Jacqueline Featured on WWE.com’s ‘Barrier-Breaking African-Americans’

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Jacqueline Featured on WWE.com’s ‘Barrier-Breaking African-Americans’ Jacqueline1

Jacqueline Featured on WWE.com’s ‘Barrier-Breaking African-Americans’ Jacqueline1

To celebrate Black History Month, WWEClassics.com has taken a look at ”Barrier-breaking African-Americans”, and Diva Dirt Legacy Award winner Jacqueline is featured on the list.

The former WWE Women’s and Cruiserweight Champion was described by Jim Ross in the article as “one of, if not the most underrated female performer ever to work in the wrestling business” – a comment that we here at Diva Dirt wholeheartedly agree with.

Jackie, who has performed as a wrestler and a referee during her career, has also been a manager to various superstars, including Booker T, and the Smackdown GM said that his former Harlem Heat manager was “definitely one of a kind — a female who has done it all in every organization. She will go down in history as one of the best wrestlers that’s come along in the game, not just best black wrestlers. Jackie has set a very, very high standard.”

Jacqueline began wrestling in the late 1980′s and became WWE’s first ever African-American female champion.

The Dallas, Texas native has also wrestled for WCW and TNA in her career and was even the first woman featured on the Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500 list.

Great to see her spotlighted.

EDIT: here is the full text of what WWE wrote about Jacqueline:

http://www.wwe.com/classics/barrier-breaking-african-americans/page-10

“Jackie Moore is one of, if not the most underrated female performer ever to work in the wrestling business,” Jim Ross declared.

Beginning her career in the late 1980s, Jacqueline competed around the country and in Japan before arriving in WCW in 1997. She is perhaps best-remembered for managing Harlem Heat and even defeating Disco Inferno on pay-per-view.

“Wow,” was all Booker T could say muster at first when recalling his former manager. But he soon found the proper words. “Jacqueline was definitely one of a kind — a female who has done it all in every organization. She will go down in history as one of the best wrestlers that’s come along in the game, not just best black wrestlers. Jackie has set a very, very high standard.”

Ross called many of Jackie’s matches during her tenure in WWE. “Jackie had amazing fundamental skills,” Ross explained. “She was mentally and physically tough, but then she was able to adapt to the times when lady wrestlers were becoming Divas. I don’t have a vote, but if I had a vote for the Hall of Fame, I see no hesitation in voting for her. Very much overlooked.”

When WWE revived the Women’s Championship in 1998, many fans believed it was a foregone conclusion that Sable would win the title. Instead, it was Jacqueline.

“People have to realize, Jackie was operating at a skill level that was far above many of her contemporaries,” Ross asserted. “[She] had to adjust her game to the skill level of some of the ladies she was working with. A lot of women would not have done that. A lot of men in the same situation would have rebelled. But Jackie was a great teacher and did a tremendous job. Because of the glitz and the glamour, she sometimes gets overlooked and that’s unfortunate.”

Due to Jacqueline’s tremendous success and longevity, other African-American Divas like Jazz, Naomi and Alicia Fox have been able to follow in her footsteps. But no Diva could ever fill the shoes of Jackie Moore.

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Diva-Dirt really needs to post the FULL text especially when it has great quotes about JR saying he highly endorses her to the WWE HOF and that he knew she had to downplay her skills [which many divas have to do]..

Quote :: “Jackie Moore is one of, if not the most underrated female performer ever to work in the wrestling business,” Jim Ross declared.

This sums it up perfectly.

Really nice comments from JR, it would be cool to see her in the HOF.

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