1. Andre the Giant
   Hulk Hogan
2. The Ultimate Warrior
   Ric Flair

Born André René Roussimoff, this '80s wrestling superstar stood 7 feet 4 inches tall and weighed 520 pounds. He wrestled all around the world but made a name for himself in the World Wrestling Federation. He died in 1993, aged just 43, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in the same year.

1. Andre the Giant
   Hulk Hogan
2. The Ultimate Warrior
   Ric Flair

Terry Bollea is known under many different stage names, of which the most famous is Hulk Hogan. He was extremely popular during the '80s and is the only wrestler ever to pick up and body slam Andre the Giant.

1. Andre the Giant
   Hulk Hogan
2. Ric Flair
   The Ultimate Warrior

One of the most popular wrestlers of the 1980s, the Ulitmate Warrior (James Brian Hellwig) built his name in WCW before moving to the WWF in 1987 where he went on to become the Intercontinental Champion and World Heavyweight Champion.

1. Andre the Giant
   Ric Flair
2. Stone Cold Steve Austin
   The Rock

Wooo! Rick Flair's signature call still rings out around wrestling shows today. One of the most respected wrestlers in the world, Flair's career encompasses 40 years in the squared circle. He is a 16-time world champion.

1. Triple H
   Ric Flair
2. Sean Michaels
   The Iron Sheik

Born in Tehran in 1942, Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri, better known as the Iron Sheikh, had a colorful wrestling career which saw him crowned WWF Champion in 1983. He is considered one of the best villains in wrestling history. One of his finishing moves was the Camel Clutch, a submission hold.

1. The Iron Sheik
   Hulk Hogan
2. Bret Hart
   The Rock

Bret "The Hitman" Hart, a member of the fabled Hart family of wrestlers, started his career in the mid-1970s with Stampede Wrestling. By the mid-1980s, he had caught the attention of the WWF and moved stables. He was extremely popular in the WWF and became a multiple champion in the early '90s.

1. Jake "The Snake" Roberts
   Ric Flair
2. Andre the Giant
   Bret Hart

Aurelian Smith Jr., or Jake 'The Snake' Roberts to the wrestling fraternity, spent much of the '80s terrorizing his opponents with his pet snakes. His signature finishing move, The DDT, is one of the most recognizable moves in wrestling. Roberts is semi-retired but did return to the WWF in 2014.

1. Ric Flair
   Hillbilly Jim
2. Jake 'The Snake' Roberts
   Sgt. Slaughter

Professional wrestler Robert Remus, or Sgt. Slaughter as he was known, started his career in the early '70s. During the '80s, he moved between the WWF, National Wrestling Alliance and the American Wrestling Association.

1. Sgt. Slaughter
   Hillbilly Jim
2. Hulk Hogan
   The Ultimate Warrior

With his trademark brown floppy hat, James Morris or HIllybilly Jim was one of WWF's most popular wrestlers in the mid to late '80s. His finishing move was the Bear Hug.

1. The British Bulldog
   Hulk Hogan
2. Hillbilly Jim
   Stone Cold Steve Austin

Davey Boy Smith, better known as the British Bulldog, proved to be a popular foreign import into the WWF in the '80s. He died in 1999, aged just 39, after suffering a heart attack.

1. "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan
   The Undertaker
2. Triple H
   The British Bulldog

"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan proved to be extremely popular, thanks to his ever-present American flag. He was the winner of the first ever Royal Rumble in 1988.

1. Andre the Giant
   'Hacksaw' Jim Duggan
2. Bad News Brown
   Hulk Hogan

Born Allen Coage in 1943, Bad News Brown was actually a US Olympian in 1976 in Judo where he won a bronze medal. After competing in a number of different wrestling associations in the 1980s, he joined the World Wrestling Federation in 1988 where his loner persona was respected as he always fought to the very end. His finishing move was known as the Ghetto Blaster.

1. The Ultimate Warrior
   The Rock
2. Smash
   Bad News Brown

Part of the Demolition tag team, Smash (William Reid "Bill" Eadie) gained notoriety in the World Wrestling Federation in the late 1980s.

1. Hillbilly Jim
   Andre the Giant
2. Bad News Brown
   "Macho Man" Randy Savage

"Macho Man" Randy Savage (Randy Poffo) was a renowned professional wrestler during the 1980s. He held both the World Wrestling Federation Intercontinental Championship belt and the Heavyweight Championship belt during his career.

1. 'Macho Man' Randy Savage
   Smash
2. Ric Flair
   Big Boss Man

Born Ray Washington Taylor Jr, Big Boss Man was a successful wrestler whose career grew when he joined the World Wrestling Federation in 1988. He went on to hold their Hardcore Championship on four occasions. Taylor died in 2004 from a heart attack at the age of 41.

1. 'Macho Man' Randy Savage
   Dino Bravo
2. The Iron Sheik
   Big Boss Man

A stalwart of the World Wrestling Federation in the mid- to late 1980's, Dino Bravo, born Adolfo Bresciano, was generally cast as a villain. He was murdered in 1993, aged just 44.

1. The Honky Tonk Man
   Dino Bravo
2. Hulk Hogan
   Andre the Giant

Wayne Farris, popularly known as the Honky Tonk Man was a professional wrestler from 1977 and still wrestles to this day on the independent circuit. He was most popular during his time with the WWF, where he was the Intercontinental Champion between 1987 and 1988.

1. Ricky Santana
   The Rock
2. The Honky Tonk Man
   Bad News Brown

Ricardo Santana Ortiz kept his wrestling name of Ricky Santana pretty close to the original. He fought in a number of different wrestling bodies including the WWF. Santana made his debut in 1982.

1. The Undertaker
   Ric Flair
2. Rocky Johnson
   Ricky Santana

Born Wayde Douglas Bowles, Rocky Johnson started his professional wrestling career in 1964. In the early '80s, he was part of the WWF roster and became Tag Team champion with Tony Atlas in 1983, the first African American pair to hold the title. Johnson is the father of wrestler and actor Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson.

1. The Barbarian
   Bret Hart
2. Rocky Johnson
   Jake 'The Snake' Roberts

Born Sione Havea Vailahi, The Barbarian is a professional wrestler from Tonga who performed for Jim Crockett Promotions and the WWF in the 1980s.

1. Hillbilly Jim
   The Barbarian
2. Brutus Beefcake
   The British Bulldog

Ed Leslie, wresting name Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake, was a regular performer in WWF for much of the '80s. He formed a formidable tag team partnership with Greg "The Hammer" Valentine called The Dream Team.

1. The Undertaker
   Triple H
2. Brutus Beefcake
   Haku

Tonga Fifita, known in wrestling circles as Haku, hailed from the island of Tonga. He first started out a sumo wrestler, before turning to the wrestling circuit and becoming part of the WWF stable in 1986.

1. 'Hacksaw' Jim Duggan
   Ric Flair
2. Haku
   Jesse Ventura

Without a doubt, Jesse Ventura has lived an interesting life filled with wrestling and politics. He performed in the squared circle for a number of stables including the WWF and later became a commentator for the franchise and governor of Minnesota.

1. Jesse Ventura
   "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
2. Smash
   The Ultimate Warrior

Born Roderick George Toombs in Canada in 1954, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper made use of his Scottish heritage to build his wrestling persona. He always came to the ring accompanied by bagpipe music and wearing a kilt. Piper was extremely popular in the 1980s, particularly in the WWF. He died in 2015.

1. Brutus Beefcake
   Tatanka
2. The British Bulldog
   'Rowdy' Roddy Piper

Born Christopher Charvis, Tantanka used his Native American roots to build his wrestling persona. His career started in 1989.

1. Tatanka
   Junkyard Dog
2. Andre the Giant
   Hulk Hogan

Sylvester Ritter, the Junkyard Dog, wrestled both for the NWA and WWF during the 1980s. He proved to be extremely popular.

1. Junkyard Dog
   Hercules
2. Ric Flair
   Smash

Raymond Fernandez, stage name of Hercules, was a popular WWF wrestler from the mid-'80s. He even fought for Hulk Hogan's World Heavyweight title, although he lost.

1. Hercules
   The Honky Tonk Man
2. Tatanka
   Dynamite Kid

Thomas Billington, the Dynamite Kid, wrestled for three franchises during the 1980s including four years at the WWF. He formed part of the tag team the British Bulldogs.

1. Bob Backlund
   Ax
2. Junkyard Dog
   Dynamite Kid

Two-time heavyweight champion Bob Backlund was extremely successful during the 1980s. His signature move was the cross-faced chicken wing!

1. Hulk Hogan
   Bob Backlund
2. Rick Martel
   Bret Hart

Richard Vigneault, known by his wrestling name of Rick Martel, wrested for both the WWF and the American Wrestling Association during the 1980s. In the early '80s, he was a Tag Team Champion in the WWF.

1. Hercules
   'Macho Man' Randy Savage
2. Tito Santana
   Rick Martel

Tito Santana spent the whole of the '80s as part of the WWF stable, winning the Intercontinental Championship in the process.

1. Tito Santana
   Triple H
2. The Rock
   Nikolai Volkoff

Josip Hrvoje Peruzović, better known as Nikolai Volkoff, was often the villain of the piece during his wrestling career in the 1980s. He partnered with another villainous character, the Iron Sheik, to win the Tag Team Championship in the mid-1980s.

1. Hulk Hogan
   "Ravishing" Rick Rude
2. George 'The Animal' Steele
   Hercules

Another wrestler who died early (aged just 40), Ravishing Rick Rude wrestled for four different franchises in the '80s, ending with the WWF. Sadly, he died from heart failure in 1999.

1. Haku
   Ax
2. Hercules
   Dusty Rhodes

Virgil Riley Runnels Jr or "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes proved a popular wrestler in the 1980s. He was known for his excellent oratory skills and brilliant personality.

1. Bam Bam Bigelow
   Dusty Rhodes
2. Sgt. Slaughter
   Jake 'The Snake' Roberts

At 6 feet 4 inches and weighing 390 pounds, Scott Charles Bigelow, or Bam Bam, was a massive unit. He started in the wrestling scene in the mid-'80s, quickly progressing to the ever-growing WWF. More stable changes followed in the '90s. Bigelow died in 2007, aged just 45, from a drug overdose.

1. Mr. Perfect
   Hulk Hogan
2. Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka
   Bam Bam Bigelow

Born James Wiley Smith, Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka's wrestling career began in the late '60s. During the '80s he fought in both the WWF and the American Wrestling Association. His signature finishing move was the SuperFly Splash.

1. Big John Studd
   Smash
2. "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase
   Ax

Ted DiBiase, or The Million Dollar Man, participated in a number of different wrestling promotions during the '80s. He returned to the WWF in 1987 with his signature finishing move, The Million Dollar Dream.

1. One Man Gang
   Shawn "The Heartbreak Kid" Michaels
2. The Undertaker
   Ric Flair

Shawn Michaels began his wrestling career in the 1980s, becoming extremely popular in the WWF from the middle of the decade as part of the tag team, "The Rockers." He went on to win many accolades in the 1990s.

1. Shawn "The Heartbreak Kid" Michaels
   Ric Flair
2. The Undertaker
   Hulk Hogan

One of the most recognized wrestlers in the world, The Undertaker started out his career in the late 1980s and went on to become one of the greatest athletes in the sport.

1. Owen Hart
   The Undertaker
2. Hercules
   Sgt. Slaughter

Part of the legendary Hart family out of Canada, Owen Hart started his career in the WWF in 1988. He tragically died in 1999 when his entrance into the ring (where he was lowered from the roof) went horribly wrong.