Post by CBT on Dec 7, 2011 18:54:59 GMT -5
Before I finish that thought, the only condition I'm placing on this thread is that you be satisfied with choosing from the living! 
You can pick from WWE, TNA, ROH, retired, active, injured, male or female, just make sure you choose someone that you can model your "career" after.
That being said, my five would be:
#1 and #2 The Briscoe Brothers
Now, I know ROH is cutting into new territories so the Briscoes are strengthening their legions but I've been a die-hard Briscoe fan since the first time I heard about them back in 2004. Had my first chance to watch them compete in person 2 years later. I just love that they aren't a gimmick of what a redneck looks like. #Demboys are just two crazy mfers that will say or do any thing they damn well please, but have the stamina and earned their right to say and do it from years of hard work and world travel.
I could never watch another Briscoes match again and I'd still put them down as one of the best tag teams going today. I'd be honored to take a beating by them and come out a stronger competitor because of it. I think they could teach a competitor how to turn the volume up on who they are and make it almost as important as what you say.
#3 Nigel Mcguinness (Desmond Wolfe)
We all have that one wrestler that we feel an undying gratitude toward. My 1st trip to an ROH show, I went just me and my dad, drove 6 hours to Edison NJ. The second show I brought my mom, it was the summer, and she was dying in this little sports club that ROH hosted something like 4 hours of action not counting the student matches. She went to the lobby and later on I find out she was hit on by Nigel McGuinness!!!!!! she presented him with $100 (she's no rat, for the record.) he asked her something like "is this for me" and by the time the show is over I have a crisp $100 bill signed by the (then-) ROH Pure Rules Champion. Later to become ROH Heavyweight champion and (one-time) TNA competitor.
Watch Nigel pre-07 and you see european wrestling ad-nauseum. Some hated it, but he crafted his technique with uppercuts, wristlocks, and impressive submissions. 07-09 Nigel became one of the most intense, at times dangerous, competitors in the world. Right up there with Kurt Angle, Shawn Michaels, Bryan Danielson and CM Punk as the Best in the World. He has the strong-style that the Briscoes possess, but he also has technique that you just can't teach yourself. He carries himself like a superstar, and I've always felt he could have been a great manager if TNA got cold feet about bringing him back after having him hang near the main event just to drift into obscurity.
For me it'd be great to see first-hand the work it takes to earn the respect he's garnered.
#4 "The Human Suplex Machine" Taz
I honestly believe Taz's finishing school could do a lot for anyone that wants to know what the major league promotions are catered toward. I know he's in TNA and in ECW his legacy will always be but if one guy could teach submission, intimidation and in ring psychology it's the submission specialist from red hook.
#5 John Bradshaw Layfield
It took me a minute to make the final choice, I could have went with the Undertaker, there is no scale of reality here... but the missing piece of this team that would whip me into shape is someone who can carry themselves on the mic. Better yet, a performer that is versatile in his career both succeeding on a tag team level and single's... even better, a man that can say he's been WWE champ. I mean, a wrestling god could be a heavenly trainer (see what I did there?)
Let's forget JBL's pudgy belly, and focus on how the man turned his career around overnight. If you really need a defense for this choice, you have no soul. Jericho and Punk can keep their buzz words, I wanna learn what it takes to instigate a riot (on purpose) in the modern world of pro-wrestling.
You can pick from WWE, TNA, ROH, retired, active, injured, male or female, just make sure you choose someone that you can model your "career" after.
That being said, my five would be:
#1 and #2 The Briscoe Brothers
Now, I know ROH is cutting into new territories so the Briscoes are strengthening their legions but I've been a die-hard Briscoe fan since the first time I heard about them back in 2004. Had my first chance to watch them compete in person 2 years later. I just love that they aren't a gimmick of what a redneck looks like. #Demboys are just two crazy mfers that will say or do any thing they damn well please, but have the stamina and earned their right to say and do it from years of hard work and world travel.
I could never watch another Briscoes match again and I'd still put them down as one of the best tag teams going today. I'd be honored to take a beating by them and come out a stronger competitor because of it. I think they could teach a competitor how to turn the volume up on who they are and make it almost as important as what you say.
#3 Nigel Mcguinness (Desmond Wolfe)
We all have that one wrestler that we feel an undying gratitude toward. My 1st trip to an ROH show, I went just me and my dad, drove 6 hours to Edison NJ. The second show I brought my mom, it was the summer, and she was dying in this little sports club that ROH hosted something like 4 hours of action not counting the student matches. She went to the lobby and later on I find out she was hit on by Nigel McGuinness!!!!!! she presented him with $100 (she's no rat, for the record.) he asked her something like "is this for me" and by the time the show is over I have a crisp $100 bill signed by the (then-) ROH Pure Rules Champion. Later to become ROH Heavyweight champion and (one-time) TNA competitor.
Watch Nigel pre-07 and you see european wrestling ad-nauseum. Some hated it, but he crafted his technique with uppercuts, wristlocks, and impressive submissions. 07-09 Nigel became one of the most intense, at times dangerous, competitors in the world. Right up there with Kurt Angle, Shawn Michaels, Bryan Danielson and CM Punk as the Best in the World. He has the strong-style that the Briscoes possess, but he also has technique that you just can't teach yourself. He carries himself like a superstar, and I've always felt he could have been a great manager if TNA got cold feet about bringing him back after having him hang near the main event just to drift into obscurity.
For me it'd be great to see first-hand the work it takes to earn the respect he's garnered.
#4 "The Human Suplex Machine" Taz
I honestly believe Taz's finishing school could do a lot for anyone that wants to know what the major league promotions are catered toward. I know he's in TNA and in ECW his legacy will always be but if one guy could teach submission, intimidation and in ring psychology it's the submission specialist from red hook.
#5 John Bradshaw Layfield
It took me a minute to make the final choice, I could have went with the Undertaker, there is no scale of reality here... but the missing piece of this team that would whip me into shape is someone who can carry themselves on the mic. Better yet, a performer that is versatile in his career both succeeding on a tag team level and single's... even better, a man that can say he's been WWE champ. I mean, a wrestling god could be a heavenly trainer (see what I did there?)
Let's forget JBL's pudgy belly, and focus on how the man turned his career around overnight. If you really need a defense for this choice, you have no soul. Jericho and Punk can keep their buzz words, I wanna learn what it takes to instigate a riot (on purpose) in the modern world of pro-wrestling.
