Ring names hide real people. This directory lists famous wrestlers from the 1930s to today with their real names, birth years, the companies where they made their names and the achievement they are best known for.
Names with their own deep-dive page are linked in the cards below the table. Records and title counts are as recognised by the promotions at the time of writing and can change.
WrestleMania 39 at SoFi Stadium: Troutfarm27, CC BY-SA 4.0
The directory
Birth year only; second year is the year of death.
Ring name
Real name
Born
Main promotions
Best known for
Andre the Giant
Andre Roussimoff
1946-1993
WWF, Japan, territories
WrestleMania III vs Hulk Hogan
Becky Lynch
Rebecca Quin
1987
WWE
First women's WrestleMania main event (winner, 2019)
Bianca Belair
Bianca Crawford
1989
WWE
Record-length Raw Women's title reign (420 days)
Bret Hart
Bret Hart
1957
Stampede, WWF, WCW
Five-time WWF champion, Sharpshooter
Bruno Sammartino
Bruno Sammartino
1935-2018
WWWF
Longest WWWF title reign, nearly eight years
Bryan Danielson
Bryan Danielson
1981
ROH, WWE, AEW
Yes! movement, WrestleMania XXX title win
CM Punk
Phil Brooks
1978
ROH, WWE, AEW
434-day WWE title reign, pipe bomb promo
Charlotte Flair
Ashley Fliehr
1986
WWE
Many women's world titles, Ric Flair's daughter
Cody Rhodes
Cody Rhodes
1985
WWE, AEW
AEW co-founder, WrestleMania XL win
Dusty Rhodes
Virgil Runnels
1945-2015
NWA, WWF
The American Dream, NWA world champion
Eddie Guerrero
Eduardo Guerrero
1967-2005
AAA, NJPW, WCW, WWE
2004 WWE champion
El Santo
Rodolfo Guzman Huerta
1917-1984
EMLL (CMLL)
Masked hero of lucha libre and film
Gorgeous George
George Wagner
1915-1963
TV era
First TV wrestling star
Hiroshi Tanahashi
Hiroshi Tanahashi
1976
NJPW
The Ace who led NJPW's revival, head of NJPW from 2023
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