20 wrestlers you would have in your

[Guest wildpegasus]

So you've been granted a wish from a genie. You can put toghether your own wrestling league of 20 wrestlers from any time period at all. Who would you take? Use whatever reasons you want.

 

 

Me, I'd take

Kikuchi

Ravishing Rick Rude

Shawn Micheals

Kobashi

Whindam

Benoit

Vader

Dynamite Kid

Bret Hart

Owen Hart

Austin

A-Train

Lyger

Jumbo Tsuruta

Andre The Giant

Johnny Smith

Regal

Ricky Steamboat

Kawada

Rip Rogers

[The Mandarin 0]

Hulk Hogan

Steve Austin

The Rock

Antonio Inoki

Rikidozan

Lou Thesz

Gorgeous George

Bruno Sammartino

Ric Flair

Sting

Mitsuharu Misawa

Giant Baba

Andre the Giant

Bill Goldberg

Buddy Rogers

El Santo

El Hijo del Santo

Perro Aguayo

Dick Beyer

Tiger Mask

 

I'd be rich! RICH!

[Australian Pride 0]

Bret Hart

Steve Austin

Owen Hart

Davey Boy Smith

Dynamite Kid

Curt Hennig

Ricky Steamboat

Randy Savage

Brian Pillman

Chris Jericho

Vader

Hulk Hogan

The Rockers (Michaels and Jannetty)

Tully Blanchard

Arn Anderson

Ric Flair

Barry Windham

The Rock

Bruiser Brody

[Guest fanofcoils]

Hulk Hogan

Ric Flair

Andre the Giant

Steve Austin

The Rock

Roddy Piper

Vader

Sting

Road Warriors

Randy Savage

Ultimate Warrior

Bret Hart

Bruno Sammartino

Lou Thesz

Rikidozan

Bruiser Brody

Antonio Inoki

Misawa

Kawada

Kobashi

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In no particular order............

 

1. Bret Hart

2. Jake Roberts

3. Scott Hall

4. Raven

5. Mick Foley

6. Curt Hennig

7. Randy Savage

8. Taz

9. Steve Austin

10. Perry Saturn

11. Christopher Daniels

12. Ric Flair

13. Arn Anderson

14. Owen Hart

15. AJ Styles

16. Dean Malenko

17. Chris Benoit

18. Bam Bam Bigelow

19. Terry Funk

20. The Rock

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1. Bret Hart

2. AJ Styles

3. Paul London

4. Shawn Michaels

5. Petey Williams

6. Curt Hennig

7. Chris Sabin

8. Ric Flair

9. Chris Benoit

10. Alex Wright

11. Raven

12. Owen Hart

13. Marty Jannetty

14. The Rock

15. Jimmy Rave

16. Ricky Steamboat

17. American Dragon

18. Psicosis

19. Chris Jericho

20. Brian Pillman

 

Injury Reserve

1. Christian

2. Alex Shelley

3. Teddy Hart

4. Randy Orton

5. Eddie Guerrero

[The Kid 0]

Owen Hart

Bret Hart

Davey Boy Smith

Steve Austin

Shawn Michaels

Chris Benoit

Lance Storm

Roddy Piper

Dynamite Kid

Original Tiger Mask

Curt Hennig

TJ Wilson

Harry Smith

Jushin Liger

Ted Dibiase

Kurt Angle

Ricky Steamboat

Brian Pillman

Rick Rude

Eddie Guerrero

[IWD 0]

Lou Thesz

Ric Flair

Bruno Sammartino

Hulk Hogan

Giant Baba

Mitsuharu Misawa

Rikidozan

Andre The Giant

El Canek

Harley Race

Bob Backlund

Stan Hansen

Kenta Kobashi

Bret Hart

Keiji Mutoh/ Great Muta

Jushin Thunder Liger

Chris Benoit

Dynamite Kid

Dory Funk Jr

Toshiaki Kawada

 

Cheers.

[Mecha Mummy 0]

Jumbo Tsuruta

Bret Hart

Mick Foley

Raven

Stan Hansen

Toshiaki Kawada

Mitsuharu Misawa

Dynamite Kid

The Rock

Owen Hart

Jushin Thunder Liger

Harley Race

Chris Benoit

Ric Flair

CIMA

Kenta Kobashi

Steve Austin

Brian Pillman

Spanky

Bryan Danielson

[Mystery Eskimo 0]

1. Ric Flair

2. Sting

3. Vader

4. Steve Austin

5. The Rock

6. Ricky Steamboat

7. Misawa

8. Kawada

9. Kobashi

10. Bret Hart

11. Jushin Liger

12. Ultimo Dragon

13. Bryan Danielson

14. Chris Benoit

15. Chris Jericho

16. Jack Evans

17. CM Punk

18. Harley Race

19. Blitzkrieg

20. LA PARKA~!

[Art Sandusky 0]

(mine'll be pretty WWF/WWE-biased, since that's the only promotion I've ever really watched hardcore as well as listing face/heel alignment initially)

 

1. Jake Roberts (heel), 1989-1992. How no one else has this guy down is appalling. Keep him around for promos alone if for nothing else.

 

2. Hulk Hogan (face), 1984-1988. Before he gets too bald and loses the title the first time. Nuclear pops, big box office, and intense, silly promos.

 

3. Rob Van Dam (face), 2001-2002. Biggest stand-out on the roster and still motivated enough to put on good matches with the WWF/WWE style cutting down on the stalling and super-contrived spots.

 

4. Chris Benoit (heel), 2000-present. I'd pick his Japan days, but I like him with short hair better.

 

5. Bret Hart (face), 1991-1994. Someone finally superceded Hogan for me as a young fan. Not hampered by dumb feuds and politics just yet either.

 

6. Shawn Michaels (heel), 1992-1997. Not much bad stuff before he hurts his back, although I prefer his younger IC days while he was still sort of under the radar and hadn't become a political animal.

 

7. Ric Flair (heel), 1988-1992. I hear this guy's pretty good.

 

8. The Rock (face), 2000. Rock hits on all cylinders for one year without relying on catchphrases too too much and before he leaves for Hollywood. Match quality improves greatly as well.

 

9. Ted DiBiase (heel) 1987-1991. Everything up to the Money Inc. days was, fittingly, gold.

 

10. Steve Austin (face) 1997-1998. I've never seen anyone get these kinds of reactions from a crowd AND while putting on good matches ever. Absolutely amazing.

 

11. Andre the Giant (face) 1970s-1980s. Gotta have a big guy, and there were none more beloved.

 

12. Ricky Steamboat (face) 1986-1989. He's supposed to be pretty good too. Maybe I'll book a match with him and that Flair guy.

 

13. Randy Savage (heel) 1986-1991. Heel only because I like watching him on offense and the Macho King persona rocked.

 

14. AJ Styles (heel) 2001-present. Cocky dickhead who can fly and deliver sick-ass moves of all kinds.

 

15. Roddy Piper (face) 1982-1992. Sheer force of personality and manic promos where you can't tell if he's joking around or wants to beat the shit out of the other guy.

 

16. Sting (face) 1988-1996. WCW's Hulk Hogan for so many years, a no-brainer.

 

17. Mick Foley (as Cactus Jack, heel) 1990-2000. Talks a mean game, has the know-how to put on a great match with anyone on the roster.

 

18. Ultimate Warrior (???) present day. I need someone to keep me laughing.

 

19. Rick Rude (heel) 1988-1990. SO could have been a WWF champion, I tells ya.

 

20. Goldberg (face) 1997-1998. You need a fuck-off animalistic guy who'll just dismantle any opponent without wasting a moment and not say a word doing it. The intensity radiates from the television screen.

 

Heel/Face ratio is 9:10, since I have no idea what to call Warrior.

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I have Jake on my list, #2.

[Lightning Flik 0]

I'm not rehashing ol' times long forgotten. I'm doing an entire set of modern times warriors I'd have on my team!

 

My 20 Man Roster:

01) Jack Evans as Blitzkrieg

02) Samoa Joe (main eventer)

03) AJ Styles (main eventer)

04) Johnny Kashmere (tag teamer)

05) Trent Acid (tag teamer)

06) CM Punk (tag teamer)

07) Colt Cabana (tag teamer)

08) Paul London

09) Christopher Daniels (tag teamer)

10) James Gibson (main event)

11) Chris "Hail" Sabin

12) "American Dragon" Bryan Danielson

13) Low-Ki (tag teamer)

14) Austin Aries

15) Homicide

16) Excalibur (tag teamer

17) Super Dragon (tag teamer)

18) Frankie Kazarian

19) Jerry "F'N" Lynn (main event)

20) Petey Williams

 

Now then. That'd be my startup roster if I could get them all. I put Paul London, cause I'm guessing he'll be ditched by WWE soon enough that I can collect him.

[Guest Askewniverse]

Boris Zhukov

Chyna

David Sammartino

Giant Gonzalez

Glacier

Heidenreich

Ice Train

Jerry Flynn

Loch Ness

Nathan Jones

Nikolai Volkoff

Reese

Roadblock

Steve McMichael

Tank Abbott

Typhoon

The Wall

The Warlord

Viscera

Zeus

[Guest dreamer420]

Tommy Dreamer

Bret Hart

Rob Van Dam

Cactus Jack

Chris Benoit

Ric Flair

Steve Austin

Rey Mysterio Jr.

Jerry Lynn

AJ Styles

Lance Storm

The Sandman

Sabu

Little Guido

Yoshihiro Tajiri

Ax

Smash

Dynamite Kid

Davey Boy Smith

Kid Kash

[Kahran Ramsus 0]

Randy Savage

Ted Dibiase

Ricky Steamboat

Hulk Hogan

Ric Flair

Bret Hart

Steve Austin

The Rock

Chris Benoit

Mr. Perfect

Owen Hart

Shawn Michaels

Rick Rude

Dynamite Kid

Chris Jericho

Jake Roberts

Arn Anderson

Tully Blanchard

Rey Misterio

Eddy Guerrero

 

My announcing crew is Gorilla & Jesse. If they have to be a part of the 20, toss out Rey & Eddy. Monsoon & Ventura's commentary makes the product as a whole so much better, I'd have to have them in my ideal company.

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Boris Zhukov

Chyna

David Sammartino

Giant Gonzalez

Glacier

Heidenreich

Ice Train

Jerry Flynn

Loch Ness

Nathan Jones

Nikolai Volkoff

Reese

Roadblock

Steve McMichael

Tank Abbott

Typhoon

The Wall

The Warlord

Viscera

Zeus

I'd give the Warlord the strap.

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Ron "The Truth" Killings (2002)

Raven (1995-1998)

Chris Jericho (1998-2000)

HHH (2000-2001)

AJ Styles (2002-2003)

Jerry Lynn (1998-2000)

LowKi (2002-2003)

Steve Corino (1999-2001)

Jake "The Snake" Roberts (1988-1992)

"Rowdy" Roddy Piper (1983-1990)

Tommy Dreamer (1997-1999)

Shawn Michaels (1995-1997)

Mick Foley (1995-2000)

Eddie Edwards (2003-2004)

Hayabusa (1995-2000)

Megumi Kudo (1995)

Alexis Laree (2002-2003)

Trish Stratus (2001-2004)

Mercedes Martinez (2003-2004)

Trinity (2003)

[Guest JMA]

Bret Hart

Steve Austin

Shawn Michaels

Dynamite Kid

Owen Hart

Chris Benoit

Cactus Jack

AJ Styles

Ric Flair

Andre the Giant

Hulk Hogan

Randy Savage

Jake Roberts

Roddy Piper

Curt Hennig

Rick Rude

Eddie Guerrero

Ted DiBiase

Ricky Steamboat

Raven

[Art Sandusky 0]

I have Jake on my list, #2.

Oops. Sorry. Props.

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

Heavyweight Title Division:

 

1. Jumbo Tsuruta (1988)

2. Stan Hansen (1993)

3. Hulk Hogan (1989, or 1987)

4. Gary Albright (1995)

5. Mitsuharu Misawa (1994)

6. Randy Savage (1992)

7. Nobuhiko Takada (1993,94)

 

Junior Title Division:

 

8. Jushin Lyger (1993)

9. Chris Benoit (1995)

10. Eddie Guerrero (1997)

11. Rey Mysterio (1997)

12. Shinjiro Ohtani (1996)

13. American Dragon (2004)

14. Kiyoshi Tamura (1996)

 

Tag Title Division:

 

15/16. Steve Williams/Terry Gordy (1989)

17/18. Toshiaki Kawada/Akira Taue (1995)

19/20. Kenta Kobashi/Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (1993)

 

(Of course, matches are not limited to their divisions. Benoit/Ohtani can be a team, Kawada can challenge Misawa, Tamura can face Takada)

[CanadianGuitarist 0]

Allow me to run down a show with my 20 favourites, 10 heel, 10 face.

 

Commentary: Joey Styles and Don Callis

 

'Team ECW' Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman(2000 ECW) def. Justin Credible(2000 ECW) and Jake The Snake(Early 90's)

 

Vader(1996) def. Chris Benoit(now)

 

Sabu(Mid 90's),Terry Funk and Scorpio(98 WWF...honest) def. Triple Threat Members Shane Douglas, Bam Bam Bigelow and Lance Storm.

 

Rob Van Dam(98 ECW) def. Raven(95 ECW) for the CCW Interprovincial Title.

 

New Hart Foundation members Bret and Owen Hart(1997) def. The British Bulldogs(Late 80's) to retain the CCW Tag Titles.

 

Cactus Jack(Early 90's indy) def. Rhino(check the spelling) to retain the CCW Title.

 

As you can kinda tell, I love monster heels and technical wrestlers. I strongly prefer wrestling to showmanship(thus, no Hogan, Warrior, Savage, Rock or Austin....Austin barely missed the cut, though, I always did like him for some reason). Smart booking and psychology can do much more than angles and flash and glitz and glamour, take WM20's Main Event for example. Sloppy Match, but I still get goosebumps watching it. World Title should always be pushed, put it in the main event without fail.

[JHawk 0]

A very hard call, but since my ultimate goal would be to have the ultimate World Title tournament, I'd probably go with something like this (assuming everybody was in their prime).

 

1. Lou Thesz

2. Harley Race

3. Ric Flair

4. Jack Brisco

5. Bruno Sammartino

6. Pedro Morales

7. Stan Hansen

8. Hulk Hogan

9. Andre the Giant

10. Antonio Inoki

11. Tatsumi Fujinami

12. Bob Backlund

13. Ricky Steamboat

14. The Iron Sheik

15. Barry Windham

16. Randy Savage

17. Bret Hart

18. Dory Funk Jr.

19. Terry Funk

20. Nick Bockwinkel

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Assuming all the guys are in their prime

 

 

Lou FUCKING Thesz (top guy)

Dynamite Kid

Raven

Jake Roberts

Kurt Angle

Great Muta

Chris Benoit

Misawa

Kawada

Atlantis

Christopher Daniels

Shawn Michaels

Lightning Kid

Tommy Dreamer

Cactus Jack

Terry Funk

OuTtKaSt

Makaze

Black Dragon

Owen Hart

[Toshiaki Koala 0]

I would clone La Parka nineteen times.

[razazteca 0]

I only know of 6 La Parkas:

 

LA Park

La Parka (Antonio Pena's bitch)

Super Parka

Parkacita

Whatever the woman Parka is called

La Parka Jr.?

[nl5xsk1 0]

In no order, and all wrestlers in their prime:

 

Sting - face

Flair - heel

Cactus Jack - tweener

Hennig - heel

Rude - heel

Vader - heel

Austin - face

Rock - heel

Savage - face

Dibiase - heel

 

Road Warriors - horrible wrestlers but drew huge heat - face

Gordy & Williams - heel

Steiners - face

Midnite X-Press - heel

Bulldogs - face

[Guest Loss]

HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION

1. Harley Race

2. Hulk Hogan

3. Jumbo Tsuruta

4. Ric Flair

5. Bret Hart

 

JUNIOR DIVISION

6. Chris Benoit

7. Jushin Liger

8. Shinjiro Otani

9. Rey Misterio Jr

10. Eddy Guerrero

 

TAG TEAM DIVISION

11/12. Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton/Stan Lane)

13/14. Fantastics (Tommy Rogers/Bobby Fulton)

15/16. Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi

17/18. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue

19/20. Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch

 

(I like Rudo's better. I also wish the limit was 50 so I could include a women's division, jobbers to make the stars look good and a little depth. 20 wrestlers isn't enough to build a roster up realistically.)

[Guest wildpegasus]

(I like Rudo's better. I also wish the limit was 50 so I could include a women's division, jobbers to make the stars look good and a little depth. 20 wrestlers isn't enough to build a roster up realistically.)

I agree 20 wrestlers isn't enough. I just wanted everyone to make some tough decisions.