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Aug 6, 2024 · A list of the best wrestlers of all time wouldn't be complete without the original wrestling GOAT. Bruno Sammartino is wrestling's best champion ever and the sport's original...
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Apr 5, 2024 · With WrestleMania 40 just around the corner, there's no better time than to turn to you, the loyal IGN reader, for an honest-to-goodness Greatest Wrestler of All Time rundown.
- 25 25. Cm Punk
- 24 24. Mick Foley
- 23 23. Eddie Guerrero
- 22 22. Rey Mysterio
- 21 21. Ricky Steamboat
- 20 20. Bob Backlund
- 19 19. John Cena
- 18 18. Lou Thesz
- 17 17. Chris Jericho
- 16 16. Dusty Rhodes
The WWE Championship was once held in the tattooed hands of CM Punk for 434 days. One of the most unconventional looking champions WWE has ever had, Punk was not only excellent at cutting promos, but his in-ring work was top level. CM Punk considered himself to be a wrestler and not a “superstar,” which has become the word to use in WWE when referr...
Mick Foley and his famous faces include: Mankind, Cactus Jack, and Dude Love. The personality-riddled Mick Foley has made a career out of taking hard bumps. Sure, the hardcore legend doesn't look like the chiseled wrestler that we normally expect but the body of Mick Foley has perhaps taken more abuse than anybody else on this list. Mick Foley has ...
The late Latino legend, Eddie Guerrero, battled his share of demons during his lifetime but ultimately overcame and survived the darkest hours. When his life was suddenly cut short from a heart attack, the wrestling world lost one of its finest. Guerrero wrestled all over the world – showcasing his talents from country to country – before finally w...
The biggest underdog in the business is the same man who became the smallest World Champion in the business. The masked marvel known as Rey Mysterio has been entertaining crowds with his innovative offense for the past two decades. To watch a Rey Mysterio match and find yourself bored is damn near impossible – especially in his younger days. Howeve...
Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat was a major player in the AWA, NWA, and WCW. While in WWE, Steamboat took part in one of the greatest wrestling matches of all time with Randy Savage at WrestleMania III. Steamboat has won numerous championship throughout his lengthy career but was never the WWE or WCW Champion. However, that does not diminish any of hi...
Bob Backlund may be the one person on the planet who knows what it feels like to be between Bruno Sammartino and Hulk Hogan. Backlund holds the second longest WWE Championship reign – ahead of Hogan and behind Sammartino. Bob Backlund has been considered both bland and ballistic – a man who wrestled and wore his bow-tie with just as much pride. Reg...
Love him or hate him, John Cena is the man in WWE. The 15-time WWE Champion is second only to Ric Flair in overall championship reigns. Cena has been the driving force of the WWE for the past decade and it appears as though he will continue to be as the company moves forward. The criticism of John Cena is vast – at least from the male demographic –...
You have probably heard of, and have witnessed, the Lou Thesz Press: where a wrestler jumps towards his opponent, knocking him down to his back and sitting on his chest. This was a signature move in the arsenal of Steve Austin, where he would pummel his opponent with punches following the press. The man who the maneuver was named after, Lou Thesz, ...
The wrestling business sure has been good to Chris Jericho, at least from a WWE standpoint. Jericho made his debut with the company in 1999 after being mistreated by Eric Bischoff in WCW. What Bischoff failed to notice in Chris Jericho was his true star power. The first ever WWE Undisputed Champion and a master at his craft, Chris Jericho has been ...
The sly-talking “American Dream” Dusty Rhodes made his name in the wrestling territories. Along the way becoming a three-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion. When Rhodes finally made his way over to the WWE, he was placed in polka-dots and made to dance. Many viewed this as intentional ridicule of Rhodes, who had long worked for rival promotions. N...
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- Randy Savage. No wrestling persona has ever been as captivating, bizarre, unpredictable, and memorable as the Macho Man Randy Savage. To put it in movie terms, he was like the Stanley Kubrick of wrestling.
- Hulk Hogan. A series of controversies has tarnished the Hulkster’s legacy to some extent but they can’t erase what he meant to sports entertainment. Before The Rock was the biggest movie star in the world, the Hulkster headlined major motion pictures.
- Stone Cold Steve Austin. There’s an argument to be made, and it’s a convincing one, that at the height of his popularity, Stone Cold was the single most popular wrestler to have ever lived.
- The Rock. Currently the biggest movie star in the world, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has brought wrestling to the masses like no one before him. With his production company, he is telling wrestling stories on primetime cable television.
- Stone Cold Steve Austin. 26 of 26. Career: Stone Cold Steve Austin is arguably the most popular wrestler ever to lace up a pair of boots and his status as a first-ballot Hall of Famer is justified by his many World title reigns and his role in the eventual victory of the WWF in the Monday Night Wars.
- The Undertaker. 25 of 26. Career: The Undertaker is the longest serving wrestler currently with the WWE and he has been one of the top-drawing talent for two decades.
- Hulk Hogan. 24 of 26. Career: "Hulkamania" was a real presence in the 1980s, as millions of children bought into the real-life superhero-like persona of the "Hulkster."
- Ric Flair. 23 of 26. Career: Ric Flair was the "Man" in professional wrestling with 16 World championship reigns and over 40 years of television exposure.
Sep 2, 2024 · The greatest pro wrestlers of all-time include WrestleMania winners, WWF and WWE champions, and TNA favorites. The entertainment of professional wrestling may be staged but all of these professional wrestlers are easily some of the toughest professional fighters inside of the ring or out.
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Feb 17, 2021 · In the meantime, here is an informative rundown of 50 of the greatest Japanese wrestlers of all-time. Latino wrestlers have had more success in the U.S. than their Japanese counterparts, although even that door has only been open for 25 years.
