10 Most Badass Wrestlers On The Planet Today

10. Shinsuke Nakamura

Not only is Nakamura a former NXT Champion, he's also is a five-time IWGP Intercontinental Champion, a three-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, and even had a successful-but-short-lived MMA career in the early 2000s, winning three of his five competitive matches.

Nakamura has trained vale tudo, learned under some of the most accomplished fighters in both wrestling and mixed martial arts, and his strikes can legitimately do this to a man’s face, even within the confines of a worked professional wrestling match. When Nakamura goes, he really goes, and his dedication to upholding his ‘King of Strong Style’ moniker makes him one of the stiffest workers in WWE today.

Just go back and watch his stellar match with Sami Zayn from NXT TakeOver: Dallas, or any footage from after the bout. The welts on Sami Zayn’s back and torso are scary, and serve as grim reminders of just how tough Shinsuke Nakamura is.