Sable

[7.0] "Sable being rated lower than Stacy Keibler and Nikki Bella tells me most fans don't know what the fuck they're looking at. Sable was mostly eye candy but she could actually have a decent match with good looking offense and some good timing. She had the misfortune of being around during a time women only need to show off their body so the home audience could hear 50 something year old Jerry Lawler act like he's seeing a woman for the first time."

[10.0] "love her or hate her sable was the best of her time. she could put on the worst matches ever BUT still have the biggest pops ever. she was great. she knew what she was doing and done it well. she was a power woman. she held her own at all times and never stopped. yes she sued the company and came back but it was iconic in a way because no one had ever done something like that. Once again she was the best of her time and will always be an all time great. she also gave other female wrestlers screen time which is great"

[9.0] "Sable was a great wrestler for her time. There weren't many women wrestlers in that era, so she definitely revolutionized wrestling for her era. Her looks probably are the reason she got such a big push, but so what, who hasn't that been a factor for in this business? Especially for TV, you have to have a certain look and she had it. I think she definitely helped women's wrestling take off and helped it evolve into what it is today. She was entertaining, definitely better than Sunny or Debra. Didn't Trish Stratus start off the same way, and people praise her. I just don't think people realize that she kind of paved the way for the women of today."

[8.0] "Love her or hate her, she got some of the biggest pops in WWE history and was thrown in the ring and performed admirably. People seem to rank women by their pure wrestling and physical prowess, when in fact a lot of male wrestlers had like 6 wrestling moves (much like Sable) and were getting the crowd behind them with their personalities and annoying characters."

"Couldn't wrestle. Wasn't even really hot - only in a "conventional" manner of the time in which "hotness" was accredited to (white) women by homosexual (white) men running fashion houses and magazines. Sure, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that. Fine. Let me continue... Couldn't move. No sex appeal. Laughable that she was champion even in the era she was in, where standards for her division - and, honestly, the ring work within every division - were beneath the floor. A product of now-disgraced sex predator Vincent K. McMahon, and perpetual adolescent/trash television writer/egomaniac braggart Vince Russo. Sable attempted to use wrestling as a stepping stone to popular media stardom. When that didn't work out, she returned to wrestling, and had slightly improved. She had slightly improved because the bookers had smartened up and kept her out of the ring as much as possible. I wish her well in her golden years. Still - absolutely rotten performer by almost every metric, whose unearned push kept literally all of the other more talented and deserving women underneath her."

[9.0] "She is one of the most beautiful and popular women in the wrestling world. She was average and acceptable in the ring--pulled off decent and fun matches. She had few moves but was somehow aggressive, extremely believable, and entertaining. People should rewatch her matches with Jacqueline and Tori and her catfights with Stephanie. Her intergender matches with Mero and Luna were incredible--this woman with no professional wrestling training pulling off clean hurricanrana's and powerbombs. Her promos were so much fun as a heel; the way she recited those speeches. A legend in her own right who gets unnecessary hate."

[10.0] "I love Sable, and she is in my Top 10 Women of all time. She may not be the best wrestler, but she always made me want to watch during any segment she was in. I think it started when she became a heel in 1999, and I loved how she played that character. Her return in 2003 also had me shook and is one of my favorite returns of all time. She did help put women's wrestling in the forefront since the WWF Women's Title Belt returned after 3 years once she began her feud with Jacqueline. She deserves more credit than she gets! #SableForHOF"

[0.0] "Sable was never a wrestler, he never cared about wrestling, an obvious case of what the Attitude Era was, where women were only seen as an object that should be seen as sexual, Sable took that sexualization and increased it. It has always been said that women in the WWF were not talented, that they only served for the enjoyment of men and a large part of that stereotype is due to Sable. My parents always told me "don't smoke, you'll get cancer", "take care of your skin, you'll get cancer" and I always took care of my health, but it didn't matter, because I got cancer anyway when I saw Sable's Powerbomb."

[3.0] "Sable wasn't born out of good wrestling abilities, good work on the mic, good personality, or anything you'd normally look for when you're considering a major push for someone in the industry. The Sable character was born out of McMahon's and Russo's pants (and certainly out of those of multiple other background staff's). Her wrestling and mic ability wasn't there at all, although I'll admit I enjoyed her acting and reactions during the Marc Mero mistreating her storyline. That storyline, as well, is another point of contention: sure, it brought attention and ratings to the WWF, and Marc Mero might have already been overshadowed by Sable prior to it, but the direction that was took both halted Marc Mero's career, and made it so he was basically eternally a heel unless he changed gimmicks, given all the stupidly sexist and "she's my property" comments he had to say during the whole debacle. In the end, Sable wasn't great, or even good for that matter, but I can't blame her at the end of the day: she might have been awful in the backstage, but she was given time in the ring and the spotlight, and did the best she could with it, even if her best isn't exactly spectacular. The fault here relies on the bookers, not the worker."

[5.0] "Sable was massively over at a very important time in wrestling and her popularity also ended up reviving the WWF Women's Title after it was vacated for 3 years with Alundra Blaze leaving the company, but to me Sable was the definition of a flash in the pan star. She was over because of how she looked and also because of the heel character Marc Mero was when he started mistreating her."

[3.0] "A product of her time, obviously not a wrestler. Watching the attitude era back nowadays alot of sable related segments are difficult to watch, just not a gimmick which would work anymore."

[3.0] "Sable was very popular during the attitude era, becoming the archetype diva. But the fact that she had written in her contract that she is not required to take bumps completely defeated the purpose of having her wrestle. Its a shame she had such a diva attitude because she seemed much better and more interesting as a heel, and with Nicole Bass as her bodyguard, things seemed to be going somewhere until she was refusing to do anything like show up on certain dates or relinquish her title so they had to strip it from her in a makeshift bikini contest and put the damn thing in Debra. Sable had good mixed tag matches with Jacqueline, but that is a testament to Jackie who you could have compared it to wrestling a broomstick. She proved to be strong, able to powerbomb men that were twice the size of her, though it was often botched looking. After the lawsuit failed, she came back and it seems Vince McMahon made it his personal objective to humiliate her behind the scenes as it was written for him to start having an affair with her as she entered a very entertaining feud with Stephanie (mostly to Stephs credit). When looking back, from her time as Meros valet to her return as Torries sometimes lesbian lover sometimes jealous ex playboy model, she lacked many things mostly being charisma, personality, depth, and always seemed to be content doing the bare minimum. She always looked impecable though and is a iconic and rather important part of WWEs womens division history - she should even probably be a HOFr but that doesnt mean she was any good as a performer."

"Fun Fact: While Sunny often gets called the first "Diva", Sable was actually the first in WWE to refer to herself as a Diva. She was super hot, and was over in a big way mainly because of that, but she couldn't wrestle, or talk. WWF/E was trying to appeal to the young male demo and Sable was a big part of that."

[5.0] "With Sable, you either loved her or hated her. As Mero's valet, she was detestable and bothersome, while as a competitor, she was competent and unique in her own way. Her Sable Bomb may have been less than stellar, but I suppose it still got the job done. I didn't have a negative vibe from her, but I also wasn't ever enthralled. She gave good performances here and there, but things just never clicked with me. I surmise it's because that was a bad time for female wrestling, or maybe I just missed her true talent. Sable was a good wrestler and decent character, but until I do more reviewing of her work, I have to have her in the middle."

[3.0] "Red hot for a hot minute in that 98/99 period, but never cared about the business and was a pain in the ass behind the scenes. Stuck around long enough for the money and got out pretty quickly like a lot of tarted up bimbos in the business. Was top of the hill in the worst period for Women's wrestling in the WWF. Sable's greatest asset was her looks and being able to sell it during the peak of the Vince Russo trash TV era."

[1.0] "Ok, fair warning; What I am about to say is rather crass but I have to be real here. What got over was the implants, not the person behind them. What may still keep a fan base was her "90's Bimbo look" which was insane (in all of the good ways) but after she had a smaller set put in, all of a sudden her stock plummeted but she thought she was THE most important thing in the company. Her ring work is embarrassingly bad, her mic work is about the same. Her ego is as enormous as her breasts once were. This just shouldn't have been in wrestling at all but Vince had 3 things he used perfectly to save his company in the late 90's: Stone Cold Steve Austin and the super sized breast implants Sable once sported. Weird stuff for the most part that I'm just not into. Again I know this all sounds crass but I don't have much a place for this kinda thing, however it happened and I fast forward through most of it. Soon I will experience her tenure on Smackdown! (which I missed the first go around) and I hope she raises her score here. I would like to see this person rise up and above what she was before, I want to like her...EDIT: I am now watching her era on Smackdown! and, BLEH! she's actually rather creepy and gross during this time frame. What the hell...go away weird insect woman!"

[3.0] "Maybe if she stayed a valet for Marc Mero she would be higher, but she was just complete trash in the ring."

[2.0] "Looks was just about everything Sable had going for her. Dreadful in the ring and apparently a pain in the ass to work with."

[1.0] "Sable was a big star in the WWF purely because she looked good and had a gimmick that worked, but that's all she had. She wasn't that good of a promo, was god awful in the ring (Admittedly, she probably only had about an hours worth of training) and couln not sell a move in the slightest. Unfortunately, she was a big reason to why Women's wrestling was based on looks and not ability for over a decade."

[9.0] "She can be described as scandalous, outrageous and vicious and narcissistic and all this is Sable! Brock Lesnar's wife and the main figure of the initial Attitude Era ... yes, at that time, the Divas were not very much like a wrestler, and so on.. but she stood out in an epic way and a gimmick, which is a plus.. And yes, her return in 2003 and her feud against Stephanie very cool and decent for that thanks!"

[5.0] "An important part of her era in terms of furthering the consideration that was given to giving women more time on weekly TV in WWF/WWE. So-so in the ring and exploited for her sexuality, but she played an important role and deserves credit for helping women push towards breaking the glass ceiling."

[0.0] "Sable was arguably the first woman wwe ever hired because of her looks who had no talent, no mic skills and no wrestling abilities. I watched a clip where she was 'dancing' and it was the most cringeworthy thing ever! She couldn't even dance without looking like she was having a stroke and yet they thought it was a good idea to have her talk in the ring. It's honestly mind boggling that they actually think she was good looking. To me, she was very unattractive and quite honestly looked like a granny. Once they unfortunetly discovered sable, they started to hire models like torrie wilson who couldn't do anything besides participating in bikini contests. Because of these talentless eye candies, talented women who could actually wrestle were overlooked by the companies which is not fair."

[1.0] "I feel like I'm just preaching to the choir. Sable might've been a big star during the Attitude Era, but she was absolute trash at just about every aspect a wrestler should have to be a star. The only reason I won't give her a 0 is that she was loved during her time."

[1.0] "Most overrated wrestler of the Attitude Era. Fans liked her and she would get the second biggest pop behind Austin some weeks, but I didn't and found her shtick embarrassing and makes me embarrassed to be a wrestling fan. She's Lesnar's problem now."

[2.0] "Right place at the right time. Sable couldn't wrestle, couldn't talk, could really do much as a wrestler. However, she was involved in a lot of stories and got a really big push. It's hard to say that this was due to any quality she had-- Sable really could have been anybody. A pioneer in a way, but she'd be eclipsed before long."

[4.0] "The definition of "right place at the right time". To be fair, there have been worse wrestlers in the WWF/WWE, but Sable was note impressive in the ring. She was somewhat charismatic and had the looks. You do have to give her some credit though, as she was a pioneer for women in wrestling."

[5.0] "She had no respect for the business, and wouldn't sell or take bumps. Still I think she helped in the attitude era and I loved seeing her Sable Bomb and tko. Plus her rivalry with Torrie was entertaining."

[3.0] "A pioneer due to looks and timing only. She was the vintage blonde that Vince loved, and got her push almost exclusively because of that. Awful wrestler, and could barely even do her Sable Bomb finisher, and it was tough watching both men and other women try to sell for her. If you imagine Lana with a rocket push, you would get Sable. Her promos were stiff as hell too, she didn't sound all that convincing."

[1.0] "Unless you were distracted by her look you can clearly see how terrible she was. She was awful in the ring & can't cut good promos. I am sure she can appeal to some people for her look but her personality could ruin that too."

[7.0] "Sable was quite a babe. She was also kind of a... The way she treated Luna was not very nice... But overall, I don't hate."

[2.0] "She wasn't really that good at wrestling , and Mero got buried simply because of her looks for some weird reason that just boggles me and makes my head spin."

[8.0] "She was one of the pioneers for divas. There was her, Sunny and Marlena and alter Chyna that only were first used as valets. Sable later became a wrestler. He was great. She brought back the Women's in WWE. Her return in 2003 was not good."

[3.0] "I was never a Sable guy when I was younger. I was more for team Sunny. But Sable did get over big & powerbombing Marc Mero is certainly something Sunny never could have done. Problem is there was no women's division back they & not much could be done with her. Perhaps she could have been used like a Trish Stratus had there been actual women's wrestling in WWE during her era. But she never had much of a passion to begin with. Part I'm sure is not all on her because I can only imagine how toxic the locker rooms were for her back then. Her return in 2003 made for some straight-out-of-Jerry-Springer moments with her & Tori. All in all, Sable did very little for me, but she gets a couple of points for being over in a main stream sort of way."

[7.0] "Sable was an icon in her day. Limited wrestling skills but female's were not given actual opportunities to wrestle much during this period. Her role as an instigator, an occasional uncontrollable WWE Diva giving grief to the McMahon family as epic at times. She would not do well in today's environment with the modern truly skilled female wrestlers however, remember that was not the Diva division function 20 years ago. She provided great entertainment and good TV"

[0.0] "Sable couldn't wrestle to save her life. She was beyond terrible at it. Sable couldn't talk to save her life; her voice was grating, and she talked you out of the building rather than into it. She was difficult to work with, and became so disliked that on one of the last nights with the WWF, in her first run, someone took a dump in one of her bags. There was nothing positive about Sable."

[8.0] "She had a lot of appeal to a teenage me back in the 90s. She really wouldn't do a lot for me if was introduced now but sometimes nostalgia cannot be discounted."

[2.0] "Not sure how she has such a decent rating, she couldn't wrestle, could barely even cut a promo and marc meros career come to a halt because of what her looks, so she got the push while he got buried."

[3.0] "I never understood the hype around Sable. Sure she looked great, but could do nothing in the ring and wasn't impressive on the mic. She was primed for the attitude era, but just as eye candy and shock factor."

[6.0] "No way around it, Sable was very very popular at the height of her career. She was never a good wrestler, with a limited moveset where the only highlight was her powerbomb. In her defense, she didn't have to be. Her job was keeping the men interested in her, which she mastered well, given the reaction she got during her attitude era stint. Her mic work I didn't like, since it was often very monotone, but she improved a bit during her second stint in the WWE in my opinion. It is often said that it was a shame that Sable got so much attention while real wrestlers like Ivory or Jacqueline got next to none, but the WWE has always had real wrestlers next to valet-wrestlers in it's womens division (even in 2016, see Eva Marie), and it's not like Jacqueline or Ivory never had a title or a storyline. Sable at least attempted to wrestle, which is more then some other ex womens champions can say."

[1.0] "I'll never understand why Sable has such a positive legacy. As an in ring talent, she was one of the worst. The Sable Bomb? But forgetting that, she still wasn't a good talent. She could not cut a promo. Every time she had the mic, it was monotone babble. Her time as a valet for Mero was pointless. She didn't bring anything to his angles. I'll never understand the attitude era's love of this woman."

[3.0] "She was the center of attention when the WWF brought the Women's title back in the late 1990s, when it became focused in bikini contests and catfights rather than wrestling... so I guess we could call her the ultimate icon of the decadence of the women's division."

[0.0] "Sable was a terrible wrestler, that is well known by most. What a lot of folks might not remember on the other hand, were her multiple shortcomings as a credible valet. Her promo efforts lacked any sight of positivity to them, she was plain awful, both inside that ring and outside as well, serving very little purpose to the company she was working for."

[5.0] "Compared to today's prominent female wrestlers, Sable's ring skill doesn't stack up, but such a comparison isn't really fair as she came from a different time. In her era the women's division was mainly about eye candy, and a modicum of in-ring skill and a decent finisher was enough for Sable to climb to the top of the heap. Moreover, she was very charismatic, had the look and was marketable, and was indeed a draw. Her choosing Edge as her partner in Edge's first PPV match (SummerSlam '98), for instance, helped bring attention to his burgeoning career. Understandably, her 2003-04 comeback run, at a time when the women's division had become more legitimized, saw her act mainly as a valet and on-air personality, and only participate in a handful of matches. For her time, she served her purpose."

[2.0] "What a hack. She would repeatedly set her gender back 10-15 years. Wondering why we're only just getting to see womens wrestlers consistently make a good account of themselves on the bigger stages of mainstream American wrestling? Look no further than your Sables. Bye!"

[7.0] "This is for all the women who want to be me, and for the men that come to see me. Like it or not, Sable was one of the most popular employees WWE had back in the Attitude Era. The first Diva to pose for Playboy back in 1999 is one instance of why she was so popular. Sable may have burned a few bridges during her time in the WWE but, 90% of all of the people that have worked for the WWE have."

[3.0] "Rather overrated in her time with WWE and the company overpromoted the woman enough during her time with the company in the late 1990s. Sable mostly existed as eye-candy for the fans and her popularity took attention away from the man she was supposed to serve as valet to in the form of then husband Marc Mero. Even though she had wrestled and was one of the early WWE Women's Champions in the revival of the women's division, all of her matches were rather underwhelming in terms of quality and it was rumored that she had put terms in her contract where she was not allowed to take bumps while in the ring. As Jim Cornette put it in a shoot interview, the only thing that seemed to get Sable by during her time in the WWE was her surgically implanted sexy looks."