What’s the story?
WWE has released a list of the 50 most Extreme Superstars of all time. On the eve of Extreme Rules, the promotion has put together a list of “maniacs who personify the word extreme” on its official website.
In case you didn’t know...
WWE Superstars indulge in their fair share of high-risk manoeuvres including jumping off a Hell In A Cell cage and being put through burning tables, thumbtacks and other foreign objects.
The heart of the matter
The WWE has revealed the following list titled- ‘The 50 Most Extreme Superstars’ which includes the following performers:
Dean Ambrose
Sabu
Brock Lesnar
"Stone Cold" Steven Austin
Edge
Mick Foley
Rowdy Roddy Piper
Dusty Rhodes
Shane McMahon
King Curtis Iaukea
Balls Mahoney
Jeff Hardy
Mae Young
Vader
The Undertaker
Abdullah the Butcher
Hardcore Holly
The Dudley Boyz (D-Von and Bubba Ray Dudley)
Bruiser Brody
Terry Funk
Axl Rotten
Ian Rotten
The Sandman
The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal)
Tommy Dreamer
Mad Dog Vachon
The APA (Bradshaw portrayed by JBL, and Farooq portrayed by Ron Simmons)
Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge)
Hayabusa
Spike Dudley
"Dr Death" Steve Williams
Dick Murdoch
The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags)
The Crusher
Al Snow
Raven
New Jack
The Sheik
Masato Tanaka
Kevin Sullivan
Rob Van Dam
Mike Awesome
Stan Hansen
Bam Bam Bigelow
Rhyno
(*Numbers 46-50 include the names from the tag-teams mentioned in the list above*)
The illustrious list of WWE Superstars has been released around the time of the year, WWE goes Extreme ergo- the Extreme Rules pay-per-view.
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What’s next?
The Raw brand-exclusive Extreme Rules PPV goes down at the Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, Maryland on June 4th.
The event will be headlined by a Fatal 5-Way Extreme Rules match between Bray Wyatt, Samoa Joe, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns and Finn Balor, with the winner going on to face WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar for the belt at Great Balls of Fire in July.
Author’s take
No list can do justice to the legendary ‘Extreme Superstars’ that have graced the WWE ring.
In my opinion, there are a few marquee stars that WWE may have been unable to include in their list, but it’s nice to see the WWE acknowledging the risk-taking, death-defying heroes for their legendary performances.
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