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50 greatest workers of all time elimination suggestions

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I've always wondered who people though was the greatest worker in wrestling, but i know i would get a lot of opinions, and some based soley on gimmicks.

 

This vote is to narrow down who is the greatest worker that has been in the buisiness to a general consensus.

 

Eliminations will be based on their ability in the ring, not their character, gimmick or how successful they have been such as titles or whatever.

 

This post is to gather peoples opinions of who should be in the vote, I'm wanting at least 50, but if theres more, so be it, but I want a general consensus.

 

I will now list some obvious ones, please add more. (note: I'm not ranking them like this, just listing)

 

1. Bret Hart

2. Chris Benoit

3. Lance Storm

4. Chris Jericho

5. Ted Dibiase

6. Eddie Guerrero

7. Tully Blanchard

8. Marty Jannetty

9. Dynamite Kid

10. Ric Flair

11. Ricky Steamboat

12. Randy Savage

13. Owen Hart

14. Shawn Michaels

15. Steve Austin

16. Vader

17. Curt Henning

18. Sting

19. Jake Roberts

20. Raven

21. Terry Funk

22. Dory Funk Jr.

23. Hulk Hogan

24. Harley Race

25. Dusty Rhodes

26. Arn Anderson

27- Barry Windham

28- Rey Mysterio

29- Steve Regal

30- Christopher Daniels

31- Nick Dinsmore/Eugene

32- Samoa Joe

33- Al Snow

34- Rick Martel

35- Brad Armstrong

36- Charlie Haas

37- Misawa

38. Dean Malenko

39. Jerry Lynn

40. Kurt Angle

41. Alex Wright

42. Rob Van Dam

43. Dick Murdoch

44. Jerry Lawler

45. Tito Santana

46. Brian Pillman

47. Jeff Jarrett

48. Christian

49. Ricky Morton

50. Lou Thesz

51. Rick Rude

52. 2 Cold Scorpio

53. Bruno Sammartino

54. Steve Williams

55. Steve Corino

56. Davey Boy Smith

57. Mike Rotundo

58. Jushin Lyger

59. Jerry Lynn

60. Andre the Giant

61. Freddie Blassie

62. Sgt. Slaughter

63. CM Punk

64. JunkYard Dog

65. Jerry Lawler

66. Scott Hall

67. Honky Tonk Man

68. Larry Zbyszko

69.Antonio Inkoki

70.Jumbo Tsuruta

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17. Curt Henning

18. Sting

19. Jake Roberts

20. Raven

21. Terry Funk

22. Dory Funk Jr.

23. Hulk Hogan

24. Harley Race

25. Dusty Rhodes

26. Arn Anderson

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27-Barry Windham

28-Rey Mysterio

29-Steve Regal

30-Christopher Daniels

31-Nick Dinsmore/Eugene

32-Samoa Joe

33-Al Snow

34-Rick Martel

35-Brad Armstrong

36-Charlie Haas

37-The Wrestling Bear

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I don't see how I could have forgotten your first three. And wrestling bear was a dumb joke, of course, but I did get to see at least one version of it a few times. Believe me, he got a pop.

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I'm tired so if any of these are repeats that's my excuse.

 

 

Kenta Kobashi

Misawa

Kawada

Manami Toyota

Akira Hokuto

Jaguar Yokota

Aja Kong

Kyoko Inoue

Mayumi Ozaki

Jumbo Tsuruta

The Destroyer

Jushin Lyger

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43. Matt Borne

44. Greg Valentine

45. Bruno Sammartino

46. Brian Pillman

47. 2 Cold Scorpio

48. The Undertaker

49. Michael P.S Hayes

50. Mike Rotundo

51. Rowdy Roddy Piper

52. Ravishing Rick Rude

53. Jushin Lyger

54. Curtis Hughs

55. Mick Foley

56. Dr. Death Steve Williams

57. Paul Orndorff

58. John Bradshaw Leyfield

59. Diamond Dallas Page

60. Kevin Nash

61. Steve Corino

62. Sid

63. Christian Cage

64. Jerry Lynn

65. Jerry Flynn

66. George Hackenschmidt

67. Lou Thesz

68. King Kong Bundy

69. Little Beaver

70. Paul London

71. Andre the Giant

72. Barry Darsow

73. Stevie Richards

74. Booker T

75. Classy Freddie Blassie

76. Haystack Callhoun

77. Lex Luger

78. Davey Boy Smith

79. Jack Brisco

80. Pat Patterson

81. The Rock

82. Sgt. Slaughter

83. CM Punk

84. Jeff Jarrett

85. Jerry "The King" Lawler

86. Junk Yard Dog

87. Jimmy Snuka

88. Big Show

89. Batista

90. Crush

91. Scott Hall

92. Honky Tonk Man

93. Randy Orton

94. Giant Baba

95. Hyabusa

96. Hakushi

97. Brian Knobbs

98. Scotty Riggs

99. Scotty 2 Hotty

100. Scott Steiner

101. Scott "Flash" Norton

102. Scott Armstrong

103. Bullet Bob Armstrong

104. Elix Skipper

105. Kevin Sullivan

106. Kevin Von Erich

107. Kevin Nash

108. Shane Douglas

109. "Outlaw" Ron Bass

110. Jimmy Valiant

111. Larry Zbyszko

112. Chavo Guerrero

113. Rhino

114. Abyss

115. Bob Holly

116. Big John Studd

117. Road Warrior Animal

118. Antonio Inkoki

119. Bob Backlund

120. Butcher Vachon

121. Bam Bam Bigelow

122. Taz

123. Sandman

124. Sam Houston

125. Ken Patera

126. Tom Zenk

127. Baron Von Rashkie

128. Col. Debeers

129. Butch Reed

130. Ahmed Johnson

131. Pedro Morales

132. Bad News Brown

133. Dick Slater

134. Goldberg

135. Dave Taylor

136. Adam Bomb

137. Kensuki Sasaki

138. Jeff Hardy

139. Yokozuna

140. John Cena

141. Savio Vega

142. D'Lo Brown

143. Mark Henry

144. Shane Helms

145. Evan Karagis

146. Don Leo Jonathan

147. Crazy Luke Graham

148. Superstar Billy Graham

149. The Iron Sheik

150. Nikolai Volkoff

151. Adrian Adonis

152. Goldust

153. Prince Iakia

154. Dr. David Schultz

155. Erik Watts

156. Jesse Ventura

157. Ivan Koloff

158. Abdullah the Butcher

159. Shelton Banjamin

160. Abe Jacobs

161. Billy Kidman

162. Andy Kaufman

163. Moondog Spot

164. Bill Dundee

165. Kangaroo Kennedy

166. Roy Heffernan

167. Outback Jack

168. Fit Finley

169. Gentleman Chris Adams

170. Gene Kiniski

171. Geroge Scott

172. Tommy Rich

173. Ted Arcidi

174. Gorilla Monsoon

175. Taka Michinoku

176. Kenzo Suzki

177. Shinjiro Otani

178. Ricky Chosyu

179. Masahiro Chono

180. The Great Muta

181. Damien 666

182. Dr. Wagner Jr.

183. Miguel Perez

184. Calos Colon

185. Gorgeous George

186. Lenny Lane

187. Sabu

188. Tiger Jeet Singh

189. Earl Caddock

190. Eddie Gilbert

191. Gory Guerreo

192. Glacier

193. Hugh Morris

194. Chris Masters

195. Brutus Beefcake

196. Mark Starr

197. Big Bossman

198. Stevie Ray

199. Sylk Wagner Brown

200. Tank Abbot

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Guest asher66

(In no particular order)

1. Bret Hart

2. Chris Benoit

3. Dynamite Kid

4. Ted Dibiase

5. Ric Flair

6. Ricky Steamboat

7. Sting

8. Shawn Michaels

9. Curt Hennig

10. Jake Roberts

11. Kurt Angle

12. Bob Backlund

13. The Great Muta

14. Terry Funk

15. Mil Mascaras

16. Antonio Inoki

17. Mitsuharu Misawa

18. Harley Race

19. Bruiser Brody

20. Dusty Rhodes

21. Stan Hansen

22. Kenta Kobashi

23. Jushin Liger

24. Terry Gordy

25. Barry Windham

26. Carlos Colon

27. Rick Martel

28. Arn Anderson

29. Randy Savage

30. Lou Thesz

31. Harley Race

32. Roddy Piper

33. Nick Bockwinkel

34. Buddy Rogers

35. Steve Austin

36. Jerry Lawler

37. Dr. Wagner

38. Steve Williams

39. Scott Steiner (before he fell apart)

40. Nikita Koloff

41. Bobby Eaton

42. Mike Rotundo

43. Dory Funk Jr.

44. Vern Gagne

45. Bob Armstrong

46. Bruno Sammartino

47. Scott Hall

48. Big Bossman

49. Dr. Wagner Jr.

50. Rick Rude

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48. The Undertaker

54. Curtis Hughs

58. John Bradshaw Leyfield

59. Diamond Dallas Page

60. Kevin Nash

62. Sid

64. Jerry Lynn

65. Jerry Flynn

68. King Kong Bundy

69. Little Beaver

72. Barry Darsow

77. Lex Luger

84. Jeff Jarrett

86. Junk Yard Dog

88. Big Show

90. Crush

97. Brian Knobbs

98. Scotty Riggs

101. Scott "Flash" Norton

107. Kevin Nash

108. Shane Douglas

115. Bob Holly

116. Big John Studd

117. Road Warrior Animal

123. Sandman

124. Sam Houston

125. Ken Patera

128. Col. Debeers

130. Ahmed Johnson

134. Goldberg

136. Adam Bomb

138. Jeff Hardy

141. Savio Vega

143. Mark Henry

153. Prince Iakia

155. Erik Watts

158. Abdullah the Butcher

162. Andy Kaufman

163. Moondog Spot

167. Outback Jack

173. Ted Arcidi

176. Kenzo Suzki

186. Lenny Lane

188. Tiger Jeet Singh

192. Glacier

194. Chris Masters

195. Brutus Beefcake

196. Mark Starr

198. Stevie Ray

 

No more additions necessary.

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There's probably no point in doing a world-wide list, when it's doubtful that most of the people who will be involved haven't seen enough of the wrestlers who would generally be around the top 10-15. A Canada/US list might be a better idea.

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There's probably no point in doing a world-wide list, when it's doubtful that most of the people who will be involved haven't seen enough of the wrestlers who would generally be around the top 10-15. A Canada/US list might be a better idea.

 

And similarly, it's too hard to accurately compile a greatest workers "of all time" list. It would be smarter to limit it to, say, the greatest workers from 1984-present, since the choices made by posters here show that people clearly haven't seen enough of wrestling pre-1980 to judge the greatest workers from beyond that timeframe.

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There's probably no point in doing a world-wide list, when it's doubtful that most of the people who will be involved haven't seen enough of the wrestlers who would generally be around the top 10-15. A Canada/US list might be a better idea.

 

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I think the inherent problem in limiting the list in that way is that many Canadian/US workers would be included on the basis of the inclusion of their work in Japan. Such that a Dynamite Kid/Hansen/Williams/Destroyer may get included in a spot higher than his strictly US/Canada work would put him because of the strength of his work in outside of the areas included for consideration.

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