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Apr 5, 2024 · With voting results taken a few weeks ago ahead of the WWE 2K24 launch, using an IGN Face-Off that allowed y'all to vote for your favorite wrestling legends, a Top 25 list was born. It was an...
- 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...
- The Undertaker. 32,557 votes. Few wrestlers evoke the same sense of awe, fear, and respect as The Undertaker has throughout his illustrious career. With an unparalleled and generational career spanning over three decades, Mark Calaway has crafted a legacy that will forever be remembered in the annals of professional wrestling history.
- "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. 31,756 votes. Austin 3:16 says it all – Stone Cold Steve Austin is without a doubt one of the most influential and captivating wrestlers to ever step foot inside a ring.
- Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. 27,554 votes. Before he became the global icon we know today, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was electrifying audiences around the world as one of the most charismatic and talented professional wrestlers in history.
- Ric Flair. 25,784 votes. To be the man, you've got to beat the man, and few have ever come close to beating the legendary career of generation professional wrestler Ric Flair.
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- Shawn Michaels. Shawn Michaels is the most relatable wrestler I’ve ever seen. Beyond his goofy stuff with DX or the (great) diva heel run before his first retirement, I don’t think I’ve ever met a wrestler who showed me his pain, his sorrow, his joy and his anger quite like HBK.
- "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin is responsible for the greatest run in the history of pro wrestling. There is absolutely no doubt about it.
- The Rock. Will there be a time when The Rock’s wrestling career is a minor footnote? Maybe, but there’s no question who is the biggest success story in wrestling history.
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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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