One of the most natural adoptees to professional wrestling in New Japan history, Masakatsu Funaki eschewed being one of the best Japanese pro wrestlers to become a pioneer in Mixed Martial Arts.  Funaki would leave New Japan and later co-found Pancrase with Minoru Suzuki wherein the late 90's he was considered one of the greatest fighters in the world.  After a loss to Rickson Gracie in 2000, he retired from fighting but would come back and later return to pro wrestling after a long absence, and he became the All-Japan Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion.  In terms of MMA influence few are in his league but translating that to a WWE Hall of Fame induction is a hard sell.

While there were many residents of Dudleyville, beyond Bubba Ray and D-Von, the clear number three was Spike Dudley.  The runt of the litter was smaller than most of the fans, but he became a top star in ECW and was respected for his willingness to anything to pop a crowd.  Dudley joined his "brothers" in the WWE, though he was less of a freak and showed off other aspects of his personality.  Frankly, our favorite was at the end of his career in the WWE where he was the "boss" of the clan, but he released from the company just when that character was getting interesting.

The Warlord was one of the greatest physical specimens in the history of professional wrestling in terms of strength.  He was not overly mobile or technically gifted but when you tried to imagine what a wrestler would like in the late 80’sand early 90’s it was The Warlord that you imagined.

Gene LeBell was far from the most successful professional wrestler regardless of what metric you use, however in terms of influence in wrestling and in mixed martial arts he is pretty high up the food chain.  LeBell was a legitimate judo star, and he worked with some of the greats including Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris and was a conduit to Hollywood and helped wrestlers get work in some film and tv work.  A decent wrestler who held a few regional titles he would also co-own the NWA Hollywood promotion.