The best wrestler from each of the 50 United States 

SOUTH DAKOTA - Brock Lesnar

I mean...you try telling this guy that he didn't win

Yes, he may be billed from Minneapolis, Minnesota, and he may have been a star wrestler at the University of Minnesota, but believe it or not, Brock Lesnar is actually from South Dakota.

One of the most powerful and agile men ever seen in professional wrestling, Brock Lesnar has had quite the wrestling career. He's the youngest wrestler to ever win the WWE Championship, he's a 4-time WWE Champion, the current Universal Champion, a two-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, and he's won both Royal Rumble and the King of the Ring.

He is also the man who infamously ended The Undertaker's undefeated streak at WrestleMania, and to this day he is only one of two men to have defeated The Undertaker on the Grandest Stage of Them All (the other being Roman Reigns).

All of these accolades are well-deserved, too. The man has a proven track record for success just about anywhere he goes. He is easily the best wrestler to come from South Dakota.

TENNESSEE - Jerry "The King" Lawler

Easily one of the hottest acts of the territory days, Jerry "The King" Lawler had somewhat of a Midas Touch; he won gold just about everywhere he went.

For those that don't know him as anything but an obnoxious colour commentator, Lawler was the real deal in the late 70's and early 80's. He has won over 140 championships throughout his long and storied career, including an unprecedented 52 AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship reigns He even helped pro-wrestling break more into the mainstream, thanks to his feud with comedian Andy Kaufman. Lawler was gold, both on the microphone and in the ring, and he still does fairly well in both regards today, even after a massive heart attack temporarily killed him.

Jerry Lawler is to Tennessee what Ric Flair is to North Carolina. For that, he assumes his throne as the greatest to ever come from Tennessee.

TEXAS - 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin

HONORABLE MENTIONS: The Undertaker, Dusty Rhodes

Stone Cold was the best act in professional wrestling history in just about every conversation

By a country mile, this was the hardest state to pick a winner for.

But really, I kind of had to pick Stone Cold. I mean, he is quite possibly the biggest star that pro-wrestling has ever produced. He was everything that WWF fans wanted to be in the 90's - a bada**, beer-drinking rebel who didn't take any nonsense from anybody, especially his boss.

His popularity earned him six WWF Championships, a record-setting three Royal Rumble victories (insert one-of-seven reference here), four Tag Team Championships, a King of the Ring crown, two Intercontinental Championships, the Million Dollar Championship, and a headlining spot in the WWE Hall of Fame in 2009.

If you asked a non-wrestling fan to name a professional wrestler they knew about, they would probably say Stone Cold Steve Austin. The man is an indubitable legend, and he's the best to ever come from Texas. And that's the bottom line.

UTAH - Don Leo Jonathan

HONORABLE MENTION: Wild Bill Longson

There are more pro-wrestlers from Utah than you may think. Granted, there are only seven, but I digress - among these wrestlers are The Sandman, Man Mountain Rock, and Marty Martinez from Lucha Underground. But out of all of these colourful characters, the best of the bunch is Don Leo Jonathan.

For those of you unfamiliar with Don Leo, he was one of wrestling's first "giants". He was a 6'6", 300+ pound mass of humanity who wrestled in just about every continent on Earth. He saw success pretty much everywhere he went, capturing 20 Heavyweight Championships, 27 Tag Team Championships, two Television Championships, and a Brass Knuckles Championship in Texas. He's also earned three Hall of Fame rings, and I imagine he'll enter WWE's Hall of Fame one day as a Legacy Inductee.

Or maybe not, seeing as he's currently part of the class action concussion lawsuit against WWE... yikes, that's awkward.

Anyway, Don Leo Jonathan is still a legend, and he earns the distinction of Utah's greatest wrestler.

VERMONT - Vivian Vachon

An oft-forgotten member of the Vachon family, Vivian is the one of only pro-wrestlers to come from Vermont

Wrestling fans are fascinated with families – the Anoa’i family is perhaps the most popular, but then you’ve also got your Harts, your Guerreros, your Von Erichs, and so on. One that is often forgotten about, at least in WWE lore, is the Vachon family. The most well-known Vachons are Maurice “Mad Dog” Vachon and Luna Vachon, but here's a name that I had not heard of prior to making this list - Vivian Vachon.

Although she didn’t spend much time in Vermont before moving to Quebec, she is still technically “from” there, by our standards. The aptly-named “Wrestling Queen” and sister to “Mad Dog” Vachon was born in Newport, Vermont in 1944. Perhaps the most impressive accolade to her name is that she held the AWA World Women’s Championship for 651 days from 1971 to 1973. She also starred in a film called “Wrestling Queen" alongside her brothers.

Sadly, five years after her retirement from wrestling in 1986, Vachon was struck by a drunk driver in her car. The collision killed her and her 9-year-old daughter. She was 47. Nevertheless, she is the de facto “matriarch” of the Vachon family, and her legacy and impact on women’s wrestling are undeniable.