Best WWF Main Eventer 1985-present

[Guest DeputyHawk]

Can't remember if this has been done recently but it's always fun, so...

 

Base your picks on a combination of overness, in-the-ring skills, charisma and just general ability to carry a convinving main event as either champion or challenger. Who has been the best WWF Main Eventer since 1985?

 

FIRST ROUND

1--Steve Austin vs. Andre The Giant

2--Brock Lesnar vs. Zeus

3--Kurt Angle vs. Owen Hart

4--Mick Foley vs. Paul Orndorff

5--The Rock vs. Chris Jericho

6--Psycho Sid vs. Sgt Slaughter

7--Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy

8--Randy Savage vs. Roddy Piper

9--Bret Hart vs. Lex Luger

10-Kane vs. Rick Rude

11-Triple-H vs. Chris Benoit

12-Yokozuna vs. Ted DiBiase

13-Shawn Michaels vs. Mr Perfect

14-Kevin Nash vs. Ric Flair

15-The Undertaker vs. British Bulldog

16-The Big Show vs. Ultimate Warrior

[Guest Big McLargeHuge]

1-- Steve Austin

2-- Brock Lesnar

3-- Kurt Angle

4-- Mick Foley

5-- The Rock vs. Chris Jericho - No Vote

6-- Sgt Slaughter

7-- Hulk Hogan

8-- Randy Savage

9-- Bret Hart

10- Rick Rude

11- Triple-H

12- Ted DiBiase

13- Shawn Michaels

14- Ric Flair

15- British Bulldog

16- Ultimate Warrior

[Guest WrestlingDeacon]

FIRST ROUND

1--Steve Austin

2--Brock Lesnar

3--Kurt Angle

4--Mick Foley

5--The Rock

6--Psycho Sid

7--Hulk Hogan

8--Randy Savage

9--Bret Hart

10- Rick Rude

11- Chris Benoit

12- Ted DiBiase

13-Mr. Perfect

14-Ric Flair

15-The Undertaker

16-Ultimate Warrior

 

I can't believe you used Zeus. Earthquake is better choice than Zeus.

[Guest BorneAgain]

Austin

Brock

Angle

Foley

Rock

Sid (He's the lesser of two evils)

Hogan

Savage

Bret

Rude

HHH (yeah I know but Vince has never given Benoit a real main event push)

DiBiase

HBK

Flair

Taker

Warrior (Show's been made to look like a mid-card joke too many times)

[Guest DeputyHawk]

My own votes:

 

FIRST ROUND

1--Steve Austin vs. Andre The Giant - AUSTIN

2--Brock Lesnar vs. Zeus - LESNAR

3--Kurt Angle vs. Owen Hart - ANGLE

4--Mick Foley vs. Paul Orndorff - FOLEY

5--The Rock vs. Chris Jericho - ROCK

6--Psycho Sid vs. Sgt Slaughter - SLAUGHTER

7--Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy - HOGAN

8--Randy Savage vs. Roddy Piper - PIPER

9--Bret Hart vs. Lex Luger - BRET

10-Kane vs. Rick Rude - KANE

11-Triple-H vs. Chris Benoit - HHH

12-Yokozuna vs. Ted DiBiase - DIBIASE

13-Shawn Michaels vs. Mr Perfect - SHAWN

14-Kevin Nash vs. Ric Flair - FLAIR

15-The Undertaker vs. British Bulldog - UNDERTAKER

16-The Big Show vs. Ultimate Warrior - WARRIOR

 

EDIT: Zeus was a push for the 32, but he did feud with Hogan over the World title, which Quake didn't

[Guest sean pyro]

01-- Steve Austin

02-- Brock Lesnar

03-- Kurt Angle

04-- Mick Foley

05-- The Rock (sorry)

06-- Sgt Slaughter

07-- Hulk Hogan

08-- Randy Savage

09-- Bret Hart

10-- Rick Rude

11-- Triple-H (sorry)

12-- Yokozuna

13-- Shawn Michaels

14-- Ric Flair

15-- The Undertaker

16-- Ultimate Warrior

[Guest Stunt Granny]

Zeus takes it all.

[Guest Stunt Granny]

Where the hell is Booker T. He main evented SummerSlam 2001.

[Guest Gomezticator]

Can't remember if this has been done recently but it's always fun, so...

 

Base your picks on a combination of overness, in-the-ring skills, charisma and just general ability to carry a convinving main event as either champion or challenger. Who has been the best WWF Main Eventer since 1985?

 

FIRST ROUND

1--Steve Austin vs. Andre The Giant

2--Brock Lesnar vs. Zeus

3--Kurt Angle vs. Owen Hart

4--Mick Foley vs. Paul Orndorff

5--The Rock vs. Chris Jericho

6--Psycho Sid vs. Sgt Slaughter

7--Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy

8--Randy Savage vs. Roddy Piper

9--Bret Hart vs. Lex Luger

10-Kane vs. Rick Rude

11-Triple-H vs. Chris Benoit

12-Yokozuna vs. Ted DiBiase

13-Shawn Michaels vs. Mr Perfect

14-Kevin Nash vs. Ric Flair

15-The Undertaker vs. British Bulldog

16-The Big Show vs. Ultimate Warrior

1. Steve Austin

2. Brock Lesnar in 15 seconds with the F5

3. Kurt Angle after a 20 minute ****1/2 classic

4. Mick Foley (hard one to pick, both have separate strengths, weaknesses)

5. The Rock in their usual *** affair

6. Psqueege Sid minces the no-talent Slaughter in less than 3 minutes.

7. Hulk Hogan hulks up, big boots and legdrops Bundy in an unwatchable rematch of their WM2 battle.

8. Randy Savage (seeing these two go in their primes would've been fun)

9. Bret Hart easily over an unmotivated (as usual) Luger

10. Rick Rude upsets the Big Red Midcarder

11. Chris Benoit in a upset after he shocks Hunter and finishes him with the Pedigree '95, crippling The Game.

12. Ted DiBiase after Yokozuna misses a BUTT splash

13. Shawn Michaels: good match but Perfect's not in HBK's league

14. Ric Flair submits Nash in the F4 after Big Lazy tears a quad

15. The Undertaker tombstones Bulldog after a shockingly watchable match

16. Ultimate Warrior spears Big Show about 12 times (only cause Show was too lazy to bump the first 11 times) and pins him

[Guest Ray]

1--Steve Austin

2--Brock Lesnar

3--Owen Hart

4--Mick Foley

5--The Rock

6--Sgt Slaughter

7--Hulk Hogan

8--Randy Savage

9--Bret Hart

10-Kane

11-Chris Benoit

12-Ted DiBiase

13-Shawn Michaels

14-Ric Flair

15-British Bulldog

16-Ultimate Warrior

[Guest croweater]

1--Steve Austin

2--Brock Lesnar

3--Kurt Angle

4--Mick Foley

5--The Rock (Sorry Chris but Rock just has the overness and the drawing power)

6--Psycho Sid

7--Hulk Hogan

8--Randy Savage

9--Bret Hart (and my tip to win over all)

10-Kane

11-Triple-H (Should be benoit, and hopefully will be one day)

12-Yokozuna

13-Shawn Michaels

14-Ric Flair (hopefully snapping Nash's leg and ending his career in this one)

15-The Undertaker (the old.... not the new)

16-Ultimate Warrior

 

the next round should be more interesting.

I'm picking Hart, Taker, Hogan, Rock, Kurt and Austin to all go far. I'm a big Mark for Bret so I want him to win, but I think The Rock might just have his number.

[MooreMark 0]

FIRST ROUND

1--Steve Austin

2--Brock Lesnar

3--Kurt Angle

4--Mick Foley

5--The Rock

6--Psycho Sid

7--Hulk Hogan

8--Randy Savage

9--Bret Hart

10-Rick Rude

11-Chris Benoit

12-Yokozuna

13-Shawn Michaels

14-Ric Flair

15-The Undertaker

16-Ultimate Warrior

[Guest DawnBTVS]

1--Steve Austin

2--Brock Lesnar

3--Kurt Angle

4--Mick Foley

5--The Rock

6--Sgt Slaughter

7--Hulk Hogan

8--Randy Savage

9--Bret Hart

10-Rick Rude

11-Triple-H

12-Ted DiBiase

13-Shawn Michaels

14-Ric Flair

15-The Undertaker

16-Ultimate Warrior

[Guest JAxlMorrison]

FIRST ROUND

1--Steve Austin

2--Brock Lesnar

3--Kurt Angle

4--Mick Foley

5--The Rock

6--Psycho Sid

7--Hulk Hogan

8--Randy Savage

9--Bret Hart

10- Rick Rude

11-Triple-H

12-Yokozuna

13-Shawn Michael

14-. Ric Flair

15-The Undertaker

16-Ultimate Warrior

[Guest meanmaisch]

Austin

Lesnar

Angle

Foley

The Rock

Psycho Sid

Hogan

Savage

Hart

Rude

Benoit

DiBiase

Michaels

Flair

Undertaker

Warrior

[Guest El Gigante]

FIRST ROUND

1--Steve Austin

2--Brock Lesnar

3--Kurt Angle

4--Mick Foley

5--The Rock

6--Psycho Sid

7--Hulk Hogan

8--Randy Savage

9--Bret Hart

10-Rick Rude

11-Chris Benoit

12-Yokozuna

13-Shawn Michaels

14-Ric Flair

15-The Undertaker

16-Ultimate Warrior

[Guest eiker_ir]

1--Steve Austin

2--Brock Lesnar

3--Kurt Angle

4--Mick Foley

5--The Rock (fuuuuuuuucck)

6--Psycho Sid

7--Hulk Hogan

8--Randy Savage

9--Bret Hart

10-Rick Rude

11-Triple-H

12-Yokozuna

13-Shawn Michaels

14-Ric Flair

15-The Undertaker

16-Ultimate Warrior

[Danville_Wrestling 0]

1--Steve Austin

2--Brock Lesnar

3--Kurt Angle

4--Mick Foley

5--The Rock

6--Psycho Sid

7--Hulk Hogan

8--Randy Savage

9--Bret Hart

10--Rick Rude

11--Chris Beniot

12--Ted DiBiase

13--Shawn Michaels

14--Ric Flair

15--The Undertaker

16--The Ultimate Warrior

[Guest bps "The Truth" 21]

--Steve Austin

2--Brock Lesnar

3--Kurt Angle

4--Mick Foley

5--The Rock

6--Psycho Sid

7--Hulk Hogan

8--Randy Savage

9--Bret Hart

10.Rick Rude

11-Triple-H

12-Yokozuna

13-Shawn Michaels

14-Ric Flair

15-The Undertaker

16-Ultimate Warrior

[Guest DeputyHawk]

I'll let a few more votes come in before posting a new topic with the Round 2 brackets, which should be more competitive.

 

Most Round 1 match-ups were pretty cut & dried, though I thought Piper against Savage would have been the most hotly contested - turns out I was the only person who went for Piper. Oh well, that's what being Scottish does for you.

 

Sid vs. Slaughter was relatively competitive, but the two main match-ups that need to hold off for a clear-cut winner are HHH vs. Benoit (c'mon, it's who was a better main eventer in their prime, not who could be if booked right), and Yokozuna vs. DiBiase (again, I woulda thought this was a no-brainer in favour of the Tedster, but hey).

 

Second Round will be up sometime tomorrow

[Guest Space_Cowboy]

1--Steve Austin

2--Brock Lesnar

3--Kurt Angle

4--Mick Foley

5--The Rock

6--Psycho Sid

7--Hulk Hogan

8--Randy Savage

9--Bret Hart

10-Kane

11-Triple-H

12-Yokozuna

13-Shawn Michaels

14-Ric Flair

15-The Undertaker

16-Ultimate Warrior

[Guest Aero]

1--Steve Austin

2--Brock Lesnar

3--Kurt Angle

4--Mick Foley

5--The Rock

6--Psycho Sid

7--Hulk Hogan

8--Randy Savage

9--Bret Hart

10-Rick Rude

11-Triple-H

12-Ted DiBiase

13-Shawn Michaels

14-Ric Flair

15-The Undertaker

16-Ultimate Warrior

[Guest nl5xsk1]

Steve Austin

Brock Lesnar

Kurt Angle

Mick Foley

The Rock

Sgt Slaughter

Hulk Hogan

Randy Savage

Bret Hart

Rick Rude

Triple-H

Ted DiBiase

Shawn Michaels

Ric Flair

The Undertaker

Ultimate Warrior

[Guest Dynamite Kido]

FIRST ROUND

1--Steve Austin

2--Brock Lesnar

3--Kurt Angle

4--Mick Foley

5--The Rock

6--Sgt Slaughter

7--Hulk Hogan

8--Randy Savage

9--Bret Hart

10-Rick Rude

11-Chris Benoit

12-Ted DiBiase

13-Shawn Michaels

14-Ric Flair

15-The Undertaker

16-Ultimate Warrior

[Mecha Mummy 0]

FIRST ROUND

1--Steve Austin

2--Brock Lesnar

3--Kurt Angle

4--Mick Foley

5--The Rock

6--Sgt Slaughter

7--Hulk Hogan

8--Randy Savage

9--Bret Hart

10-Kane

11-Triple-H

12-Ted DiBiase

13-Shawn Michaels

14-Ric Flair

15-The Undertaker

16-The Big Show

[TheOriginalOrangeGoblin 0]

FIRST ROUND

1--Steve Austin

2--Brock Lesnar

3--Kurt Angle

4--Mick Foley

5--The Rock

6--Psycho Sid

7--Hulk Hogan

8--Randy Savage

9--Bret Hart

Rick Rude

11-Triple-H

12-Yokozuna

Mr Perfect

Ric Flair

British Bulldog

Ultimate Warrior

[Guest nWoScorpion]

1--Steve Austin

2--Brock Lesnar

3--Owen Hart

4--Mick Foley

5--The Rock

6--Psycho Sid

7--Hulk Hogan

8--Randy Savage

9--Bret Hart

10-Kane

11-Triple-H

12-Ted Dibiaise

13-Shawn Michaels

14-Ric Flair

15-The Undertaker

16-Ultimate Warrior