My Favorite WWE Wrestlers Ever
by horne_jeffrey | created - 17 Jan 2013 | updated - 14 Feb 2015 | Public
1. Dwayne Johnson
Actor | Black Adam
Dwayne Douglas Johnson, also known as The Rock, was born on May 2, 1972 in Hayward, California. He is the son of Ata Johnson (born Feagaimaleata Fitisemanu) and professional wrestler Rocky Johnson (born Wayde Douglas Bowles). His father, from Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada, is black (of Black Nova ...
2. Steve Austin
Actor | The Condemned
'Stone Cold' Steve Austin was born in Victoria, Texas, as Steven James Anderson, on December 18, 1964, the youngest of five children. His mother, Beverly Jane (Harrison), remarried to Kenneth Williams, and he took his stepfather's surname. He played football at the North Texas State University. He ...
3. Kurt Angle
Actor | Warrior
Kurt Angle was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He won a Olympic Gold Medal in 1996 having notoriously won it with a broken neck. In 1998 he transitioned into professional wrestling where he sky rocked to success after joining the World Wrestling Federation. He later became the first ever ...
4. Shawn Michaels
Actor | WWE Monday Night RAW
Began his career in Texas. Trained by the legendary Jose Lothario, Shawn Michaels wrestled in Kansas, where he met fellow wrestler, Marty Jannetty. A year later, after sending tapes of his matches to the major wrestling companies at the time, he was contacted by the AWA, who proposed that he team ...
5. Chris Benoit
Actor | ECW November to Remember
Christopher Michael Benoit is a Canadian wrestler who was born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Michael and Margaret Benoit. He grew up in Edmonton, Alberta, from where he was billed throughout the bulk of his career. He had a sister living near Edmonton.
During his 22-year career, Benoit worked for ...
6. Chris Jericho
Actor | MacGruber
American-born, Canadian-raised professional wrestler, rock singer, actor and author. Debuted in 1990 in Calgary after training in the Hart Family Dungeon. He competed for Stampede Wrestling, for the Canadian National Wrestling Alliance (no connection to the National Wrestling Alliance) and West ...
Also a contender of the top five (one of the greatest wrestler of all time)
7. Mark Calaway
Actor | Suburban Commando
Born on March 24, 1965. Best known as "The Undertaker" from World Wrestling Entertainment. He first came to the WWF in 1990 as Ted DiBiase's mystery partner at The Survivor Series (1990). At first, he was a heel, but later turned face, around WrestleMania VIII (1992). He has held the WWF World ...
The greatest big man wrestler of all time who is also worthy of top 5 recognition
8. Mick Foley
Actor | The Peanut Butter Falcon
Michael Francis Foley was born on June 7th, 1965, in Long Island, New York. Nicknamed Mick by his father, a lifelong Yankees and Mickey Mantle fan, he attended college in upstate New York, he hitchhiked to New York City to see a wrestling match between Jimmy Snuka (Jimmy Snuka) and Don Muraco that ...
9. Rey Misterio Sr.
Actor | El Mascarado Massacre
Rey Misterio Sr. was born on January 8, 1958 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. He is an actor, known for Wrestlemaniac (2006), Lucha Libre Life (2000) and Independent International Wrestling Champion (2004).
Top 10 material wrestler. Probably the best cruiserweight wrestler of all time. He rarely had bad matches in WCW and WWE.
10. Paul Levesque
Actor | WWE Monday Night RAW
Paul "Triple H" Levesque is WWE's Executive Vice President, President of Talent, Global Talent Strategy & Development. In this role, he oversees the Company's Talent Development department, serves as a senior advisor to the CEO for talent strategy and is the Executive Producer of NXT, WWE's third ...
11. Brock Lesnar
Actor | WrestleMania
Brock Lesnar was born on July 12, 1977 in Webster, South Dakota, USA as Brock Edward Lesnar. He is an actor, known for WrestleMania XIX (2003), Summerslam (2002) and WWE Unforgiven (2002). He has been married to Rena Mero since May 6, 2006. They have two children named, Turk & Duke. Lesnar also has...
11 to 13 are honorable mentions of wrestlers I consider worthy of being top ten material.
12. Eddie Guerrero
Actor | WrestleMania XIX
One of the great Hispanic wrestlers, Eddie Guerrero grew up part of the famous wrestling family: The Guerreros. His father Gory Guerrero became a star in the U.S., an icon in Texas and a legend in Mexico. Eddie's brothers, Hector, Amadno and Chavo, Sr. also became wrestlers. Both Hector and Amando ...
13. Bret Hart
Actor | WWWF Championship Wrestling
Bret Hart is one of Canada's most successful wrestlers. He is also recognized as one of the worlds best wrestlers ever. Hart comes from the legendary Hart Family of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He owns a junior hockey team named after him and has his own column in the Calgary Sun. Bret has held the ...
Top 10 material wrestler. I know he is worthy of being in the top 10 and even in the top 5 in some people's list. However, I could only put him near the top 10. If he stayed in the WWE, where he belonged, for the rest of the 90s and throughout the 00s, he might have reached the top 5. He is still one of my favorite wrestlers of the 90s, second to HBK, and of all time.
14. Randy Orton
Actor | That's What I Am
Randal Keith "Randy" Orton (born April 1, 1980) is an American professional wrestler and actor best known to sports entertainment audiences for his career signed with WWE. Orton was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, to Bob Orton, Jr. and his wife Elaine. He is the grandson of Bob Orton, Sr. and the ...
I like Randy Orton; I consider myself a fan of his because he has come a long way in the ring. He was always very good on the mic especially as a heel. I cannot wait until he comes back in spring of 2015.
15. Adam Copeland
Actor | Vikings
Adam Copeland is an actor and an professional wrestler, who wrestles as Edge in the WWE. He starred as one of the leads in the fifth season of the popular television series Haven on Syfy. He also starred as a recurring character on the History Channel series Vikings. Canadian-born, Copeland's life ...
16. Phil Brooks
Actor | Girl on the Third Floor
Phillip Jack Brooks, better known by the ring name CM Punk, is an American Professional wrestler, comic book writer and former mixed martial artist.
Punk began his professional wrestling career on the American independent circuit, primarily with Ring of Honor (ROH) until 2005, when he signed with ...
I respect everything that CM Punk has done in his legendary career. However, he loses a few points from walking out of the company six months before his contract expired. I still consider he one of the best wrestlers in a long time. He was the total package who could wrestle, talk, and entertain.
17. Ric Flair
Actor | WWE Monday Night RAW
Richard Morgan Fliehr isn't what you'd expect from a professional wrestler. A medical student at Minnesota University (his father was a doctor, his mother an actress), Flair dropped out college to train for the mat wars under legendary former AWA World champ Verne Gagne. He made his professional ...
18. Owen Hart
Actor | WWE SmackDown
Owen Hart was one of twelve children from a legendary Canadian wrestling family. His brother Bret is also one of the most well known wrestlers of all time. Owen was one of the best wrestlers in the business and his major accomplishments include being the 1994 King of the Ring, former ...
19. Nic Nemeth
Actor | Shallow Hal
Nic Nemeth was born on July 27, 1980 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Shallow Hal (2001), WWE Smackdown! (1999) and WWE NXT (2010).
AKA DOLPH ZIGGLER
20. Bryan Danielson
Actor | WWE Monday Night RAW
Bryan Lloyd Danielson is an American professional wrestler and author currently signed to WWE under ring name Daniel Bryan.
In WWE, Bryan held the WWE Championship three times and WWE's World Heavyweight Championship once, in addition to being a one-time United States Champion, a one-time ...
When he comes back for another WWE run, he may reach my top 10 list when it is all said and done. WWE must complete to use him correctly by having him put on entertaining matches on a near weekly basis. He has baby Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit written all over him. He has the potential to become on of the very best. See you at the end of 2014, DB.
21. John Cena
Actor | The Suicide Squad
John Felix Anthony Cena was born on April 23, 1977 in West Newbury, Massachusetts to Carol Cena and John Joseph Cena. He is of Italian (father) and French-Canadian and English (mother) descent, and is the grandson of baseball player Tony Lupien. When he was in college, he played football. He then ...
When he is out there put on good matches with worthy opponents, he is just as good as anybody in the business. He can talk and wrestle when WWE uses him correctly. He is on my honorable mention list of favorite wrestler ever.
22. Randy Savage
Actor | Spider-Man
One of the most colorful wrestlers in and out of the ring, Randy "Macho Man" Savage became a larger-than-life pop icon along with other wrestling superstars, such as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, Hulk Hogan, Jimmy Snuka (aka "Superfly Jimmy Snuka"), Jesse Ventura and Dwayne Johnson (aka "The Rock").
When ...
23. Curt Hennig
Actor | Ready to Rumble
Curt Hennig was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as the son of one of wrestlings all time legends - Larry Hennig - Aka Larry The Ax Hennig. Curtbegan training to follow in his fathers footsteps when he was just 12 years old. Starting off in the AWA - Curt began his career as a tag team wrestler. He...
24. Hulk Hogan
Actor | Suburban Commando
Terry Eugene Bollea, better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American retired professional wrestler and television personality. He is widely regarded as the most recognized wrestling star worldwide and the most popular wrestler of the 1980s.
Hogan began his professional wrestling career in ...
He was one of my favorite wrestlers growing up in the 80s and 90s. It helps that I met him on the cruise trip and took a picture of him soon after.
25. Rob Van Dam
Actor | 3-Headed Shark Attack
He was trained by the Original Sheik, Ed Farhat, who was one of pro-wrestling's classic and greatest bad guys. Even though their styles are quite different (Sheik being a wild hardcore-style brawler, known for throwing fire, cutting his opponent's forehead's up with foreign objects like a pencil, ...
26. Shane McMahon
Actor | Rollerball
Shane McMahon was born on January 15, 1970 in Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Rollerball (2002), WWE Raw (1993) and WCW Monday Nitro (1995). He has been married to Marissa McMahon since September 14, 1996. They have three children.
27. Jeff Hardy
Actor | WWE SmackDown
Jeffrey Nero Hardy is an American professional wrestler and musician. Born and raised in Cameron, North Carolina, Hardy started his career as a youth performing in the Trampoline Wrestling Federation, which he started alongside his brother Matt Hardy. Hardy is widely considered one of the greatest ...
28. Jay Reso
Actor | Shoot 'Em Up
William Jason Reso is a Canadian actor and professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in WWE under the ring name Christian and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Christian Cage. He also starred as a guest character on the Syfy original ...
I started to like him during his last run in the WWE from 2009 to 2011 because he had great matches with everyone in the locker room. It is a shame WWE did not use him better during his final years. While Randy Orton is one of my favorite, I believe Christian helped him to become a more consistent wrestler in the ring than he already was back in 2011. Due to working with Christian, he had good matches with Mark Henry and Kane, which is not easy to do.
29. Trish Stratus
Actress | WWE Monday Night RAW
Patricia Anne Stratigeas, better known as Trish Stratus, is marketed as a former wrestler for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Before she became a mainstay in professional wrestling, she was a student at York University in Toronto, Canada. She majored in Biology and Kinesiology, but when the ...
Probably my favorite female wrestler ever. She it all, the looks, talent, work ethnic, personality to go all the way to top, which she did. I wish she wrestled longer; however, I do not fault her for calling it a career in 2006 because she wrestled for 6 years, which is a long time for a female performer.
30. Chyna
Actress | Frank McKlusky, C.I.
Chyna had been called "The First Lady of Sports Entertainment". Her accomplishments went far beyond the wrestling ring and anyone's guess. Before exchanging body slams, modeling for top magazines and guest-starring on hundreds of shows,
Chyna was a shy girl who was born Joan Marie Laurer in ...
31. Amy Dumas
Actress | ECW Hardcore TV
Amy Dumas was born on April 14, 1975 in Florida. Not much is known about her past except that she and her family did a lot of moving around. Her parents divorced before she graduated from high school. She graduated 6 months early and became a roadie for 5 years and became interested in wrestling ...
32. Mickie James
Actress | WWE SmackDown
Mickie James was born on August 31, 1979 in Richmond, Virginia, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), TNA iMPACT! Wrestling (2004) and WWE Raw (1993). She has been married to Nick Aldis since December 31, 2015. They have one child.
33. Tara
Actress | WWE SmackDown
Tara was born on February 10, 1971 in San Bernardino, California, USA. She is an actress, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), WWE Raw (1993) and WWE Sunday Night Heat (1998). She was previously married to Lee Varon.
34. Stephanie McMahon
Actress | WWE SmackDown
Stephanie McMahon is WWE Chief Brand Officer, a publicly traded (NYSE: WWE) global media company. In this role, she is responsible for ensuring WWE's global brand strength and growth across all lines of business. Stephanie oversees WWE's Brand, Community Relations and Pop Culture strategies as well...
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