10 Wrestlers Who Remained Great Past 45

If there’s one opponent who will never truly job, it’s Father Time. Professional wrestling is brutal on the body at the best of times and even the toughest of wrestlers are eventually forced to slow down. While some are tragically cut down in their prime due to any number of issues, there are others who remain defiant in the face of advancing age.

Through everything from maintaining good physical health to total overhauls of character and style, some wrestlers have a knack for remaining relevant as the years roll by. There are, of course, others who stick around without any of that, going way beyond their prime and often hindering their legacies in the process. Such cases have become increasingly common in the last decade or so, often to the hindrance of newer, younger wrestlers trying to crack the main event. Happily, there are others who maintain their superstar status and fit right in with every generation they come across.

From across the world and over several generations, let’s take a look at 10 wrestlers who continued to be phenomenal talents past 45.

Back in 2018, Austrian chop master WALTER arrived at Joey Janela’s Spring Break 2 ready for war with a mystery opponent. For fans, there was an odd sense of disappointment, even confusion, when his foe was revealed as Pierre Carl Ouellet. For those not well versed in WWF’s New Generation Era, the former Quebecer held little to no name value.

With a series of Frankenstein-like training videos in which he performed strongman feats, PCO was in the process of reinventing himself as a part man, part monster. His chest blistering brawl with WALTER easily won over the crowd and impressed the world of indie wrestling in general. The welts were well worth it for PCO as he fast became a name in high demand, eventually signing with ROH.

Last year, PCO defeated Rush at Final Battle to become the oldest (51 at the time of victory) ROH World Champion in history. His first world title, PCO has proven to be something of a late bloomer in the wrestling world and there are no signs of him slowing down any time soon.