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13 of the greatest comic book and nerd pop culture nerd icons of all time

By Mark Lynch

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 27: Henry Cavill attends Netflix's "Enola Holmes 2" World Premiere at The Paris Theatre on October 27, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/WireImage)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 27: Henry Cavill attends Netflix's "Enola Holmes 2" World Premiere at The Paris Theatre on October 27, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/WireImage) /
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 10: Zelina Vega attends the North American Premiere of Crunchyroll’s “Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero” at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on August 10, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images )
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 10: Zelina Vega attends the North American Premiere of Crunchyroll’s “Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero” at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on August 10, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images ) /

10. Thea Megan Trinidad

The name Thea Trinidad Büdgen may not ring a bell, but Zelina Vega should. She’s a WWE Superstar and former Queen of the Ring. Like most current WWE stars, she’s more than just a wrestler. She’s found ways to embrace the nerd things she loves and put them on social media and in the WWE.

Thea Trinidad is a big time fan of Japanese Anime and video games. If you follow her on social media, you’ll see her dressing up as characters from her video games like Mortal Kombat and anime like Naruto (she even has a Naruto tattoo). You can also see her cosplay to the ring as icons like Aalyah’s character Akasha from Queen of the Damned.

As time goes on, you can guarantee she will cosplay more and be even more impressive. For example, she recently suited up as Street Fighter‘s Juri in the 2023 Royal Rumble. Only time will tell what she does next.

9. Shayna Baszler

Shayna Baszler is this writer’s favorite current wrestler in and outside of the ring. In the ring, she’s incredible. She held the NXT Women’s title for 133 days and dominated everyone. Outside of the ring, Shayna loves her games. One in particular is Warhammer 40,000. A tabletop game where she’s adopted some of the character’s designs and turned them into ring gear.

It isn’t just tabletop games. Shayna enjoys video games as well. You can normally see Shayna posting about what she’s playing during her Instagram stories titled “airport life” while she’s waiting on one of her many flights around the world. Other times it’s photos of the title screens for games like God of War and Last of Us 2.

Let’s also not forget that Shayna Baszler (or The Baez) is the LEFTRIGHTLEFTRIGHT champion. Something she won’t let anyone forget. It was great when she did a whole photoshoot with the title.

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