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10 Most Hardcore Wrestlers: photos
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Abdullah the Butcher took delight in punishing opponents.
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6 }" M1 z D+ z: cHis weapon of choice was a fork.3 A' D- W% _; F. B" X
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/ S5 J5 |( @5 h% L z% P; cBruiser Brody didn't often need weapons to dish out pain.
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When he did use plunder, he often grabbed a chain.
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Dusty Rhodes may be famous for his interviews, but he had no trouble showing his opponents "hard times" in the ring.: X2 ~$ x* P1 K' r6 z7 l
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! i0 H ~; a& `, OThe Texas Bullrope Match became Rhodes' specialty.
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The WWE Universe got a peek into Mick Foley's extreme side during his Hell in a Cell Match against The Undertaker.
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Foley's breathtaking fall from the top of the Cell is still talked about to this day.* E+ [7 ~6 e; Z T1 v8 \' ^
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7 Q( q$ g4 `: G9 B0 p. lThe Hardcore Legend wasn't afraid to use barbed wire ...+ f5 W: `& d: M
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& B1 _% `& G+ O3 c* r) }" z... or thumbtacks to punish his foes.
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ECW's "Original Gangsta," New Jack had many scars from his vicious battles.# @. X( V: F5 d- _
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Sabu was called "death-defying" for a reason.8 r% ~+ I D* y' @% p y
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5 V( V! q- w" [) MHe put his body on the line in all of his bouts, leaping fearlessly onto his opponents.- u7 s9 F% b% V( b+ o
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Shane McMahon surprised the WWE Universe when he engaged in hardcore battles with Superstars like Kurt Angle.
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" U0 v; k" w2 d0 I0 b; ?6 E% L4 l% x: BThe Olympic gold medalist sent McMahon crashing through plate glass.
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The Boy Wonder had no fear of heights, diving from atop WWE's monstrous entrance sets.
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After winning the NWA Championship in the 1970s, Terry Funk reinvented himself as a hardcore brawler in the 1990s.
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Dubbed "middle aged and crazy," Funk brawled with ECW's best, capturing the company's World Title.
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6 G$ h3 w5 r5 ~Tommy Dreamer was the heart and soul of ECW.
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8 D$ O1 G7 z2 P) S& b# X! m+ f9 nThe Innovator of Violence always came armed with a Singapore Cane.
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