Top Blue Collar Pro Wrestlers

Labor Day is a day where America gives tribute to the hardest working people in our country. So today I honor the working class of pro wrestling, the top blue collar wrestlers. While some wrestlers prefer the glitz, the glamor, and the celebrity, here are several pro wrestlers that would rather wear a flannel and a beer in exchange for a martini and a ring robe.

Most pro wrestlers embrace the show of sparkling robes, hot women, and a flashy lifestyle in and out of the ring. Yet some of the most popular wrestlers are ones who have embraced the working man. Wrestlers who prefer to punch and kick their way to the top rather than dazzle with drop kicks and high flying moves. So in honor of Labor Day I take my hat off to these tough, blue collar wrestlers.

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin – Is there any other pro wrestler in the last two decades that represents blue collar more than Steve Austin? The epitome of the conflict between Steve Austin and Vince McMahon was the fact that Vince wanted Steve to corporate, where all Steve wanted to do was drink beer and raise hell. Austin spoke for most of blue collar America when he punched his boss in the face and popped him the finger. Steve Austin is just as blue collar outside of the ring even with his millions of dollars. You won't be reading about Austin spending the summer at Malibu, but you may hear of his many hunting trips. Steve Austin is truly the biggest blue collar wrestling superstar of all time. WWE – The Legacy of Stone Cold Steve Austin

Dusty Rhodes - If Steve Austin was the blue collar wrestling champion of the last generation, Dusty Rhodes was the blue collar wrestling champion of the previous generation. The "son of a plumber," Dusty Rhodes played to the blue collar/working class more so than almost any other pro wrestler. Dusty would often compare his struggles against the NWA world champion to the struggles of middle America. Dusty was more comfortable in a bunkhouse match wearing jeans and cowboy boots than trunks and elbow pads. Yes Dusty had his glamorous robes, but he never forgot his working roots.

Hacksaw Jim Duggan - Old Hacksaw may not have the respect today by wrestling fans after being portrayed as a goof in both the WWE and WCW, but that wasn't the Hacksaw Jim Duggan that I grew up watching. Hacksaw never wore a wrestling robe and unlike most wrestlers in the WWF or the 1980s, Duggan wrestled in a plain pair of boots and trunks. Duggan like most tough blue collar workers never backed down from a challenge whether it was Andre the Giants, the Russians in Mid-South, One Man Gang, or "Macho King" Randy Savage. Duggan always wore his American colors proud and often waived a big American flag as he came to the ring.

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