Lesbian Wrestling League (Ultimate Submission Book 4)

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Smith is sports’ jackass, and he doesn’t want to talk about an NBA player’s gay or bi encounters that he himself sought out and reported. They may not have reached the highest stages in American pro wrestling during their careers, but they became the foundation for what was to come. Even WWE, nearly 20 years removed from the initials “HLA,” now has prominent lesbian voices among its roster that are a driving force in pulling the company slowly into acknowledging LGBTQ identities. The match ended after the two teams exchanged near falls, leaving an opening for Green to hit her Unpretty-Her finisher followed by Deville hitting a running knee and securing the pinfall victory. Green and Deville’s connection ties back to WWE’s 2015 revival of its reality competition show “Tough Enough.

Now, decades later, the defiant spirits embodying that openness and desire for visibility among wrestling’s lesbian community refuse to keep their identities in the shadows.

Her inclusion on the company’s reality show Total Divas provided the most genuine look into LGBTQ identities ever to grace WWE programming. The LGBTQ “Pride Fighter” commented on that long journey to gold in a Twitter post alongside a picture of the two with WWE chief content officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque.

Deville now joins Shayna Baszler, Indi Hartwell, Piper Niven, Pat Patterson, current New Japan Pro Wrestling star Fred Rosser and current AEW star Saraya as the only out LGBTQ wrestlers to win a WWE championship. Both were contestants on the show along with Deville’s close friend and former tag team partner Mandy Rose. None of this is to say that the current position of lesbian representation in pro wrestling is where it should be.But there is no denying that the seeds on undeniability Parker and Green planted are now being harvested by today’s growing population of out, proud lesbian wrestlers. Names like Mercedes Martinez and Sonya Deville gives lesbian members of WWE’s audience figures to latch onto. The image of Deville running through a Pride celebration on Total Divas exclaiming “I’m gay” is a GIF that plays on repeat in the minds of many (including me). Her signing made her the first out lesbian pro wrestler to sign with the company in its 70-plus-year history. Names like Susan Green and Sandy Parker defied women’s wrestling gatekeepers like The Fabulous Moolah that did their best to outlaw LGBTQ wrestlers’ public expression of their identities within their stables.