39 Best Wrestlers From 39 Different Countries
1. Wales: Adrian Street
Birthplace: Brynmawr, Wales
Now many may instantly think of Mason Ryan when thinking of Welsh wrestlers, largely down to his exposure on WWE television. But there are several other more notable Welshman to have donned a pair of tights and some boots.
Orig Williams is a man known as a legend in his homeland, with him being famed for working across the globe as the villainous El Bandito. Just pipping Orig to the nod of Wales’ greatest wrestler, though, is Adrian Street.
Playing on the homophobia of the day, Street honed his craft as a truly ground-breaking effeminate villain on Britain’s famed World of Sport and across the rest of Europe. He’d eventually end up becoming a staple of Alabama’s Continental Championship Wrestling, where he’d feud and team with the likes of Austin Idol, Bob Armstrong, Rip Rogers and Bill Dundee.
It’s hard to explain just how influential and game-changing Street’s erotic, flamboyant persona was, and it’s the success of his gimmick and ring work that marks his as the greatest wrestler to come from the green, green grass of Wales.