5 Martial Artists who Would Have Been Great in WWE -- and 5 that were

#2 Would have been great: Chuck Norris

Chuck Norris started his martial arts journey while serving with the US Air force. Once out of the service, he began to compete in martial arts tournaments around the world.

Norris lost most of his early tournaments, but then he wound up holding the world middleweight karate championship for six years, during which time he was undefeated.

Norris would strike up a friendship with fellow martial artist Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee even gave Chuck Norris his first shot at stardom when he cast the American as the villain in the film Return of the Dragon.

From there, Norris became a movie star in his own right, making dozens of films and ruling the box office for most of the late 1970s and early 1980s.

We believe that Norris' superstar charisma would have made him a good WWE superstar, even if his physique isn't as chiselled as some of his fellow film martial arts stars. Norris is most known today for his presence in hundreds of internet memes, most of them centered around how ludicrously tough he is.

Norris was a special enforcer in the casket match between The Undertaker and Yokozuna back in the day.