Considered one of the good guys of the business and a premier tag team wrestler, Johnny Weaver competed all across the National Wrestling Alliance for many decades.  Weaver was a popular grappler who may never have been the top man of a promotion but he was a great hand for whatever area he was in.  Weaver has been given credit for popularizing the sleeper hold which was a major finishing hold in wrestling for years.

Unlike other Japanese American wrestlers of the 1970’s, Dean Higuchi did not wrestle as a foreign heel bedecked in rising sun paraphernalia.  Rather, His last name was replaced with Ho (an obvious play on popular Hawaiian singer, Don Ho) and he wrestled as a good guy for the bulk of his career.  Ho would use technical skill, power and martial arts to develop a fluid wrestling style and he was one half of the Tag Team Champions with Tony Garea in 1973.  His singles wins in the WWE were not high profile but he did have big wins for the NWA promotions in San Francisco and Vancouver and had a long feud with Gene Kiniski.  This however will probably not add up to a Hall of Fame resume.

As Divas exploded onto the WWE landscape; Amy Dumas looked a little different the others.  She wasn’t a Barbie Doll, but a relatable woman who exuded her own brand of sexuality with large tattoos, a high up thong and a style that was more indicative of what you would see in high schools.  This made her a fan favorite of women and men alike.  Throw in her underrated athleticism and high flying ability; you get one of more unique female wrestlers of the last fifteen years.  Lita deserved a far better send off then she got from the WWE, and we feel comfortable including here as we don’t think she is coming back to active wrestling.

Some people have said that Brad Armstrong was the best wrestler never to make it.  This is an unfair statement as Armstrong was a part of the NWA and WCW for a long period of time and never needed to beg for work in the business.  With that said, Brad Armstrong was an amazing talent who was one of the best in ring talents period.  What worked against him is that he lacked that intangible that could make fans care about him in mass which could have pushed him higher up the card.  Still, when those say his career wasn’t great, they fail to realize how hard it was for any wrestler to remain on a major roster for as long as he did regardless of their spot on the card.