While there have been many looks in wrestling that come and go in the wacky world of Professional Wrestling the pretty boy bodybuilder will never go out.  The one who was a precursor to a lot of them was Gene Stanlee who looked like he walked straight out of central casting and onto a wrestling television set.  Stanlee was not a champion often, but he was a draw and was influential in the way that wrestlers would look in the future.  Stanlee’s bouts with Antonio Rocca in New York City also is credited with helping revive the territory.

El Satanico was a significant star in EMLL/CMLL for over two decades and was the leader of a heel group called Los Infernales that would help put trios wrestling in the forefront in his promotion.  He won a myriad of singles and tag titles but what Sataico will be best remembered for (and should be) is that he is one of the best trainers of Mexican Lucha Libre and the titles and accomplishments of his students are astronomical.

Devil Masami was one of the great Japanese Joshi performers of the early, and she was a true trailblazer of women's wrestling.  She was physically strong and fast and was the perfect size to be believable against any opponent regardless of their skill set.  She should get more credit as she went up against the best in the business and made them better, but for some reason, she seems to fall in that second tier of great Japanese women’s workers from her time period.  She would later become a star in JWP and GAEA.

The brother of Stanislaus Zbyszko, Wladek had a good career in his own right where he wrestled and defeated Ed “Strangler” Lewis for the Boston version of the AWA Heavyweight Title.  That win was disputed, but it made him, and he would go on to face Lewis multiple times and became a headliner across the world, literally as he competed against the Gracies (yes, them) in Brazil later in his career.  That alone makes him a pioneer of some sort as it is still unclear whether those matches were worked, was a shoot or something in between.