Favorite Male Wrestlers

The sport of wrestling has experienced its fair share of ups and downs over the years, but there's no doubting its ongoing popularity. Often it is the men behind the moves that make us appreciate the energy and antics associated with the sport though, so this list is dedicated to the devious destroyers that delight and entertain. From Randy "Macho Man" Savage to Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock and the legendary Hulk Hogan, make a move by filling our your favs below!

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    The Undertaker
    Ranked by 80 users
    468 -59
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    Steve Austin
    Ranked by 53 users
    318 +16
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    Shawn Michaels
    Ranked by 56 users
    298 +5
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    CM Punk
    Ranked by 46 users
    256 -72
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    Dwayne
    Ranked by 47 users
    245 +30
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    Brock Lesnar
    Ranked by 41 users
    225 +22
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    Chris Jericho
    Ranked by 38 users
    223 +0
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    Bret Hart
    Ranked by 37 users
    188 +13
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    Adam
    Ranked by 35 users
    173 -81
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    Triple H
    Ranked by 37 users
    173 -99
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    Macho Man Randy Savage
    Ranked by 34 users
    155 +88
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    Hulk Hogan
    Ranked by 27 users
    150 -76
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    Kurt Angle
    Ranked by 25 users
    128 +83
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    AJ Styles
    Ranked by 22 users
    118 +59
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    Seth Rollins
    Ranked by 21 users
    112 +11
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    Sting
    Ranked by 21 users
    108 -19
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    Daniel Bryan
    Ranked by 24 users
    108 +78
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    Mick Foley
    Ranked by 31 users
    106 -54
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    Randy Orton
    Ranked by 22 users
    102 +9
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    Ric Flair
    Ranked by 25 users
    101 -25

Conversations

  • 9 years ago
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    Any particular reason why this list is excluding women wrestlers? @Pape Badiane
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    • Papissama
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      Editing … I'm going to make one just for women wrestlers. Just like I did for actors/actresses and that will give them more attention.
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    • MasterCrash
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      Editing … Pape, we wub wooo! :3
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    • chemical
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      Editing … Uh, @Pape Badiane, I would ask that you do not do that. The wrestling industry roster isn't big enough to warrant a separate list. There are very very few female wrestlers compared to male ones so you're going to essentially dilute an already small pool of people. I really want the all time favourite wrestlers to remain so we are ranking both men and women. I'm really not a fan of this change. I really don't like this.
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    • chemical
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      Editing … Like, in all reality, no one cares about women's baseball, basketball, tennis, and other sports so why would they take the time to rank them? It's the same thing for wrestling. This is really a poor choice. Furthermore, if you're going to do this, how long is it going to take for you to do this? You've basically destroyed the validity of the favourite wrestlers list because now no women are ranked. If you were going to do this, you should have done the change on the spot, but the longer you wait, the worse this is going to get for you. Like I said, the sports industry as a whole doesn't warrant gender specific lists. Acting has a much, MUCH larger pool to pull from whereas sports doesn't. Please don't make this change.
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    • chemical
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      Editing … Anything? If you didn't have it ready to go when you did this, you shouldn't have done it. Now the list's integrity is ruined. :(
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    • Erektionsite
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      Editing … I'd be okey with an extened list (30 or maybe even 50 spots) for a combined genders list or one top 20 list per gender. A top 20 is not nearly enough for ranking both female and male wrestlers imo.
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    • chemical
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      Editing … ...sigh.
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    • Lizard Wizard
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      Editing … I think that saying that the list's integrity is ruined is a huge exageration. It's true that a male/female split for sports isn't necessary, but in the case of wrestling in particular I think it could be a good idea. But I do agree that they only should have done the change when they were ready to move in with the new list, but then again updates on this site are always painfully slow.
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    • Papissama
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      Editing … The balance has been restored http://www.favslist.com/lists/Favorite-All-Time-Female-Wrestlers/260 :)
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    • Lizard Wizard
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      Editing … Rejoice!
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  • 10 years ago
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    Edge needs more love. Fantastic entertainer!
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    • Erektionsite
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      Editing … He was one of the few interesting wwe guys that reached main event status in recent years imo, it's really sad that his career ended so abruptly.
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    • BlitzSage
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      Editing … Well, I didn't put Edge and I didn't put Cena on my list. That's not a knock on them, because we're talking all-time favorites here. Once I add the "must-haves" there are simply too few spots left, and I'm still leaving people out. But the rivalry between Edge and Cena and the one between Edge and Taker were two of the best in recent memory, and Edge was the common denominator there.
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    • TanteGuro
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      Editing … Yeah, not to mention his ladder matches, his feud against Matt Hardy and that Mick Foley match. Guy is a legend, always entertaining and never boring matches. He even had a great match with Rey Mysterio (Royal Rumble 09?).
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    • BlitzSage
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      Editing … He was, and honestly? He was exactly what Cena needed at the time. A perfect foil, and an excellent heel that really helped carry that feud. Cena has rarely had someone who could truly challenge him as an equal. That's my opinion, in part, why they boo him (Cena).
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  • 10 years ago
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    Hey how can we add wrestlers, because I would like to add Christian to my top ten along with a few others.
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  • 10 years ago
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    Do sumo wrestlers count?
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      Editing … You would be the one that asks whether the Japanese version can use the same list as the rest of the world wouldn't you Shige? ;)
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    • WoodrowShigeru
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      Editing … Weren't you the one supporting a Combined RPGs list?
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    • Rich .
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      Editing … Yeah, I don't really get the anime/rest of the world's cartoons, manga/rest of the world's comics and jRPG/rest of the world's RPGs split. I was joking that you disagreed with me there but surely it's not going to be the same deal with sumo/rest of the world's wrestling? :P
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    • Erektionsite
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      Editing … Sumo Wrestling and Pro Wrestling are very different though, like you know one is scripted and one is not? :p Sumo would logically have its own list imo
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    • Rich .
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      Editing … So you think other competitive wrestling should have a different list as well then Robert?
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    • Erektionsite
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      Editing … Maybe competitive wrestling should have another list and scripted wrestling should have this one?
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    • WoodrowShigeru
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      Editing … To be honest, I don't care either way, renegade. If not in this list, I will be able to rank sumo wrestlers in another one. … Though, I'm not really into sumo. I was just joking, actually.
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    • TanteGuro
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      Editing … Yokozuna was in both sports wasn't he?
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    • WoodrowShigeru
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      Editing … I think he was.
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    • BlitzSage
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      Editing … He never competed in a sumo match in his life. Also, for what it's worth, he was actually Samoan, part of the Anoa'i family (same one the Rock is connected with).
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  • 10 years ago
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    Making a wrestler list without Hulk Hogan in the database? No, now fixed.
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  • 10 years ago
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    Can I just say how happy I am that this list won? :D I was on the edge of my seat the last couple of days. Thank you to all who voted! <3
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  • 10 years ago
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    Just FYI for people who don't know much about wrestling Dwayne Johnson is The Rock.
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    • BlitzSage
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      Editing … Yes, and that's how it should always be! When he's done making millions off of crappy movies, calling himself whatever he wants to be known as, he shall be the Rock!
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    • Aramonde
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      Editing … Yeah i call him The Rock too. Have never called him Dwayne Johnson.
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  • 10 years ago
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    Sorry for the ugly icon, we'll switch it soon ;)
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    • chemical
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      Editing … The icon is great. :D I love it! <3
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    • chemical
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      Editing … Also, do you think in the athlete section of the edit mode that you could add face and heel for the position section? :)
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    • Papissama
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      Editing … face and heel? what is it?
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    • chemical
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      Editing … Face and heel are terms that are used to describe a wrestlers on screen alignment. Faces are known for being the good guys whereas heels are known as being the bad guys. It's essentially scripted storyline wrestling terms. :P
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    • Papissama
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      Editing … Ooohh, I see! I will add them now :)
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    • Papissama
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      Editing … Done!
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    • Aramonde
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      Editing … Their are a lot of wrestlers you were both at different points in their career though.
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    • Erektionsite
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      Editing … I think that it should only apply to currently active wrestlers and their current alignment, because as Ara says wrestlers switch back and forth during their careers (mostly).
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    • chemical
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      Editing … Typically, when a wrestler exits the ring permanently, it's assumed that their alignment is face. It's situational, of course, but it's assumed that they are face.
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    • TanteGuro
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      Editing … You could switch it to "Mostly famous for" or something. That way Edge and Dolph Ziggler would be heel and Undertaker and John Cena could be faces. Also, maybe add tweeners (guys who are sort of in the middle and neither good or bad or both)?
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