Emmet Russell
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Post by Emmet Russell on May 19, 2015 0:28:41 GMT -5
My vote has to go to the Sandman.
Everything he did looked like a pure struggle, but he never failed to entertain and often rose to the top of ECW with just a gimmick behind him. He must've been doing something right. As a pure wrestler, he may have been the worst I've ever seen.
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jmule
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Post by jmule on May 19, 2015 6:18:37 GMT -5
Kerry von Erich. His entire moveset punch, claw, spin punch. Yet I always liked him..why?
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Mozenrath
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Post by Mozenrath on May 19, 2015 6:27:55 GMT -5
Depends on what would be considered bad, but I'd say Nash. I do wish we had seen him be himself more in WWE, they wanted him to be Diesel but he worked best as a smartass who would kind of embrace the shit talking people did about him. Oh yes, lazy and only cares about money, pay me to come out and sideslam, elbow, big boot, powerbomb and call it a day. I liked that about him.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on May 19, 2015 6:30:29 GMT -5
Hulk Hogan.
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Post by Mozenrath on May 19, 2015 6:49:02 GMT -5
Also a solid option. And I guess Cena, too, would be another one of mine, though he gets that rep now less than he used to, with most criticism being based on his character.
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Post by Amazing Kitsune on May 19, 2015 7:17:18 GMT -5
You guys lost me at Nash, Hogan, and Cena.
But people have different tastes...
Vince McMahon.
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on May 19, 2015 8:57:00 GMT -5
Nash gets to much hate because I don't think he was ever that bad. Sure he wasn't Kane or Taker athletic wise but most guys that size aren't. I mean Sid moveset for example. Sid shown he was more athletic like kicking up but his moveset was just as limited, Nash I felt was a better in ring worker than Sid.
I'm going to second Vince McMachon, while he wasn't really a wrestler he had plenty of matches and they all was a drawing point. Why? Simple fact fans wanted to see the boss get his ass kicked and it never got old. Plus Vince was golden at EVERYTHING else that he didn't have to be a ring general plus he was in his 50s when he had his first match anyway.
For an full time wrestlers I'm going to put Abdullah the Butcher. For as many years he wrestled and was in most cases in a big time promotion WCW or Japan really. He wasn't ever a good in ring worker but fans brought into his crazy ECW style before ECW was a thing. His extreme style was people paid too see him for but never was his matches considered good or he showed he good really wrestle. The other same thing when I add New Jack to it for the same reasons. Fans loved New Jack in ECW hayday but again like Abdullah, he crazy style of going extreme is what fans brought into but never was a good wrestler.
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Aceorton
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Post by Aceorton on May 19, 2015 9:09:55 GMT -5
I'd have to say the Warrior, Jim Neidhart or George Steele.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on May 19, 2015 9:26:50 GMT -5
I'm going to second Vince McMachon, while he wasn't really a wrestler he had plenty of matches and they all was a drawing point. Why? Simple fact fans wanted to see the boss get his ass kicked and it never got old. Plus Vince was golden at EVERYTHING else that he didn't have to be a ring general plus he was in his 50s when he had his first match anyway. It also helped that he wasn't afraid to show his ass (both figuratively and literally in some cases).
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on May 19, 2015 9:30:29 GMT -5
Kevin Nash was as good as the Undertaker while he was in the WWF, it may be an unpopular opinion but 'Taker reeked unless he was working alongside someone twice as good as he was. Nash got away with doing far less in WCW so regressed while Taker eventually became a decent after nearly two decades as a pro wrestler.
Best flat out bad wrestler? Sid. Couldn't do a great deal but people loved him anyway.
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Bad Moon
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Post by Bad Moon on May 19, 2015 9:36:14 GMT -5
Mark Henry can turn a rest spot into the highlight of the night just by his voice and facial expressions alone.
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Post by somsta on May 19, 2015 10:16:52 GMT -5
Mick Foley. Glorified stuntman.
Just kidding.
I'd say Goldberg has to be up there.
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Post by Bad Moon on May 19, 2015 11:06:39 GMT -5
Mick Foley. Glorified stuntman. Just kidding. I'd say Goldberg has to be up there. Goldberg is an odd one. I always see him compared to Ultimate Warrior, in the sense that he was way better booked than he was ready for and I can't even really argue against that, but unlike Warrior Goldberg really couldn't have possibly been ready for what WCW was pushing him to be. He had more than enough talent, he just never had the time to gather enough experience to use it, if that makes any sense.
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Post by Surfer Sandman on May 19, 2015 11:11:22 GMT -5
Kerry von Erich. His entire moveset punch, claw, spin punch. Yet I always liked him..why? He was a born hoss. Wasn't even the talented one (that goes to Mike) in that family. But, he was good as the Texas Tornado. I never thought about his iq level or wrestling knowledge back then.
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Post by "Playboy" Don Douglas on May 19, 2015 11:14:11 GMT -5
Kerry von Erich. His entire moveset punch, claw, spin punch. Yet I always liked him..why? He was a born hoss. Wasn't even the talented one (that goes to Mike) in that family. But, he was good as the Texas Tornado. I never thought about his iq level or wrestling knowledge back then. I think you mean David.
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Post by Surfer Sandman on May 19, 2015 11:15:28 GMT -5
He was a born hoss. Wasn't even the talented one (that goes to Mike) in that family. But, he was good as the Texas Tornado. I never thought about his iq level or wrestling knowledge back then. I think you mean David. I get them mixed up all the time. I do think that Kevin was talented. I remember some of his matches.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on May 19, 2015 11:18:09 GMT -5
Johnny B.
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2015 14:15:23 GMT -5
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Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on May 19, 2015 14:17:50 GMT -5
Mick Foley. Glorified stuntman. Just kidding. I'd say Goldberg has to be up there. Goldberg is an odd one. I always see him compared to Ultimate Warrior, in the sense that he was way better booked than he was ready for and I can't even really argue against that, but unlike Warrior Goldberg really couldn't have possibly been ready for what WCW was pushing him to be. He had more than enough talent, he just never had the time to gather enough experience to use it, if that makes any sense. Yeah. All the tools were there for Goldberg really. But he got pushed out the gate faster than he could learn how to use them, which really limited him.
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Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on May 19, 2015 14:19:41 GMT -5
Kerry von Erich. His entire moveset punch, claw, spin punch. Yet I always liked him..why? I heard...I believe it was Meltzer, but I might be wrong, but I heard him say that Kerry was a guy who tended to wrestle to the level of his opponents. So when he was in there with a guy like a Ric Flair, he could very easily have great matches, but if he was against somebody of a lower rung of quality, it really showed that he couldn't "lead" a match.
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