Last Updated on April 2, 2024 by Avik Das
When it comes to professional wrestling, the overall physique, fitness level, promo skills, and dexterity in the ring matter the most for a wrestler to be successful. With all these qualities, wrestlers are likely to be successful if they are pushed well. But another thing that is often overlooked is the look, especially the hair. There are many bald wrestlers as well as long-haired wrestlers and short-haired wrestlers.
While a wrestler’s credibility can’t be measured by long, short, or bald hair, needless to say, there have been many wrestlers without hair in the history of wrestling. Many such bald wrestlers have ended up being the greatest names of any generation or era. Here are such wrestlers with shaved heads who created history.
#10 Braun Strowman
Braun Strowman debuted as the black sheep of The Wyatt Family. Back then, he had a long beard as well as long hair. However, with time in WWE, his appearance started changing. Other than becoming lighter, the Monster Among Men also changed his hairstyle. Moreover, he is one of the tallest wrestlers in WWE ight now. Strowman’s hairline started thinning, so he decided to shave his head. However, his signature beard has remained intact. Being a two-time Universal Champion, Strowman is certainly one of the best wrestlers of the current generation and the history of WWE.
#9 Big Show
Big Show is another giant, who has attained significant success in his wrestling career whether in WCW or WWE. During his run in the former, Big Show was called ‘The Giant’, who was a main event star there. He debuted as Big Show later and enjoyed a great run, winning the World title. The Giant in WCW had a full-head hair. However, as Big Show in WWE, he shaved his head and kept a beard. The World’s Largest Athlete is arguably a prominent giant to grace the ring.
#8 Vader
Vader or Big Van Vader was a huge talent in the early 1990s. While he conquered Japan by winning the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, he also won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship thrice in his career. Although he also wrestled in WWE, he never won anything there other than a Hall of Fame tag in 2002. Vader in the heyday wrestled in a mask. However, his skull was visible even after wearing a mask. He was a bald man right from the beginning of the 1990s.
#7 Rey Mysterio
Rey Mysterio is one of the greatest masked wrestlers of all time. The luchador has proven that smaller-sized wrestlers can also succeed in WWE. As a result, he has become a Grand Slam Champion, including winning the World title three times in his career. Even though Rey’s mask covers his skull, he is actually bald, and he has been without hair for a majority of his wrestling career.
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#6 Bobby Lashley
Bobby Lashley has had two stints in WWE, with his current stint becoming the most successful one. Besides WWE, he has wrestled in TNA and fought in MMA. He is a two-time WWE Champion and is presently one of the top stars of the company. Lashley is known for his imposing physique, which he still maintains in his mid-40s. But he has been bald since his debut in WWE.
#5 Kurt Angle
Kurt Angle won the Olympic gold medal with a broken freaking neck. However, back then, he had full-length hair. Even in his early days at WWE, Angle had hair. Eventually, his hairline started thinning, and he shaved his hair. Once he shaved his hair, for the rest of his career, he carried the same look. Besides WWE, he was bald during his lengthy career in TNA. Angle won the WWE Championship and TNA Championship multiple times, placing him among the greatest bald wrestlers of all time.
#4 Batista
Batista debuted as Deacon Batista, who shaved his head. But as soon as he debuted as Batista, he grew back his hair and joined Evolution. He ended up having a stupendous run, and he was a main event star to win the world title six times in his career. But as his career progressed, Batista’s hair started thinning. He eventually wrestled with a shaved head. Today, he is a Hollywood star and still has no hair,
#3 Goldberg
Goldberg first started his career wrestling in WCW, where he became an enormous star. As a powerhouse, he started an unbeaten run, and it was one of the greatest undefeated streaks of professional wrestling. While Goldberg‘s beard changed over the years, his bald head has remained the same. In WCW, the former World Heavyweight Champion had a bald head and it continued in WWE. However, before becoming a wrestler, he had full head of hair.
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#2 The Rock
The Rock made his debut as Rock Maivia, who had a full head of hair. For the first few years of The Rock’s career, he kept hair. However, he eventually started having a bald look before leaving for Hollywood. When The Great One returned for in-ring actions in 2013, he had a completely bald look. In Hollywood, The Rock sports a bald look. He is not only one of the top bald Hollywood artists but a wrestler with shaved head.
#1 Stone Cold Steve Austin
Stone Cold Steve Austin, who is regarded as the one of greatest Superstar of any generation if not the greatest, is also a bald wrestler. When it comes to drawing capacity, there is nobody close to the Texas Rattlesnake, and he was the reason for WWE’s massive popularity in the Attitude Era. Stone Cold Steve Austin is a multi-time WWE Champion. When he came to WWE, he shaved his head due to hair thinning, and it helped him give birth to Stone Cold Steve Austin.
Avik Das is the founder of Sportsheed. He is a sports lover with broad knowledge of Professional Wrestling, MMA, Football, and Cricket. He has an English major and has previously written articles for various sports and entertainment websites
