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Post by radiantsilvergun on Feb 9, 2015 7:32:26 GMT -5
I was reading how Keiji Mutoh was up there as the best wrestler in the world in 2001 in his 40s. Which other wrestlers throughout history have managed to have classic matches and work at a high level after age 40? HBK and Taker have to be up there.
Also, can someone recommend some matches from Keiji Mutoh in 2001?
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Post by Rocky Raccoon on Feb 9, 2015 7:45:00 GMT -5
I became a huge mark for Finlay instantly, without even having seen any of his pre-WWE work.
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Feb 9, 2015 7:57:08 GMT -5
Ric Flair had several. In his WWE last run his WM X8 against Taker. WM 24 against HBK. HHH on Raw. HHH Taboo Tuesday Cage match against HHH. I know there are others.
Hogan against The Rock X8 and Vince 19. was in his 40's.
Goldust is 45 now. Had his best stuff in ring this last run which started at age 44.
Terry Funk was in his 40s I believe when he wrestled Sabu in that Barbwire match in 97. He wrestled regularly until his 60s and still once in a while does it. I'm sure there others he had in that period of his 40s and 50s that was good.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Feb 9, 2015 8:18:17 GMT -5
Mr. Bob Backlund's 90's run is still memorable to me. I was 9 when he came in for this run, so his previous stint was literally a lifetime ago, didn't care for his treatment of Bret Hart, but Bret got him in the end.
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Feb 9, 2015 8:23:23 GMT -5
Wasn't DDP up there in age when he became one of the most over faces in WCW, having decent matches up and down the card?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2015 9:07:48 GMT -5
Wasn't DDP up there in age when he became one of the most over faces in WCW, having decent matches up and down the card? Yeah, he'll be 60 next year. He would have been mid 40s by 2000. I feel William Regal needs to be in this conversation as well. He's 46 but he still has excellent matches. While we're at it, Rob Van Dam and Chris Jericho are both 44. Neither are doing too much at the moment, but I'd say they're both capable of it.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Feb 9, 2015 9:31:58 GMT -5
Short sample size would be the Ricky steamboat matches that he had against Chris Jericho. It also helped that Piper and Snuka looked well like u know what.
Lawler a couple of years ago had some decent matches with the Miz.
If Brock Lesnar continues to wrestle then he def will be on this list I believe he is 37 now.
& Obviously Taker for what he's been able to do in his wrestlemania matches every single year despite rumors every year of him not making it to Mania.
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Post by DjZonk on Feb 9, 2015 12:14:22 GMT -5
Its a shame Bret got hurt. I would have loved to have seen an inspired WWE return in 2002 to see him go against Angle, Benoit, Jericho, HHH and Shawn. Ugh, not to mention Brock. It's sad to think about really what could have been.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Feb 9, 2015 12:16:22 GMT -5
First name that came to mind was Genichiro Teneyu. He was born in 1950, so he was 26 when he left sumo and started wrestling in 1976... so in his 40's through the 90's.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2015 13:19:30 GMT -5
Genichiro Tenryu, Jumbo Tsuruta, Kantaro Hoshino, Animal Hamaguchi, Arnold Skaaland just to drop a few names of guys who were still machines in their 40's and/or 50's.
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Post by Alexander The So-so on Feb 9, 2015 13:47:13 GMT -5
I came in here to mention Ricky Steamboat's short WWE comeback in 2009. It was amazing to see how quick and smooth and agile he still was after so many years. If ever there was a wrestler more deserving of "You Still Got It" chants, it was the Dragon.
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Post by bigjohnsons on Feb 9, 2015 14:24:39 GMT -5
Goldust honestly , he as the MVP of 2013
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Feb 9, 2015 14:27:10 GMT -5
Goldust honestly , he as the MVP of 2013 Def, his match vs Orton when he first came back was a great match and it helped to have that emotion of wow he can actually do this behind him. Shows what you can do when you get in shape and live a cleaner lifestyle.
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Post by Instant Classic on Feb 9, 2015 14:35:18 GMT -5
Triple H
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Post by MrElijah on Feb 9, 2015 14:59:33 GMT -5
Nick Bockwinkel
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Post by Hurbster on Feb 9, 2015 15:05:18 GMT -5
Big Daddy, Mick McManus and Kendo Nagasaki come to mind from the UK.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Feb 9, 2015 15:09:35 GMT -5
Goldust has been doing some of the best in-ring work of his career in the last 18 months.
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Post by Raskovnik on Feb 9, 2015 16:00:13 GMT -5
Minoru Suzuki is in the middle of one. He's 46 and the man has been putting on match of the year contenders when given opponents he can sink his teeth into and gives a shit about. He's showing no signs of stopping, either. I guess that's what happens when you're such a badass you choose who you bump and sell for which really can prolong a man's career. Look for his match against Marufuji next month because I'm expecting them to tear the house down.
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Post by Mid-Carder on Feb 9, 2015 16:01:25 GMT -5
Hulk Hogan after a particularly spicy burrito
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Post by MichaelMartini on Feb 9, 2015 17:42:40 GMT -5
Sting had some great matches in TNA well into his 40s.
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