10 Most Criminally Underrated Wrestlers In History

10. The Big Boss Man

The Big Boss Man was a refreshing antidote to the super-humans who populated the WWF in the Golden Age of the 1980s.

Where Hulk Hogan was a (literally) impossible feat of musculature, Boss Man was rotund and more relatable because of it. Where the Ultimate Warrior was an incoherent wall of sound, Boss Man in the face role was an earnest and direct mic man with a message both simple and honourable. He was never the best in-ring talent, but his matches were far more dynamic than his physique and the simplistic norm promised. In an age where believability was not a concern, you could still buy him. He was an aberration - a rugged and flabby NWA bruiser in a cartoonish environment.

Which makes his Attitude Era run all the more astonishing. Boss Man had played the heel back then, but never with as much cackling enthusiasm as he did towards the tail end of the 1990s. Put simply, he was an absolute b*stard - an almost ludicrously offensive and entirely detestable jerk in an era dominated by the cool heel.

Exhibit A: Even at his most admonished - during his feud with Al Snow in 1999 - Boss Man proved that he could adapt to the new, brawling-heavy style of the Austin years, rag-dolling Snow in a bloody, weapons-filled bar room brawl at SummerSlam.