The greatest WWE wrestler of all time (from the standpoint of stamina in the ring)

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Stamina in the ring is an important part of the industry as their performers have to perform longer than most people on the roster. WWE To make longer matches unusual, we have played shorter matches across the cards in major events, but some of the names selected have been able to play many longer matches.

Talent to gain a reputation for having great stamina can compete up to 30 minutes or more if the company is needed to have the classics. A considerable number of names are benefiting from this as fans respect them more because they are the horses of their jobs. The next wrestler deserves credit for having the strongest ring stamina in WWE history.

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Rick Flare

Ric Flair had a bad reputation before joining WWE


WWE tenure

Best WWE Match (via Cagematch vote)

vs Shawn Michaels – WrestleMania 24 (20:23)

The incredible history of Ric Flair’s match was characterized by his travels around the world defending the NWA heavyweight championship. Flair has become known for running for more than 60 minutes with various promotions.

The first WWE Stint of Flair in the early 1990s was characterized by delivering whenever WWE placed him in a longer match, like his epic performance at the iconic Royal Rumble in 1992. Flair had a shorter match on his final WWE run, but that was because he was in his 50s.

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Seth Rollins

Seth Rollins takes pride in his conditioning


Seth Rollins Curb Stompeugeot Campareal Imaging Wwe wrestlemania 40

WWE tenure

Best WWE Match (via Cagematch vote)

Since 2010

vs John Cena & Brock Lesnar – Royal Rumble 2015 (22:48)

Seth Rollins created an early career in the Ring of Honor as a horse of work that had surprisingly long matches with various future legends. In the Shield chapter of Rollins’ career, he was able to spend most of his time in the ring than his partners Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns.

WWE continued to trust Rollins as they moved the ladder up and performed fantastically. One memorable moment featured Seth spending nearly an hour in a gauntlet match. WWE believed in Rollins enough to make him the main event a PPV in the Iron Man match.

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Chris Jericho

His matches often revealed that he received more time


Chris Jericho imagines Immer

WWE tenure

Best WWE Match (via Cagematch vote)

1999-2018

vs Chris Benoit – Royal Rumble 2001 (18:43)

Chris Jericho has spoken about his career more than most wrestlers because he has a weekly podcast and multiple books. One of them featured Jericho, who was talking about what she was proud of when House Show Agents added additional time in the early 2000s if they needed to change cards.

Jericho has been considered a master for changing things on the spot and playing games based on excitement during his prime. The epic feud against Shawn Michaels was characterized by distanced themselves in the longest match of almost every PPV they faced.

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Bruno Sammartino

There are three longest matches in WWE history


Bruno Sammartino

WWE tenure

Best WWE Match (via Cagematch vote)

vs Billy Graham – Live Event (13:05)

The first major face of the WWE company featured Bruno Sam Martino, who loved following the products at every show at Madison Square Garden, as San Martino defended the WWE Championship, and was pushed to Vince McMahon senior fans in the New York area.

Older days featured Sam Martino, who had to spend nearly an hour in the ring every night, but some argued that a slower pace helped. Sammartino has been running for over an hour in three singles matches, the longest in WWE history.

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AJ Style

He gained respect as a new job horse


AJ Style Royal Rumble Imagine

WWE tenure

Best WWE Match (via Cagematch vote)

It existed since 2016

vs John Cena (Royal Rumble 2017 (24:10)

WWE signed AJ Style after becoming known for its amazing ring skills and TNA and New Japan. Styles’ stint at NJPW was rarely held for more than 30 minutes, so I was in the fans watching him go to nearly an hour for the first time in a classic match.

The incredible reputation led to the style of participating in WWE later in his career, but he still performed at a high level. AJ had some of John Cena’s last long classic matches and worked as a workhorse whenever he needed his stamina to fill in the time with a long PPV.

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Shawn Michaels

Shawn Michaels helped change the industry


Shawn Michaels's Football Game Image

WWE tenure

Best WWE Match (via Cagematch vote)

vs. Undertaker – WrestleMania 21 (30:42)

American wrestling fans were not used to the talent for playing exciting matches for long until the early 1990s. WWE had the main event that minimized athletic ability in the Golden Age, but it has brought dramatic changes to the new generation era.

Shawn Michaels took pride in changing the landscape by offering longer matches that others struggled to follow. Michaels’ long career saw him playing great games that always exceeded the 20-minute mark, and he helped introduce a 60-minute Iron Man match.

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Cart angle

I was asked to play a longer match


Kurt Angle Imagination - Imagination

WWE tenure

Best WWE Match (via Cagematch vote)

vs Shawn Michaels – WrestleMania 21 (27:16)

Not all wrestlers want long matches, but Kurt Angle revealed in his podcast that he loves them the most. The match with Angle with Chris Benoit taught him that he felt most comfortable making longer stories.

Many fans and critics nominated Angle as the best wrestler in the world in the early 2000s.

Angle thrived by having a matte classic that gave him an unparalleled reputation. The match between Brockle Lesnar and Angle’s Iron Man is often named the best name in the history of the company.

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Perfect

Kurt Hennig’s stamina was certainly… perfect!

WWE tenure

Best WWE Match (via Cagematch vote)

vs Bret Hart -Summerslam 1991 (18:04)

Curt Hennig received Mr Perfect’s name and gimmick because of how perfect he felt as a performer. Perfect has become the rare WWE heels that have entertained the classics in the ring and fans of his in-ring performances.

Stamina was the longest match in most events and kept it exciting every time, so it wasn’t a perfect problem. Bret Hart often gives him the perfect name for the best wrestler he has faced, due to his ability to stop athletic performances in long matches whenever he is called.

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Daniel Brian

Daniel Brian was able to play a great match against anyone.


Brian Danielson imagines images

WWE tenure

Best WWE Match (via Cagematch vote)

2009-2021

vs John Price – Summerslam 2013 (26:53)

Brian Danielson aka Daniel Bryan has become known as the modern work horse for having a long list of classic matches over 60 minutes in his Ring of Honor career. WWE didn’t require him to play games that long, but Brian won the fans by performing incrediblely.

The desire to have a long match and tell a deeper story made Brian comfortable in the main event scene. Brian delivered in all the long matches WWE had trusted him.

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Bret Heart

The face of the era where work rates have been changed


Bret Heart Looking at the Camera - Image

WWE tenure

Best WWE Match (via Cagematch vote)

1984-1997

vs Steve Austin – WrestleMania 13 (22:05)

In objectively good in-ring matches, work rates today are a common term, but no one knew what it meant in the early 1990s. In the new generation era, fans realized that exciting games could replace the styles of Hulk Hogan and Ultimate Warriors.

Bret Hart’s single push is Mr. We featured a breakout match between Perfect and Roddy Piper changing the game. WWE made him the face of the company and gave him the trust to play a long game. The PPV classics earn all credits, but Brett also had to offer a long match in the main event of the House Show.

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