10 Most Revolutionary Individuals In Wrestling History

10. The Undertaker Redefines What It Means To Be A Big Man

For many years, the bigger wrestlers were booked to be immobile, so that they'd come across as superhuman. Initially, the Undertaker did this as well, rarely looking vulnerable or doing anything overly athletic at all.

But soon, Mark Calaway decided that he wanted to do something different. And so, the Undertaker’s offense evolved, and the undead wrestler started moving around in a way that no one had ever seen before WHEN?. Undertaker ran the ropes with considerable speed and agility, he adopted a flying clothesline as a signature move, and he did moves like ‘Old School’. Then there’s his craziest maneuver of all: his over-the-top-rope no-hands suicide dive.

As many wrestlers have stated in the past, it’s difficult for them (wrestlers smaller than ‘Taker) to perform such a maneuver; but he does it with what appears to be little difficulty. It’s breathtaking to see the Undertaker dive over the ropes, despite being almost 7 feet tall and weight around 300 pounds.

It’s this athleticism of his that revolutionized what it meant to be a big man. After the Undertaker started doing these things, the expectation for big men changed. They were now meant to move around a lot more, and were supposed to be more athletic than before.

This is why wrestlers like Mabel, the Great Khali and Giant Gonzalez failed to become big stars. The Undertaker, who is now considered by some to be ‘the greatest big man of all time’, revolutionized what it meant to be a big man in the business.