Top 10 WWE superstars who 'sell' better than actors

In professional wrestling, one of the most basic yet important things taught to the youngsters is how to take a move, or a ‘bump’. In an industry which tries to suspend the fans’ disbelief, taking a bump, and moreover ‘selling’ the move is of the utmost importance. A performer cannot take a devastating looking maneuver and yet walk away unharmed. Unlike boxing or MMA, where the physicality is real, and is obvious to the naked eye, professional wrestling depends on the notion created by the performers, and the more flashy the maneuver is, the more the recipient of the move is expected to sell.However in the past, there have been numerous superstars who didn’t just sell the move, but made it look like the most painful experience a human being can endure. There have been performers who went overboard with their mannerisms, and in this article, we take a look at 10 such performers in the WWE who could sell better than the actors in Hollywood.

#10 Mick Foley

One can argue that no other performer in the history of professional wrestling had to endure the amount of pain Mick had to go through in his career. From barbed wires to flaming tables to falling off scaffoldings, Mick has been there and done that. It isn’t completely off the mark to hence deduce that the pain Mick often seemed to be in might not be a work, and was legitimate. Who can forget his fall from the HIAC structure, and then through the roof of the cell?

Mick Foley was also one of the best sellers in WWE history, and he understood the psychology of the business. There was a point in the WWE that if you had to put over someone as a devious villain, you could just put him in a match with Mick and dish out punishment, while Mick would sell it like he was in a car crash.