As an introduction, I will post who I believe to be the most important Wrestlers of all time, and at the same time post my top ten personal favourites, this is to give you all an indication of my views when it comes to wrestling.
It is my belief that wrestlers with technical ability, preferably with a background on the indie circuit, are a more desirable commodity rather than performers, sorry, superstars with good mic skills, or who are clearly in cahoots with upper management. This therefore would appear to make me anti WWE.
However this is far from the truth, as WWE is the benchmark in this industry. I just believe that talented in ring performers should occupy more of the main event spotlight than a body builder.
Recent example; Low Ki (aka, Kaval) possessed credible in ring skills as well as a niche promo style, but was clearly not WWE's idea of a main eventer due to lack of WWE style mic skills. Low Ki in my opinion is more worthy of the top tier titles rather than a 5 move wonder with decent mic skills and a perfect physique; such as Batista, Sheamus, and...Triple H. No Triple H vs Batista match will even reach 5 stars in any critical review, Kaval vs Daniel Brian on the other hand will.
Although I do make exceptions; The Rock in his 6 short years in the (American) Squared circle, garnered more crowd reaction in one move of the eyebrow, than Lance Storm, a master in his craft, ever did in his entire career. Therefore making The Rock a more important entity to the sport.
In my opinion.
These lists are here to show my personal stance. They will change over the course of time. Maybe even before I leave this very room, but I hope they will prove a decent start off point to reference if you despute my future views on a match, storyline, PPV or so on.
Feel free to question any of this, and to reply with your own lists!
Danny
1. Chris Benoit (Was always my favourite, always will be, in terms of WRESTLING SKILL. I do NOT condone his actions. However I will say; studys have shown his rage is concussion related, rather than him literally going crazy: http://www.wsbtv.com/news/14047066/detail.html)
2. CM Punk (amazing on the mic, fantastic in ring skills, and the most orginal gimmick ever seen)
3. Stone Cold (He is Stone Cold Steve Austin. The End.)
4. The Rock (See comments on Stone Cold)
5. Kurt Angle (Name one bad Angle match or promo...because I cant)
Top 5best Wrestlers ever (in terms of relevence, rather than technical or mic ability)
1. Hulk Hogan (made wrestling a mainsteam sport)
2. Ric Flair (dominated pre WWE wrestling, and made it a sport in general)
3. Stone Cold (Made wrestling, well, cool)
4. The Rock (Help made 90's Wrestling mainsteam)
5. Kurt Angle (Adds more crediblity to the main event than any main eventer before or after)
1 comments:
In fact, I've changed my mind already; Bruno Sammatino, Rowdy Piper, Undertaker or Bret Hart are more important than Kurt Angle. Apologies
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