Wrestling Six Packs: Best Beards in Wrestling History

Yes, this six pack is about beards, from the thick and lustruous to the scraggily hobo growths. The beard is a very fickle but manly style to sport. Only some men can pull it off. Here are six that I think did or still do it best:

1. Bruiser Brody



The best beard in wrestling history? I think so, and it's at the very least the most recognizeable. There has never been a beard that enhanced someone's character as much as Brody's beard did for the reputedly legit unhinged brawling legend. While he was murdered in Puerto Rico, his beard will forever live on as one of the most iconic facial hairs in history.

2. Mike Knox



A beard so epic IT COULD NOT BE CONTAINED BY THE WWE ANY LONGER! Seriously, look at that thing. It may not be thick or well-groomed, but it's an epic beard whose wild fury deserves, nay, DEMANDS mention on a list such as this. His beard is so epic that there is only a tag dedicated to it, not to the man himself.

3. Grizzly Redwood



Naturally, a wrestling lumberjack such as Grizzly Redwood ought to have a beard, but a beard of this stature on a man of Grizzly's size? It is a life-affirming beard, one that should make all manly men strive to replicate.

4. Harley Race



The man, the myth, the legend, Harley Race wore so many styles of facial hair during his career, but when he rocked the beard, it was the pinnacle of his face-fuzz wearing days. C'mon now, what other facial styling would compliment the white-man afro that Race had rocking back in the day? One of many things King Harley Race did excellently.

5. CM Punk



I firmly believe that Punk didn't come into his own as a world-class wrestling icon until he grew his beard. Clean-shaven, bleach-blond CM Punk didn't have the look to become the complete wrestling god. Clean-shaven, black-haired Punk? Getting better, but still, it was too commonplace and generic, like his face character was. Black-haired, bearded Punk though? Add that in with his chest hair, and it completed the look for the sanctimonious but wizened and charismatic leader of the cult-like Straight Edge Society. As an aside, his hair needs to grow back sooner rather than later, because when it was first shaven, he just looked like one of those Magna-Doodle guys with a beard and no hair, you know, the one where you have the pen and can "draw" hair on a guy with magnetic particles? However, the short-hair/beard look that he presently has is cool, kinda like Travis Bickle with a beard.

6. Ted DiBiase



The last spot was tough because there are so many awesome wrestling beards out there in history, like Brodie Lee, Mark Henry, Randy Savage, Chris Jericho, Arn Anderson, Kenta Kobashi, Necro Butcher, Ballz Mahoney, Mad Dog Vachon and of course, Hulk Hogan Amish Roadkill. However, I had to settle on Ted DiBiase. I mean, the beard was just so well-groomed and perfect, fitting his Million Dollar Man character to a tee. It was the complete opposite of Brody's, but hey, DiBiase's character was the complete opposite of Brody's as well.

Brody and Race Photo Credits: Online World of Wrestling

Knox, Punk and DiBiase Photo Credits: WWE.com

Redwood Photo Credit: Scott Finkelstein - Please visit his site to view the plentiful amounts of pictures he's taken for DGUSA, ROH and other indie feds: Get Lost Photography

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