Favorite Pro Wrestlers
by CultofPersonality | created - 27 May 2020 | updated - 1 week ago | PublicWorld champs since ‘99 - WWE, AEW, TNA or WCW at least ten years full time
1. Chris Jericho
Actor | MacGruber
American-born, Canadian-raised professional wrestler, rock singer, actor and author. Debuted in 1990 in Calgary after training in the Hart Family Dungeon. He competed for Stampede Wrestling, for the Canadian National Wrestling Alliance (no connection to the National Wrestling Alliance) and West ...
2. Steve Borden
Actor | Ready to Rumble
Born as Steve Borden, Sting has held the WCW World Title 10 times and multiple other titles. He has been the only wrestler to stay in WCW since the late 1980s and he had a reconstructive knee surgery in 1991. Steve was also the only wrestler from WCW who never worked for WWE until 2014 when he made...
3. John Cena
Actor | The Suicide Squad
John Felix Anthony Cena was born on April 23, 1977 in West Newbury, Massachusetts to Carol Cena and John Joseph Cena. He is of Italian (father) and French-Canadian and English (mother) descent, and is the grandson of baseball player Tony Lupien. When he was in college, he played football. He then ...
4. Rey Mysterio
Actor | Ready to Rumble
Rey Mysterio was a professional wrestler for WCW who made his wrestling debut in Mexico. He dropped out of school to become a pro wrestler in Mexico. He is the nephew of wrestler Rey Misterio. He had a brief role (unmasked) as himself in Ready 2 Rumble. Came to WCW from ECW In 1996 after he debuted...
5. Jonathan Good
Actor | 12 Rounds 3: Lockdown
Much of Good's wrestling persona is based on his own real-life upbringing in Cincinnati's East End, where he spent much of his childhood in public housing. An avid wrestling fan who idolized Bret Hart as a child, he used wrestling as an escape from his rough upbringing by immersing himself in ...
6. Cody Rhodes
Actor | Arrow
Cody Rhodes was born on June 30, 1985 in Marietta, Georgia, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Arrow (2012), Warehouse 13 (2009) and WWE Smackdown! (1999). He has been married to Brandi Rhodes since September 12, 2013. They have one child.
7. Bryan Danielson
Actor | WWE Monday Night RAW
Bryan Lloyd Danielson is an American professional wrestler and author currently signed to WWE under ring name Daniel Bryan.
In WWE, Bryan held the WWE Championship three times and WWE's World Heavyweight Championship once, in addition to being a one-time United States Champion, a one-time ...
8. Randy Orton
Actor | That's What I Am
Randal Keith "Randy" Orton (born April 1, 1980) is an American professional wrestler and actor best known to sports entertainment audiences for his career signed with WWE. Orton was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, to Bob Orton, Jr. and his wife Elaine. He is the grandson of Bob Orton, Sr. and the ...
9. Phil Brooks
Actor | Girl on the Third Floor
Phillip Jack Brooks, better known by the ring name CM Punk, is an American Professional wrestler, comic book writer and former mixed martial artist.
Punk began his professional wrestling career on the American independent circuit, primarily with Ring of Honor (ROH) until 2005, when he signed with ...
10. Joe Seanoa
Actor | ROH: Final Battle 2003
Nuufolau Joel Seanoa is an American professional wrestler and color commentator, better known by the ring name Samoa Joe who is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) where he is the company's World Champion since December 30th, 2023. During his career, Joe has also worked for Total Nonstop Action ...
11. AJ Styles
Actor | WWE SmackDown
Allen Neal Jones best known by the ring name AJ Styles is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE. Long regarded as one of the best wrestlers in the world, Styles has headlined numerous pay-per-view events internationally.
Styles debuted in 1998 and competed for various independent...
12. Mark Calaway
Actor | Suburban Commando
Born on March 24, 1965. Best known as "The Undertaker" from World Wrestling Entertainment. He first came to the WWF in 1990 as Ted DiBiase's mystery partner at The Survivor Series (1990). At first, he was a heel, but later turned face, around WrestleMania VIII (1992). He has held the WWF World ...
13. Joe Anoa'i
Actor | Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Joe Anoa'i was born on May 25, 1985 in Pensacola, Florida, USA. He is an actor, known for Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019), The Wrong Missy (2020) and WWE Smackdown! (1999). He has been married to Galina Anoa'i since December 6, 2014. They have five children.
14. Kurt Angle
Actor | Warrior
Kurt Angle was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He won a Olympic Gold Medal in 1996 having notoriously won it with a broken neck. In 1998 he transitioned into professional wrestling where he sky rocked to success after joining the World Wrestling Federation. He later became the first ever ...
15. Adam Copeland
Actor | Vikings
Adam Copeland is an actor and an professional wrestler, who wrestles as Edge in the WWE. He starred as one of the leads in the fifth season of the popular television series Haven on Syfy. He also starred as a recurring character on the History Channel series Vikings. Canadian-born, Copeland's life ...
16. Jeff Hardy
Actor | WWE SmackDown
Jeffrey Nero Hardy is an American professional wrestler and musician. Born and raised in Cameron, North Carolina, Hardy started his career as a youth performing in the Trampoline Wrestling Federation, which he started alongside his brother Matt Hardy. Hardy is widely considered one of the greatest ...
17. Paul Levesque
Actor | WWE Monday Night RAW
Paul "Triple H" Levesque is WWE's Executive Vice President, President of Talent, Global Talent Strategy & Development. In this role, he oversees the Company's Talent Development department, serves as a senior advisor to the CEO for talent strategy and is the Executive Producer of NXT, WWE's third ...
18. Booker Huffman
Actor | WCW Monday Nitro
Booker T. Huffman Jr. better known by his ring name Booker T, is an American professional wrestler, professional wrestling promoter and color commentator. He is signed to WWE, and is also the owner and founder of the independent promotion Reality of Wrestling (ROW) in Texas City, Texas. Booker has ...
19. Rob Van Dam
Actor | 3-Headed Shark Attack
He was trained by the Original Sheik, Ed Farhat, who was one of pro-wrestling's classic and greatest bad guys. Even though their styles are quite different (Sheik being a wild hardcore-style brawler, known for throwing fire, cutting his opponent's forehead's up with foreign objects like a pencil, ...
20. Kofi Kingston
Actor | WWE: OMG! - The Top 50 Incidents in WWE History
Kofi Kingston was born on August 14, 1981 in Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana. He is an actor, known for WWE: OMG! - The Top 50 Incidents in WWE History (2011), WWE Smackdown! (1999) and WWE NXT (2010). He has been married to Kori Campfield since September 11, 2010. They have two children.
21. Colby Lopez
Actor | WWE NXT
Colby Daniel Lopez is an American professional wrestler and actor currently signed to WWE under the ring name Seth Rollins. Prior to signing with WWE, Lopez wrestled as Tyler Black for Ring of Honor (ROH), where he held the ROH World Championship once and the ROH World Tag Team Championship twice (...
22. Jay Reso
Actor | Shoot 'Em Up
William Jason Reso is a Canadian actor and professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in WWE under the ring name Christian and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Christian Cage. He also starred as a guest character on the Syfy original ...
23. Ettore Ewen
Actor | WWE SmackDown
Ettore Ewen was born on March 1, 1986 in Tampa, Florida, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), WWE NXT (2010) and WrestleMania 33 (2017).
24. Jeff Jarrett
Actor | Spring Breakers
Jeff Jarrett was trained in the USWA which was run by his father. He wrestled for his father's promotion throughout the 80's before hitting the big time in the early 90's. Jarrett had his first major run in the WWF - winning the Intercontinental Title 6 times before joining WCW. His career sky ...
25. Drew Galloway
Actor | The Cursed
Drew Galloway was born on June 6, 1985 in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for The Cursed (2014), WWE Smackdown! (1999) and WWE NXT (2010). He has been married to Kaitlyn Frohnapfel since December 9, 2016. He was previously married to Taryn Terrell.
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