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302. Tyson Kidd

Arguably one of the most underrated wrestlers that put on the trunks under the WWE umbrella, Tyson Kidd was the last graduate of the famous Hart Dungeon, and with his marriage to Nattie Neidhart, he is on the fringe of wrestling royalty.  He would join the WWE in developmental in 2006, and along with his longtime friend, Harry Smith would be called up as the Hart Dynasty, and they would win the WWE Unified Tag Team Championship in 2010.  After the team lost the belts and split up Kidd was in a bit of limbo, but in NXT he reinvented himself as a solo star and was a top contender for that championship, but more importantly, he reminded everyone how good a wrestler he was.  Kidd got back on the main roster and was in a tag team with Cesaro and again won tag team gold, but his career was cut short when he was accidentally injured by Samoa Joe when taking a muscle buster causing a severe spinal cord injury, and his career was over after that.  He would later be hired as a producer for the WWE.

290. Jackie Sato

Before there were the Crush Gals and the Jumping Bomb Angels (who for many were the first Japanese female wrestlers that many American saw), there was the Beauty Pair (Jackie Sato & Maki Ueda).  They were massive stars that crossed over in the pop singing world, and they changed the way that women wrestlers were marketed and thought of in Japan.  The Beauty Pair would be two-time World Tag Team Champions and in a loser must retire match Sato would beat Ueda.  She would also be a successful solo competitor who would win the WWWA Singles Title three times.  After being forced to retire in 1981 due to the mandatory retirement age of 25 imposed by All Japan, she would return in 1986 in JWP to feud with Shinobu Kandori and would have a great match that devolved into a shoot.

291. Tom Jenkins

At the turn of the 20th century, Tom Jenkins was a top Heavyweight contender, and he would hold the prestigious American Heavyweight Championship three times.  Jenkins would have memorable matches against Frank Gotch and Dan McLeod and was one of the top wrestlers of the first decade of the 1900s.

274. Penny Banner

Penny Banner had quite a life as she not only was a championship wrestler, but she dated Elvis Presley.  Later, she was married to fellow wrestler Johnny Weaver and competed in the Senior Games.  With her pin-up looks and kick ass skill, Banner was an NWA World Tag Team Champion and was the inaugural AWA Women’s World Champion.  She would also win the Texas version of the ladies title.  Banner could have continued her career longer but cited the domination of The Fabulous Moolah who controlled the division rendering it difficult for her to compete without going up against her girls.