Wrestlers with Most Appearances in the Year 1996
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rank |
born |
gimmick |
matches |
notes |
1 |  | Satoshi Kojima | 96 | |
2 |  | Jushin Thunder Liger | 94 | |
- |  | Kensuke Sasaki | 94 | |
- |  | Yuji Nagata | 94 | |
5 |  | Chris Benoit | 92 | deceased |
- |  | Keiji Mutoh | 92 | |
7 |  | Hiroyoshi Tenzan | 91 | |
8 |  | Takashi Iizuka | 89 | |
9 |  | Osamu Nishimura | 88 | |
10 |  | Lex Luger | 87 | |
- |  | Shinya Hashimoto | 87 | deceased |
12 |  | Shinjiro Otani | 86 | |
13 |  | AKIRA | 85 | |
- |  | Michiyoshi Ohara | 85 | |
15 |  | Akitoshi Saito | 83 | |
- |  | Chris Jericho | 83 | |
- |  | Dean Malenko | 83 | |
18 |  | Eddie Guerrero | 82 | deceased |
- |  | Super Strong Machine | 82 | |
20 |  | El Samurai | 80 | |
21 |  | Tadao Yasuda | 78 | |
22 |  | Masahiro Chono | 76 | |
23 |  | Kengo Kimura | 75 | |
24 |  | Hiro Saito | 72 | |
- |  | Kuniaki Kobayashi | 72 | |
26 |  | Shiro Koshinaka | 70 | |
27 |  | Tatsuhito Takaiwa | 67 | |
28 |  | Arn Anderson | 66 | |
29 |  | Osamu Kido | 65 | |
- |  | Perry Saturn | 65 | |
- |  | Shane Douglas | 65 | |
32 |  | Ric Flair | 64 | |
- |  | Sting | 64 | |
34 |  | John Kronus | 63 | deceased |
- |  | Mikey Whipwreck | 63 | |
36 |  | Kazuo Yamazaki | 61 | |
37 |  | Bubba Ray Dudley | 60 | |
- |  | Tatsutoshi Goto | 60 | |
39 |  | Pitbull #2 | 59 | deceased |
40 |  | Booker T. | 58 | |
- |  | Tommy Dreamer | 58 | |
- |  | Ultimo Dragon | 58 | |
43 |  | The Sandman | 56 | |
- |  | Yutaka Yoshie | 56 | |
45 |  | Steve Austin | 55 | |
- |  | Stevie Ray | 55 | |
47 |  | Kendo Ka Shin | 54 | |
- |  | Randy Savage | 54 | deceased |
- |  | Riki Choshu | 54 | |
50 |  | Diamond Dallas Page | 53 | |
- |  | The Big Show | 53 | |
52 |  | 2 Cold Scorpio | 52 | |
- |  | New Jack | 52 | |
54 |  | Black Cat | 51 | deceased |
- |  | Sabu | 51 | |
56 |  | Davey-Boy Smith | 50 | deceased |
- |  | Haku | 50 | |
- |  | Raven | 50 | |
- |  | Rick Steiner | 50 | |
60 |  | Owen Hart | 49 | deceased |
- |  | Taz | 49 | |
62 |  | Gedo | 48 | |
- |  | Marc Mero | 48 | |
- |  | Triple H | 48 | |
65 |  | Brian Lee | 47 | |
- |  | Hiromichi Fuyuki | 47 | deceased |
- |  | The Barbarian | 47 | |
68 |  | Dustin Rhodes | 46 | |
- |  | Kevin Sullivan | 46 | |
- |  | Koki Kitahara | 46 | |
- |  | Savio Vega | 46 | |
- |  | William Regal | 46 | |
73 |  | Road Warrior Animal | 45 | deceased |
74 |  | Axl Rotten | 44 | deceased |
- |  | Koji Kanemoto | 44 | |
- |  | Mustafa Saed | 44 | |
- |  | Scott Norton | 44 | |
78 |  | Brad Armstrong | 43 | deceased |
- |  | Jado | 43 | |
- |  | Nobutaka Araya | 43 | |
- |  | Rob Van Dam | 43 | |
82 |  | Johnny Grunge | 42 | deceased |
- |  | Rey Mysterio | 42 | |
84 |  | Rick Bogner | 41 | deceased |
- |  | Road Warrior Hawk | 41 | deceased |
- |  | Ted Petty | 41 | deceased |
- |  | Vader | 41 | deceased |
- |  | Yuji Yasuraoka | 41 | |
89 |  | Arashi | 40 | |
- |  | Bill DeMott | 40 | |
- |  | Chris Candido | 40 | deceased |
- |  | Mark Canterbury | 40 | |
- |  | Tachihikari | 40 | |
94 |  | Hack Meyers | 39 | deceased |
- |  | Masaaki Mochizuki | 39 | |
- |  | Mick Foley | 39 | |
- |  | Shawn Michaels | 39 | |
- |  | Stevie Richards | 39 | |
99 |  | Konnan | 38 | |
- |  | Norio Honaga | 38 | |
101 |  | Buff Bagwell | 37 | |
- |  | Dennis Knight | 37 | |
- |  | J. T. Smith | 37 | |
104 |  | Negro Casas | 36 | |
105 |  | Scott Steiner | 34 | |
106 |  | Bart Gunn | 33 | |
- |  | Little Guido Maritato | 33 | |
- |  | Yukihido Ueno | 33 | |
109 |  | Chavo Guerrero Jr. | 32 | |
- |  | Scotty Riggs | 32 | |
- |  | The Undertaker | 32 | |
112 |  | Billy Gunn | 31 | |
- |  | D-Von Dudley | 31 | |
- |  | Dr. Tom Prichard | 31 | |
- |  | Manabu Nakanishi | 31 | |
116 |  | Jake Roberts | 30 | |
- |  | John Bradshaw Layfield | 30 | |
- |  | Spike Dudley | 30 | |
119 |  | Brian Knobbs | 29 | |
- |  | Devon Storm | 29 | |
- |  | Jim Duggan | 29 | |
- |  | Lance Storm | 29 | |
- |  | Takashi Okamura | 29 | |
124 |  | Al Snow | 28 | |
- |  | Big Boss Man | 28 | deceased |
- |  | Jerry Sags | 28 | |
- |  | Louie Spicolli | 28 | deceased |
- |  | Pablo Marquez | 28 | |
- |  | Tatsumi Fujinami | 28 | |
- |  | Tony Norris | 28 | |
131 |  | Alex Wright | 27 | |
- |  | Damian 666 | 27 | |
- |  | Dave Taylor | 27 | |
- |  | Mike Rotundo | 27 | |
135 |  | Bad Crew #1 | 26 | |
- |  | Bad Crew #2 | 26 | |
137 |  | Bobby Eaton | 25 | |
- |  | Jeff Jarrett | 25 | |
- |  | Justin Credible | 25 | |
- |  | Kevin Nash | 25 | |
141 |  | Ice Train | 24 | |
- |  | Juventud Guerrera | 24 | |
- |  | Mike Enos | 24 | |
144 |  | Emilio Charles, Jr. | 23 | |
- |  | Jim Powers | 23 | |
- |  | Marty Jannetty | 23 | |
- |  | Rikishi | 23 | |
148 |  | Don Harris | 22 | |
- |  | Genichiro Tenryu | 22 | |
- |  | Hulk Hogan | 22 | |
- |  | Nicho El Millonario | 22 | |
- |  | Pitbull #1 | 22 | |
- |  | Scott Hall | 22 | |
- |  | Sid | 22 | |
- |  | Yokozuna | 22 | deceased |
156 |  | Jerry Lynn | 21 | |
- |  | Ron Harris | 21 | |
- |  | Tracy Smothers | 21 | |
159 |  | Bestia Salvaje | 20 | deceased |
- |  | Bob Holly | 20 | |
- |  | Felino | 20 | |
- |  | Glenn Gilberti | 20 | |
- |  | Kenny Kaos | 20 | |
- |  | Robert Thompson | 20 | |
- |  | Shinichi Nakano | 20 | |
- |  | Steve Rizzono | 20 | |
167 |  | Barry Horowitz | 19 | |
- |  | Black Warrior | 19 | |
- |  | Dick Slater | 19 | deceased |
- |  | Doug Furnas | 19 | deceased |
- |  | John Tenta | 19 | deceased |
- |  | Masayoshi Motegi | 19 | |
- |  | Mascara Magica | 19 | |
174 |  | Frank Murdoch | 18 | |
- |  | Kane | 18 | |
- |  | Mark Starr | 18 | deceased |
- |  | Mike Modest | 18 | |
- |  | OlĂmpico | 18 | |
- |  | Robbie Rage | 18 | |
- |  | Sean Waltman | 18 | |
- |  | Yoji Anjo | 18 | |
182 |  | Atlantis | 17 | |
- |  | Joe Gomez | 17 | |
- |  | Kazuyuki Fujita | 17 | |
- |  | Lizmark | 17 | deceased |
- |  | Sgt. Craig Pittman | 17 | |
- |  | Terry Gordy | 17 | deceased |
- |  | Villano IV | 17 | |
189 |  | Billy Kidman | 16 | |
- |  | Bret Hart | 16 | |
- |  | Jerry Lawler | 16 | |
- |  | Mike Droese | 16 | |
- |  | Rey Bucanero | 16 | |
- |  | Ron Simmons | 16 | |
- |  | Yoshihiro Takayama | 16 | |
196 |  | Alex Porteau | 15 | |
- |  | Brutus Beefcake | 15 | |
- |  | Chris Colione | 15 | |
- |  | El Dandy | 15 | |
- |  | Headhunter A | 15 | |
- |  | Headhunter B | 15 | |
- |  | Hector Garza | 15 | deceased |
- |  | Maxx Justice | 15 | |
- |  | Nobuhiko Takada | 15 | |
- |  | Rayo De Jalisco, Jr. | 15 | |
- |  | The Renegade | 15 | deceased |
207 |  | Flash Flanagan | 14 | |
- |  | Jacques Rougeau, Jr. | 14 | |
- |  | Jeff Farmer | 14 | |
- |  | PCO | 14 | |
- |  | Satanico | 14 | |
- |  | Scorpio, Jr. | 14 | |
- |  | Silver King | 14 | deceased |
- |  | Tom Brandi | 14 | |
215 |  | Apolo Dantes | 13 | |
- |  | Brian Adams | 13 | deceased |
- |  | Chris Chetti | 13 | |
- |  | Dos Caras | 13 | |
- |  | Franz Schumann | 13 | |
- |  | Gran Naniwa | 13 | deceased |
- |  | Kaiser | 13 | |
- |  | La Fiera | 13 | deceased |
- |  | Phil Lafon | 13 | |
- |  | Pogo The Clown | 13 | |
- |  | Steve Armstrong | 13 | |
- |  | Steve McMichael | 13 | |
- |  | The Gambler | 13 | |
228 |  | Boom Boom Comini | 12 | |
- |  | Donovan Morgan | 12 | |
- |  | Dr. Luther | 12 | |
- |  | Dr. Wagner, Jr. | 12 | |
- |  | Guerrero de la Muerte | 12 | |
- |  | Kenichi Yamamoto | 12 | |
- |  | Mike Bucci | 12 | |
- |  | Rick Turner | 12 | |
- |  | Samu | 12 | |
- |  | Sean Vee | 12 | |
- |  | Takuma Sano | 12 | |
- |  | Tony Anthony | 12 | |
240 |  | Alundra Blayze | 11 | |
- |  | El Hijo del Santo | 11 | |
- |  | Gran Hamada | 11 | |
- |  | Johnny Smith | 11 | |
- |  | Lizmark, Jr. | 11 | |
- |  | Matt Anoa'i | 11 | deceased |
- |  | Mike Lockwood | 11 | deceased |
- |  | Mike Samples | 11 | |
- |  | Mr. Niebla | 11 | deceased |
- |  | Nobukazu Hirai | 11 | |
- |  | Olimpus | 11 | |
- |  | Prince Iaukea | 11 | |
- |  | Rambo | 11 | |
- |  | Ricky Morton | 11 | |
- |  | Rip Rogers | 11 | |
- |  | Robert Gibson | 11 | |
- |  | Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker | 11 | |
- |  | Steve Williams | 11 | deceased |
- |  | The Blue Meanie | 11 | |
- |  | Vic the Bruiser | 11 | |
260 |  | Bill Irwin | 10 | |
- |  | Dave "Fit" Finlay | 10 | |
- |  | Kazushi Sakuraba | 10 | |
- |  | Masahito Kakihara | 10 | |
- |  | Pat Tanaka | 10 | |
- |  | Ron Reis | 10 | |
- |  | Super Astro | 10 | |
- |  | Tatanka | 10 | |
- |  | The Great Sasuke | 10 | |
- |  | Troy Haste | 10 | |
270 |  | Barry Windham | 9 | |
- |  | Bill Dundee | 9 | |
- |  | Brazo De Plata | 9 | |
- |  | Butch Miller | 9 | |
- |  | Chris Kanyon | 9 | deceased |
- |  | Danny Davis | 9 | |
- |  | Hiromitsu Kanehara | 9 | |
- |  | Jerry Faith | 9 | |
- |  | Jimmy Del Ray | 9 | deceased |
- |  | Karloff Lagarde Jr. | 9 | |
- |  | Kid Kash | 9 | |
- |  | Luke Williams | 9 | |
- |  | Mephisto | 9 | |
- |  | Scott Armstrong | 9 | |
- |  | Shocker | 9 | |
- |  | The Rock | 9 | |
- |  | Unknown Male Wrestler | 9 | |
287 |  | Bam Bam Bigelow | 8 | deceased |
- |  | Big Dick Dudley | 8 | deceased |
- |  | Bill Calhoun | 8 | |
- |  | Bobby Walker | 8 | |
- |  | Brazo de Oro | 8 | deceased |
- |  | Bull Pain | 8 | |
- |  | Bunkhouse Buck | 8 | |
- |  | Gary Albright | 8 | deceased |
- |  | Jinsei Shinzaki | 8 | |
- |  | Jun Akiyama | 8 | |
- |  | L. A. Park | 8 | |
- |  | Lady Apache | 8 | |
- |  | Mogur | 8 | |
- |  | Nitro | 8 | |
- |  | Pierroth, Jr. | 8 | |
- |  | Reyes Veloz | 8 | |
- |  | Ringo Mendoza | 8 | |
- |  | Road Dogg | 8 | |
- |  | Super Diablo | 8 | |
- |  | Takao Omori | 8 | |
- |  | The Ultimate Warrior | 8 | deceased |
- |  | Torero | 8 | |
309 |  | Akira Taue | 7 | |
- |  | Alacran de Durango | 7 | |
- |  | Balls Mahoney | 7 | deceased |
- |  | Brian Pillman | 7 | deceased |
- |  | Butch Long | 7 | |
- |  | Chicano Flame | 7 | |
- |  | Cowboy Lang | 7 | deceased |
- |  | Curtis Hughes | 7 | |
- |  | Damien Kane | 7 | |
- |  | Del Wilkes | 7 | |
- |  | El Canek | 7 | |
- |  | El Gran Markus Jr. | 7 | |
- |  | Electro Shock | 7 | |
- |  | Espectro Jr. | 7 | |
- |  | Francine | 7 | |
- |  | Giant Baba | 7 | deceased |
- |  | Greg Valentine | 7 | |
- |  | Halcon Negro Jr. | 7 | |
- |  | Haruka Eigen | 7 | deceased |
- |  | Jim Neidhart | 7 | deceased |
- |  | John Laurinaitis | 7 | |
- |  | Jumbo Tsuruta | 7 | deceased |
- |  | Keiko Aono | 7 | |
- |  | Kenta Kobashi | 7 | |
- |  | Kentaro Shiga | 7 | |
- |  | Masa Saito | 7 | deceased |
- |  | Masanobu Fuchi | 7 | |
- |  | Masao Inoue | 7 | |
- |  | Midori Saito | 7 | |
- |  | Mighty Inoue | 7 | |
- |  | Mini Batista | 7 | |
- |  | Mitsuharu Misawa | 7 | deceased |
- |  | Mitsuo Momota | 7 | |
- |  | Mizuki Endoh | 7 | |
- |  | Pez Whatley | 7 | deceased |
- |  | Rocky Iaukea | 7 | |
- |  | Rusher Kimura | 7 | deceased |
- |  | Satoru Asako | 7 | |
- |  | Super Calo | 7 | |
- |  | Tamon Honda | 7 | |
- |  | Toshiaki Kawada | 7 | |
- |  | Tsuyoshi Kikuchi | 7 | |
- |  | Yoshinari Ogawa | 7 | |
352 |  | Billy Black | 6 | |
- |  | Blue Demon, Jr. | 6 | |
- |  | Cadaver de Ultratumba | 6 | |
- |  | David Haskins | 6 | |
- |  | El Hijo del Gladiador | 6 | |
- |  | Escudero Rojo | 6 | |
- |  | Giant Haystacks | 6 | deceased |
- |  | Glacier | 6 | |
- |  | Joey Abs | 6 | |
- |  | Joey Maggs | 6 | deceased |
- |  | Jun Kikuchi | 6 | |
- |  | Junji Izumida | 6 | deceased |
- |  | Kesen Numajiro | 6 | |
- |  | Knuckles Dragin | 6 | |
- |  | Larry Santo | 6 | |
- |  | Mascara Sagrada (original) | 6 | |
- |  | Matt Hardy | 6 | |
- |  | Maxx Muscle | 6 | deceased |
- |  | Miguel Perez, Jr. | 6 | |
- |  | Mike Winner | 6 | |
- |  | Octagon | 6 | |
- |  | Perro Aguayo | 6 | deceased |
- |  | Precious Pat | 6 | |
- |  | Stan Hansen | 6 | |
- |  | Steve Lombardi | 6 | |
- |  | Taiyo Kea | 6 | |
- |  | Tatsuo Nakano | 6 | |
- |  | Uganda | 6 | |
380 |  | Americo Rocca | 5 | |
- |  | Beulah McGillicutty | 5 | |
- |  | Bill Alfonso | 5 | |
- |  | Chicago Express | 5 | |
- |  | Cibernetico | 5 | |
- |  | Ciclon Ramirez | 5 | |
- |  | Dances With Dudley | 5 | |
- |  | David Sierra | 5 | |
- |  | El Brazo | 5 | deceased |
- |  | El Bronco | 5 | |
- |  | El Flamingo | 5 | |
- |  | Jason C. Clay | 5 | |
- |  | Jason Lee | 5 | |
- |  | Jerry Estrada | 5 | |
- |  | Joel Hartgood | 5 | |
- |  | La Diabolica | 5 | |
- |  | La Parka II | 5 | deceased |
- |  | Lola Gonzales | 5 | |
- |  | Mascara Sagrada Jr. | 5 | |
- |  | One Man Gang | 5 | |
- |  | Ric Savage | 5 | |
- |  | Ric Thompson | 5 | |
- |  | Roadblock | 5 | |
- |  | Roadkill | 5 | |
- |  | The Dirt Bike Kid | 5 | |
- |  | Tod Gordon | 5 | |
- |  | Violencia | 5 | |
- |  | Xochitl Hamada | 5 | |
408 |  | 911 | 4 | |
- |  | Arkangel De La Muerte | 4 | deceased |
- |  | Bill Bully | 4 | |
- |  | Black Terry | 4 | |
- |  | Bob Backlund | 4 | |
- |  | Chaz Warrington | 4 | |
- |  | Coco Amarillo | 4 | |
- |  | Coco Rojo | 4 | |
- |  | D-Lo Brown | 4 | |
- |  | Dory Funk, Jr. | 4 | |
- |  | Dusty Wolfe | 4 | |
- |  | Frank Stalletto | 4 | |
- |  | Glen Ruth | 4 | |
- |  | Halcon Dorado Jr. | 4 | |
- |  | Halloween | 4 | |
- |  | Ian Rotten | 4 | |
- |  | Jay Smooth | 4 | |
- |  | Kiyoshi Tamura | 4 | |
- |  | Kuame Kamoze | 4 | |
- |  | Robert Fuller | 4 | |
- |  | Sean Casey | 4 | |
- |  | Starman | 4 | |
- |  | Steve Doll | 4 | deceased |
- |  | Tim Patterson | 4 | |
- |  | Todd Morton | 4 | |
- |  | Ultimo Dragoncito | 4 | |
- |  | Zeb Colter | 4 | |
435 |  | Akio Sato | 3 | |
- |  | American Kickboxer | 3 | |
- |  | Big Guido | 3 | |
- |  | Bobby Blaze | 3 | |
- |  | Brian Walsh | 3 | |
- |  | Bull Nakano | 3 | |
- |  | Chad Fortune | 3 | |
- |  | Dan Dubiel | 3 | |
- |  | Dave Sullivan | 3 | |
- |  | Debbie Combs | 3 | |
- |  | Don E. Allen | 3 | |
- |  | Doug Gilbert | 3 | |
- |  | El Hijo del Solitario | 3 | |
- |  | Erik Watts | 3 | |
- |  | Gentleman James | 3 | |
- |  | Greg Davis | 3 | |
- |  | Jason Helton | 3 | |
- |  | Jeff Hardy | 3 | |
- |  | Jerry Fox | 3 | |
- |  | Jim Cornette | 3 | |
- |  | Jose Lothario | 3 | deceased |
- |  | Jose Luis Feliciano | 3 | |
- |  | Koji Kitao | 3 | deceased |
- |  | Lady Star | 3 | |
- |  | Madman Pondo | 3 | |
- |  | Malia Hosaka | 3 | |
- |  | Mano Negra | 3 | |
- |  | Martha Villalobos | 3 | |
- |  | Marty Garner | 3 | |
- |  | Matt Borne | 3 | deceased |
- |  | Medic | 3 | |
- |  | Michiko Omukai | 3 | |
- |  | Moondog Moretti | 3 | |
- |  | Noriyo Tateno | 3 | |
- |  | Pantera | 3 | |
- |  | Paul Varelans | 3 | |
- |  | Ricky Santana | 3 | |
- |  | Rico Federico | 3 | |
- |  | Rollin' Hard | 3 | deceased |
- |  | Scott D'Amore | 3 | |
- |  | Scott Taylor | 3 | |
- |  | Solar | 3 | |
- |  | Sumito | 3 | |
- |  | TAKA Michinoku | 3 | |
- |  | Tarek the Great | 3 | |
- |  | The Killer | 3 | |
- |  | The Tonga Kid | 3 | |
- |  | Timothy Well | 3 | deceased |
- |  | Tinieblas Jr. | 3 | |
- |  | Tony DeVito | 3 | |
- |  | Tony Williams | 3 | |
- |  | Virus | 3 | |
- |  | Yoshiaki Fujiwara | 3 | |
- |  | Yoshinobu Kanemaru | 3 | |
489 |  | Abismo Negro | 2 | deceased |
- |  | Adrian Lester | 2 | |
- |  | Akiro Hokuto | 2 | |
- |  | Bam Bam Decarn | 2 | |
- |  | Barry Buchanan | 2 | |
- |  | Bert Centeno | 2 | |
- |  | Billy Scott | 2 | |
- |  | Bobby Duncum, Jr. | 2 | deceased |
- |  | Bobby Fulton | 2 | |
- |  | Bracito de Oro | 2 | |
- |  | Buck Quartermaine | 2 | |
- |  | Buddy Wayne | 2 | deceased |