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#2 Total Package Lex Luger
Lex Luger was an also-ran pro football player before his transition to wrestling. He was signed for a time with the Green Bay Packers, but never actually played a game. The most success he garnered was in the now-defunct American Football League.
Luger turned to wrestling when his football career fizzled and enjoyed a great deal of success. The Total Package has held every title available in NWA/WCW, including two reigns as World Champion. He and partner Sting also won the Jim Crockett Cup tag team tournament, a popular round robin event in the 1980s. He also has the distinction of being one of just two men to cleanly defeat Hulk Hogan on Monday Nitro; The other is Arn Anderson.
Luger's chiseled physique was one of the most impressive of the 1980s, and to be honest, his interviews were actually decent, too. You always felt like he really believed what he was saying.
But once the bell rang Luger was adequate, at best. Men like Ric Flair could drag decent performances out of him, but he is mostly remembered for the loud 'OOOW' noises he made when selling offense. He would never quite make it to Flair or close friend Sting's level in the industry but is still a man who main-evented a Wrestlemania and an 80s icon.
Why he was so successful anyway: In the 1980s, the more brawling style of the WWE spread to the independents and the NWA, so Luger wasn't even the worst technical wrestler active in this era. His amazing body and above average talking skills probably helped keep him at the top of the card, and earned him a legendary status in spite of his limited ring abilities.
