10 Most Dangerous Wrestlers Under Six Feet Tall
Short fuses
Hornswoggle's surprise cameo in Saudi Arabia's Greatest Royal Rumble was presumably due to Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman requesting Little Beaver appear alongside fellow deceased stars Yokozuna and The Ultimate Warrior. Nonetheless, Finlay's storyline son looked buzzing to be asked to perform in front of 60,000+ supporters after sticking at it on the independent scene since his 2016 departure.
After hitting Kofi Kingston with a Samoan drop, he was dispatched by a less-than-impressed Tony Nese. 'The Premier Athlete' probably envied former Cruiserweight Champion's success. It's not like he'll get anywhere near the strap the leprechaun once retired.
'The Little B*stard' was many things, but a titleholder should never have been one of them. With a shillelagh in hand he was at best a bothersome presence, but even then the weapon was best deployed in the grasp of his Irish accomplice. He was vicious, but only comedically so. He wasn't tough.
It was why Vince McMahon saw such hilarious disconnect in him as his storyline progeny. The Chairman loves big broad lads almost as much as he loves big broad gags - he's built his empire pushing them even when they're categorically not "best for business", and continues to today.
Plenty of his past employees have worn lifts to boost themselves above the six-foot mark, despite the magic in selling the size of the fight in the dog rather than the dog in the fight. McMahon's current 'Big Dog' hardly looks tough right now - he couldn't have done worse pushing one of these short-stacked spitfires...
10. Daniel Bryan
The 'Yes Man' established a relationship of deep-rooted respect with the WWE audience on his first night with the company after years of delivering gutsy and grim sh*tkickings on the independent scene. His NXT debut against Chris Jericho was designed to cast him as an over-matched underdog - it instead rendered him the only logical winner of the daft talent show-style knockout show.
Bryan absorbed brutal blows from the then-World Heavyweight Champion, including a gloriously grisly bump onto the announce desk from a caught dive. Though shocking to all fans catching a glimpse of Bryan for the first time, it was par for the course to those that saw him pre-WWE.
Gleefully cutting his teeth on an intense circuit, Bryan honed his aggressive style in wars against some of the very best in the world. Offence was the best form of defence for the 5'10 dynamo, relying as he did on wicked kicks and slick submissions to keep his opponents subdued. He was forced to battle through several injuries whilst doing it too. Regularly bandaged beyond belief, Bryan infamously detached his retina in a bruising battle with then-ROH World Champion Takeshi Morishma.
Such legitimate intestinal fortitude prepared for WWE's unrelenting grind and clearly armed him with the mental strength to "fight for his dreams" years after they were thought to be dashed.