There doesn't need to be much explanation for what Lawrence Taylor did on the football field. Taylor was in the Pro Bowl 10 times, won two Super Bowls, the NFL MVP in 1986 and won multiple Defensive Player of the Year awards. From 1981-1993, Taylor had over 1,000 tackles and 142 sacks, which is more impressive when you factor in that sacks were not seen as an official stat until a few seasons into LT's career.

The football aspect of Taylor's career is defined, so his place in the main event of WrestleMania XI, becoming the first non-wrestler to compete in the final match of a WrestleMania since Mr. T in the original WrestleMania a decade earlier. Taylor had an altercation with Bam Bam Bigelow at the Royal Rumble in 1995, which would lead to their WrestleMania match. Taylor, much like any celebrity who has wrestled at WrestleMania, won in his wrestling debut. The match really did a lot for mainstream media with WWE and it only got bigger from there. WrestleMania is as big of a deal as it is today, in part, because of Lawrence Taylor.