# Pro Wrestling 10 List Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 17, 2024, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674 "2024-05-17T04:01:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 35
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/681 "2025-03-01T00:57:47Z")
**Living the gimmick: Wrestlers who went to great lengths to keep kayfabe** 1. The Sheik 2. Ted DiBiase 3. Nikita Koloff 4. Chris Benoit 5. Mr. Wrestling / Tim Woods After surviving the plane crash in North Carolina in 1975 that crippled Johnny Valentine and nearly ended Ric Flair’s career, Woods (with a concussion and fractured spine) crawled away from the wreck so it wouldn’t be discovered that he was traveling with heels, hitched a ride to the hospital and checked in under an alias, then wrestled two weeks later in order to “prove” that he couldn’t possibly have been in a plane crash like the dirtsheets were reporting. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/682 "2025-03-01T04:33:56Z")
**Living the gimmick: Wrestlers who went to great lengths to keep kayfabe** 1. The Sheik 2. Ted DiBiase 3. Nikita Koloff 4. Chris Benoit 5. Mr. Wrestling / Tim Woods 6. Ric Flair Flair basically _became_ his gimmick. Ain’t no party like a Horseman party. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/683 "2025-03-07T15:49:29Z")
**Living the gimmick: Wrestlers who went to great lengths to keep kayfabe** 1. The Sheik 2. Ted DiBiase 3. Nikita Koloff 4. Chris Benoit 5. Mr. Wrestling / Tim Woods 6. Ric Flair 7. Ray Traylor Traylor was Jim Cornette’s bodyguard early in his career. The two arrived at a venue in a taxi together and the car door got slammed on Traylor’s hand. He remained quiet and calmly walked into the locker room and Taylor then starts yelling about the pain. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/684 "2025-03-07T16:22:48Z")
**Living the gimmick: Wrestlers who went to great lengths to keep kayfabe** 1. The Sheik 2. Ted DiBiase 3. Nikita Koloff 4. Chris Benoit 5. Mr. Wrestling / Tim Woods 6. Ric Flair 7. Ray Traylor 8. El Santo Was only seen in public once without his mask since his wrestling career began - one month after his retirement, and one month before his death. He was buried with the mask on. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/685 "2025-03-16T04:12:32Z")
**Living the gimmick: Wrestlers who went to great lengths to keep kayfabe** 1. The Sheik 2. Ted DiBiase 3. Nikita Koloff 4. Chris Benoit 5. Mr. Wrestling / Tim Woods 6. Ric Flair 7. Ray Traylor 8. El Santo 9. Kamala Reportedly went barefoot everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/686 "2025-04-05T19:41:37Z")
New category: **WWE Triple Crown Champions** 1. The Miz ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/687 "2025-04-07T17:22:34Z")
**WWE Triple Crown Champions** 1. The Miz 2. Shawn Michaels ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/688 "2025-04-07T17:42:36Z")
**WWE Triple Crown Champions** 1. The Miz 2. Shawn Michaels 3. Chris Jericho ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/689 "2025-04-07T20:08:46Z")
**WWE Triple Crown Champions** 1. The Miz 2. Shawn Michaels 3. Chris Jericho 4. Daniel Bryan WWE Champion, World Heavyweight Champion, Intercontinental, US, and tag team. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/690 "2025-04-07T20:49:25Z")
**WWE Triple Crown Champions** 1. The Miz 2. Shawn Michaels 3. Chris Jericho 4. Daniel Bryan 5. Pedro Morales The first triple crown champion. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/691 "2025-04-08T08:29:52Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > **WWE Triple Crown Champions** > > 1. The Miz > 2. Shawn Michaels > 3. Chris Jericho > 4. Daniel Bryan > 5. Pedro Morales (Phone notification tone) Excuse me! I’ve just received a text message from the Anonymous Thread Games General Manager. The remainder of this category is now **WWE Legends Who Aren’t Triple Crown Champions**. 1. Hulk Hogan 6-time WWE Champion and one-time tag team champion (with Edge), but has never held the IC or US titles. ---
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**WWE Legends Who Aren’t Triple Crown Champions**. 1. Hulk Hogan 2. The Undertaker Also never won a secondary title. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/693 "2025-04-08T09:08:06Z")
**WWE Legends Who Aren’t Triple Crown Champions**. 1. Hulk Hogan 2. The Undertaker 3. Brock Lesnar 10-time world champion, has never held any other title in WWE. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/694 "2025-04-08T10:24:26Z")
**WWE Legends Who Aren’t Triple Crown Champions**. 1. Hulk Hogan 2. The Undertaker 3. Brock Lesnar 4. Jake Roberts Never won _any_ titles in WWE. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/695 "2025-05-09T23:29:46Z")
New category: **Your biggest mark-out moments** 1. Lex Luger making Hollywood Hogan tap out to win the WCW World Championship; Monday Nitro I was 15 and I woke my mother up with my screaming. ---
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**Your biggest mark-out moments** 1. Lex Luger making Hollywood Hogan tap out to win the WCW World Championship; Monday Nitro 2. Shawn Michaels beats the British Bulldog for the Intercontinental Championship on Saturday Night’s Main Event ---
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**Your biggest mark-out moments** 1. Lex Luger making Hollywood Hogan tap out to win the WCW World Championship; Monday Nitro 2. Shawn Michaels beats the British Bulldog for the Intercontinental Championship on Saturday Night’s Main Event 3. CM Punk defeating John Cena for the WWE Championship at Money in the Bank 2011 ---
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**Your biggest mark-out moments** 1. Lex Luger making Hollywood Hogan tap out to win the WCW World Championship; Monday Nitro 2. Shawn Michaels beats the British Bulldog for the Intercontinental Championship on Saturday Night’s Main Event 3. CM Punk defeating John Cena for the WWE Championship at Money in the Bank 2011 4. Cody Rhodes finishing the story by beating Roman Reigns for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania XL ---
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**Your biggest mark-out moments** 1. Lex Luger making Hollywood Hogan tap out to win the WCW World Championship; Monday Nitro 2. Shawn Michaels beats the British Bulldog for the Intercontinental Championship on Saturday Night’s Main Event 3. CM Punk defeating John Cena for the WWE Championship at Money in the Bank 2011 4. Cody Rhodes finishing the story by beating Roman Reigns for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania XL 5. The Ultimate Warrior beating The Honky Tonk Man for The Intercontinental championship in 31 seconds at SummerSlam 1988 ending Honky’s then record 15 month reign. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/700 "2025-10-22T22:36:03Z")
1. John Cena going off script when the audience refused to stop cheering for Daniel Bryan during a promo segment between him and Randy Orton, and interviewing Bryan on the spot about how his father was a lumberjack [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674.md?page=34) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674.md?page=36)