12 Wrestlers With The Best Win Percent In WWE History
Gone with the wins.
As usual, some caveats apply here.
Ronda Rousey's miraculous rookie year was both in kayfabe and reality one of the (if not the) greatest in WWE history, and with only one pinfall/submission loss, her record surpasses every other. However, she's also only worked 31 matches during this time - less than one per week and a far cry from the hundreds assembled by the full-timers making towns several nights a week.
To score highly under those circumstances reflects a huge show of confidence from the company, and it's why only wrestlers with 100 matches or more qualify for this particular ranking. Apologies are extended to the likes of Ludvig Borga, Tom Zenk and El Torito (!) who would all be present had they knocked out a few more matches during their respective WWE tenures.
Road Dogg, speaking on behalf of the organisation, once suggested that wins and losses don't really matter. He was inelegant in his assessment, but the point drilled into WWE's modern churn and just how challenging it is to book somebody persistently as a winner in the modern age. There are more Horace Hogans than Hulks in 2019 - it takes becoming an almost unassailable winner not to be a total loser.
(Gracious thanks to ProFightDB for the data used to compile this list)
12. Brutus Beefcake - 76%
Brutus Beefcake's strong percentage return reflects on more than just the powerful friendship that so often ensured job security in the wrestling industry for over two decades.
Winning three quarters of his 171 WWE encounters, Beefcake wore doubles gold as a heel and won often on television and at house shows in order to facilitate the always-popular heel haircut spot. His most notable victories came during the peak period of his run before the devastating 1990 parasailing accident that significantly shortened his in-ring stint.
Wins alongside Hulk Hogan and Dusty Rhodes at SummerSlam and Survivor Series respectively in 1989 served as reminders of just how good he was at rubbing shoulders with the stars, but a subsequent WrestleMania VI appearance was his own shining moment - a 'Show Of Shows' victory over Mr Perfect ended Curt Hennig's own impressive on-screen unbeaten run ahead of planned Intercontinental Title reigns for both men throughout the summer.