Top Ten Favorite Wrestlers

[Guest HellSpawn]

Sorry but, I have several Mexicans over WWF/WCW/Etc...

 

 

1. All time Favorite Mine is FISHMAN

 

2. Bret HITMAN Hart

 

3. Chris Jericho

 

4. Los Brazos, Gold, Silver and "The Arm" OK, Im cheating here, but... this 3 guys were so cool in the 80s, they were THE BIGGEST HEELS down here. I mean.. this guys wrestle against the Villanos in a YEARS LONG feud, first as faces and then, in an AWESOME Heel turn, Los Brazos totally killed the villanos, and I mean, bloodier feuds than any Foley matches. And the feud ended in the (well not totally right IMO ) right way, Brazos jobbed ina 3 masks vs 3 masks match in Monterrey.

 

5. Fuerza Guerrera A really good and cool Heel down here, an a great technical wrestler when he wants.

 

6. Sangre Chicana Great Great Heel down here.

 

7. Chris Benoit

 

8. Ric Flair

 

9. Canek The guy in my avatar. He's IMO the Greatest Mexican Heavyweight. Again, in the 80s, he faced Andre, Hogan, Big Ban Vader (the tattoo guy not "Vader time"), Dos Caras & Psicodelico (both Mil Mascaras brothers). Right now he is... in a feud with Mascara Magica or something like that

 

10. Shawn Michaels

 

 

Damn, great thread, you made me remember great times.

 

 

 

Edit: 5. Perro Aguayo Before he turned into a joke of himself. <---OUT

Edited May 11, 2003 by HellSpawn

[Guest Lord of The Curry]

In no particular order besides my number one pick.......

 

1. Chris Benoit

2. Eddy Guerrero

3. Jushin Thunder Lyger

4. Chris Jericho

5. Kenta Kobashi

6. Mitsuharu Misawa

7. Toshiaki Kawada

8. Bret Hart

9. Shinjiro Ohtani

10. Mick Foley

[PsychoDriver 0]

My favs as of now:

 

1. Shawn Michaels

2. Raven

3. Hayabusa

4. Hulk Hogan

5. Mr. Perfect (First WWF run)

6. Tommy Dreamer

7. Marty Jannetty (He was very good in his day)

8. Cactus Jack

9. Masato Tanaka

10. Super Dragon

11. The Messiah

12. American Dragon

13. CIMA

14. Jerry Lynn

15. Brian Pillman

16. Shane Helms

17. Excalibur

18. Mikey Whipwreck/Tajiri (as a tag team)

19. Rob Van Dam

20. Chris Daniels

[Guest DawnBTVS]

#1: Bret Hart

#2: Shawn Michaels

#3: Steve austin

#4: Raven

#5: Owen Hart

#6: Ric Flair

#7: Sting

#8: Rob Van Dam

#9: Vader

#10: Triple H

[Mrnoitaull 0]

Hell, I cant put them in order but

 

Hurricaine

Kidman

Saturn

Chris Daniels

Kurt Angle

Lance Storm

Benoit

MIKEY WHIPWRECK

!!!NOVA!!!!

Tony Marmaluke er.. C.G. Afi ( whatever you wanna call him )

[Guest Austin3164life]

Right now? I only have four.

 

Steve Austin

Kurt Angle

John Cena

Chris Jericho

 

Of all time?

 

Steve Austin

Ted DiBiase

Randy Savage

Shawn Michaels

Ric Flair

Ricky Steamboat

Kurt Angle

Great Sasuke

Bret Hart

Chris Benoit

Edited June 12, 2003 by Austin3164life

[Guest Askewniverse]

Currently, in no particular order:

 

1. Kurt Angle

2. Chris Benoit

3. Chris Jericho

4. Matt Hardy

5. Brock Lesnar

6. Eddie Guerrero

7. Rob Van Dam

8. Triple H

9. Ric Flair

10. The Hurricane

 

Of all time, also in no particular order

 

1. Bret Hart

2. Owen Hart

3. Chris Benoit

4. Chris Jericho

5. Kurt Angle

6. Ric Flair

7. Ricky Steamboat

8. Steve Austin

9. Triple H

10. Rob Van Dam

 

EDIT: added Flair to current favorites

Edited May 29, 2003 by Askewniverse

[Guest snuffbox]

10.Rob Van Dam

9.Vader

8.Arn Anderson

7.Steve Austin

6.Curt Hennig

5.Bret Hart

4.Tully Blanchard

3.Shawn Michaels

2.Mick Foley

1.Ric Flair

[Guest Anorak]

Top 10: No order........

 

Chris Benoit

Cactus Jack

Roddy Piper

Bret Hart

Eddie Guerrero

Steve Austin

Randy Savage

Jake 'The Snake' Roberts

The Rock

Ricky Steamboat

 

Others.......

Chris Jericho

Kenta Kobashi

Jushin Liger

Mikey Whipwreck

Shawn Michaels

Vader

El Samurai

TAKA

Shinjiro Ohtani

Toshikaki Kawada

Midnights (Eaton/Lane) Condrey was solid though.

 

That's 20+ actually, oh well!

[Guest ArkhamGlobe]

Alphabetical order:

 

Arn Anderson

Steve Austin

Chris Benoit

Tully Blanchard

Dynamite Kid

Ric Flair

Owen Hart

Jushin Liger

Dean Malenko

Ricky Steamboat

[Guest CanadianChick]

Top 10 right now (Not nessesarly in order):

1) Edge

2) Benoit

3) RVD

4) Jericho

5) Angle

6) Eddy

7) Chavo

8) Knoble

9) Rey Mysterio

10) Matt Hardy

 

HOnorable mentions: Tajiri, Hurricane, Christian and Rhyno.

 

Top 10 all time (might be similar to other list since I'm a youngeon and is not in order particularly):

1) Bret Hart

2) Edge

3) Owen Hart

4) Benoit

5) RVD

6) Jericho

7) Angle

8) Micheals (I don't mind him now, but used to like him a lot better back in the day)

9) Eddy

10) Savage (this is as old as you're going to get from me)

[Guest Steviekick]

Current Top 10...

1. Chris Jericho

2. Matt Hardy

3. the Hurricane

4. Rey Mysterio

5. Booker T

6. Lance Storm

7. Christian

8. Chris Benoit

9. Stevie Richards/Rhyno (tie)

10. Tommy Dreamer

 

I'd like to put in some Japanese or NWA TNA people on this list, but I only get to watch WWE programming so I won't include them on the list of active wrestlers.

 

Here's my all time top 10...

1. Bret Hart

2. Raven

3. Ricky Steamboat

4. Owen Hart

5. Ric Flair

6. Jushin Liger

7. Terry Funk

8. Randy Savage

9. Sting

10. Kurt Angle

[Guest wildpegasus]

Personal Favourites in no real order:

 

1)Benoit: Love his style especially the intensity on all his moves

2)Dynamite Kid: Big fan of his Stampede work

3)Toyota: As with Benoit, love the intesity of her work

4)Ozaki: Fantastic attitude in the ring and a great wrestler

5)Sakie Hasegawa: Always tried hard

6)Aja Kong: Fantastic worker I'm a big fan of her matches against Toyota, K.Inoue, Mariko, Satomura, and Kansai

7)Bret Hart What's not to like? I loved how he did stuff you just wouldn't see in the WWF

8)Jushin Liger: The feud with Sano is probably my favourite of all time

9)Kenta Kobashi: Fighting Spirit!!!!

10)Kawada: Great wrestler

11)Misawa: If you've seen him wrestle he's automatically one of your favourites

12)Eddy Guerrero: Love his wide arsenal of moves

13)American Dragon: So good at such a young age. You can tell he watches a lot of tapes

14)Sabu: I've always admired the amount of punishment he can take

15)Toshiyo Yamada: I feel she uses kicks the best of any wrestler

16)Stan Hanson: Fantastic finisher

17)Hiroshi Hase: You can always count on him having a good match

18)Johnny Smith: The most underrated wrestler ever

19)Meiko Satomura: Great worker, love the bycicle kick

20)Curt Henning: Big fan of the running dropkick and the perfectplex

21)Steve Williams: Fantastic strength

22)Tiger Mask: If you could transport him in his prime to this time and place he undobutably would be one of the most over superstars

23)Vader: Best big man wrestler ever

24)Andre The Giant : Great charisma who was pretty agile back when he was younger

25)Dean Malenko: I've enjoyed too many of his matches for him not to be one of my favourites.

26)Rip Rodgers: Underated wrestler

27)Shinjori Otani: Fantastic seller although exaggerated who has the jerk persona down perfectly

[Guest Coffin Surfer]

1. Kawada

-I like great selling, and this man is the best. Probably my second fav. in ring persona of all time as well, a complex character who is indeed a major asshole, but you can't help but root for him and sympathize with him. Plus, his Powerbomb is the most dramatic finisher I've ever seen.

 

2. Hokuto

-Having finally seen the majority of her acclaimed matches I must say she is my fav. persona of all time, she's so vulnerable and insecure yet so strong and confident. Her selling thus far is the best I've seen from a Joshi wrestler, and her ability to tell a story in the ring is unsurpassed in my eyes.

 

3. Taue

-The Dynamic One! If I had a choice between watching the Misawa/Kobashi series or the Misawa/Taue series, I would without hestitation choose Misawa/Taue. Short, to the point, and surprisenly fast paced little matches that managed to cleverly differerinate themelves from the other. Hell I even love his pre 95 stuff, some of the best dickery you'll ever see.

 

4. Jumbo

-Everything he did was smart, from selling, to match construction, to the timing of the arm raise. As a result, his matches are incrediably facisinating and hold up better than anybodies from that time period. Jumbo/Tenyru>Steamboat/Flair, hell Jumbo/Funk>Steamboat/Flair.

 

5. Ohtani

-The best and probably only in ring combination you'll find of humor and melodrama. In 96 the man had MOTYC with everyone from Liger to El Samurai.

[Guest wildpegasus]

I can't believe I forgot Hokuto. That's just plain wrong.

[Guest Rob Edwards]

favourates

 

1. Mayumi Ozaki - I've just always been a massive mark for her bitchyness

 

2. Great Sasuke - The guy who got me into puro with his graceful flying

 

3. Manami Toyota - How can you not mark for her flexibility and bumping?

 

4. Aja Kong - Best big man/woman worker of all time

 

5. Jushin Liger - Heel Liger just rules unrealistic amounts

[Guest Ray]

Steve Austin

Chris Benoit

Toshiaki Kawada

Jumbo Tsuruta

Mitsuharu Misawa

Stan Hansen

Jushin Liger

Volk Han

Eddy Guerrero

Vader

[thuganomics 0]

Top 10 Wrestlers of Today:

 

10) Edge: Cool wrestler personified.

9)Steve Bradley: The WWE completely screwed him.

8)Spanky: One of the most fun wrestlers ever.

7)Rob Van Dam: A year ago he'd been a lot higher, but still an awesome worker.

6)Christian: The most underrated wrestler in the WWE today.

5)John Cena: He wrestles; he raps. Total package.

4)Amazing Red: Totally spotalicious.

3)Chris Benoit: Greatest technical wrestler ever.

2)Kurt Angle: One of the greatest champions ever, despite his strange title reigns.

1)Chris Jericho: I'm a certified Jerichoholic. It does't get any better.

[Guest acnx]

1 - Shawn Michaels

2 - Ric Flair

3 - Raven

4 - Low Ki

5 - Eddy Guerrero

6 - Chris Benoit

7 - Christopher Daniels

8 - "American Dragon" Bryan Danielson

9 - Jimmy Rave

10 - AJ Styles

11 - Curt Hennig

12 - Paul London

13 - Chavo Guerrero

14 - Arn Anderson

15 - Vader

 

Honorable Mentions - Tajiri, Owen Hart, Sting, Kurt Angle, Rey Mysterio Jr., Mick Foley, Chris Jericho, and I could go on forever.

 

Shit...I couldn't stop at 10. It's hard to just stop at 15.

[Guest bravesfan]

On the active side...

 

1. Kurt Angle

2. Chris Benoit

3. Eddy Guerrero

4. Chris Jericho

5. Shane Helms

 

 

Of all time...

 

1. Bret Hart

2. Steve Austin

3. Kurt Angle

4. Ric Flair (I didn't really "grow" up with the NWA-WCW, so he's a bit low.)

5. Mick Foley

6. Owen Hart

7. Chris Benoit

8. Arn Anderson

9. Eddy Guerrero

10. Chris Jericho

[Guest sean pyro]

01/ Ric Flair

02/ Chris Jericho

03/ Ricky Steamboat

04/ The Rock

05/ Taz

06/ Owen Hart

07/ Kurt Angle

08/ Chris Daniels

09/ La Parka

10/ Magnum Tokyo

[Guest Cassius Atkinson]

1. The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal)

2. Bret Hart/Owen Hart

3. Hulk Hogan

4. Undertaker

5. Stone Cold

6. Chris Jericho

7. Rhyno

8. Brock Lesnar

9. Ultimate Warrior

10. Shawn Michaels

 

Just missed out - Mick Foley / Rob Van Dam / Road Dogg and Ric Flair (WOOOOOO)

[Adam 0]

10. Kurt Angle. Will be the best. In 10 years he will be known as the best.

9. Red. Relatively new to me, but I still think he will be as good or better than Rey Mysterio.

8. Mick Foley. Both his books were gold, I liked everything he did. Made me believe that even I can do things that I never thought possible.

7. Low Ki. Every match I have seen of this man I have liked. Explosive.

6. Kane. The best hoss I have seen. Can fly around the ring like nothing else.

5. Ric Flair. Talked to him on a morning music show, great guy, and I marked out like a 14 year old girl to Jeff Hardy.

4. Stone Cold. Always entertaining, I had a smile from ear to ear at No Way Out when he beat Bischoff. Realised how much I missed having him on my TV.

3. The Rock. Always been a favourite. Best talker EVER and great character. Good athletic and wrestling ability.

2. Chris Jericho. Best talker on RAW, just brilliant.

1. Rob Van Dam. Never seen him in a bad match, just like everything about the guy, his style, his character and his skills.

 

Honorable Mentions: Kurt Angle, Chris Benoit, The Undertaker, Matt Hardy, Brock Lesner and

[Guest Old Brown Heineken]

1. Hulk Hogan

2. Ric Flair

3. Bret Hart

4. Antonio Inoki

5. Mitsuharu Misawa

6. Harley Race

7. Bob Backlund

8. Randy Savage

9. Jushin Liger

10.Bruiser Brody

[Guest Hybrid420]

1) Bret Hart

2)Mick Foley

3) Shawn Michaels 90's)

4)Kurt Angle

5)AJ Styles

6)Eddie Guerrero

7)RVD

8)Spanky

9)Low ki

10)Adam Bomb

[Guest two_tuff_toddy]

I would say my all time top ten goes like this at the moment.

 

1. SHAWN MICHAELS

2. CHRIS BENOIT

3. MICK FOLEY

4. RIC FLAIR

5. KENTA KOBASHI

6. OWEN HART

7. GREAT SASUKE

8. JUSHIN LYGER

9. TOSHIAKI KAWADA

TIE - KURT ANGLE/VADER/MITSUHARA MISAWA

 

People who could make this list once I get the chance to see more of their work.

 

Ultimo Dragon

Stan Hansen

Jumbo Tsuruta

Dynamite Kid

Akira Hokuto

Manami Toyota

Aja Kong

Mayumi Ozaki

Sakie Hasegawa

Shinjiro Ohtani

 

I'm definitely partial to Japanese wrestling but can't put them higher on my all time list due to lack of exposure although that will change soon.

[Guest Kid Kablam]

Chris Benoit

Eddie G

Mick Foley

Shinjiro Ohtani

Owen Hart

Taka

Randy Savage (Bastard Heel Randy)

Tully Blanchard

Ricky Steamboat

Chris Jericho

Lyger

Mysterio

Angle

Vader

Flair

It's over ten, but still

[Guest oxymoron]

1. Manami Toyota- Everything about her

2. Jaguar Yokota- True living legend

3. Toshiaki Kawada- Best Ever imo

4. Akira Hokuto

5. Mitsuharu Misawa- one of the best ever

6. Sakie Hasegawa- had so much potential to be one of the great Joshi wrestlers

7. American Dragon

8. Ayako Hamada

9. Momoe Nakanishi- slowly climbing the list, in my opinion, the most exciting wrestler today

10. CIMA- i find his matches highly entertaining

[Guest Monday Night Jericho]

If we're just going by personal liking then (no order):

 

Benoit, Jericho, Liger, Kawada, E. Guerrero, Misawa, TAKA, B. Hart, Flair and Tom Billington.

 

Plus many more

[Guest La Parka Es Mi Papa]

1. Ric Flair

2. Mick Foley

3. La Parka

4. Dean Malenko

5. Terry Funk

6. Harley Race

7. Arn Anderson

8. Bret Hart

9. Chris Benoit

10. Silver King

11. Eddie Guerrero

12. Ricky Steamboat

13. Juventud Guerrera

14. Steve Austin

15. Sting

16. Owen Hart

17. Vader

18. Paul Orndoff

19. Honky Tonk Man

20. Jaime Knoble