Greatest African American Wrestlers

[Maztinho 0]

I'd take Mero off the list because... he's kinda useless.

 

I wouldn't say he was useless... He was great under a stupid gimmick and got over with the crowd and had a very decent career and was a very underrated match. But regardless, take him off because he isn't black...

 

I was neighbors with Maxx Payne, Mero ending his undefeated streak in WCW will never be forgiven. NEVER! Although he was decent mid-card fodder, but even if he was black, not one of the twenty of all time.

[Hasbeen2 0]

Where's New Jack?

[Chui 0]

Where's New Jack?

 

Probably in jail.

[Hasbeen2 0]

Ranked by career achievements, longevity, notable feuds, overness and the size of the stage-competing in the WWF or WCW would get more credit in this ranking than on the independent scene.

 

1-The Rock

2-Junkyard Dog

3-Abdullah the Butcher

4-Bobo Brazil

5-Ernie Ladd

6-Booker T

7-Bearcat Brown

8-Ron Simmons/Farooq

9-Luther Lindsey

10-Tony Atlas

11-Sailor Art Thomas

12-Dory Dixon

13-Hacksaw Butch Reed

14-Bob Sapp

15-Rocky Johnson

16-Bad News Allan

17-Kamala

18-Bobby Lashley

19-D-Von Dudley

20-Iceman Parsons

21-MVP

22-Mark Henry

23-Thunderbolt Patterson

24-New Jack

25-Sweet Daddy Siki

 

26-Stevie Ray

27-Hank James

28-Ahmed Johnson

29-Koko B Ware

30-Rufus R Jones

31-Godfather/Papa Shango

32-Viscera/Big Daddy V

33-Norvell Austin

34-Leroy Brown/Elijah Akeem

35-Ron Killings

36-Virgil/Vincent

37-D-Lo Brown

38-Ray Candy/Kareem Muhammed

39-Sonny King

40-Pez Whatley

41-Larry Cameron

42-Skip Young

43-Earl Maynard

44-Mr Hughes

45-Kofi Kingston

46-Jay Lethal

47-Sweet Daddy Watts

48-Brickhouse Brown

49-Mustafa Saed

50-George Wells

 

51-Tom Jones

52-JTG

53-Shad Gaspard

54-Monte Brown

55-Ernest the Cat Miller

56-Jim Mitchell

57-Rodney Mack

58-Norman Smiley

59-Jerry Morrow

60-Elix Skipper

61-Pork Chop Cash

62-Human Tornado

63-Tiger Conway Jr

64-JT Smith

65-The Boogeyman

66-Ice Train

67-Consequences Creed

68-Ezekiel

69-Ranger Ross

70-Arman Hussein/Hussein the Butcher

71-Elijah Burke

72-Tyree Pride

73-Larry Hamilton

74-Johnny Rodz

75-Eddie Kingston

 

76-Savannah Jack

77-Derrick Dukes

78-Tiger Conway Sr

79-Sergeant Craig Pittman

80-SD Jones

81-Mo

82-Orlando Jordan

83-Prince Nana

84-Eddie Morrow

85-Scoot Andrews

86-Onyx

87-Action Jackson

88-Botswana Beast/Kamala II

89-Ruckus

90-Slick Wagner Brown

91-D-Ray 3000

92-Soulman Alex G

93-The Snowman

94-Bobo Brazil Jr

95-Scorpio Sky

96-Rocky King

97-Hardwork Bobby Walker

98-Caprice Coleman

99-Kenny King

100-Kory Chavis

 

101-Lawrence Taylor

102-Jerrelle Clark

103-Jay Fury

104-Kingdom James

105-Chilly Willy

106-Babi Slymm

107-Derrick King

108-Gerald Finley

109-Charlie Cook

110-Rasta the Voodoo Man

111-Murder One

112-Big Swoll

113-Hardbody Harrison

114-Tony Suber

115-Desmond Howard

116-Mr T

117-Dennis Rodman

118-Karl Malone

119-Zeus

120-Pacman Jones

 

I left out 2 Cold Scorpio, put him in around 30.

[Lt. Al Giardello 0]

Bobby Lashley is too high, and Scorpio is too low... Otherwise, good list.

 

Iceman Parsons should be in the top 20 for sure.

[Hasbeen2 0]

Deserved or not, he did get the belt.

[Lt. Al Giardello 0]

If thats how you are doing you're list, Booker T should atleast be in the top 3... He's accomplished as much as any wrestler there is, regardless of race as far belts goes.

[PILLS! PILLS! PILLS! 0]

Where's New Jack?

 

Probably in jail.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oooh, devilish! Oooh devilish!

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

Norman Smiley should be higher. He was a respected international wrestler before he became a comedy act in WCW.

[Hasbeen2 0]

Yeah I was just thinking about that when I saw my list again. I tried not to overthink it and just put them down quickly right after I got a big list together. Pacman Jones, Zeus, were my attempts at comedy but Zeus did main event a pay per view.

[Diamonddust 0]

My Top 20

 

1. The Rock

2. Bobo Brazil

3. Booker T

4. The Junkyard Dog

5. Ernie Ladd

6. Ron Simmons

7. Abdullah the Butcher

8. Tony Atlas

9. Thunderbolt Patterson

10. D-Von Dudley

11. Iceman Parsons

12. Bearcat Brown

13. Kamala

14. Bad News Allen

15. Sweet Daddy Siki

16. Luther Lindsey

17. Butch Reed

18. Rocky Johnson

19. Sailor Art Thomas

20. Norvell Austin

[Steviekick 0]

I thought Eddie Kingston was Puerto Rican?

[Angles Broken Fricken Neck 0]

Rodney Mack and his white boy challenge deserves a mention in this thread.

[PILLS! PILLS! PILLS! 0]

It does?

[Lt. Al Giardello 0]

Carlos Colón Sr and Carly Colon (Carlito) deserve a mention, at the very least.

[Hasbeen2 0]

Puerto Rican or black? Carlos Colon would be top 15, Carly top 30-40.

[Ravenbomb 0]

No Truth Commission love?

[Lt. Al Giardello 0]

Puerto Rican or black? Carlos Colon would be top 15, Carly top 30-40.

 

What world are you living in? You do know there are blacks in Puerto Rico?

 

Carlos is a Afro-Puerto Rican... Carly is half black like The Rock.

[Hasbeen2 0]

Well put Carlos at 14 at Carly at 41. We need a spot somewhere too for Deathrow 3260.

 

Does Prince Iaukea qualify?

[truthsayer 0]

There was a wrestler back in the 50s and 60s named Sweet Daddy Siki. He was a quick, high flyer type (for those days) who often tag teamed with BoBo Brazil. He was quite good, and a pretty big star in several of the territories. He also was notable for doing a heel turn in an era when most wrestlers stayed pretty much face or heel throughout their careers. His turn was signaled by him suddenly appearing with blonde hair. I rarely watch WWE, but I did happen to have Raw on when Shelton Benjamin first showed up with the bleach job, and was quite amused to hear JR say that he was channeling Sweet Daddy Siki. Siki insisted that his hair was naturally blonde, and that he'd been dying it black all along to go along with other people's assumptions about black people. By my memory, he was a bigger star, and a better wrestler, than many of the folks on the list you've all been discussing.