MANIAC Wrestlers That Will Totally F*** YOU UP! ?

2. Stan Hansen

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The picture above finds Stan Hansen fearlessly throwing himself at Andre The Giant, as was his wont in a career that spanned four decades and never really pivoted from the central premise - f*ckin' you up like every maniac cowboy you'd ever seen.

Combining the crazy of former tag team partner Bruiser Brody with the cowboy aesthetic of every Wild West meathead from Terry Funk to JBL to Hangman Page, Stan Hansen was a pro wrestling original who had equal power at the box office as he put behind his mammoth lariat.

Hansen drew everywhere he went, and he went everywhere. He went to All Japan and New Japan where he became one of the most celebrated imports in the history of the industry there, dominated across multiple major and minor territories throughout the 1970s and 1980s, and bossed his way into the WWE Hall Of Fame thanks to short but impactful runs against Bruno Sammartino and Bob Backlund.

An unstoppable force, by working into the year 2000, he became the opposite of a f*cker-upper - he was able to boast a career that spanned four decades before leaving the industry in a far better place than he found it.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation nearly 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett