Yah, if you go by NA workers, on pure workrate, Flair, Benoit, Bret Hart, Owen Hart, and in my opinion, Arn Anderson are my top 5.
Worldwide, you have to look at Tsuruta, Kawada, Misawa, Taue, Kobashi, Hokuto, and Lyger...
Nate, the match you just described had more action packed into that match then pretty much every other match on the entire card. In less than five minutes!
What you get when you see Rulon Gardner is a guy who is a big guy (which Vince likes) with the athleticism that Kurt Angle has (though not as much). This guy can do a STANDING backflip. I think he'd be a great fit in that ring. He could definitely be a Kurt Angle-type...
I think when talking about Evangelion, I'm mostly intrigued by some of THESE things...
Like the name of the title Neon Genesis Evangelion. Neon Genesis, as in "New Beginning" and Evangelion, with the Evang part meaning one who spreads the word of God. The spear and the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the MFin APOCOLYPSE are also important. Like it was said before, it's not necessarily part of the story, but how these things are used just make me think big time...maybe too much.