Top 5 Fighters Turned Pro Wrestlers
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Top 5 Fighters Turned Pro Wrestlers
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These MMA fighters dominated in the octagon before making a name for themselves as professional wrestlers! WatchMojo presents the Top 10 Fighters with Careers in Pro Wrestling! But who will take the top spot on our list? Watch to find out!
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Ken Shamrock should have been number 1.
Ronda hasn’t even had a wrestling Match, sucks on the mic, has no charisma. She doesn’t deserve a spot on the list until she proves herself.
Ken Shamrock totally looks like Michael Douglas.
So Ken Shamrock was technically a wrestler first…
Ronda Rousey is Ugly AF.
This list is sorely lacking without Minoru Suzuki
Shamrock was in wrestling, as Vince Torelli, before he was in MMA
“Pro wrestling bcuz they couldnt win anymore” wont say it to their faces tho…but hey im not ignorant
What about Alberto Del Rio and Shinsuke Nakamura didnt they have mma careers before wrestling?
Minoru Suzuki and Kazushi Sakuraba should be at the top of the list.
Where the fuck is Brock Lesnar?
I'm glad Shamrock and Severn are #2 and #1. That was basically a litmus test to see if you folk knew what you were talking about.
I'm here for RRR.
I know no one cares.
N I don't care that no one care!!!
Ohhh 720 p
From real fight to "real fight"
Show wrestlers*
Cm punk
Cm punk
Cm punk
Cm punk
No one in comments saying it so I will
R.I.P Rowdy Roody Piper
U were a badass in ur own league in “ They Live “ wish u were alive a little longer so u would be up with other wrestling turned actor legends
Matt Riddle never appeared on Defiant Wrestling. He did so at their predecessor WCPW, but for sure he isn't famous for that company.
Dave Bautista anyone…
Basically if you became a washout in MMA, move to fake wrestling.
Shayna Baszler
ken shamrock should be number 1
If Ronda gets a script to lose will she quit ?
King mo and rampage Jackson had stints in tna impact wrestling and mma as well
Ronda Rousey only went to wrestling b/c she's a sore looser and cant take a loss
The real reason Ronda Rousey quit MMA and turned Pro, was because her MMA career ended, but I still love her sexy fine ass!!!
great video
Ronda Rousey is the new Android 18.
Squared Circle???
Ken Shamrock for WWE HOF
Why id Ronda here? She didn't even have a single wrestling match yet…
Why is Ronda Rousey on this list but not Shayna Baszler? Ronda Rousey has done nothing in WWE since arriving but for some reason is at number 3 because of her name alone.
Matt Riddle Bro
Fun idea for a list, but totally flawed. Brock Lesnar doesn't count because he started his wrestling career before going into MMA. Meanwhile Dan Severn, who started in Pro Wrestling in 1991 (3 years before competing in MMA) is ranked #1? And of course Ken Shamrock started in Pro Wrestling in 1989 in the Carolinas, years before UFC was ever created.
So not including Brock Lesnar for that reason doesn't make sense.
Matt Riddle is a great selection, but if Riddle makes the list how do you not include Filthy Tom Lawlor and Shayna Baszler?
Tank Abbott
Wtf Ken was not with wwe any where close to 10 years lol it was 3 plus he was on nwa years be for ufc do your research
Lists are bias against 6-9 or Steve Blackman would have been on it.
Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano = dominatrix 3way. Yeah Baby.
Shamrock was in UFC before WWE?
I wish people would stop dumping on Ronda, I mean she actually loves the business and given her bond with Roddy Piper actually wants to be there unlike Brock Lesnar who doesn’t give a crap
lol so you put ronda on this list when she has not wrestled a match at all….. what about guys like Rampage Jackson, or King mo, or Sakuraba who all have done some pro wrestling after they made there name in mma or during oh also Bas rutten as well how did ronda make the list an Bas rutten has not do your research and dont put just all the big names … this could easily have been a top 10 list