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Tag teams. Remember when they were a huge part of WWE wrestling? Remember when they had story lines? And there were actually feuds? Feuds you wanted to watch and they were actually exciting and the tag team championship actually meant something and a lot of times those tag team matches ended up &quot;stealing the show&quot; (copyright Dolph Ziggler) for example those TLC matches with Edge and Christian, The Dudleys, and the Hardys? ... I remember those days.

That&#39;s why there is this list. These are the best tag teams in WWE history. The greatest tag teams in WWE of all time.

Sure, tag team wrestling has been put on the back burner (the way back burner on a different oven that is very far away) in recent years (about a decade), but that&#39;s all the more reason to celebrate it now! And make our voices heard! WE WANT GREAT TAG TEAM WRESTLING BACK.

Vote for your favorite WWE tag teams made up of these remarkable&nbsp;Superstars now. If you think we forgot any all time great tag teams go ahead and add them!

Kurt Angle

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 <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/toughest-professional-fighters-in-history/the-round-mound">toughest professional fighters</a> inside of the ring or out. This list of all pro wrestlers can be ordered according to their popularity. Just vote for your favorites.

Combining Greco-Roman wrestling with boxing, freestyle wrestling and theater, professional wrestling dates back nearly a century. At first, professional wrestling was more about the actual competition rather than the script. In the past, it was Lou Thesz who was the most-feared wrestler around. Thesz, who had no trouble going off-script to win a match and keep his title, is considered the first true wrestling superstar, an innovator of the business, and the original pro wrestler.&nbsp;

So who is the greatest pro wrestler ever? How about the best WWE wrestlers? This list will answer these&nbsp;questions&mdash;and your vote matters. 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.&nbsp;

Thesz continued to dominate until the next era of wrestlers entered in the 1950s and 1960s. Top contenders like Bruno Sammartino and Buddy Rogers helped the sport of professional wrestling grow with their flashy and flamboyant performance styles as well as more often than not came out on top of their matches.

Moving into the &#39;70s, 1980s, and 1990s, wrestling evolved into a performance. The uniforms the wrestlers wore became flashier and the scripted aspects began to increase, as did the fan following. Some of the best wrestlers of all time came from that golden era such as Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Andre the Giant, Ric Flair, and Bret Hart. With business booming, professional wrestling only continued to grow in recent years with big names like Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock using their WWE fame to launch their careers. Many of these big names are considered to be classic legends&nbsp;in the wrestling world.&nbsp;

Professional wrestling may not be for everyone but with a long history of success and a wildly popular following, the likes of WWE and TNA are not going away anytime soon. Any one of the current wrestlers competing today could become the next greatest professional wrestler of all time but until then, we can only enjoy watching them compete to become that.

This list is more than just the 100 <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/most-overrated-wrestlers?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">greatest wrestlers of all time</a> - we&#39;ve got &#39;em all! Add any <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/interesting-pictures/robert-wabash?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">that might</a> be missing and be sure to vote for all your favorites! And if you&#39;re having trouble keeping up with all the wrestling jargon, check out a list of all the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/pro-wrestling-terms-slang-glossary/ranker-wrestling" target="_blank">pro wrestling terms you need to know</a> to sound like an expert.

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Arn Anderson

List of the best WCW wrestlers of all time. Who were the greatest wrestlers in the history of WCW (World Championship Wrestling)?WCW was <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/famous-people-born-in-1988/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">born in 1988</a>, and it wasn't too long after that that it went to war with WWE (then WWF) in what became known as the Monday Night Wars between each promotions main attractions, WCW's Nitro and WWE's Raw. The War between these two great wrestling promotions was intensified when many of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/greatest-pro-wrestlers-of-all-time/sportsyeah?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">top wrestlers</a> from the WWE jumped ship and brought their <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-finishers-in-wrestling">best wrestling moves</a> over to WCW. Wrestlers like Hulk Hogan, <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-10-greatest-macho-man-randy-savage-memories/greg?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Macho Man Randy Savage</a>, Kevin Nash, and Scott Hall.That being said, WCW's entire legacy isn't just about old WWE superstars that came over to make more money from Ted Turner (I mean, it became that) but WCW was a brand unto itself with many remarkable talents with no ties (for the time being) to WWE. And that's what this list is about.Who are the top WCW wrestlers in history? Vote for your favorite now or the Nature Boy WILL. STRANGLE. YOU. HALF. TO. DEATH! WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Harley Race

The '80s. The &quot;Golden Era&quot; of wrestling. Why was it so great? Probably because of these WWE (then WWF) Superstars. And that's probably why this list exists. Because it is worth talking about the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-wwe-superstars-of-all-time/ranker-wrestling?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">greatest WWE Superstars</a> of the 80s forever. It's like Hulkamania, YOU CAN'T STOP IT, BROTHER! IT DOESN'T DIE! It's like the spirit of the Ultimate Warrior. THE SPIRIT OF THE WARRIOR WILL RUN FOREVER!!! It's the greatest WWE Superstars of the '80s! They're the cream of the crop! Dig it?! OOOOHHHHHHH YYEEEEEEEAAHHHHH!!!This generation of wrestlers made professional wrestling a global phenomenon and for that we all owe them a debt of gratitude. Unless you aren't a fan of wrestling. In which case, you can leave. Why are you here?Anyway, I'm lookin' at you, Rankers. I'm staring you down right through the videoscope, completely ignoring whatever Mean Gene just asked me... Who do you think is the top WWE wrestler of the 1980s? Vote for your favorite now or I'll find you and put you in the camel clutch! While you're at it, go ahead and vote for the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-current-wwe-wrestlers/ranker-wrestling?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">top WWE wrestlers</a> currently in the ring.

Macho Man Randy Savage

List of the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/wwe_s-greatest-superstars-of-the-21st-century?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best WWE Superstars</a> of all time. And for all you folks that were alive before 2002, this is a list of the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/greatest-pro-wrestlers-of-all-time/sportsyeah?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best WWF Wrestlers</a> of all time.

The WWE is the main event. If you&#39;re a professional wrestler, this is where you want to be. This is the big leagues. And over its storied and tumultuous history, the WWE has seen some of the greatest wrestlers, the greatest athletes, and the greatest entertainers ever step between the ropes and BRING IT to an audience of millions across the globe.

From Gorgeous George to John Cena, and Hulk Hogan to the Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels, this is the top 50 WWE Superstars of all time.

Vote for your favorite. Who is the top WWE Superstar in history? The Phenom? The Showstopper? The Brahma Bull?

So, what do you think? IT DOESN&#39;T MATTER WHAT YOU THINK! (it does, though... so vote!) Feeling lost sometimes in all the wrestling jargon? Check out this glossary of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/pro-wrestling-terms-slang-glossary/ranker-wrestling" target="_blank">pro wrestling terms you need to know</a> to sound like an expert.

Sasha Banks

The following is a list of the best Black wrestlers in the history of professional wrestling (or &quot;sports entertainment&quot; for those of you too young to remember anything that took place before John Cena). Through the years the WWF, WCW, and now WWE has seen many Black athletes leave an indelible mark on the wrestling industry. Superstars that have paved the way like the &quot;Big Cat&quot; Ernie Ladd, Divas that pushed the pace and raised the bar like Jacqueline, and once in a lifetime trailblazers like The Rock.

Whether they&#39;re most well known for their singles career or their tag-team career up in the &quot;big leagues&quot;, namely WWE/WWF or WCW, the only requirement for this list of topflight African-American wrestlers is that they were great. That they told tremendous stories in the ring. That wrestling (sports entertainment) wouldn&#39;t be the same without them.

So, who is the best Black wrestler of all time? Mark out and vote for your favorites now!

Wrestling

While the days of &quot;Stone Cold&quot; Steve Austin and &quot;Macho Man&quot; Randy Savage are gone, there are still plenty of current wrestlers in the WWE worth watching—to say the least. Sure, nothing can beat those golden years when it was still WWF and Dwayne &quot;The Rock&quot; Johnson was cookin' and doin' his thing, but the world of wrestling continues to bring it. From the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-high-fliers-in-wrestling-history/ranker-wrestling" target="_blank">top highflyers</a> to the ultimate big men, the best wrestlers in the WWE today bring new moves,&nbsp;revisit the classics, and put on a great show&nbsp;nonetheless—lest we forget the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-finishers-in-wrestling" target="_blank">always-anticipated finisher moves</a>.Comprising much of the Raw and Smackdown bills, including tag teams within each promotion, the top wrestlers right now are some of the toughest, scariest, and ruthless <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-wwe-superstars-of-all-time/ranker-wrestling" target="_blank">superstars of the ring</a>. And while no one's forgot NXT and the Cruiserweight class, this list only features the best wrestlers who've proven themselves beyond development brands and special classes. So, who do you think is the best wrestler in the WWE right now?Check out the list of current WWE wrestlers and cast your votes for who you think top the rest.&nbsp;

John &quot;Bradshaw&quot; Layfield

World Life, this is basic thuganomics. And also a list of the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-wwe-superstars-of-all-time/ranker-wrestling?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best WWE Superstars</a> of the 2000s.The Attitude Era survived into the new century but times they were a changin'. Wrestlers that used to be mid-carding back in the 90s were stepping up their games and fighting their way into the main event, like Edge. 90s megastars were starting to gracefully fade themselves out, like <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/what-happened-to-stone-cold-steve-austin/anncasano?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Stone Cold Steve</a> Austin. And in 2005 a new superstar named John Cena (?) burst onto the scene and changed wrestling, changed the WWE forever (like it or not... I assume we're all about 50/50 on this).The 2000s was a great era for the WWE, though for some reason it is undervalued. Probably because hindsight is 20/20 (clears throat: we didn't know John Cena was going to become John Cena). Somewhere in there was the era of &quot;Ruthless Aggression.&quot; Come on! That was awesome! Don't think so? Why don't you check out Mick Foley vs. Edge at Wrestlemania 22.Anyway, who do you think is the top WWE Superstar of the 00s? Vote for your favorite and rocket them up to the top! Get your spinner belts out and vote!

Charlotte

The following is a list of the best NXT wrestlers of all time. Forever. NXT is like the WWE's minor leagues... but it's also a brand of its own putting more emphasis on in-ring action and excellence in technical wrestling than any match that takes place on Raw or SmackDown. The wrestlers (or Superstars) in NXT are rapidly making a name for themselves and building an almost cult-like following amongst viewers who yearn for the technical superiority of wrestling days-gone-by. STOP ALL THE TALKING AND WRESTLE!This is a list of the greatest wrestlers in the history of NXT. Who do you think is the top NXT superstar of all time? Vote for your favorite now!BETTER THAN RAW! BETTER THAN RAW! BETTER THAN RAW!

Figuring out who is the best WWE female wrestler is easy compared to deciding who were the best female wrestlers of all time, across all the promotions. We&#39;ve put together this list of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-female-wrestlers/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">famous female wrestlers</a> from all over, and that includes a lot of the best female wrestlers not in WWE.

Which of these <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/female-aew-wrestlers/ranker-wrestling" target="_blank">female wrestlers </a>has held the most titles, had the strongest storylines and made the most memorable careers in their time in WWE, Impact, TNA, AAA and Japanese promotions like JWP? There are retired female wrestlers like Bull Nakano, who helped shape the world of wrestling today and newer wrestlers like Asuka, who is an already undefeated rising star and building her name under the SmackDown brand. Some of these women wrestlers are cross-over champions, holding long title reigns both as Divas and as Reina de Reinas.

There are so many female wrestlers who are great at what they do, but we need you to vote up the best female wrestlers who are truly the best of the best!

Bobby Roode

List of the best TNA wrestlers of all time. <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/top-total-nonstop-action-wrestling-employees/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Total Nonstop Action</a> Wrestling was founded in 2002 by Jeff Jarrett and company and has been total nonstop action ever since then. Sort of. Uh... It's okay. There's been SOME action. It's a lot like WCW. What does that mean? It means it should be called &quot;Ghosts of Christmas Past Wrestling.&quot; Okay, &quot;Total Nonstop Ghosts Of Christmas Past Wrestling.&quot; There. That's better.In all seriousness (I was being serious) TNA has presented alternative viewing from WWE and alternative viewing is always a good thing. And, all joking aside, TNA has had some remarkable talent step onto its weird soundstage and bring the house down. So, that's what this list is for. These are the greatest wrestlers in the history of TNA. What do you think? Who should be the top TNA star? UpVote your favorite now!&nbsp;Can you even handle the IMPACT, bro?

Wrestling is a difficult sport on your body, and it doesn&#39;t get any easier as you get older. The oldest wrestlers, still wrestling after their 40th birthday, are doing more than aging gracefully - they&#39;re aging powerfully, and somehow getting better in the ring <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/full-cast-of-as-time-goes-by-cast-list-for-the-show-as-time-goes-by/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">as time goes</a> on. We&#39;ve put together this list of current wrestlers over 40 from all the different promotions, and that includes a lot of the oldest wrestlers in the WWE.

Many of these wrestlers who are 40 and older have stepped back from the ring to a degree as they expand their focus to include acting. Both John Cena, Chris Jericho, and Kane <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/greatest-pro-wrestlers-of-all-time/sportsyeah" target="_blank">still rock the ring</a> between personal and creative projects but not as often as they used to. Other older wrestlers, like Matt and Jeff Hardy, are still finding new storylines and holding their own against younger wrestlers. There are even wrestlers over 50 years old like Dr. Wagner Jr. who doesn&#39;t seem to plan on stopping any time soon.

There are so many old wrestlers who are great at what they do, but we need you to vote up the best active wrestlers who are 40 and older who are still truly the best of the best!

Wrestling is entertainment (sports entertainment) for the entire family! So, why not have the ENTIRE family get involved?! &quot;Exactly!&quot; That's what these families thought. This is a list of the greatest families in wrestling. The greatest families ever in the history of wrestling. Period.From The McMahons to the Harts to the DiBiases to the Poffos, all of the very best families of all time in professional wrestling are listed here. If we forgot a family that you feel deserves to be represented - by all means go ahead and add them! Participate! Like these wrestling families! Unless you're a member of the Anoa'i clan, in which case you're probably in a ring right now wrestling!Vote for who you think is the greatest family in wrestling!

Roddy Piper

In pro wrestling, the highest honor a wrestler can achieve is becoming the champion of their respective promotion. Becoming the champion has a lot of responsibility, like being the face of the organization and being the number one main eventer at a particular time. This is the guy at a particular moment who you want to lead the charge. The champ can be a face or a heel, as long as they generate enough attention towards the title and keeps the fans wanting more. While there have been many champions in many different promotions, the people listed on here are the greatest wrestling champions. This includes wrestlers from different promotions and even some of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/greatest-pro-wrestlers-of-all-time/sportsyeah">greatest wrestlers of all time</a>.So who are the best pro wrestling champs of all time? Any list has to start with one of the most influential wrestlers of all time: Hulk Hogan. The Hulkster has been the heavyweight champion too many times to count in various different promotions like the WWE (obviously) and WCW. The same goes for wrestling legend Ric Flair. You'll also see icons like Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart, The Rock, and <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/what-happened-to-stone-cold-steve-austin/anncasano?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Stone Cold Steve</a> Austin on this list of the best wrestling champs of all time.&nbsp;This is the list of the best pro wrestling champions of all time. If you see someone who should be on this list, feel free to add them. Vote or re-rank this list according to how you deem fit.&nbsp;

Finn Balor

The High Flyers are some of the most athletic and thoroughly entertaining superstars in all of wrestling. That's why we've curated this list of the best highflyers in wrestling history. These are the greatest high fliers of all time. After all, what would wrestling be if not for the guys and gals that dare to climb to the top rope, or the top of a ladder, or the top of a cage, or the top of... everything (Shane McMahon, Jeff Hardy) and leap off? Leap off and not only just hope for the best, but execute without a doubt the most exciting maneuvers that the world of wrestling has ever seen (or maybe hasn't seen).When thinking about adding wrestlers to this list, Rankermaniacs, try and keep it to wrestlers, divas, WWE Superstars, WHATEVER, that used aerial assaults as a part of their main arsenal. For example: Let's not count The Undertaker even though he did jump over the top rope... a lot, we wouldn't consider him a &quot;high flier.&quot; You catch my drift?So, vote for your favorite high fliers right now! Who is the best high flier in wrestling history?

The best female WWE wrestlers are some of the toughest, strongest, and baddest ladies around right now. In fact, they might just bring as much attention to the world of wrestling as the big men do. While they may no longer be referred to as the WWE's &quot;divas&quot;, these <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-female-wrestlers/reference" target="_blank">famous female wrestlers</a> are are both striking and scary—and they certainly bring it in the ring.&nbsp;Of course, women wrestlers are nothing new. They've been stomping around the ring and bringing excitement since the early days of WWF and there's been no slowing down. In short, the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/evolution-of-female-pro-wrestlers/ranker-wrestling" target="_blank">evolution of female wrestlers</a> has been interesting, and today's top female WWE wrestlers are some of the best of all time. From <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-wwe-women_s-and-divas-champions/ranker-wrestling" target="_blank">female wrestling champion</a> Alexa Bliss to former MMA fighter Ronda Rousey, you wouldn't want to mess with these badass chicks.Of all the current female WWE wrestlers, who do you think is the best? Check out the list of women wrestlers below and vote up your top choices.

Marty Jannetty

The &quot;other guys.&quot; &nbsp;You know, those guys on the tag team that you don't REALLY care about. Or maybe you do. Maybe you love these guys they just aren't getting as big of a push as their tag team partner. Maybe they're BETTER than they're tag team partner but the stars just never seem to align for these poor, poor, wrestlers.These are the best second bananas in wrestling history. It's a story about the guys that could just never quite get out of the shadow of their tag team partner or <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/full-cast-of-the-other-guys-actors-and-actresses/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the other guys</a> in their stable. Again, many of these men were/are tremendously skilled WWE Superstars or WCW wrestlers, but they just could never quite... you know. ... Never quite. They just could never get over that imaginary hill into superstardom.Did we forget anybody? Probably. They're second bananas. Add them now!From Marty Janetty to Arn Anderson to Matt Hardy and beyond, who do you think is wrestlings best &quot;other guy?&quot; Cast your votes now or be a second banana forever! &nbsp;

The Patriot

The WWE (formerly known as the WWF, or World Wrestling Federation) has had its fair share of, let&#39;s say, &quot;odd&quot; wrestlers throughout its journey up and down this lonely road of faith that we call history. But oftentimes, it&#39;s the oddballs that stand out. That is certainly the case with these masked wrestlers - the greatest facially decorated wrestlers (WWE Superstars) of all time.

Mexican-style wrestling and the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-lucha-underground-wrestlers/ranker-wrestling/" target="_blank">lucha</a><a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-lucha-underground-wrestlers/ranker-wrestling/" target="_blank"> libre tradition</a> of masked wrestlers almost takes away from the novelty of a masked superstar but in the WWE the headgear is so few and far between that they always make the WWE Universe stand up and pay attention.&nbsp;With a few standout top superstar exceptions, the fate of a masked wrestling superstar is largely the same: A <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/flash-in-the-pan-athletes-where-are-they-now/rhune-kincaid?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">flash in the pan</a>. They burn bright, almost as bright as their masks, and then disappear back into whatever wormhole they rocketed out of never to be seen again. And that&#39;s exactly how it should be.

What do you think? Who is the best masked wrestler in WWE history? Vote for your favorite now to see him move up the list!

King Cuerno

List of the best wrestlers in Lucha Underground. These are the greatest wrestlers in Lucha Underground bringing Mexican Lucha Libre style professional wrestling to a wider audience on the El Rey Network.

Started in 2014, Lucha Underground made a name for itself very quickly with its <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-high-fliers-in-wrestling-history/ranker-wrestling" target="_blank">high-flying</a>, fast-paced in ring action that rivals (or bests) anything you&#39;d find in the WWE, and a cinematic approach to storytelling never before seen in any wrestling promotion. Ever.

Lucha Underground is stylized, it&#39;s vibrant, it&#39;s <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-lucha-underground-matches/puppet" target="_blank">action-packed</a>, and it&#39;s just plain fun... thanks in large part to these wrestlers. The greatest wrestlers in the history of Lucha Underground. So, who do you think is the top star in Lucha Underground? Vote now!

LUCHA! LUCHA! LUCHA! LUCHA!

Sabu

List of the best ECW wrestlers of all time. Extreme Championship Wrestling, putting the &quot;EXTREME&quot; in &quot;EXTREME&quot; from 1992 - 2001 (Arguably the most EXTREME timespan in recorded human history. And these ECW stars did more, so much more, than live up to the name of Extreme Championship Wrestling.What became the brainchild of Paul Heyman, ECW was the one-stop place for the craziest, most death-defying, and certifiably insane professional wrestling you could lock your eyeballs on to. Matches often featured barbed wire being smashed into human faces. Metal folding chairs bouncing off of peoples skulls, and tables being turned to dust. Yes, dust. Either by several men smashing through them or by being set on fire... and then having several men smash through them.ECW was hardcore wrestling at its very finest, and these are the top ECW stars, these are the very greatest ECW wrestlers in the history of the world's most EXTREME wrestling promotion.What do you think? ARE YOU EVEN A PAUL HEYMAN GUY?! Who is the best ECW Wrestler of all time? Vote now! E C DUB! E C DUB! E C DUB! E C DUB!

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Who are the WWE&#39;s greatest superstars of the 21st century? This list includes several of the <a href="/list/greatest-pro-wrestlers-of-all-time/sportsyeah" target="_blank">greatest pro wrestlers of all time</a>. and is inspired by the DVD, the Greatest Stars of the New Millennium. It profiled the superstars and divas that dominated the ring for the first decade of the 2000s. Major stars include John Cena, Triple H, Undertaker, Randy Orton, Edge, Chris Jericho, Batisa, and more.

These famous WWE wrestlers are without a doubt among the greatest entertainers in the sports world, and each one of them made a huge impact in the 2000s. Do you disagree with certain pro wrestlers on this list? Think they&#39;re <a href="/crowdranked-list/most-overrated-wrestlers" target="_blank">a bit overrated</a>? Vote them down and be sure to vote up the wrestlers and WWE stars that you think are among the <a href="/crowdranked-list/toughest-professional-fighters-in-history" target="_blank">toughest professional fighters in history</a>. And remember: You can always rerank this list of the best and brightest WWE superstars of the 21st Century in any order you like.

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The Undertaker

Mark William Calaway (born March 24, 1965), better known by the ring name The Undertaker, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE. Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, Calaway began his wrestling career in 1984, working under various gimmicks for World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) and other affiliate promotions, prior to joining the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in 1990. In WWE, Calaway was rebranded as "The Undertaker", and gained significant mainstream popularity as a horror-themed, macabre entity who employed scare tactics and held links to the supernatural. The Undertaker became one of the most prominent figures of the Attitude Era, featuring in various pivotal storylines and matches as WWF sustained a boom period in business in the late 1990s.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

Dwayne Johnson

Dwayne Douglas Johnson (born May 2, 1972), also known by his ring name The Rock, is an American actor, producer, and former professional wrestler. Johnson was a professional wrestler for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) for eight years prior to pursuing an acting career. His films have grossed over $3.5 billion in North America and over $10.3 billion worldwide, making Johnson one of the highest-grossing box-office stars of all time.Johnson was a college football player for the University of Miami, with whom he won a national championship in 1991. He initially aspired for a professional career in football and entered the 1995 NFL Draft, but he went undrafted. As a result, Johnson signed with the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL), but was cut from the team in the middle of his first season. Shortly after, he began training as a professional wrestler.In 1996, Johnson secured a contract with the WWF and was promoted as the first third-generation wrestler in the company's history, as he is the son of Rocky Johnson and grandson of Peter Maivia. He rose to prominence after developing a charismatic persona of a boastful trash-talking wrestler named The Rock. He subsequently won his first WWF Championship in 1998 and helped usher the WWF into the "Attitude Era", a boom period in the company's business in the latter 1990s and early 2000s which still hold professional wrestling records for television ratings. In 2004, he left the WWE to pursue an acting career and went on a seven-year hiatus before returning in 2011 as a part-time performer until 2013, before wholly retiring in 2019.
Considered to be one of the greatest professional wrestlers and biggest draws of all-time, The Rock headlined the most bought professional wrestling pay-per-view event, WrestleMania XXVIII, and was featured in among the most watched episodes of WWE's television shows, WWE Raw and WWE SmackDown. He has won several championships, being a two-time Intercontinental Champion, a five-time tag team champion, and a ten-time world champion. He was also a Royal Rumble match winner and WWE's sixth Triple Crown champion.
Johnson had his first acting role in The Mummy Returns (2001), and played his first lead role in the spin-off The Scorpion King (2002). He has since starred in numerous other films, including The Rundown (2003), The Other Guys (2010), Moana (2016), and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017). Johnson's most successful box office role has been Luke Hobbs in The Fast and the Furious franchise. He first appeared as the character in Fast Five (2011) and helped catapult the film series into one of the top-grossing movie franchises in history. The character's popularity led to The Fast and the Furious spin-off movie Hobbs & Shaw (2019).Johnson has also attained success as an author and producer. In 2000, he released an autobiography titled The Rock Says... which debuted at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list.  In 2012, he founded the entertainment production company Seven Bucks Productions, which has since produced several films. Consistently ranked among the world's highest paid actors, Johnson made the Time 100 Most Influential People in the World list in both 2016 and 2019.

Randy Orton

Randal Keith Orton (born April 1, 1980) is an American professional wrestler and occasional actor. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand.Orton is a third-generation professional wrestler as his grandfather Bob Orton, Sr., his father "Cowboy" Bob Orton, and his uncle Barry Orton all competed in the professional wrestling business. Before being promoted to the main World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) roster, Orton trained in and wrestled for Mid-Missouri Wrestling Association-Southern Illinois Conference Wrestling for a month. He was then sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), where he held the OVW Hardcore Championship twice.Orton became a member of the stable Evolution shortly after his WWE debut, which quickly led to an Intercontinental Championship reign, his first title with the company. He also acquired the moniker "The Legend Killer" during a storyline where he began disrespecting and then physically attacking WWE Hall of Famers and wrestling veterans. At age 24, he became the youngest world champion in WWE history after he won the World Heavyweight Championship from Chris Benoit. With this win, he departed from Evolution and a feud with his former stablemates began. In 2006, Orton joined forces with Edge in a tag team known as Rated-RKO. Together, they held the World Tag Team Championship. After Rated-RKO disbanded in mid-2007, Orton gained two WWE Championship reigns in one night, when at 27 he became the second youngest two-time WWE Champion. He formed the group The Legacy with Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase in 2008. It disbanded in 2010 and Orton returned to singles competition. From 2013 to 2015, Orton was aligned with The Authority, who named him the "face of the WWE". In late 2016, he joined The Wyatt Family, winning the SmackDown Tag Team Championship with stablemates Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper before turning on Wyatt in February 2017. He won his first United States Championship in 2018, becoming the eighteenth overall Grand Slam Champion after already having been the Seventeenth Triple Crown Champion.
Orton has held the WWE Championship nine times and WWE's World Heavyweight Championship four times. He was the final holder of the World Heavyweight Championship, which he unified with the WWE Championship at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs in December 2013 to become the WWE World Heavyweight Champion by defeating John Cena. Orton is recognized by WWE as having the fourth-most world championship victories in history behind only Triple H, Ric Flair and John Cena. He is the winner of the 2013 Money in the Bank ladder match, both the 2009 and 2017 Royal Rumble matches and has headlined multiple WWE pay-per-view events, including WrestleMania XXV and WrestleMania XXX.

Shawn Michaels

Michael Shawn Hickenbottom (born July 22, 1965), better known by his ring name Shawn Michaels, is an American professional wrestler, actor, and television presenter. Regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers in history, he is known by the nicknames "Heartbreak Kid" and "Mr. WrestleMania".
Michaels wrestled consistently for WWE, formerly the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), from 1988 until a back injury forced his first retirement in 1998. He performed in non-wrestling roles for the next two years, and returned to the ring for a match in his own Texas Wrestling Academy (TWA) in 2000. Michaels resumed his wrestling career with WWE in 2002 and retired ceremoniously in 2010, before being assigned as a trainer in 2016. He returned for a final match in 2018.
In the WWF/WWE, Michaels headlined pay-per-view events between 1989 and 2018, closing the company's flagship annual event, WrestleMania, five times. He was the co-founder and original leader of the successful stable, D-Generation X. Michaels also wrestled in the American Wrestling Association (AWA), where he founded The Midnight Rockers with Marty Jannetty in 1985. After winning the AWA World Tag Team Championship twice, the team continued to the WWF as The Rockers and had a high-profile breakup in January 1992. Within the year, Michaels twice challenged for the WWF Championship and won his first Intercontinental Championship, heralding his arrival as one of the industry's premier singles stars.
Michaels is a four-time world champion, having held the WWF Championship three times and WWE's World Heavyweight Championship once. He is also a two-time Royal Rumble winner (and the first man to win the match as the number one entrant), the first WWF Grand Slam Champion and the fourth WWF Triple Crown Champion, as well as a two time WWE Hall of Fame (2011 as singles wrestler and 2019 as part of D-Generation X). Michaels won the Pro Wrestling Illustrated "Match of the Year" reader vote a record eleven times, and his match against John Cena on April 23, 2007 was ranked by WWE as the best match ever aired on the company's flagship Raw program.

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Roman Reigns

Leati Joseph "Joe" Anoaʻi (born May 25, 1985) is an American professional wrestler, actor, and former professional gridiron football player. He is part of the Anoaʻi family and is currently signed to WWE as a member of the SmackDown brand under the ring name Roman Reigns. 
After playing college football for Georgia Tech, Anoaʻi started his professional football career with brief off-season stints with the Minnesota Vikings and Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL) in 2007. He then played a full season for the Canadian Football League's (CFL) Edmonton Eskimos in 2008 before his release and retirement from football. He then pursued a career in professional wrestling and was signed by WWE in 2010, reporting to their developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW). As Roman Reigns, he made his main roster debut in November 2012 alongside Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins as The Shield. The trio teamed together until June 2014, after which Reigns entered singles competition.
Reigns is a four-time world champion in WWE, having held the WWE Championship three times and the Universal Championship once. He is also a one-time United States Champion, a one-time Intercontinental Champion, a one-time WWE Tag Team Champion (with Rollins), the 2015 Royal Rumble winner, and the 2014 Superstar of the Year. He tied the WWE record for most eliminations in a Survivor Series elimination match with four in the 2013 event and set the then-record for most eliminations in a Royal Rumble match with 12 in the 2014 event. Upon winning the Intercontinental Championship, he became the twenty-eighth Triple Crown Champion and the seventeenth Grand Slam Champion.
Since 2014, WWE has attempted to establish Reigns as their next "face of the company", which has been met with audience disapproval. Reigns has headlined numerous WWE pay-per-view events, including four straight WrestleManias (31, 32, 33 and 34).

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Edge

Adam Joseph Copeland (born October 30, 1973) is a Canadian actor and retired professional wrestler, best known for his time with WWE under the ring name Edge. He is a member of the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2012.
Copeland was trained by professional wrestlers Sweet Daddy Siki and Ron Hutchison. Throughout the 1990s, he wrestled in various United States independent promotions. During his time in these promotions, he competed in singles and tag team competition, the latter with longtime best friend Jason Reso. In 1997, Copeland signed a developmental deal with the WWF and was rebranded as the storyline brother of Christian, Reso's WWF persona. He made his televised debut the following June under the ring name Edge. In July 1999, he won the WWF Intercontinental Championship at a house show in Toronto, marking his first title reign with the company. Edge and Christian, billed as brothers and later childhood friends in WWF/WWE storylines, went on to win the WWF Tag Team Championship on seven different occasions. During this time, they gained notoriety in the tag team division, partly due to their participation in Tables, Ladders, and Chairs matches.
Edge is one of the most decorated professional wrestlers of all-time, having won 31 championships in WWE overall, including the World Heavyweight Championship a record seven times, the WWE Championship four times, the Intercontinental Championship five times, the United States Championship once, the WWF/World Tag Team Championship a record twelve times, and the WWE Tag Team Championship twice. He is WWE's 14th Triple Crown Champion and 7th Grand Slam Champion. He also won the King of the Ring tournament in 2001, was the first Money in the Bank ladder match winner in 2005, and won the Royal Rumble match in 2010, making him the first wrestler in history to achieve all three of those accomplishments. He headlined multiple pay-per-view events for WWE (including WrestleMania XXIV) and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by Christian in 2012. His wife Beth Phoenix joined the Hall of Fame in 2017, making them the first real-life couple to be inducted. Copeland is also one of WWE's longest tenured employees, being with the company since 1996.
Aside from professional wrestling, Copeland appeared in the fantasy film Highlander: Endgame and WWE Studios' Bending the Rules. He has made guest appearances on television shows such as Weakest Link, Mind of Mencia, Deal or No Deal, MADtv and The Flash. He appeared on the Syfy series Haven as recurring character Dwight Hendrickson and also appeared as recurring character Ketill Flatnose in the fifth season of Vikings.

"Rey Mysterio" Oscar Gutierrez

Oscar Gutierrez

Óscar Gutiérrez (born December 11, 1974), better known by his ring name Rey Mysterio, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand. Gutiérrez was born and raised in Chula Vista, California, and began his professional wrestling career at age 14 in 1989, prior to debuting for Mexican promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) in 1992, under the tutelage of his uncle, Rey Misterio Sr. He had a brief stint in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in 1995, before he signed for World Championship Wrestling (WCW). In WCW, Mysterio helped popularize the high-flying lucha libre wrestling style, which is credited with having also helped kick-start the emergence of cruiserweight wrestling in the United States. He also won a number of championships during his time with the company, including the WCW Cruiserweight Championship and the WCW World Tag Team Championship.

Triple H

Paul Michael Levesque (born July 27, 1969), better known by the ring name Triple H, is an American business executive, professional wrestler, and actor. He has been the Executive Vice President of Talent, Live Events and Creative for WWE since 2013, as well as being the founder and senior producer of NXT.
Levesque was born and raised in Nashua, New Hampshire, and began his professional wrestling career in 1992 with the International Wrestling Federation (IWF) under the ring name Terra Ryzing. In 1994, he joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW), where he was soon repackaged as a French-Canadian aristocrat named Jean-Paul Lévesque, and was later repackaged in 1995 when he signed with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), where he became Hunter Hearst Helmsley, and later, Triple H.In WWF, Triple H gained industry fame after co-founding the influential D-Generation X stable, which became a major element of the "Attitude Era" in the 1990s. After winning his first WWF Championship in 1999, he became a fixture of the company's main event scene, and over the course of his career, has been considered by many wrestling journalists and industry peers to be one of the best professional wrestlers of all-time. Triple H has headlined several major WWE pay-per-view events, closing the company's flagship annual event, WrestleMania, seven times.Triple H has also won a number of championships in his career, being a five-time Intercontinental Champion, a two-time world tag team champion, and a fourteen-time world champion. He is also a two-time Royal Rumble match winner, and a King of the Ring tournament winner. Later in his career, Triple H gained notability for his behind-the-scenes work at WWE, founding the developmental branch NXT, and gaining praise for his business acumen in professional wrestling.Outside of wrestling, Triple H has been a figure of substantial media attention due to his marriage to Stephanie McMahon, daughter of Vince and Linda McMahon, who are majority owners of WWE. In 2019, he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of the stable D-Generation X.

John Cena

John Felix Anthony Cena Jr. (; born April 23, 1977) is an American professional wrestler, actor, rapper, and TV personality. As a wrestler, he is currently signed to WWE.  As a TV personality, he is currently the host of Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? on Nickelodeon.
Cena was born and raised in West Newbury, Massachusetts. He moved to California in 1998, where he pursued a career as a bodybuilder before transitioning into professional wrestling in 1999 when he debuted for Ultimate Pro Wrestling (UPW). Cena soon signed with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in 2000, and was initially assigned to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW).
In WWE, Cena gained industry fame after adopting a persona of a trash-talking rapper, and won his first singles title, the United States Championship, in 2004. The next year, Cena would win the WWE Championship for the first time. Following that, Cena's character transitioned into a "Superman-like" heroic figure, and subsequently led the company as its franchise player and public face for the next decade. Cena has headlined several major WWE pay-per-view events, closing the company's flagship annual event, WrestleMania, five times.
He has also won several championships in his career, being a five-time United States Champion, a four-time world tag team champion, and a WWE record sixteen-time world champion. He is also a two-time Royal Rumble match winner, and a Money in the Bank ladder match winner. Although he is considered to be one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all-time by his peers, Cena was regularly met with mixed critical and fan reception during his career, thus making him one of the most polarizing professional wrestlers ever.Outside of wrestling, Cena has attained success as a musician, actor, and philanthropist. He released the rap album You Can't See Me in 2005, which gained platinum certification in the United States. He has had leading film roles in The Marine (2006), 12 Rounds (2009), Trainwreck (2015), Ferdinand (2017), Blockers (2018), and Bumblebee (2018). He is also known for his involvement in numerous charitable causes, namely the Make-A-Wish Foundation, where he has granted over 600 wishes, the most in company history.

Kurt Steven Angle (born December 9, 1968) is an American actor, retired professional wrestler and amateur wrestler, currently signed to WWE where he works as a backstage producer. While at Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Angle won numerous accolades, including being a two-time National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. After graduating from college, Angle won a gold medal in freestyle wrestling at the 1995 World Wrestling Championships. He then won the freestyle wrestling gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He is one of four people to complete an amateur wrestling Grand Slam (Junior Nationals, NCAA, World Championships, and Olympics). In 2006, he was named by USA Wrestling as the greatest shoot wrestler ever and one of the top 15 college wrestlers of all time. He was inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame in 2016 for his amateur accomplishments.
Angle made his first appearance at a pro-wrestling event in 1996, and signed with the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE) in 1998. Noted for his rapid comprehension of the business, he had his debut match that August within the company's developmental system after mere days of training, and participated in his first televised WWF storyline in March 1999. After months of unaired matches, Angle made his televised in-ring debut in November and received his first major push in the company in February 2000, when he held the European and Intercontinental Championships simultaneously. Four months later, he won the 2000 King of the Ring tournament and soon thereafter began pursuing the WWF Championship, which he won in October. This capped off a WWF rookie year which is considered by many to be the greatest in history. Among other accomplishments in the WWF/E, Angle has held the WWF/WWE Championship four times, the WCW Championship once, and the World Heavyweight Championship once. He is the tenth Triple Crown Champion and the fifth Grand Slam Champion (achieving this accolade twice under both the original and current format) in WWE history. On March 31, 2017, Angle was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.
After leaving WWE in 2006, Angle joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (now Impact Wrestling) where he became the inaugural and record six-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion, and the second Triple Crown winner in TNA history (as well as the only one to hold all required titles at once). Angle is also a two-time King of the Mountain. As part of TNA, he made appearances for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and the Inoki Genome Federation (IGF), holding the IWGP Heavyweight Championship once. In 2013, Angle was inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame: he is the second wrestler, after Sting, to be inducted into both the WWE and TNA Halls of Fame.
Between WWF/WWE, Japan and TNA, Angle has won 21 total championships. He is the only pro-wrestler in history to have won the WWE Championship, WWE's World Heavyweight Championship, the WCW Championship, the TNA World Heavyweight Championship and the IGF's IWGP Heavyweight Championship. Angle is also the only person to have been King of the Ring and King of the Mountain, as well as to have held both the WWE and TNA Triple Crowns. He has headlined numerous pay-per-view events for WWF/WWE and TNA, including both WrestleMania and Bound for Glory. In 2004, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter inducted Angle into its Hall of Fame and later named him "Wrestler of the Decade" for the 2000s. He is considered one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time. Former opponent and industry veteran John Cena said of Angle's legacy within WWE: "He is, without question, the most gifted all-around performer we have ever had step into a ring. There will never be another like him."

Seth Rollins

Colby Lopez (born May 28, 1986) is an American professional wrestler better known by the ring name Seth Rollins, currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand where he is currently a double champion - in his second reign as WWE Universal Champion, and his record-tying fifth reign as one-half of the WWE Raw Tag Team Champions with Braun Strowman.
After signing with WWE in 2010, Lopez was sent to its developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) where he was renamed Seth Rollins and became the inaugural FCW Grand Slam Champion. After WWE rebranded FCW into NXT, he became the inaugural NXT Champion. Alongside fellow wrestlers Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns, he debuted on WWE's main roster at the 2012 Survivor Series as part of a faction called The Shield. He won his first main roster championship while with the group, the WWE Tag Team Championship with Reigns. Following the team's first breakup in June 2014, Rollins went on to become a two-time WWE Champion, two-time Universal Champion, two-time Intercontinental Champion, one-time United States Champion, five-time WWE/Raw Tag Team Champion (with Reigns, Ambrose (twice), Jason Jordan and Braun Strowman), the 2014 Money in the Bank winner, the 2015 Superstar of the Year and the 2019 Men's Royal Rumble winner. 
Prior to signing with WWE, Lopez wrestled under the ring name Tyler Black for Ring of Honor (ROH), where he held the ROH World Championship once and the ROH World Tag Team Championship twice (with Jimmy Jacobs), as well as the winner of the 2009 Survival of the Fittest tournament. He also wrestled for various independent promotions including Full Impact Pro (FIP), where he was a one-time FIP World Heavyweight Champion, as well as Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), where he was a one-time PWG World Tag Team Champion (also with Jacobs).
Upon capturing the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in 2015, and after winning his first Intercontinental Championship, he became the 29th Triple Crown Champion and the 18th Grand Slam Champion. 
Rollins has headlined numerous major pay-per-view events for WWE, including WrestleMania 31. Industry veteran Sting, who wrestled his final match against Rollins, described him as the most talented professional wrestler he has ever seen or worked with. He was the cover athlete for video game WWE 2K18.

Chris Jericho

Christopher Keith Irvine (born November 9, 1970), better known by his ring name Chris Jericho, is an American-born Canadian professional wrestler, musician, author, and actor, currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). In professional wrestling, he is best known for appearances in WWE between 1999 and 2018. Noted for his over-the-top, rock star persona, Jericho has been named by journalists and industry colleagues as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time.
During the 1990s, Jericho performed for the American organizations Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW), as well as for international promotions in countries such as Canada, Japan, and Mexico. In 2001, he became the first Undisputed WWF Champion, and thus the final holder of the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (then referred to as the World Championship), having won and unified the WWF and World titles by defeating Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock on the same night. Jericho has headlined multiple pay-per-view (PPV) events during his time with the WWF/WWE, including WrestleMania X8 and the inaugural TLC and Elimination Chamber shows. As of 2019, he is one of the ten most prolific pay-per-view performers in WWE history.
Among other accolades within the WWF/WWE, Jericho has won the Undisputed WWF Championship once, the WCW/World Championship twice, the World Heavyweight Championship three times, and the Intercontinental Championship a record nine times. Jericho is the ninth Triple Crown Champion, as well as the fourth Grand Slam Champion in history. In addition, he was the 2008 Superstar of the Year Slammy Award winner and (along with Big Show as Jeri-Show) won the 2009 Tag Team of the Year Slammy Award—making him the only winner of both Superstar and Tag Team of the Year. Outside of WWE, Jericho was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 2010.
In music, Jericho became the lead vocalist of Fozzy in 1999. Their eponymous debut album (2000) and Happenstance (2002) consist of cover songs and original music; later records All That Remains (2005), Chasing the Grail (2010), Sin and Bones (2012), Do You Wanna Start a War (2014) and Judas (2017) are comprised entirely or predominantly of original compositions. Jericho has also appeared on numerous television shows over the years, including the 2011 season of Dancing With the Stars. He hosted the ABC game show Downfall, the 2011 edition of the Revolver Golden Gods Awards, and the UK's Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards in 2012 and 2017.

Jeff Hardy

Jeffrey Nero Hardy (born August 31, 1977) is an American professional wrestler, singer-songwriter, painter, and musician. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand. He is currently inactive due to a leg injury.
Hardy is best known for his work in his multiple runs with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). He also worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), Ring of Honor (ROH) and several companies on the independent circuit. Before gaining prominence in the WWE, Jeff, along with his real life brother Matt, ran and performed for the Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts (OMEGA). The Hardy brothers worked as enhancement talents for the WWF from 1994, and were signed to full-time contracts in 1998. They gained notoriety in the tag team division, partly due to their participation in Tables, Ladders and Chairs matches. With the addition of Lita, the team became known as "Team Xtreme" and continued to rise in popularity. Alongside Matt, Jeff has held twelve world tag team championships between WWE, TNA and ROH.
Hardy has had success as a singles wrestler, capturing his first of six world championships, the WWE Championship, in 2008 and going on to hold WWE's World Heavyweight Championship twice and the TNA World Heavyweight Championship three times. He has also won the Intercontinental Championship four times, the Hardcore Championship three times and the European, Light Heavyweight, and United States Championships once each. He is the 18th Triple Crown Champion and 9th Grand Slam Champion in WWE history (one of five men to complete both WWE Grand Slam formats, and one of two to win all original Grand Slam titles).
Hardy is involved in motocross, music, painting and other artistic endeavors. He is currently a member of the band PeroxWhy?Gen, with whom he has released three studio albums and three extended plays.

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Kane

Glenn Thomas Jacobs (born April 26, 1967) is an American professional wrestler, actor, businessman, and politician. As a Republican, he is the Mayor of Knox County, Tennessee. In professional wrestling, Jacobs is signed to WWE, where he is known by his ring name Kane. He began his professional wrestling career on the independent circuit in 1992, wrestling in promotions such as Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW) and the United States Wrestling Association (USWA) before joining the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in 1995. Jacobs played various characters until 1997, when he was repackaged as Kane, the younger half-brother of The Undertaker, with whom Jacobs would alternatively feud or team as The Brothers of Destruction.

CM Punk

Phillip Jack Brooks (born October 26, 1978), better known by the ring name CM Punk, is an American mixed martial artist, comic book writer and retired professional wrestler. He is currently signed to both the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he competes in the welterweight division, and to Cage Fury Fighting Championships (CFFC), where he works as a commentator. He is perhaps best known for his time in WWE, where he is recognized as the sixth longest reigning WWE Champion of all-time.
Brooks began his professional wrestling career on the American independent circuit, primarily with Ring of Honor (ROH) until 2005, when he signed with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). During his 15-year career, Brooks won the WWE Championship twice, WWE's World Heavyweight Championship three times, and the ECW and ROH World Championships once each. By winning WWE's World Tag Team Championship (with Kofi Kingston) and Intercontinental Championship, he became WWE's 19th Triple Crown Champion and the fastest to achieve this feat, in 203 days. He was voted WWE Superstar of the Year at the 2011 Slammy Awards, and Wrestler of the Year in 2011 and 2012 by readers of Pro Wrestling Illustrated.
Brooks used the CM Punk moniker his entire career, and consistently portrayed the character of an outspoken, sharp-tongued, anti-establishment, straight edge iconoclast. Most of the straight edge principles he portrayed, such as not drinking alcohol or not taking recreational drugs, are his real life views. Depending on his alignment as a hero or villain, he emphasized different aspects of the straight edge culture to garner the desired audience reaction.After becoming disgruntled in WWE, Punk retired from professional wrestling in 2014. He pursued a career in mixed martial arts and was signed by the UFC in December of that year. His first professional fight took place on September 10, 2016, at UFC 203 against Mickey Gall, where he was defeated via submission in the first round. He lost his second bout to Mike Jackson via unanimous decision on June 9, 2018, at UFC 225.

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Trish Stratus

Patricia Anne Stratigeas (; born December 18, 1975) better known by her wrestling stage name Trish Stratus, is a Canadian fitness master, fitness model, retired professional wrestler, actress and television personality. 
After beginning her career as a fitness model, Stratigeas began working for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), which was later renamed World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Early in her career, she was mostly involved in sexually themed storylines, such as managing the team T & A (Test & Albert, while doubling as a slang expression abbreviated from "Tits and Ass"), and a kayfabe affair with Vince McMahon's Mr. McMahon character. As Stratus spent more time in the ring, her perceived wrestling skills strengthened and her popularity increased. Because of this, she was made a one-time WWE Hardcore Champion, three-time "WWE Babe of the Year" and was proclaimed "Diva of the Decade". After nearly seven years in the business, Stratus retired from professional wrestling at WWE Unforgiven on September 17, 2006 after winning her record-setting seventh WWE Women's Championship. 
Following her full-time performing, she would make occasional appearances in WWE. In 2011, Stratus was a trainer for WWE Tough Enough. She was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2013 as the youngest member in its history. In 2018, she returned to WWE, participating in the 2018 Women's Royal Rumble. She later competed at the all-female Evolution event, teaming with Lita in a tag team match against Mickie James and Alicia Fox, and had her match against Charlotte Flair at SummerSlam 2019.
Aside from professional wrestling, Stratus has appeared on a number of magazine covers and has been involved in charity work. She has also hosted several award and television shows and had owned yoga studio.

Charlotte Flair

Ashley Elizabeth Fliehr (born April 5, 1986) is an American professional wrestler, author and actress. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Charlotte Flair. A second generation professional wrestler, she is the daughter of Ric Flair. In 2012, Fliehr began training with WWE, debuting in its developmental brand NXT in 2013. In 2014, she won the NXT Women's Championship and was named Rookie of the Year by Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI). Flair was promoted to WWE's main roster in 2015, going on to hold the Divas Championship once, being its final holder, the Raw Women's Championship four times, of which she was the inaugural holder, and the SmackDown Women's Championship five times, making her a record ten-time women's champion on WWE's main roster.

Dean Ambrose

Jonathan David Good (born December 7, 1985) is an American professional wrestler and actor currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Jon Moxley. He also makes appearances in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is the current IWGP United States Champion in his first reign. He is well known for his time with WWE, where he performed as Dean Ambrose from 2011 to 2019. Good began his professional wrestling career in 2004 on the American independent circuit as Jon Moxley, working for various regional promotions including Full Impact Pro (FIP), Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), and Dragon Gate USA (DGUSA). He won several top promotional championships, including the FIP World Heavyweight Championship once, the HWA Heavyweight Championship once, and the CZW World Heavyweight Championship twice.

Ric Flair

Richard Morgan Fliehr (born February 25, 1949), better known as Ric Flair, is an American professional wrestling manager and retired professional wrestler signed to WWE under its Legends program.Ranked by multiple peers and journalists as the greatest professional wrestler of all time, Flair had a career that spanned 40 years. He is noted for his tenures with Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, later WWE) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). Since the mid-1970s, he has used the moniker "The Nature Boy". A major pay-per-view attraction throughout his career, Flair headlined at the premier annual NWA/WCW event, Starrcade, on ten occasions, while also co-headlining its WWF counterpart, WrestleMania, in 1992, after winning that year's Royal Rumble.

Alexa Bliss

Alexis Kaufman (born August 9, 1991) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, performing on the Raw brand under the ring name Alexa Bliss. In May 2013, she signed a contract with WWE and was assigned to WWE Performance Center and developmental brand NXT in Orlando, Florida. Bliss made her main roster debut on the SmackDown brand, eventually becoming SmackDown Women's Champion as well as the first competitor to hold the title twice. She was transferred to the Raw brand in April 2017 and won the Raw Women's Championship later that month, becoming the first woman to have won both the Raw and SmackDown Women's titles in WWE. In February 2018, she won the first-ever women's Elimination Chamber match.

Big Show

Paul Donald Wight II (born February 8, 1972) is an American professional wrestler and actor currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Big Show. Wight began his career in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), where he was known by the ring name The Giant, initially introduced as "The son of André the Giant".
He is a seven-time world champion, having held the WCW World Heavyweight Championship twice, the WWF/WWE Championship twice, WWE's World Heavyweight Championship twice and the ECW World Heavyweight Championship once (he is the only man to have held all four of those particular titles). Wight has also found success in the tag team division, having been an 11-time world tag team champion, holding the WWF/World, WWE and WCW World Tag Team Championships multiple times with various tag team partners. Having also won the  Intercontinental, United States and Hardcore championships, he is the 24th Triple Crown and 12th Grand Slam winner in WWE history, He has also won WCW's World War 3 in 1996 60-man battle royal and the 30-man André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 31. Wight has headlined multiple pay-per-view events for WCW and WWF/WWE since 1995, including the 2000 edition of WWE's premier annual event, WrestleMania.Outside of professional wrestling, Wight has appeared in feature films and television series such as Jingle All the Way, The Waterboy, Star Trek: Enterprise, and two USA Network's comedy-dramas Royal Pains, Psych  and the action-drama Burn Notice. In 2010, he had his first lead role, in the comedy film Knucklehead, which was produced by WWE Studios. While at college Wight played basketball for several universities including Wichita State University, Northern Oklahoma Junior College and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Wight is married to  Bess Katramados and together they have two children, as well as Wight having a daughter with his first wife.

Paige

Saraya-Jade Bevis (born 17 August 1992) is an English professional wrestling personality, actress, and retired professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE under the ring name Paige, where she is the manager of the tag team of Asuka and Kairi Sane on the SmackDown brand. Bevis is a two-time Divas Champion and was the inaugural NXT Women's Champion in WWE's developmental branch NXT, holding both championships concurrently at one time.In 2005, at the age of 13, Bevis made her debut in the World Association of Wrestling, a promotion run by her family, under the ring name Britani Knight. She went on to hold several championships on the independent circuit within Europe. In 2011, she signed a contract with WWE and started wrestling within its developmental systems, eventually debuting on WWE's main roster in April 2014. In her debut match on the main roster, she won the Divas Championship, becoming the youngest champion in the title's history at the age of 21.

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