50 Best Wrestlers From Each Of The United States

Every state has its own story in wrestling. These men help tell it.

By Aaron Hyden /

When it comes to pro wrestling knowledge and trivia, one thing that is an underrated topic of discussion is where wrestlers are from. When it comes to the best of the best, you can usually remember where they're billed from. The Undertaker? Death Valley. Hulk Hogan? Venice Beach, California (or Hollywood, California during his years as Hollywood Hogan). Cactus Jack? Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico. John Cena? West Newbury, Massachusetts. Ric Flair? Charlotte, North Carolina. You just know these things from their entrances through the years. Far more often than not, though, those hometowns are merely part of the character, and aren't really where these people are from. Sure, there are plenty of wrestlers who were billed from their actual hometowns or current home cities, but that certainly doesn't happen all the time. If you want to kick things up a notch, you have to look at the places where wrestlers were actually born. Some of them don't make any sense at all, and are so jarringly different than what you would expect, based on their gimmicks through the years, that they become great conversation pieces. This article will look at each of the 50 United States, as well as Washington D.C., and name the greatest wrestler to have been born there. It doesn't matter if they only lived there for a month or two. The only qualification is that they had to have been born there. To determine "greatest", two things will be looked at... in-ring skills and accomplishments (titles won, etc). This list will be in alphabetical order, but be prepared that there are two states (Montana and Wyoming) that will not have a representative. Even with all the wrestlers to have come around through the years, two states just don't have any names that can truly lay claim to them. Let's get a fun discussion started.