Best WWF Wrestlers of the 1980s
Terry Gene Bollea, better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American professional wrestler, actor, television personality, entrepreneur and rock bassist. Hulk Hogan was everywhere when he was the W W F Champion. He feuded with Zeus on No Holds Barred, but more important he was on covers of many major magazines, and when TV Guide published the best of the 1980s issue, HE was on the cover. When Sports Illustrated did an article on Pro Wrestling in April, 1985, HE was on the cover too. As of 2021, and it appears not to change, he became the ONLY World Wrestling Federation star to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated. He did ran wild.
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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.
Randy Mario Poffo, better known by his ring name "Macho Man" Randy Savage, was an American professional wrestler and color commentator best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation and later the World Championship Wrestling.
Bret Sergeant Hart, better known by his ring name Bret "The Hitman" Hart, is a Canadian-American writer, actor and retired professional and amateur wrestler. A member of the Hart wrestling family and a second-generation wrestler. Bret Hart was more known in the 90's, then in the 80's. This decade was just him tag teaming with the hart foundation for the most part. It was not until the end of 1989 he started to get a singles pushed, which carried onto the 90's.
Warrior was an American professional wrestler, who wrestled, among the others, under the ring name The Ultimate Warrior for the World Wrestling Federation from 1987 to 1991 and again in 1992 and 1996. During his 1998 stint in World Championship Wrestling, he was known as The Warrior.
Roderick George "Roddy" Toombs, better known by his ring name "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, was a Canadian professional wrestler and actor. Just when they think they got the answers, Roddy change the questions.
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Nah piper was #1 in the 80s he was undefeated.
Richard Henry Blood Sr., better known by his ring name Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, is an American retired professional wrestler.Sure The Iron Sheik was evil, but during the 1980s he was one great wrestler, whose famous for his lifting Persian clubs, even in his 70s he was still using it regularly. His Persian club lifting became legendary, so was the championships, The WWE Championship (once), The WWE World Tag Team Championship (Once). Even outside the WWE, he won the Georgia 's NWA World Television Championship (Once), was the 1980 Wrestling Observer Newsletter's Underrated Wrestler of the Year, and in retirement induction into the WWE Hall of Fame in the Class of 2005.
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Merced Solis is a Mexican-American semi-retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Tito Santana.
Sylvester Ritter (December 13, 1952 – June 1, 1998) was an American professional wrestler and college football player, best known for his work in Mid-South Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation as the Junkyard Dog (or JYD), a nickname he received while working in a wrecking yard. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2004.He was called Paula by the fans, but he was anything but Paula, he had great wrestling moves, a mat tech himself, Paul's special ending move was the piledriver and in the Summer of 1986, he became the headline maker in his rivalry with Hulk Hogan that broke many attendance records and sell outs all across america, and became an instant wrestling legend and yes he even headlined the main event at the first ever WrestleMania.
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Richard Morgan "Ric" Fliehr, better known by his ring name Ric Flair, is a professional wrestling manager and American retired professional wrestler currently signed to the WWE under a legends appearance contract.
Richard Erwin "Rick" Rood, better known by his ring name "Ravishing Rick" Rude, was an American professional wrestler who performed for many promotions, including World Championship Wrestling, World Wrestling Federation, and Extreme Championship Wrestling. It's true that Rude was hated, BUT the girls love him and his wrestling skills we're second to none and that does include the Rude Awakening. His rivals with the Ultimate Warrior, Rowdy Roddy Piper and the aging Jimmy "superfly" Snuka, put him on the wrestling map. His 1989 Crowning of the Intercontinental title was questioned, but he had the muscle to defeat Terry Daniels more than once, and with Bobby "the Brain" Heenan they took on Rude's greatest rival Jake The Snake Roberts in one of pro wrestling's hottest feuds of 1988.
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Theodore Marvin "Ted" DiBiase Sr. is an American former professional wrestler, manager, ordained minister and color commentator.As the greatest WWF Intercontinental champion of all time as he said, he defended his title and often did whatever it takes to hold on to the title by getting himself counted out or disqualified. But still, a number of great contenders came to try to get his title and what contenders they we're: Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, George "The Animal Steele, Bruno Sammartino, Randy "Macho Man" Savage, Billy Jack Haynes and Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake and so many other contenders. At the end of his career, he was number 159 of the 500 greatest wrestlers of Pro Wrestling Illustrated in 1992. He's cool, he's cocky and he's B-B-B-Bad!
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Robert Remus, better known by his ring name of Sgt. Slaughter, is an American semi-retired professional wrestler currently signed with the WWE in the ambassador program.
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 as being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2013. In the first 4 years of the 1980s, nobody defended the wwe title with class and dignity as Backlund. It took an equally fit athlete to beat Backlund at Madison Square Garden to become the WWE Champion and that was the Iron Sheik. But here's a fact about Backlund. He kicked off the 1980s with 5 wins and 1 draw and no losses in his first 6 appearances at the mecca of pro wrestling, Madison Square Garden.
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