Top 5 wrestling all-time stars? The “Hot Rod” played the antagonist to Hulk Hogan’s hero in the mid-80s. Without Piper, in a role he was meant to play, the “Rock-n-Wrestling Connection” may not have been as successful as it was. What Piper lacked in wrestling skill, Otherwise when Piper got on the microphone, Fans knew they were going to be entertained. He is at No.10 in the list of top 10 greatest wrestlers in history.
The Bad Girl Penelope Ford certainly lives up to her name, with her cunning ringside tactics and cocky attitude. Although she mostly appears as Kip Sabien’s manager in AEW, Ford is an experienced tag team wrestler who has won multiple championships on the independent scene. In an interview with Women’s Pro Wrestling Weekly, she said she took inspiration from Japanese fighters when developing her style because she liked their “fire and aggression.”
Wrestling can also be classified in terms of what is required to win. These categories can be graded on an ascending scale of violence as follows: break-stance sports are those that require forcing the opponent to relinquish a certain posture or position; toppling requires that the standing opponent be forced to touch the ground with some part of his body other than his feet; touch-fall wrestling requires that the opponent be forced into a certain position, usually supine, for a brief instant; pin-fall wrestling requires that the opponent be held in such a position for a measurable length of time; and submission wrestling requires the opponent to vocally or visually signal defeat by his own choice.
It’s tough to keep winning streaks alive in today’s WWE. Except for Asuka’s incredible 914-day undefeated streak and Undertaker’s legendary streak at WrestleMania, there haven’t been too many impressive undefeated streaks to talk about in WWE, recently. Therefore, it’s impressive that Adam Cole did not take a pin in WWE for over a year. Before Keith Lee ended his run as NXT Champion, Adam Cole hadn’t lost a singles match via pinfall since winning the title at NXT Takeover XXV. Cole only suffered two DQ losses in his run as champion. Similar to Cole’s run, Becky Lynch, who wrestled her last match at WrestleMania 36, hadn’t had a loss via pinfall since losing to Charlotte Flair for the SmackDown Women’s Championship at Money In The Bank in May, 2019. After losing to Flair, Lynch only suffered one loss in singles matches (via disqualification). The DQ loss came against Sasha Banks at Clash of Champions 2019. See more details at Wrestling News.
The Phenom, who finally called time on his storied WWE career this year, has always remained relevant throughout the decades and his 2000s run was no different. The Deadman debuted his American Badass gimmick and became one of the original stars of SmackDown as it rose to beat RAW in the ratings. He won his first World Heavyweight title in 2007 and became the first man to win the Royal Rumble after entering at number 30. All the while he continued his legendary undefeated streak at Wrestlemania with wins over Orton, Edge, Batista, Kane and Shawn Michaels.