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Jun 15, 2022 · From Andre the Giant to Giant Baba to Mountain Mike to the Great Khali, these wrestling behemoths easily pulled crowds. While many of the biggest wrestlers in history lacked speed and impressive athletic abilities, their massive power always paid dividends, especially when facing smaller opponents.
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- Chris Jericho. Perhaps no one in the history of wrestling has a better understanding of character work than Chris Jericho, who can be funny, frightening, and absolutely endearing in equal measure at any given moment.
- Eddie Guerrero. Of all of wrestling’s tragic martyrs, Eddie Guerrero remains one of the most beloved. As a scion of the legendary Guerroro family, he embodied the obnoxious rudo with such perfection — he became, ironically, impossible to hate.
- Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Although he’s now better known as the highest-grossing box office star of all time, The Rock was selling out stadiums long before he arrived in Hollywood.
- Andre The Giant. There’s a certain irony to putting Andre the Giant so high on this list considering his in-ring skills weren’t exactly worthy of praise.
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- "Stone Cold" Steve Austin Was The Defining Wrestler Of The Attitude Era. Debut Appearance. May 11th, 1989. Finishing Move. Stone Cold Stunner. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin was the most popular wrestler in WWE in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
- The Undertaker Has The Most Impressive Streak In Wrestling. Debut Appearance. June 26th, 1984. Finishing Move. Tombstone Piledriver. The Undertaker had one of the most illustrious careers in professional wrestling.
- Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson Took Wrestling Hollywood. Debut Appearance. June 1st, 1995. Finishing Move. People's Elbow, Rock Bottom. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has expanded his career beyond the squared circle, but that doesn't erase his status as one of the most popular babyfaces in wrestling.
- Shawn Michaels Remains Mr. Wrestlemania. Debut Appearance. June 18th, 1988. Finishing Move. Sweet Chin Music. Shawn Michaels, otherwise known as The Heartbreak Kid, got his start as part of the tag team known as The Rockers but shined as a singles competitor.
- Ric Flair. Ric Flair was always a wrestler first and foremost. While Flair had his stints in WWE, he is not what you would call a “WWE guy.” Flair took the NWA and WCW by storm the only way he knew how: with style.
- "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. There have been many wrestlers who have come along and altered the state of the business, but nobody has changed the definition of being a wrestler in the same manner that “Stone Cold” Steve Austin did.
- Hulk Hogan. You know you cheered for Hulk Hogan when you were a child, which kid didn't? Yet, as we all grew older, our love for Hulkamania began to fade but deep down inside, it was always there.
- Shawn Michaels. Personality wise, Attitude Era Shawn Michaels was so much better than born-again Christian Shawn Michaels, but the man changed his life around and distanced himself from the evils of his past.
- Jonathon Norcross
- 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.
Jun 17, 2024 · From old school legendary wrestlers to famous wrestlers right now, this list of the biggest pro wrestlers includes former superstars, cool characters, and stars of current circuits. Thesz continued to dominate until the next era of wrestlers entered in the 1950s and 1960s.
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