5 Australian Wrestlers in WWE

WWE's first pay per view event in Australia in sixteen years since 2002's Global Warning and the first live extravaganza ever, Super Show-Down is now in the books.

Headlined by an epic encounter between WWE legends, Triple H and The Undertaker, the show was an unmitigated success.

Over 70,000 fans packed out the Melbourne Cricket Ground, in Melbourne, Australia to see their homegrown superstars, the IIconics and Buddy Murphy compete in their homeland, for the first time under the WWE banner.

Both acts were triumphant in their respective matches and Murphy won the Cruiserweight Championship ending Cedric Alexander's long reign as Champion.

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However, The IIconics and Murphy are not the only acts hailing from down under in WWE history.

This slideshow counts down the five most successful Australian acts in WWE history.

#5 Nathan Jones

Former World Strongman, Nathan Jones was expected to do great things in WWE. However, that did not end up transpiring.

Atypically, WWE promoted prior to his debut, that Jones had a criminal past and was formerly one of Australia's most wanted, having been responsible for a series of armed robberies in the late 1980s.

Jones spent seven years in a maximum security prison prior to his release and WWE played up his history and promoted him as a Hannibal Lecter style psychopathic character.

The initial persona was soon scrapped and Jones instead was partnered with The Undertaker upon his debut as "The American Bad Ass's" protegee.

Originally booked to tag with Undertaker versus A-Train and Big Show at Wrestlemania XIX, Jones was withdrawn from the match amid concerns over his abilities inside the ropes.

Jones was then withdrawn from television before returning at the end of 2003 as a heel but this run was also short lived and he soon left the company early in 2004.

#4 Outback Jack

Enter — Outback Jack - Had a semi-successful WWE run in the mid-1980s

Outback Jack was one of the first prominent acts from Australia to compete in WWE.

Born in Victoria, Australia, Jack graced WWE screens for two years between 1986 and 1988.

He portrayed an Australian bushman in the mould of Crocodile Dundee, to capitalise on the 1986 mega box office hit film's popularity.

Jack's most notable wins came over WWE Hall of Famers, The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff.

In his final 12 months in the company, Jack's status fell and he became enhancement talent, losing weekly to the big stars before quietly disappearing from the company for good.

#3 The IIconics

Billie Kay and Peyton Royce, better known as the IIconics were first paired as a duo in October 2016 in NXT and got over huge with the fan-base with their condescending, villainous promos at the expense of their opponents.

After 18 months, the tandem were called up to the main roster following WrestleMania 34 and made an instant impact by battering Smackdown Women's Champion, Charlotte Flair, enabling Carmella to cash in her Money in the Bank contract and win the title.

The IIconics have been a prominent part of Smackdown programming ever since and earned a notable victory over Naomi and Asuka at Super Show-Down in their homeland of Australia.

#2 Emma

On January 13, 2014, Emma became the first Australian woman to compete in main roster WWE.

However, Emma's tenure on the main roster was short lived and she returned to NXT where she achieved much greater success including a much heralded match with undefeated act, Asuka.

A back injury halted Emma's progress when she returned to mainstream WWE television and she seemed headed for a repackage when vignettes debuted on television hyping her new character, Emmalina.

Strangely though, the character lasted only one segment before she renounced it herself and reverted back to her Emma persona.

The story was that WWE had lost faith in Emma's capability to portray the character so it was scrapped.

The writing was on the wall from that point on and despite her being a very capable performer, Emma was cut from the promotion in October 2017 and now currently competes for Ring of Honor.

#1 Buddy Murphy

The 30 year old, Buddy Murphy had toiled in NXT for a long time, having debuted there in 2013.

Together with Wesley Blake, Murphy won the NXT Tag Team Championship from The Lucha Dragons. The win made Murphy the first Australian to ever win a title in WWE.

Murphy's career went on a downwards slide from there and he largely disappeared from television until he made the decision to lose over 20 pounds in weight to make him eligible to compete in the Cruiserweight division.

Debuting on 205 Live in early 2018, Murphy at last found some direction with his career in WWE which culminated in front of his homeland fans at Super Show-Down when he defeated long time Champion Cedric Alexander in a hugely entertaining match-up to win the Championship.

Murphy has every opportunity to become the greatest Australian WWE superstar of all time. One to watch.

Edited by Riju Dasgupta