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10. Mick Foley - Wimbledon

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Mick Foley was never famed for being the most technically gifted of wrestlers. His style was far from sophisticated, and as rough around the edges as it got.

But he certainly wasn't bad. Foley made a virtue of his limitations, maximising what he could do to its fullest. In the process, he became one of the industry's most successful and popular wrestlers.

Like Foley, Wimbledon were never supposed to reach the upper echelons of their sport, and their uncouth, hard-hitting style gained them many detractors. Yet like Foley, it brought them great success.

The Crazy Gang rose through the leagues before defying the odds in 1988 to beat much-fancied Liverpool in the FA Cup final, in a moment akin to Mankind unexpectedly claiming the WWF title on the 4 January 1999 Raw.

Both ably demonstrated that you don't have to be the best to succeed. Just the most violent. Inspiring.

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