Throughout the history of wrestling, superstars have always had props or wardrobes that became as iconic as the wrestlers themselves. Piper’s kilt and bagpipes; Jake and Damian; Flair and his endless supply of magnificent robes - the list goes on and could go on forever. Over the years, as the WWE became a global money-making powerhouse, these items became even more prominent, because they became marketable and bankable.
Just go to any show nowadays and you could buy all sorts of replica items of today’s popular objects, like the New Day’s Unicorn horns. Here are the 10 most iconic objects in WWE history!
10 Undertaker’s Urn
Paul Bearer passed away several weeks before WrestleMania 29, and from there, the Urn of the Undertaker was involved in a storyline one last time.
For years in the WWE, fans would hear “oh yes!” and all about “the power of the urn,” in Paul Bearer’s unmistakable high pitch drawl. The Urn for almost twenty years was as big a part of The Phenom’s presentation as anything else.
9 Million Dollar Belt
After he failed in trying to purchase the WWE title, The Million Dollar Man did what any entrepreneur would do. He commissioned for a belt to be made especially and exclusively for him - the Million Dollar Championship.
To this very day, it is one of the most memorable titles ever created. The belt was involved in several angles over year, most famously winding up in Jake’s bag containing the snake.
8 Mr. Socko
It was happenstance and a suggestion from Al Snow that allowed Mr. Socko to be born. As Mankind, Mick Foley was gearing up to cheer up Mr. McMahon in the hospital with all kinds of things that would actually annoy him. Snow suggested a sock puppet and Mr. Socko made his first appearance.
The next week on Raw, signs were everywhere demanded to see the sock, and an icon was born. Mr. Socko became Mick Foley’s calling card and over the years he had people do all sorts of artwork on his sock.
7 Kane’s Mask
At In Your House: Badd Blood, we finally met the Undertaker’s brother, Kane. The visage of the Devil’s Favorite Demon was as horrifying as it was meant to be. Later on, it became a totem that Stephanie used to summon the Corporate Demon (which is actually a cool idea).
The mask has changed its look over the years, but it’s essential, basic look has not. So much so that when Glen Jacobs ran successfully for mayor, he used the mask at various points in his campaign, and even choke slammed at least one person on the campaign trail.
6 Hacksaw’s 2 X 4
The real-life story of a wrestler turned town sheriff, Buford The Bull, not only inspired the film Walking Tall. It also inspired Vince McMahon. When Hacksaw Jim Duggan came into the company, he envisioned Hacksaw Jim Duggan to be the Sheriff of the WWE.
The Hall Of Famer and his 2 X 4 became one of the best characters and big items to buy at shows. Plenty of young fans had massive foam 2 X 4’s to raise up in their support of Hacksaw.
5 Bret’s Sunglasses
The Hitman wore shades more or less throughout his entire career. As a babyface, the strap-on sun visors became the two time Hall Of Famer’s signature. Every night, one lucky fan would get to meet the Hitman as he would head to the ringside area and give him or her a pair of his world-famous neon pink or silver reflective shades.
Even when the Hart Foundation was inducted earlier this year, throngs of wrestlers were little kids again rocking a pair of Bret’s shades. Nattie continues the tradition somewhat by giving a lucky a fan a pair of her cat ears on the way to the ring.
4 The Fiend’s Mask
In a short amount of time, Bray Wyatt has reinvented himself as the fiend and instantly became more over than he has been in years.
The face of terror of the Fiend, like a lot of other horror icons, has instantly become a staple, and fans have gravitated to it like the Buzzards Wyatt once asked us to follow. This new iteration of Bray won the WWE Universal title in his third match, no crazy road of annihilating everyone just took out Balor and then Rollins.
3 Hulk’s Tank Top
Hulkamania is the singular greatest icon in WWE history. He and Vince’s collaborative effort to expand the company and the entire industry will never be forgotten and we will all be forever in Hulk’s debt for helping bring wrestling to the masses.
No matter how you feel about him now or felt about him then, there is seldom a fan that hasn’t ripped off their t-shirt as if they were Hulk Hogan ripping off his yellow tank top.
2 The Winged Eagle Title
Shortly before losing the WWE title thanks to the infamous twin referees angle, Hulk Hogan introduced the title belt that would define the WWE for the better part of the next 15 years or so. Dubbed the Winged Eagle, the title belt was and still is one of the most beautiful belts the wrestling world has ever seen.
A giant gold eagle right smack in the middle, the title was held by Hogan, Michaels, Austin, Bret, and all points in between. Once Austin won the gold, the title designed stayed similar but was bigger, and now dubbed the big eagle. The design stayed until the first-ever Undisputed Title design that was introduced in 2002.
1 Smackdown Fist
At six thousand pounds and seventeen feet long, the Smackdown Fist that adorned the set of the show for years is by far the heaviest bit of WWE memorabilia that is on this list. Seen in seven years worth of episodes, the first was part of one of the WWE’s most iconic sets for nearly a decade.
On the WWE web series detailing the warehouse, warehouse curator Ben Brown explained to Joey Styles that the ginormous set piece had to be hauled around the country on one 18 wheeler and the WWE set designers had to hoist the three pieces up on a rig and install it airborne.