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Post by cordless2016 on Dec 27, 2015 15:56:52 GMT -5
1) Christian. Can match anyone in the ring and on the mic. Made everyone he worked with look like a million bucks. I started watching wrestling in 1994 but was only 4 at the time. Christian came to the WWF right as I was hitting an age I could appreciate wrestling at another level and got to see his whole professional career from beginning to end. Defiantly one of the most under appreciated talents and a great underdog career/story.
2) Kurt Angle. Can't say anything else that hasn't already been said. Arguably the greatest total package in wrestling history. Could pull a damn near perfect match out of any of his opponents and could go from comical to serious and vice-versa in an instant. My two favorite matches of all time include him in both.
3) Bret Hart. He was the man when I started watching and his stuff holds up great today. In-ring wise he's one of the top two ever for me with Angle just barely beating him out.
4) Chris Benoit. Another guy I got to follow for most of his professional career/national exposure. Like Angle and Bret he could pull a damn near perfect match out of anyone and when he was in the WWF he was always the guy they called upon to make someone else look like a star. I hate when people say he had no charisma because he was a bad talker. Talking on the mic does not equate a lack of charisma. He was the "Rabid Wolverine" with ruthless aggression. HIs silence was his charisma in that he had this intimidating factor that made fans feel his opponents were in for a long night. That's the unique charisma Benoit brought to the table and part of what drew me to him.
5) Eddie Guerreo. Anther guy I followed throughout most of his career and the only wrestler I cried for when i heard he passed. The ultimate underdog story and can't say anything else that has already been said.
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Post by Emerald Enthusiast on Dec 29, 2015 6:09:51 GMT -5
I have so many guys who I genuinely feel are on my favorites list or I could try and squeeze into some sort of a top 15 but HBK is the reason I'm here right now. He's the GOAT imo. As a New Gen kid, he was the first guy I latched onto and subsequently saw climb the mountain and made me feel like I was apart of it. I spent the better part of 15 years being emotionally invested in Shawn Michaels matches. Couldn't of said it any better. Grew up as a New Generation kid as well, first wrestling match I ever saw was Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon @ Summerslam '95 (still my favorite match). Co-signed. He was the most complete talent ever to grace a ring. He could wrestle any style, carry anyone to a passable match, and excel at any kind of storyline. He was more than an entertainer; he was a true artist.
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Post by K5 on Dec 30, 2015 3:10:25 GMT -5
dynamite kid, cm punk, rob van dam, and randy 'macho man' savage all come to mind very quickly.
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Post by mikey1974 on Dec 30, 2015 7:35:46 GMT -5
The year was 1990, one of my favorites ever. Being a HUGE Demolition mark (even though it didn't end so well for them) and Ultimate Warrior mark, it was a pretty great year! Then we get to Survivor Series, and suddenly this...this thing appears. Clad all in black, towering over everyone, menacing, with clear evil intent in his eyes. We didn't start getting TBS here until 1991, so for me there was never "Mean" Mark Callous. To me, Mark Callaway was only The Undertaker. I can't tell you what it was- maybe it was because he looked like something out of a horror film. Maybe it was because he looked and acted like no one else in the WWF at that point. Maybe it was because he squashed everybody, giving him the air of an invincible monster. But I was immediately smitten with this new wrestler. And as the wins piled up,the mystique grew. He made me do something I never thought would happen - he made me root AGAINST the Warrior in the feud between them!!! Even though he said very little, and was committing heinous acts, I wasn't the only one taken, as the WWF had no choice but to turn him face because of the great reactions he was getting. Sadly, his in ring competition would drastically diminish starting in 1992, and he would literally spend whole years feuding with tall or fat wrestlers just to feed into the "monster killer" character he had become. It would be until 1996 that Taker would be stuck in this rut, until a monster of a different sort would burst on the scene (Mankind), and the Undertaker character would finally evolve in look, attitude, and wrestling skills. It was here when he finally started to become a legend, and /The Undertaker has never looked back, becoming the Phenom. But I can say I was there from the beginning, and was always a fan.
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Post by Halloween King on Jan 3, 2016 13:47:03 GMT -5
This is a tough question.
It's a toss up between Hulk Hogan and Dan Severn.
As a kid I idolized Hogan. Hogan was everywhere! He was in movies, he was in video games, he was in wrestling, it was tough as a kid to not see Hogan in things. Ever play World Heros the fighting game? Tell me that Muscle Power isn't Hogan? On top of that Hogan had an awesome size and strength. When you looked at Hogan you knew he was a notch above most men when it came to strength. Unlike most wrestlers today which look no different from any regular Joe Schmoe.
Dan Severn is awesome just because of what he's done through out his career. He prob has one of the longest records in the MMA world. And he never did anything I would consider dumb in wwf. Just an all around badass.
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