There were several different female wrestlers over the years:
From 1990 to 1992, the role was played by tall blonde amazon; Francoise Ringeval:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI_ylj64QXMIn 1993 she didn't participate (maternity leave, I think), so the french edition featured no mud wrestling, but the other editions had the wrestler played by Heloise Brunet!
Francoise Ringeval returned for her final season in 1994:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr_TdKn9ER01995 featured a mid-season change, at the start of the year, the wrestler was played by Sabrina Francois:
https://youtu.be/TozPut51T2wShe was then dropped from the show, and replaced with the returning Heloise Brunet, who would retain the position throughout 1996!
https://youtu.be/Vwe6G0-VVDMBrunet left the show for undisclosed reasons in 1997, and the show got another new wrestler, this time played by former bodybuilder Sylvie Manquest:
https://youtu.be/rv84YdMYZDgThe french show director wasn't too impressed with her, and opted not to retain her in 1998, so the sole fight from the French version that year featured a different character guarding the key - the bohemian/gypsy - played by Marie Pecquery:
https://youtu.be/sge26dWml0gFor all the foreign editions of the show that year though, Sylvie Manquest was still present:
https://vimeo.com/203311213In 1999, Heloise Brunet made her return!
https://youtu.be/xwIYswABNyA?t=12m14sThe mud wrestling event was cancelled in 2000 - but returned in 2001, once again with Heloise Brunet defending the key! She would remain in this role until 2006 - when the event was cancelled "for good".
https://youtu.be/Ly6L2yKqSMIIn 2011 - the event made a surprising return and featured two new wrestlers! Unable to decide who was better, the production crew decided that with 4 series to shoot that year - each candidate would get two series to impress them, for the French & Swedish versions, judoka Fabienne Lubereilh took on the role:
https://youtu.be/Vy0RKzXgFgwFor the Dutch and Norwegian editions, the role was played by gymnast & twirler Mayanne Etchecopar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmQq9jWn2mcIn 2012 the producers had to choose, and they chose Etchecopar, as she had the stronger track record of the two.. Etchecopar bulked up and would be the show's main wrestler from 2012 to 2014:
https://youtu.be/pX_3ipj6br0In 2015, Mayanne had other commitments while the show was being shot and the wrestler was played by buff fitness instructor Caroline Labourdette - who miiiiight have proved a tad too powerful for the candidates
:
www.dailymotion.com/video/x30znroShe was replaced by Doris Rouesne in 2016 for the French edition - where she would take on future Miss Universe, Iris Mittenaere!
https://youtu.be/hITo1Jo11mAFor all the other editions though, Mayanne Etchecopar made her return:
https://vimeo.com/206584417In 2017 yet another new wrestler was introduced - poledancer Laura Mété - who remains the main wrestler on the show to this day:
https://youtu.be/SergW1x7AQMAlthough for the foreign editions in 2017 - Mayanne was still retained:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gCZQdUT0MIIt has yet to be revealed whether Mayanne or Laura will handle the foreign versions of the show this year!