10 Times Unlikely Wrestlers Stole The Show

10. Ronda Rousey - WWE WrestleMania 34

Rona Rusey's performance at WrestleMania 34 was mesmerising. Already reviewed twice on this author page, this list was pitched in part as an excuse to revisit the magic for a third time in just over a week.

Her debut performance clicked in such an indefinable way that we can only apply the 'X-Factor' platitude. Ronda, as became gloriously apparent, simply gets pro wrestling - astonishingly, both the mechanics and the minutiae. By the time she, with a terrifying intensity, charged at Stephanie McMahon and flung her over the tope for a long-overdue battering, the fans in the Superdome, to a man, erupted in astonishment and adulation. After destroying Steph by throwing her around by the hair, Rousey plucked those hairs from her fingers with an oh-well grin. She transmitted badass body language so naturally that fans instantly took to her as the heroine promoted.

Stephanie's performance was sensational, too; even as she eyeballed husband Triple H, after he nearly knocked her off the apron, there was a hidden expression of pure panic in her eyes. She wanted no part of Ronda Rousey.

And with good reason: Not once did Ronda not time anything to perfection, nor did she let the performer mask slip. She constantly performed in character, gauging the crowd's appetite for a broken arm with an outward gaze.

She should have known, really: she worked them into that frenzy like an old pro.