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While a lot of people shake their heads and start talking about how everything is fake when it comes to professional wrestling, they fail to realise that wins, losses, championships, and records all still matter in this world.
It doesn't matter if it's all scripted, there are streaks which are considered sacred to the fans who tune it regularly to the programming.
It doesn't matter if it's the WWE, Global Force Wrestling (formerly Impact Wrestling and further formerly TNA), New Japan Pro Wrestling, or Ring of Honor, every promotion takes great care in building up superstars through stats and records to help establish their dominance in kayfabe.
And, that is why these records and streaks are meant to be cherished. They do not always last; in fact, they never do. It's just how the business runs but at the end of the day, they do matter and their legacy will live on forever. And, we're here to discuss those legacies.
So, without any further ado, here is our list of five professional wrestlers and their impressive streaks:
#5 Goldberg and Asuka's winning streaks - 173-0 and 197-0
Goldberg held the ridiculous undefeated streak during his WCW days with a whopping 173 wins and 0 losses. Of course, these numbers are mostly untrue with very little verification, but is widely accepted at face value due to the popularity of the wrestler.
Beating that streak earlier this year was now former NXT Women's Champion, Asuka. The Japanese superstar amassed an incredible 197-0 record during her two-year stint in the WWE's developmental program. Goldberg even congratulated her on it, in the tweet below:
She also held the NXT Women's Championship for a staggering 523 days before relinquishing it due to injury. When Asuka makes her main roster debut, expect the winning streak to continue and for it to be used as a major part of her gimmick.
#4 Dr Death Steve Williams' 10-year streak without being pinned
Dr Death Steve Williams is one the greatest professional wrestlers of the 1980s and 1990s and holds the distinction of going 10 years without being pinned in a singles match. That's right, he went 10 years without ever losing a singles match except via DQ -- from 1987 to 1997, he was unbeatable.
He tore up the indie circuit during this run including huge matches in All Japan Pro Wrestling as well as ECW. And, it was at Paul Heyman's promotion that his first loss would come at the hands of Raven.
At ECW's pay-per-view Crossing the Line Again 1997, he was pinned by Raven marking the first time in a decade that somebody was able to take out Williams.
#3 The Fabulous Moolah's 28-year run as Women's Champion
No matter what you say about how Women's Wrestling wasn't really very competitive during The Fabulous Moolah's astounding reign, you can't take away from the fact that it was a lengthy one. However, it wasn't all flowers and rainbows. Moolah has a notorious reputation for having been one of the worst politickers in WWE history, which is likely why she held the title as long as she did. There have been heinous stories of her exploiting female superstars and involving them in gruelling activities, by which we mean prostitution. She also is known to have taken a large chunk of the money earned by other female wrestlers. Although she is glorified as one of the all time great women's wrestlers, in reality, she has been accused by many of holding back women's wrestling by atelast a decade
Between 1956 and 1984, she held the belt marking her official reign at over 10,000 days. She did lose a couple of times during this period but it was always for a short amount of time before regaining the belt. Except the WWE doesn't officially recognise those changes.
With the title changes taken into consideration, she still has a 10-year reign as Women's Champion at over 3,600 days.
#2 Hulk Hogan's four-year run as WWE Champion
When Hulk Hogan won the WWE Championship for the first time in his career from the Iron Sheik, he unleashed the first true wave of Hulkamania and that is exactly what the WWE rode on to become one of the top promotions in the world.
This created the foundations for the current stranglehold the company has on the world of professional wrestling.
While Bruno Sammartino's seven-year run lasted longer, it was Hogan's that was the more important and the one which holds more significance in terms of history.
When Hulk finally dropped the belt, it was over 1,400 days later to Andre the Giant on an episode of The Main Event.
#1 The Streak
When it comes to streaks in professional wrestling, it doesn't come bigger than The Streak. How could anything even compare with the one streak that has become synonymous with the term itself? I'm talking, of course, about The Undertaker's Wrestlemania streak.
Starting with Wrestlemania VII against Jimmy Supafly Snuka, The Deadman just kept on winning, year after year, opponent after opponent. He then won 21 times at Wrestlemania before finally losing to Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania XXX.
The Phenom has competed in three Wrestlemanias since, winning two and losing the latest one to Roman Reigns.
