10 Biggest One Hit Wonders In Wrestling History

10. Karl Anderson

Known for: a fine - not best in the world-level, like it is oftentimes touted as being - outing opposite a still-green Kazuchika Okada.

In the finals of NJPW's puroresu smorgasbord G1 Climax in 2012, Anderson and Okada crafted an awesome blend of the stiff, potent, brain damage-inducing style with which New Japan had built an empire upon, and the flashier, counter-laden sequenced structure that was beginning to emerge. What came of that was a legitimately mesmerising closing sequence - there is a mint set of Gun Stun-Rainmaker reversals in the final minute that is always worth seeking out - and the first G1 ascension for NJPW's next big thing.

Why didn't he thrive after: Karl Anderson is a skilful, adaptable, deft worker...when he's paired with a similarly talented colleague.

There is nothing disingenuous in saying that. His pairings alongside Doc/Luke Gallows and Giant Bernard are what he is best known for, and triumph followed because of it: he is a fourteen-time Tag Team Champion across multiple territories. Would similar success have followed 'The Machine Gun' had he developed the necessary traits to break out as a headline New Japan act?

Realistically, no, but if you are to believe his tales, he was to New Japan in 2012 what Hulk Hogan was to the WWF in the early 1980s.