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Breaking down the best wrestlers by federation, belt, decade, and more.

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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!!!!!!!!

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!

Combat Sports

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.

While you have have to have some degree of toughness to make it big in pro wrestling, everyone knows that professional wrestling isn't real fighting. It's a story. Many wrestlers are depicted as tough guys, fighters, and superior athletes, but sometimes that is just their character and not how they really are in real life. But this list isn't about those guys. This list is about the legit tough guys. This is a shortlist of men that can intimidate even the toughest of the tough wrestlers in the WWE today. The guys that, if they wanted to, could do some serious damage that certainly wouldn't be &quot;predetermined.&quot;Whether it was due their toughness displayed inside the ring or outside of it, these men have the respect of their fans and their peers. These are 15 of the most legit tough guys in wrestling history.

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.

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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?

ShoMiz

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!

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!

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!

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.

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!

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;

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;

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?

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!

Sheamus

The WWE World Heavyweight Championship Belt debuted on 'Raw' in 2002 when WWE Champion Brock Lesnar became exclusive to the 'SmackDown' brand. Although the WWE World Heavyweight Championship has a short lived (the title only existed from 2002 until 2013) and somewhat muddled history - this list is specifically about the best WWE World Heavyweight Champions during the time period that this particular belt was called that. Again, that would be 2002 - 2013.As with any major title in WWE, this list is a veritable who's who of sports entertainment, from John Cena to Goldberg to Booker T and beyond.These are your greatest WWE World Heavyweight Champions. Forever may they reign... in our hearts. And may we never forget the belt that brought us so much joy for such a short period of time.

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!

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!

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!

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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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Rob Van Dam

Rob Szatkowski (born December 18, 1970), better known by his ring name Rob Van Dam (frequently abbreviated to RVD),  is an American professional wrestler and actor who is signed to Impact Wrestling. Throughout his career, he has worked for multiple organizations including Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/E), and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). Van Dam has won 21 total championships, and is the only wrestler in history to have held the WWE Championship, the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, and the TNA World Heavyweight Championship (once holding the WWE and ECW titles simultaneously within WWE).
Van Dam gained mainstream popularity in ECW before also having success in WWE and TNA. Between ECW, WWF/E, and TNA, Van Dam headlined many pay-per-view events throughout three decades between the 1990s and 2010s. In 2002, Van Dam was ranked the number one pro wrestler in the world by Pro Wrestling Illustrated. He was voted "Most Popular Wrestler" by readers of the magazine in 2001 and again in 2002. WWE named him the greatest star in ECW history in 2014.

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Sabu

Terry Michael Brunk (born December 12, 1964) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Sabu. He currently wrestles on the independent circuit, most recently for Impact Wrestling. He is known for his hardcore wrestling style, which he pioneered in his time with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) from 1995 to 2000. He is also known for his work in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) from 2006 to 2007, where he wrestled on the rebooted ECW brand as an "ECW Original".

Raven

Scott Levy (born September 8, 1964) is an American semi-retired professional wrestler,  actor, and podcaster better known by his ring name, Raven. A journeyman, he is known for his appearances with professional wrestling promotions including Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/E) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). Widely recognized as "one of the best talkers in wrestling", Raven is known for his "psychological heel tactics" and grunge-inspired gimmick. His feud with The Sandman in the mid-1990s has been described as "one of the most emotional rivalries in professional wrestling's history".Championships held by Raven over the course of his career include the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, ECW World Tag Team Championship, NWA World Heavyweight Championship, WCW Light Heavyweight Championship, WCW United States Heavyweight Championship, WCW World Tag Team Championship and WWF/E Hardcore Championship. He is recognized as one of the most decorated wrestlers in history with 36 separate title reigns under the WWE, WCW and ECW banners, including a record 27 reigns as WWF/E Hardcore Champion.

Cactus Jack

Mick Foley

Michael Francis Foley (born June 7, 1965) is an American author, actor, and former professional wrestler and color commentator. He is currently signed to WWE. Foley worked for many wrestling promotions, including the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), and National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), as well as numerous promotions in Japan. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wrestlers in the history of WWE, and participated in the main event of WrestleMania in 1999 and 2000 (as a special guest referee in the former). He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2013. Foley has wrestled under his real name and various personas. His main persona during his time in WCW and ECW from 1991 to 1996 was Cactus Jack.

Tommy Dreamer

Thomas Laughlin (born February 13, 1971), best known by his ring name Tommy Dreamer, is an American professional wrestler and promoter. He is the owner and promoter of the House of Hardcore promotion, for whom he also wrestles, and works as a  producer and member of the creative team for Impact Wrestling.
Dreamer is best known for his tenures with Extreme Championship Wrestling in the 1990s and early 2000s and with World Wrestling Entertainment (previously the World Wrestling Federation), primarily from 2001 to 2010. During this time he held numerous championships including the ECW World Heavyweight Championship (which he held twice, being the only man to capture the title in both the original ECW and WWE's ECW brand). He has also held the ECW World Tag Team Championship and WWF/E Hardcore Championship.
Dubbed the "heart and soul" of ECW, Dreamer regularly featured in prominent storylines for the promotion as well as holding a number of back office roles.Dreamer has also appeared for notable promotions such as Impact Wrestling, Ring of Honor and AAA. After departing from WWE in 2010, Dreamer joined Impact Wrestling and was apart of an ECW-inspired stable known as EV 2.0. In 2012, Dreamer started his own wrestling promotion called House of Hardcore, named in honor of ECW's former wrestling school of the same name. Since then, Dreamer has made sporadic appearances with WWE in 2012, 2015 and 2016 as well as wrestling on the independent circuit.

Tazz

Peter Senercia (born October 11, 1967), better known by the ring name Taz (spelled Tazz in WWE) is an American radio personality, former color commentator and retired professional wrestler. He is known for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), where he was a two time World Heavyweight Champion, a two time World Television Champion, a three time World Tag Team Champion, a two time (and the inaugural) FTW Heavyweight Champion, and the fourth (and final) ECW Triple Crown Champion. His World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/E) career as an in-ring performer came to an early end in 2002 and subsequently saw him transition into a color-commentary role, which he continued to do until his contract with WWE expired in April 2009. Two months later, Senerchia debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling at their Victory Road pay-per-view under his previous Taz ring name and eventually reprised his role as a color commentator for TNA's broadcasts, replacing Don West.

Terry Funk

Terrence Funk (born June 30, 1944) is an American professional wrestler and actor. Funk is known for the longevity of his career – which has spanned more than 50 years and includes multiple short-lived retirements – and the influential hardcore wrestling style he pioneered in the latter part of his career.Over the course of his career, Funk has wrestled for numerous major promotions, among them All Japan Pro Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling, the International Wrestling Association of Japan, Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, the United States Wrestling Association, World Championship Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation and multiple National Wrestling Alliance territories including Big Time Wrestling, Championship Wrestling from Florida, Georgia Championship Wrestling and Stampede Wrestling. He was the promoter of the Amarillo, Texas-based Western States Sports promotion.

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Mark LoMonaco

Mark LoMonaco (born July 14, 1971) is an American professional wrestler and radio talk show host, currently signed to Ring of Honor (ROH) under the ring name Bully Ray. He is best known for his tenure with WWE, where he performed under the ring name Bubba Ray Dudley. He is also known for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) from 1995 to 1999 under the ring name Buh Buh Ray Dudley and with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) from 2005 to 2015 under the ring names Brother Ray and Bully Ray.
For much of his career, LoMonaco has teamed with Devon Hughes, his kayfabe half-brother, D-Von as The Dudley Boyz and Team 3D. Recognized as one of the most prolific tag teams in professional wrestling history, they are the only tag team to have held the ECW, IWGP, NWA, TNA, WCW, WWF and WWE Tag Team Championships, in total they have won 23 major tag team championships - more than any other team in history. They were the first tag team inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame.
He has also found success as a singles wrestler having held 12 championships including the TNA World Heavyweight Championship twice and the WWF/E Hardcore Championship on ten occasions, and since joining ROH, he has an ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship reign to his credit as well. All totaled, He has won 36 championships among WWE, TNA, ECW, ROH, and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). Both Dudleys were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2018.
In addition to being a professional wrestler LoMonaco is a radio talk show host. He is currently the co-host of SiriusXM's Fight Nation 156 'Busted Open' program.

The Sandman

James Fullington (born June 16, 1963) better known by his ring name The Sandman, is a semi-retired American professional wrestler, best known for his career with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), where he developed into a "Hardcore Icon". Fullington has held the ECW World Heavyweight Championship a record five times. He also had stints in World Championship Wrestling, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, and World Wrestling Entertainment.

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Devon

Devon Hughes (born August 1, 1972) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he works backstage as a producer. Hughes wrestled for Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) from 1995 to 1999 and for the WWF/E from 1999 to 2005 and from 2015 to 2016 as D-Von Dudley and Reverend D-Von. He performed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) from 2005 to 2014 as Brother Devon and Devon.
Characterized by their unorthodox ring attire and usage of tables in their matches, The Dudley Boyz are one of the most successful tag teams in the history of professional wrestling, recognized by TNA as 23-time world tag team champions, and were the first tag team inducted into the TNA Hall of Fame. Including his two TNA Television Championship reigns, Hughes has held 25 major championships between ECW, WWE, TNA and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). Both Dudleys were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2018.

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Bam Bam Bigelow

Scott Charles Bigelow (September 1, 1961 – January 19, 2007) was an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name  Bam Bam Bigelow. Recognizable by his close to 400 pounds (180 kg) frame and the distinctive flame tattoo that spanned most of his bald head, Bigelow was hailed by former employer WWE in 2013 as "the most natural, agile and physically remarkable big man of the past quarter century."Bigelow is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation, Extreme Championship Wrestling, and World Championship Wrestling between 1987 and 2001. Over the course of his career, he held championships including the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, the ECW World Television Championship and the WCW World Tag Team Championship. Bigelow headlined various pay-per-views including the first Survivor Series in 1987, the first televised King of the Ring in 1993, WrestleMania XI, and the 1997 and 1998 editions of ECW's premier annual event, November to Remember.

Shane Douglas

Troy Allan Martin (born November 21, 1964) is an American professional wrestler and promoter, better known by his ring name Shane Douglas. He is best known for his tenures in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), World Wrestling Federation (WWF), and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he worked as a wrestler and manager.
Martin held a dozen championships between ECW, WCW, and the WWF and is a five-time world champion: a four-time ECW World Heavyweight Champion and a one-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion. As ECW Champion, he holds the records for most combined days as champion (874) and the longest single reign in history (406 days). Martin is also a two-time ECW World Television Champion, a one-time WWF Intercontinental Champion, a one-time WCW United States Heavyweight Champion and a two-time WCW World Tag Team Champion.
Martin achieved the biggest success of his career in ECW, where he debuted in 1993 and captured the ECW Heavyweight Championship twice in his rookie year. He gained attention when he won a tournament for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, where he publicly rejected the NWA title belt and helped ECW in evolving from an NWA territory to a nationwide phenomenon. Within ECW, he was dubbed "The Franchise" in reference to his status as the franchise player of the promotion. WWE, who purchased that organization, asserted: "Without Shane Douglas, there would have been no ECW." He headlined many events for the ECW including three editions of the company's premier pay-per-view event November to Remember in 1996, 1997 and 1998.

Eddie Guerrero

Eduardo Gory Guerrero Llanes (October 9, 1967 – November 13, 2005) was an American professional wrestler and a prominent member of the Guerrero wrestling family. Guerrero performed in Mexico and Japan for several major professional wrestling promotions, and in the United States performed for Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and most notably World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/WWE). Guerrero's gimmick was that of "Latino Heat", a crafty, resourceful wrestler who would do anything to win a match. His catchphrase became "I Lie! I Cheat! I Steal!" and was used in one of his entrance themes; he partly used this phrase in the title of his 2005 autobiography, Cheating Death, Stealing Life. Despite being a heel for most of his career, he was popular in and out of the ring and was at the peak of his career as a face during 2003–2005, becoming the top wrestler on the SmackDown brand in 2004.

Yoshihiro Tajiri

Yoshihiro Tajiri (田尻 義博, Tajiri Yoshihiro, born September 29, 1970), is a Japanese professional wrestler and promoter primarily known under the ring name Tajiri (sometimes stylized as "TAJIRI"), he has also competed under his real name as well as under the names Aquarius and Kikkoman and briefly worked as the masked character Tigre Blanco.
He rose to international attention through his work for Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) from 1998 to 2001 and World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment in 1996 and 1997 and again from 2001 to 2005 and a return in 2016/2017. Early in his career, he worked for several Mexican promotions such as Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. After leaving WWE in 2005 he has worked for a number of Japanese promotions including New Japan Pro-Wrestling, Hustle, Pro Wrestling Noah and Wrestle-1. He was also the promoter and featured wrestler for the Smash promotion as well as its successor Wrestling New Classic. He is currently under a full-time contract with All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW).
Over the years Tajiri has trained various wrestlers including Kushida, Minoru Fujita, Ray and Syuri. In ECW he won the ECW World Television Championship and formed a regular tag team with Mikey Whipwreck that won the ECW World Tag Team Championship on one occasion. During his years with WWE, he won the WCW United States Championship once, their Cruiserweight Championship on multiple occasions, the WWE Tag Team Championship with Eddie Guerrero and the World Tag Team Championship with William Regal. In AJPW, he's won their Gaora TV Championship, World Junior Heavyweight Championship two times and the 2018 Jr. Tag Battle of Glory tournament with Koji Iwamoto.

Lance Storm

Lance Timothy Evers (born April 3, 1969), known professionally by his ring name Lance Storm, is a Canadian professional wrestler  who currently works for Impact Wrestling as a producer. He is best known for his work in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), and  World Championship Wrestling (WCW). After retiring from full-time wrestling, he began running a professional wrestling school, the Storm Wrestling Academy, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Dean Malenko

Dean Simon (born August 4, 1960) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Dean Malenko.  He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling as a senior producer.  He is best known for his time with Extreme Championship Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Federation.Although never a world champion, Malenko achieved championship success in ECW, WCW and the WWF, winning 11 total titles between the three organizations. Pro Wrestling Illustrated named Malenko the #1 wrestler in the world in 1997, and he was inducted into the Hardcore Hall of Fame in 2015. Five-time WWE world champion Daniel Bryan said that his "number one guy, growing up, was Dean Malenko". Following his retirement, he worked as a road agent for WWE for 18 years from 2001 until 2019.

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.

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Jerry Lynn

Jeremy Lynn (born June 12, 1963) is an American retired professional wrestler. He has worked for promotions such as World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), and Ring of Honor (ROH). Lynn is a two time world heavyweight champion, having held the ECW World Heavyweight Championship once and the ROH World Championship once. Other championships held by Lynn in his career include the GWF Light Heavyweight Championship (once), WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (once), the TNA X Division Championship (twice), the NWA World Tag Team Championship (twice) and the WWA International Cruiserweight Championship (once). Lynn retired as an active wrestler on March 23, 2013, exactly 25 years after his career began.  Today, he works as a producer and coach for All Elite Wrestling.

Mike Awesome

Michael Lee Alfonso (January 24, 1965 – February 17, 2007) was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his appearances with the American professional wrestling promotions Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment under the ring name Mike Awesome and for his appearances in Japan for with Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling and All Japan Pro Wrestling as The Gladiator.Alfonso achieved the biggest success of his career in FMW as The Gladiator, where he became a three-time world champion, with two reigns as Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Champion and one reign as Independent Heavyweight Champion. His second Brass Knuckles Heavyweight Championship reign from 1996–1997 was the longest reign in the title's history, lasting for 489 days. During this reign, he defeated W*ING Kanemura to unify the title with the Independent Heavyweight Championship at the 1996 Year End Spectacular. He would then tour with ECW, where he became a two-time World Heavyweight Champion. He was a member of two separate stables Team Canada in both FMW and WCW.

Al Snow

Allen Ray Sarven (born July 18, 1963) is an American professional wrestler, color commentator, training coach, promoter and actor, better known by his ring name of Al Snow.  He is best known for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Wrestling Entertainment and Impact Wrestling. From 2010 to 2017, Snow had worked as a road agent for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and with its former developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling, as a show producer.

Justin Credible

Peter Joseph "PJ" Polaco (born October 16, 1973) is a semi-retired American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) under the ring name Justin Credible. He is also known for his earlier stint with the WWF under the ring name Aldo Montoya. Polaco is a one-time world champion, having won the ECW World Heavyweight Championship once.His first major stint was in the WWF as Aldo Montoya, where he competed as a mid-carder between 1994 and 1997. He got his biggest exposure when he joined ECW in 1997 as Justin Credible and enjoyed a successful career. He began a two-month winning streak before feuding with the company's top wrestlers for the next two years. He formed Impact Players with Lance Storm in 1999 and the duo won the World Tag Team Championship twice in 2000. Later that year, he won the World Heavyweight Championship at CyberSlam and held it for five months. He remained in the title contention until the company folded in 2001 and competed in the last ever match of ECW. He headlined the company's flagship event November to Remember twice. He then returned to WWF as a member of X-Factor and later The Alliance during the Invasion angle. He later won the Hardcore Championship eight times before departing in 2003. He briefly returned to the renamed WWE in 2006 as part of the revived ECW brand.

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Perry Saturn

Perry Arthur Satullo (born October 25, 1966) is an American professional wrestler known by his ring name, Perry Saturn. Since debuting in 1990, Saturn has wrestled for promotions including Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). He is a former ECW World Tag Team Champion, WCW World Tag Team Champion, WCW World Television Champion, WWF European Champion and WWF Hardcore Champion.

Spike Dudley

Matthew Jonathan Hyson (born August 13, 1970) is a retired American professional wrestler best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as Spike Dudley. Prior to WWE, Hyson began performing as Spike Dudley in 1990s with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW); the Spike Dudley character being a member of The Dudley Brothers. As part of a storyline, fellow members Buh Buh Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley betrayed the faction to form a separate Dudley Boyz tag-team; resulting in Hyson and members being involved in a subsequent feud with the duo. The Dudley Boyz would eventually leave ECW for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1999. Meanwhile, Hyson remained in ECW, and during his time held two reigns as ECW World Tag Team Champion alongside Balls Mahoney. The promotion fell into bankruptcy in 2001, which led Hyson to join the WWF, where he reconciled with Ray and D-Von. Hyson would work with his kayfabe brothers on-and-off, as well as capturing the WWF Tag Team Championship with Tazz. Hyson also held the European Championship once and Hardcore Championship eight times in 2002. He would go on to team with Ray and D-Von following this, and would then have a singles career in the promotion from 2004 to 2005, notably holding the Cruiserweight Championship.In 2005, Hyson was released from his WWE contract. After a brief stint on the independent circuit and becoming a trainer at The Lock-Up Wrestling School, Hyson would join Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) changing his ring name to Brother Runt due to WWE retaining the Dudley trademark. He once again teamed with Ray and Devon who had joined the promotion a few months prior to him; as well as feuding with Abyss and Raven. Following his release from TNA in the summer of 2007, Hyson continued to work as a trainer, and would continue to compete on the independent circuit simply as Matt Hyson until 2010 where he stopped training and performing on a full-time basis. He has not wrestled a match since 2015, and in an interview Bubba Ray revealed that Hyson is "basically now retired".

Balls Mahoney

Jonathan Rechner (April 11, 1972 – April 12, 2016), better known by his ring name Balls Mahoney, was an American professional wrestler. He is perhaps best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) during the late 1990s and early 2000s, where he was a three-time ECW Tag Team Champion, as well as working for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its ECW brand. Mahoney last worked for American independent promotions.

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