Top Ten Most Popular Pro Wrestlers of the 1970s
Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino was born in Pizzoferrato, Abruzzo, Italy, to Alfonso and Emilia Sammartino on October 6, 1935. He then died on April 18, 2018 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. He is known for his powerful bearhug finishing move, and is widely considered to be one of the ...read more.
Harley Leland Race (April 11, 1943 – August 1, 2019) was an American professional wrestler, promoter, and trainer.
Muhammad Hussain Inoki (born Kanji Inoki was a Japanese professional wrestling promoter, politician, professional wrestler and mixed martial artist best known by the ring name Antonio Inoki. Nobody in pro wrestling history has an individual who has done so much to make professional wrestling in Japan popular than him. this man fought Muhammad Ali, Bob Backlund, Steven Regal and Ric Flair throughout his career. The championships he won from around the world is only and only one half of what he did to make Japan a hot bed for wrestling. A 6-time Tokyo Sports MVP winner, this man was also a great trainer, he trained at least 25 great Japanese wrestlers proven why Inoki is an Japanese immortal.
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Terrence "Terry" Funk was an American professional wrestler and actor. Funk was known for the longevity of his career - which spanned 50 years and included multiple short-lived retirements - and the influential hardcore wrestling style he pioneered in the latter part of his career.
Ernest Ladd, nicknamed "The Big Cat", was an American collegiate, professional football player and a professional wrestler.
André René Roussimoff, known as André the Giant, was a French professional wrestler and actor. André He most famously feuded with Hulk Hogan, culminating at WrestleMania III, and his best-remembered film role was that of Fezzik, the giant in The Princess Bride. His size was a result of gigantism caused by excess growth hormone, which later resulted in acromegaly. It also led to him being called "The Eighth Wonder of the World". In 2014, he was named the ninth tallest professional wrestler in history. ...read more. No one, not even Hulk Hogan, not even Stone Cold Steve Austin, not even John Cena, not even Kofi Kingston can draw crowds as often and a lot than Andre. I challenged anyone who can say that Andre was the reason millions of fans came from all corners of the earth. It was not Hogan that brought 93,173 fans to WrestleMania 3 in 1987, it was Andre instead. He beat giants, champions and legends to become head and shoulders, wrestling's biggest drawer of all time, period.
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Pedro Antonio Morales was a Puerto Rican retired professional wrestler. He was best known for his appearances in the United States with Worldwide Wrestling Associates and the World Wide Wrestling Federation.
Robert James Marella, better known by his ring name of Gorilla Monsoon, was an American professional wrestler, play-by-play commentator, and booker. Yes that's the same Gorilla who in the 1980s as a great announcer who once said to the world, they are packing to the rafters. But in the 1970s, he was a popular wrestler on AND off the mat, even if he had to wrestle of all people Muhammad Ali.
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Yes he had a popular following, and he was good, at the start of the 70s we knew he was something special by pinning Lou Albano's protege Crusher Verdue at Madison Square Garden. 2 times he was a WWWF tag team champion that decade, one with Sonny King and one with Billy White Foot. He once beat Bulldog Don Kent in a shark cage match at Big Time Wrestling in 1976. Strongbow, we know he was something special.
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Putski arrived in the big show in 1974 in the WWWF. it didn't take long for fans to love this POLISH POWER. He fought the big boys Bruiser Brody, Ivan Koloff and Stan Hansen and beat 'em all. He teamed with Tito Santana and became tag team champions as the decade ended, a great decade for Putski.
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Robert Louis Backlund is an American retired professional wrestler with an in-ring career spanning over 30 years, best known for his tenures in the World Wide Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Federation, where he is a two-time WWWF/WWF Heavyweight Champion/WWF World Heavyweight Champion, as well ...read more.
Virgil Riley Runnels, Jr., better known as "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, was an American professional wrestler, booker, and trainer who most notably worked for the National Wrestling Alliance, Jim Crockett Promotions, and the World Wrestling Federation, later known as the WWE.