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Throughout WWE history, several professional wrestlers have utilized weapons in order to gain an advantage over their opponent.
The tactic of using said foreign objects has become so frequent in certain instances that the weapon itself becomes closely associated with the WWE Superstar.
Some of the weapons are the more traditional professional wrestling foreign objects, such as steel chairs. Others are more obscure objects, such as sledgehammers, nightsticks and tennis rackets.
Despite the bizarreness of the weapon, the end goal is still the same. To utilize a weapon to gain victory or advantage within a match.
From former WWE World Heavyweight Champions to WWE Hall of Famers, let's take a closer look at five WWE Superstars who loved to use trademark weapons in matches.
#5. Former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Edge - Steel Chair
WWE Hall of Famer Edge has been known to bend the rules to his advantage throughout his legendary WWE career.
However, the Rated-R Superstar is perhaps most widely associated with the steel chair as his favorite foreign object. In fact, the 'C' in the TLC matches pioneered by the WWE Hall of Famer stands for 'chairs' due to Edge & Christian's heavy utilization of the weapon in the early 2000s.
The former WWE World Heavyweight Champion has made a career of attacking his rivals with a steel chair before, during and after matches. Most of the time this is by brutalizing his opponent with the conchairto. A move where Edge crushes his opponent's head between two steel chairs.
In more recent times, Edge has continued to use the steel chair as a weapon on Friday Night SmackDown. During his feud with Universal Champion Roman Reigns, Edge used a steel chair to lock in a devastating version of the crossface submission hold.
Using a bar snapped away from the chair, the Ultimate Opportunitist would place it in the mouth of Roman Reigns, Jimmy Uso or Jey Uso and lock in this horrifying version of an already devastating submission hold.
#4. WWE Hall of Famer The Big Boss Man - nightstick
WWE Hall of Famer The Big Bossman is known for his infamous use of the nightstick as a weapon during his legendary WWE career.
The Boss Man joined WWE in 1988 with a gimmick inspired by his previous career as a corrections officer. To complete the gimmick, The Big Boss Man carried his signature nightstick with him everywhere he went.
After departing the promotion in 1993, The Big Boss Man returned to WWE in 1998 with a new and updated version of the career in keeping with the Attitude Era.
The Big Boss Man was Mr. McMahon's personal security in The Corporation faction and utilized his trademark nightstick in feuds against the likes of Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Undertaker and The Rock. This even included matches such as a "nightstick on a pole match."
#3. WWE NXT General Manager William Regal - Brass Knuckles
Current WWE NXT General Manager William Regal is widely considered to be one of the greatest in-ring talents of all time.
The native of Blackpool, England had a legendary in-ring career with WWE that included several Intercontinental, European and World Tag Team Championship reigns.
However, many of his title victories came by way of his infamous brass knuckles. Utilizing what Regal declared as the "power of the punch," the English WWE Superstar would knock his opponents out with the brass knuckles to sneak victories.
Once referees became wise to Regal's antics, the Blackpool star had to become more creative in how he hid the brass knuckles from the referee. This included hiding the brass knuckles in his tights or even carrying multiple brass knuckles to the ring to use in his matches.
#2. WWE Hall of Famer Sting - Baseball Bat
WWE Hall of Famer Sting is synonymous with his trademark black baseball bat. However, the current AEW wrestler didn't always carry out the bat during the earlier stages of his career.
In 1996, with the rise of the villianous New World Order faction, Sting began to change his appearance. Sting painted his face white and black, wore black attire and often stared down at WCW events from the rafters inside the arena.
To complete his transformation into the "Crow" version of Sting, The Icon carried around a black baseball bat. The bat quickly became a staple of the Sting character, which was also often used in matches and brawls against other wrestlers.
Fast forward all these years later and Sting is still using the baseball bat to this day. The WWE Hall of Famer now wields his signature weapon in All Elite Wrestling.
#1. WWE COO Triple H - Sledgehammer
WWE COO Triple H isn't called The Cerebral Assassin for nothing. The fourteen-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion has made a career of utilizing his signature weapon, the sledgehammer, to pick up crucial victories over his opponents.
The Game first began using the sledgehammer as a weapon in 1999 during his feud with The Rock.
After The Rock was defeated by The Undertaker in a casket match on Monday Night RAW, Triple H locked The Great One inside the casket and began violently smashing it with a sledgehammer.
This began a long association with Triple H and the sledgehammer that continues to this very day.
The sledgehammer has allowed Triple H to pick up victories against the likes of Sting, The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Batista, The Undertaker and other legendary names in WWE history.
