10 best retired wrestlers you have never heard of

#1 Kenta Kobashi

This man won countless championships, received prestigious awards and distinctions, and no-sold cancer.

According to Tokyo Sports, Kenta Kobashi was ‘the perfect wrestler’. Honestly, given how he looked and what he could do in the ring, I find it difficult to find anyone that could possibly challenge him for that title.

At the peak of his career, Kobashi stood around 6’1 or 6’2 and weighed between 260lbs and 280lbs. But that was only half of it; he was a mountain of muscle and one of the finest wrestlers on the planet.

Kobashi could brawl with the toughest men in the industry, absorb an inhuman level of punishment, execute power moves like Mark Henry or the Big Show, and could pull off a Moonsault with the grace of a cruiserweight. Add to this a versatile wrestler that created many of the craziest wrestling moves ever seen, and you have quite possibly the best wrestler ever.

The fact that he has 23 5-star matches under his belt – which is more than any living wrestler – is also a testament to just how good Kobashi really was.

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