10 of the toughest men in wrestling history

6: Brian Pillman

Brian Pillman

Brian Pillman suffered from non-cancerous polyps on his throat from an early age. While the growths were not malignant, they had to be removed to avoid interference with his breathing. The numerous surgeries resulted in him having a very rough, growling voice that made him a target for bullies.

Pity those poor fellows, because Brian Pillman was an amateur boxer and top tier athlete. Refusing to give in to his condition, Pillman trained that much harder than the next man.

Despite being on the smaller side for a wrestler, Pillman once beat Sid Vicious--a man who stands nearly seven feet tall and outweighed Pillman by a hundred pounds--absolutely senseless, so much so that when Vicious returned to the bar later that night he was armed with--a window cleaning squeegee.

A lot of the times, local boys would mess with the larger wrestlers like Ahmed Johnson hoping to prove their own toughness, but it would be the fiery Pillman they would have to deal with instead. Pillman had no qualms about standing up for his fellow wrestlers, and loved to make bullies suffer.