#7 Steve Lombardi (The Brooklyn Brawler) – 1339 losses
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Steve Lombardi is a living example of why you don’t always have to be a multi-time world champion to be famous in the world of pro wrestling. Lombardi has endeared himself to many members of the WWE Universe over his long career, offering both humour and genuine storytelling along the way.
While Lombardi’s most famous gimmick ‘The Brooklyn Brawler’ is perhaps the first you remember him for, he also portrayed several other personas including Kim Chee, a manager of WWF legend Kamala, as well as Doink the Clown and Abe ‘Knuckleball’ Schwartz. Lombardi would appear periodically for the WWF, occasionally bringing back these well-loved characters, to compete against modern day stars, continuing to make them look good.
While The Brooklyn Brawler might have become a bit of a joke character over the years, there was a time when Lombardi’s career came very close to real success. His in-ring career began as a member of Bobby Heenan’s ‘Heenan Family’ stable, feuding against The Red Rooster. In 1997, Lombardi challenged Shawn Michaels for the WWF Championship, only losing as a result of interference from DX. If things had gone slightly differently, The Brooklyn Brawler might have been the Jinder Mahal of the early Attitude Era.
While the current relationship between Lombardi and the WWE has soured in recent years, you can always half expect the man to make the occasional appearance under one of the gimmicks he helped make famous. His last bout came against Ryback in 2015 – a match in which he lost, obviously.
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