Dark Angel/Sarita
Birthplace: Canada
Years Active: 2002-2020
Net Worth: $5 million*
Sarita is the ring name of professional wrestler “Dark Angel,” (birth name, Sarah Stock). Sarita was born in Canada, and began her career there, working in various indie promotional organizations and facing both male and female wrestlers. She then moved to Mexico and started wrestling in Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide with the stage name Dark Angel.
She renamed herself, Sarita when she started wrestling in America under a contract with TNA. She was successful and was a two-time Knockout Tag Team champ, also sharing the title with Rosita and Taylor Wilde. Sarita was recently signed to the WWE as the women’s trainer but was unfortunately furloughed and later released.
Peyton Royce
Birthplace: Australia
Years Active: 2009-Present
Net Worth: $1 Million
Peyton Royce (born Cassandra McIntosh) entered the Pro Wrestling Women’s Alliance in 2009 as part of a tag team match, which she ultimately won. Royce also had singles matches, suffering both defeats and victories through 2011. In 2015 she joined NXT and unfortunately had a rough beginning with a number of losses.
Later, in 2018, Royce became a part of the tag team, the IIconics with Billie Kay. The duo did well together at the start but also began suffering some defeats. Despite the losses, the IIconics were drafted into the Raw brand in 2019.
Mariko Yoshida
Birthplace: Japan
Years Active: 1998-2017
Net Worth: $1 million*
Mariko Yoshida’s career began when she appeared on the All Japan Women’s Pro-Wrestling in 1988. She wrestled under the name Mariko Yoshida, and she worked for AJW before wrestling with Arsion.
Yoshida became the head trainer at Arsion and, during her career, was known for her high-flying, acrobatic skills. Yoshida’s two signature finishing moves were the back-to-belly, over-the-shoulder piledriver, (nicknamed the “Air Raid Crash”) and head scissors shoulder lock (nicknamed “Spider Twist.”). Yoshida actually invented both of these moves! In 2017 she retired at the age of forty-seven after she lost to her trainee, Hiroyo Matsumoto, in her very last match.
Sasha Banks
Birthplace: USA
Years Active: 2010-Present
Net Worth: $3 million*
Sasha Banks (born Mercedes Justine Kaestner-Varnado) got her start in wrestling when she trained at Chaotic Wrestling in Massachusetts in 2008. She wrestled under the name Mercedes KV and developed an in-ring partnership with fellow-wrestler Nikki Roxx. Banks officially debuted in the independent realm in 2010 in New England Championship Wrestling.
Banks signed with the WWE in 2012 and made her TV debut on NXT, though she lost to her opponent, Paige. After a few breaks in her career, Banks was selected in the WWE Draft in 2019 and still wrestles today.
Bianca Belair
Birthplace: USA
Years Active: 2016-Present
Net Worth: $5 Million
Bianca Belair was involved in a variety of sports growing up and decided to seriously pursue wrestling after a stint in the world of CrossFit. She signed with WWE in 2016 and first appeared to the public at an NXT live event. After a handful of losses and some wins, she ended up qualifying for the Mae Young Classic and defeated Sage Beckett in round one.
2018 marked a winning streak for Belair as she overtook Lacey Evans, Deonna Purrazzo, and Candice LeRae among others. She made her debut on WrestleMania alongside other NXT members but was ousted by Becky Lynch.