Before there were the Crush Gals and the Jumping Bomb Angels (who for many were the first Japanese female wrestlers that many American saw), there was the Beauty Pair (Jackie Sato & Maki Ueda).  They were massive stars that crossed over in the pop singing world, and they changed the way that women wrestlers were marketed and thought of in Japan.  The Beauty Pair would be two-time World Tag Team Champions and in a loser must retire match Sato would beat Ueda.  She would also be a successful solo competitor who would win the WWWA Singles Title three times.  After being forced to retire in 1981 due to the mandatory retirement age of 25 imposed by All Japan, she would return in 1986 in JWP to feud with Shinobu Kandori and would have a great match that devolved into a shoot.

At the turn of the 20^th century, Tom Jenkins was a top Heavyweight contender, and he would hold the prestigious American Heavyweight Championship three times.  Jenkins would have memorable matches against Frank Gotch and Dan McLeod and was one of the top wrestlers of the first decade of the 1900s.

Penny Banner had quite a life as she not only was a championship wrestler, but she dated Elvis Presley.  Later, she was married to fellow wrestler Johnny Weaver and competed in the Senior Games.  With her pin-up looks and kick ass skill, Banner was an NWA World Tag Team Champion and was the inaugural AWA Women’s World Champion.  She would also win the Texas version of the ladies title.  Banner could have continued her career longer but cited the domination of The Fabulous Moolah who controlled the division rendering it difficult for her to compete without going up against her girls.

Frank Sexton was one of the top stars in the 1940s where he would win multiple championships.  Sexton's apex was in Boston where he became the AWA World Heavyweight Champion two times, the second reign lasting five years.  He would also win championships in Montreal, Toronto, Ohio and San Francisco.