15 greatest shirts in pro-wrestling history

#1 - Austin 3:16

Austin 3:16 says I just topped this list!

HONORABLE MENTION: Arrive. Raise Hell. Leave. / What?

Could it have been any other shirt?

The other shirts on this entry are legendary in their own right, but there is absolutely no shirt in the history of professional wrestling that has had more of a cultural impact, has represented a character better, or has influenced more others than this one.

At the time of its release, this shirt flooded arenas everywhere, and it's still incredibly popular today. Hell, this shirt sold so well, I'm convinced that the sales helped propel the WWF over WCW in the Monday Night Wars. Again, it was a simple design, but this was the first shirt of its kind for the WWF -

As we've seen with older WWF shirts on this list, most of them were a lot more animated and colourful. This one, however, was just plain white letters on a black shirt with a skull on the back that had the words "Stone Cold" stamped on its forehead.

From there, it seemed as if every shirt imitated this formula - black base, a catchphrase in white letters, and a cool logo. It also inspired plenty of parody shirts, such as Owen Hart's "Owen 3:16 says I just broke your neck!" (which may have been partially inspired by Greg Valentine as well) and Sheamus' "Sheamus 5:15 says I just Brogue Kicked your arse!"

This shirt immortalized a promo, helped create the biggest star in professional wrestling history, influenced countless future designs, and became a cultural phenomenon. For those reasons, it is indubitably the best pro wrestling shirt ever.