her strengths and carried her weaknesses. It's not entirely fair to suggest she was mediocre given how few chances she got to develop but it's also a stretch to say she was better than she was given how few western peers she had."

[5.0] "Had decent matches and was clearly the best out of a frankly disgustingly underutilised woman's roster at the time, but when she matched up with Japanese talent like Bull Nakano, it was painfully obvious that they were just steps beyond her capabilities in the ring and that showed sometimes when she'd blow a spot or struggled to keep up. Her work beyond the WWE was mostly poor beyond the occasional 6 minute match she'd get: she barely appeared at all in a wrestling capacity."

[2.0] "I get that because no one is talking about her might get people to say she's underrated but have you ever thought why is no one's mentioning her? She wasn't that interesting & didn't give us anything to care about & her in ring work is overrated, she wasn't good."

[8.0] "During a time in WWE when women's wrestling was unheard of, Alundra made an impact in a big way. It's a shame WWE dropped the ball on her. She should have been their version of Wonder Woman all those years ago."

[4.0] "Madusa was decent in the ring but no better, and her talents have been greatly exaggerated over the years."

[10.0] "Underrated wrestler for sure. A lot of people don't know her well they know more of Fabulous Moolah, Sherri Martel, Chyna, Trish Stratus and Lita. She is amazing in the ring and is oen of the best women in wreslting. She was tall, fast and agile. SHe was great as a valet for Curt Hennig in AWA. Then she brought back women's wrestling to WWF after a three year hiatus. She was exciting to watch and was the best female in wrestling during the 90's. She had great feuds with Bertha Faye, Aja Kong and Bull Nakano. When she went to WCW and threw the women's title in the garbage that killed women's wrestling in WWF for three years. The good thing was she brought women's wrestling to WCW. She was good in WCW and was a crusierweight champion. She was also great at wrestling men and was very strong. I did not like the Madusa gimmick that much. She deserved to be in the WWE Hall of Fame and is not blacklisted by WWE anymore. Its too bad she not well known. If she was in the Attiude era wow she would have been phenomenal. Great women wrestler!"

[10.0] "Greatest women's wrestler in western shores in the early 90s. If it weren't for her, I don't think I'd have Charlotte's archetype. :)"

[9.0] "Madusa, or Alundra Blayze, was a trailblazer in her time - she had the kind of looks you'd normally associate with valets of the '80s and early '90s, but was a top-flight wrestling talent between the ropes, with good technical skill with some good power behind it. Had good runs in the women's divisions of both AWA, where she notably feuded with Sherri Martel, and the WWF. Her most infamous moment, of course, was her throwing the WWF Women's belt in the trash on WCW Monday Nitro - an act which saw little return for her WCW run, as their women's belt was scrapped before she could hold it (though she did at least get some good matches with Bull Nakano in), and perhaps saw her for a time being ignored by WWE's version of history. In more recent years, though, she's been given her due once again, culminating with her induction to the WWE Hall of Fame in 2015."

[8.0] "Madusa, also known as Alundra Blayze, was one of the best North American female wrestlers during the nineties, currently regarded as an all time great, Madusa's influence will remain intact."

"Excellent wrestler regardless of gender. Pretty much the entirety of women's wrestling in America in the early 90s."

[10.0] "Not just a groundbreaker and doorbuster for women in wrestling, but a great wrestler regardless of gender."