King Of The Iron Ring: Pro Wrestlers & Their Game Of Thrones Counterparts

By Dominic DeAngelo

The Wall & Beyond It

William Regal as Jeor Mormont

If NXT were the Night’s Watch, then you better believe Regal is The Bear that makes the whole operation run smoothly. The GM of the black and gold brand is respected and followed by his students on the team.

Xavier Woods as Samwell Tarly

Sam is well-read and educated, but isn’t against scuffling it up when push comes to shove (hell, dude was the first to kill a White Walker). Xavier Woods has a damn Ph. D., but has had plenty of action in the ring with his New Day companions. Is UpUpDownDown his Citadel? You be the judge.

PAC as Eddison Tollett

You’d have to not have HBO to say PAC’s “King Of The Cruiserweights” run wasn’t influenced by Game of Thrones. Even now he calls himself “The Bastard PAC” and the Dragon Gate Champ has an uncanny resemblence to Eddy from The Wall. Even though he’s a heel, PAC’s definitely a brother in arms for the world of pro wrestling.

Bret Hart as Mance Rayder

Mance Rayder was Mowgli’ed by The Night’s Watch so the guy is pretty much born and bred in the history of Westeros. You better believe Rayder was stretched at time or two in the Mormont Dungeon known as The Wall, but his leadership was so strong that Wildling went wild and excellently executed his own Foundation of family members beyond The Wall. See where I’m going with this?

Braun Strowman as Tormund

Tormund’s counterpart could be up for debate with his red beard and all (hello Sheamus, hello Rowan), but Braun fits his bill pretty damn good. Monstrous strength, direct-and-to-the-point dialogue with a little humor mixed in The Monster Among Men very well could have had his share of giant’s breast milk.

Becky Lynch as Ygritte

Ygritte tells Jon Snow that “he knows nothing” but “The Man” certainly knows something and that she’s worthy of her spot on the card. Ygritte was an ass kicking arrow flinging Wilding that would do whatever it takes for survival and Lynch is mighty capable of handling her own struggles on her own.

The Undertaker as The Night King

Pretty obvious one here. Taker tends to be more of a loner, than say having an undead army behind him, but he was a notorious locker room leader and people sure do take notice when he makes an entrance.

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Dominic DeAngelo
Dominic DeAngelo

Dominic started at WrestleZone in April of 2018.
He is a book reviewer for The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, loves Penguins hockey, Pirates baseball and the lowly New York Jets.
Dominic also hosts a weekly Pittsburgh comedy podcast with his brother called The Keystone Cast and runs a Pittsburgh-based sports & pop culture blog called The Keystone Statement.
He lived in Philadelphia for five years before setting up shop back in Pittsburgh.
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