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Post by Sleazyness on Mar 30, 2014 9:56:38 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure this thread has been made before, but who do you think is the BEST(Not Favorite) wrestler of all-time? Feel free to name your top five.
Here are mine.
1.)Undertaker/HBK (Too hard to decide)
2.)Triple H(Yes, I think so.)
3.)Chris Jericho(Always great in the ring to me. He is actually my favorite of all-time).
4.)Kurt Angle(Always entertaining to me. Great wrestler.)
5.)Chris Benoit
Honorable mentions: Stone Cold, The Rock, Eddie Guerrero, Randy Savage, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Mick Foley, and Razor Ramon.
I better not hear any crap about Benoit. He is one of the greatest wrestlers of all-time in my opinion. I dont condone what he did to his family but I do respect everything that he did inside the squared-circle.
Feel free to share your list and discuss. Try to keep favoritism out of this.
I will reply on what I think of your list if you ask me too. Just tag me in your list!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2014 10:00:22 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2014 10:16:15 GMT -5
SABU he is homicidal genocidal suicidal death defying
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Post by tnafan17: The Total Package on Mar 30, 2014 10:25:05 GMT -5
I would think HBK would far surpass Taker in terms of wrestling ability.
One should ask: Do you mean top "wrestler" in terms of ability?
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Post by Alpha Q Up on Mar 30, 2014 10:33:19 GMT -5
In absolutely no order for me.
HBK
Angle
Benoit
Jericho
Hart
RVD (had to add him as the 6th man, sorry)
Pretty much agree with you OP, except for your mind-boggling HHH pick. After his quad injury in 2001, he was never the same. And all his greatest matches had no dq stipulations/and or he worked with a superior wrestler who made him look better.
For me though, nobody has as many 4 to 5 star matches in the WWE that Angle/HBK do. Pretty much any PPV match these guys were involved in delivered. Also both well known for having some of the greatest free tv matches of all time too. They'd be my 1a and 1b all things considered (ironically, two all time greats in Taker and Sting agree with my sentiments too, ranking both in their top 3).
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Post by Nivro™ on Mar 30, 2014 10:34:58 GMT -5
1)Ric Flair
2)Tully Blanchard
3)Chris Benoit
4)Ricky Steamboat
5)Big Van Vader (Not really #5 but I felt the best big man deserves to be on the list.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2014 11:15:17 GMT -5
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Post by Boy Wonder on Mar 30, 2014 11:28:06 GMT -5
Jim Neidhart
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Post by Turnbuckle Zealot(Phil) on Mar 30, 2014 11:35:03 GMT -5
First you have to define all of Professional Wrestling's objectives. I've tried to do thus several times to no avail. Until you have an irrefutable basis for the objective(s) of a task, you can't define levels of skill.
You can't determine the best of ALL TIME, if you don't recognize the various greats from throughout ALL of TIME.
Based on studying the history of the genre, Lou Thesz is the greatest wrestler among everyone to ever grace the mat until the traditional definition was altered the 60s, when Killer Kawolski, & Mad Dog Vachon were the two best authentic wrestlers, brawlers, & interviews in one complete package. In the 70s, Harley Race & Terry Funk were the best overall performers, possessing the strongest blends of in-ring ability & mic skills.
To summarize the game changes dramatically in the following decades respectively, but the general idea founded in the late 50s/early 60s does not. So what this amounts to is simple. You have to find the common objectives among Professional Wrestlers.
One more thing.
Sometimes the best aren't booked as "The BEST."
Just saying.
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Post by Jamal on Mar 30, 2014 11:49:14 GMT -5
Kurt Angle.
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Post by knupmc on Mar 30, 2014 11:57:24 GMT -5
Cm punk
Undertaker
Shawn michaels
Rvd
Kevin Nash/mick foley
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Post by PJ on Mar 30, 2014 12:23:44 GMT -5
In ring only? All around? I would agree with this. And I would add... Flair Mr Perfect Chris Benoit Scott Steiner Ricky Steamboat |
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Post by Captain Charisma on Mar 30, 2014 12:27:10 GMT -5
Bret Hart all the way.
Reminds me of everything I enjoyed about wrestling and why I was a fan of the product.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2014 13:24:20 GMT -5
Bret Hart and Curt Hennig
All day.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2014 13:32:43 GMT -5
If we are talking straight up wrestling and not sports entertainers, then my top five would be
1. Kurt Angle
2. Ric Flair
3. Bret Hart
4. Lance Storm
5. Chris Jericho
Honorable mentions: Chris Benoit, Daniel Bryan, CM Punk, & Mr. Perfect
If we are talking sports enterainers(wrestling, mic skills, etc...)
1. Steve Austin
2. The Undertaker
3. Shawn Michaels
4. Chris Jericho
5. Ric Flair
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Post by The Yes Man on Mar 30, 2014 13:47:54 GMT -5
Being the best is in the eye of the beholder. So technically it would be Stone Cold, as no one was more popular, besides maybe The Rock. They sold more tickets in a one year period than anyone else could.
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Post by Alpha Q Up on Mar 30, 2014 20:33:03 GMT -5
If we are talking straight up wrestling and not sports entertainers, then my top five would be 1. Kurt Angle 2. Ric Flair 3. Bret Hart 4. Lance Storm 5. Chris Jericho Honorable mentions: Chris Benoit, Daniel Bryan, CM Punk, & Mr. Perfect If we are talking sports enterainers(wrestling, mic skills, etc...) 1. Steve Austin 2. The Undertaker 3. Shawn Michaels 4. Chris Jericho 5. Ric Flair How could I forget Lance Storm..god he was the definition of a worker who made others look better in the ring. Pretty much agree with your ''straight up wrestlers'' list. |
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Post by Next Man’s Yeeter on Mar 30, 2014 22:41:39 GMT -5
1. Chris Benoit
2. Jeffrey Dahmer
3. John Wayne Gacy
4. Fred West
5. Ted Bundy
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Mar 30, 2014 22:43:46 GMT -5
Austin all day long.
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Post by King Richius on Mar 30, 2014 23:18:37 GMT -5
I don't need a list nor any honorable mentions. The answer is simple: The Nature Boy Ric Flair. So good for so long and he could have succeeded in any promotion, any era of the past 75 years.
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