The wrestlers you liked everyone else was annoyed by

[wendytorrancev1]

Triple H. And I am probably the biggest Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley fangirl there is. I think she was completely justified in turning heel and played an amazing scheming villain. I also think she reminds me of an evil version of myself. Also, I liked X-Pac (w/Tori) and to an extent, Kurt Angle.

[Citizen Snips Has Left]

I love Final Boss Lesnar.

[Eunös ✈]

Brock Lesnar - Yes I admit I wasn't a fan of him squashing Kofi etc..But honestly Brock is still one of the few guys who actually feels legit tough and could easily mess up your day.

And I'm honestly enjoying the MMA santa look.. and what I've seen he has actually been showing some character lately.

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Jan 19, 2022 18:36:30 GMT -5 Eunös ✈ said:

Brock Lesnar - Yes I admit I wasn't a fan of him squashing Kofi etc..But honestly Brock is still one of the few guys who actually feels legit tough and could easily mess up your day.

And I'm honestly enjoying the MMA santa look.. and what I've seen he has actually been showing some character lately.

Babyface jokester Brock has been a blast.

[Ultimo Gallos]

Jan 19, 2022 14:45:34 GMT -5 DiBiase is Good said:

Hardcore Holly will forever be in my boy stable.

Him,Funaki and Steve Blackman.

[jason1980s]

I also say Vikki. As I mentioned in the "old man yells at cloud" thread, I rooted for her. I thought it was crap what WWE did to her. On one hand you have a woman whose husband passed prematurely during his time with a company (Jon Huber/AEW) and on another you have Eddie Guerrero. One worked for a guy whose mental growth was stunted during childhood and therefore you have skits with Vikki whose made to be some horrid creature because she's not a slim blonde. I met many WWF/WWE females and the most beautiful to me will always be Vikki.

[ThankGodForSidJustice]

Jan 19, 2022 13:52:35 GMT -5 Hypnosis said:

Gigi Dolin.  She has some other fans here, but it's not a high number.

Yoshi Tatsu in his WWE run.  I thought his action figure adventures on Twitter were hilarious back then.

Miz can be entertaining sometimes, like when he was in the wheelchair last year.

Gigi I would say is pretty popular on here. Nothing really ever negative about her and most seem to like her and find her talented.. There's a thread in the WWE section with a poll asking what member of Toxic Attraction is their favorite and Gigi is far far ahead of the other two. Although I don't know if that's more her being popular or not many of the posters on here caring about Mandy or Jacy Jayne.

[ThankGodForSidJustice]

Jan 19, 2022 16:10:48 GMT -5 @dax said:

Mandy Rose - I like to joke about Toxic Attraction, but I genuinely like her, even though I wouldn't say everyone else here is annoyed by her (opinions seem more mixed than anything). She can't act or cut a promo for shit, but I think she's turned into a decent wrestler and in general I just find something charming about her. She gets my respect for pitching the angle with her and Otis, too.

I've always liked Mandy too and thought she got a raw deal on the main roster. I'm glad for her that she's now in a prominent spot and is finally having a lot of success as the face of the NXT women's division. She's not ever going to be someone who is going to put on **** bangers but she's perfectly fine and I think has done a good enough job as the lead heel and champion of the brand.

I saw an interview with her where she said Vince was really impressed with her for coming up with the Otis angle and it wouldn't surprise me if might have played a part in her getting sent to NXT and getting the big push she is getting now instead of just continuing to languish on the main roster where no one other then the same five girls seemingly ever get pushed.. I guess she had it all mapped out from beginning to end right from the start. I know there was a female writer who was released at the start of the pandemic and was a big reason for it being so good although I guess maybe she took care of most of the elaborate stuff while Mandy had the idea for how it was supposed start and end. I could see Vince liking that it was just a good well thought out harmless midcard angle that she came up simply with the intent of giving her and several other talents something to do. Like if you look at all the people involved it while all talented none are/were exactly main event stars by any means. Probably came off better in comparison then what I guess Chelsea Green used to in which I guess she would constantly pitch ideas that would involve her getting paired with company chosen ones who always get pushed and probably coming off as super desperate as a result.

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Kaientai: Mainly because I remember TAKA being one of the best wrestlers on the roster before they lost interest in the LHW division and made him a comedy jobber. I hope he made good money off it, he was stuck like that for years.

Rick Martel: 80s Ziggler, made whoever he feuded with look wonderful.

Edge: Yes, much beloved today but for long periods in his career he got the Reigns style "he's good but does he really need this much attention?" moaning but he was great the whole time.

Test: Thought he was very under ratted both in ring and as a character. There were periods when he was very over but he just couldn't maintain it for some reason and the reactions just faded away.

[Clash, Never a Meter Maid]

I’ll second Stephanie when she’s a wrestler or ring side manager. She’s not as interesting when she’s commissioner, but in the ring she’s amazing at getting heat and she can be carried by better workers. Plus her facial expressions are underrated.

[J is Justice]

I like Carmella. She's a good talker and decent in the ring. And that mask she wears cracks me up.

[Mozenrath]

Cody Rhodes is one of my favorite wrestlers.

[Allie Kitsune]

Matt Hardy during the "Drunken Fatt Lardy eats grapes and threatens suicide to try to get himself fired" part of his career.

[King Devitt]

Right now?
Cody.

Dude is blazing a new trail in character work/storytelling and it's fun to watch unfold.

[Ben Wyatt]

Jan 20, 2022 5:55:49 GMT -5 Clash, Never a Meter Maid said:

I’ll second Stephanie when she’s a wrestler or ring side manager. She’s not as interesting when she’s commissioner, but in the ring she’s amazing at getting heat and she can be carried by better workers. Plus her facial expressions are underrated.

Stephanie circa 2000-01 (til H got hurt) was just *awesome* as a bitch heel. 

As for her in-ring stuff? She's not by any means a technical wizard out there, but she's better than she has any right to be given her level of training.  That mixed tag match vs Angle/Rousey was shockingly good

[Push R Truth]

R Truth has consistently been the only reliable source of joy on WWE TV for years


He's always been Must See TV for me

[wendytorrancev1]

Jan 20, 2022 5:55:49 GMT -5 Clash, Never a Meter Maid said:

I’ll second Stephanie when she’s a wrestler or ring side manager. She’s not as interesting when she’s commissioner, but in the ring she’s amazing at getting heat and she can be carried by better workers. Plus her facial expressions are underrated.

I'll agree. During her time in 2000-2001 where she was in the ring, she was great, especially during her feud with Stratus. That feud looked like Stephanie was going to become a legitimate wrestler. They both were relatively inexperienced at the time (Trish even moreso) and they both carried each other in their matches. As a manager, she made sure she would do everything in her power to get the wrestler she was managing the dub; from distracting the ref to physically assaulting other male superstars, if she could do it, she would. She had a speed advantage as well. 

I think one of my favorite matches when she was Kurt Angle's manager was the six man tag team match before No Mercy 2000, which was Kurt Angle and Edge & Christian vs. The Rock and The Hardy Boyz. Stephanie pulled out all the stops in that match to get Kurt Angle the pin. She threw Lita into the steel steps to keep her from interfering, Steph broke up a pin that The Rock had on Angle, and then she stopped Jeff's attempt at turning the tides of the match with a Swanton Bomb by hitting him in the knee with a pipe like she was Shane Slant. That remains one of my favorite matches, due to Stephanie going all out to secure a victory for Angle. 

Can you tell I'm a Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley mark yet? LOL. 

[Ben Wyatt]

Jan 20, 2022 9:59:19 GMT -5 wendytorrancev1 said:

Jan 20, 2022 5:55:49 GMT -5 Clash, Never a Meter Maid said:

I’ll second Stephanie when she’s a wrestler or ring side manager. She’s not as interesting when she’s commissioner, but in the ring she’s amazing at getting heat and she can be carried by better workers. Plus her facial expressions are underrated.

I'll agree. During her time in 2000-2001 where she was in the ring, she was great, especially during her feud with Stratus. That feud looked like Stephanie was going to become a legitimate wrestler. They both were relatively inexperienced at the time (Trish even moreso) and they both carried each other in their matches.

It won't go down as a classic, but it was a goddamn miracle how decent the Steph vs Trish match at No Way Out 2001 was. 

[thehottag]

Cody Rhodes for sure. Guy is a solid hand in the ring, charismatic on the mic, & has the Rhodes family legacy. As much as I always think you can like or dislike whoever you want, some of the reasons people give baffle me. 'They try to make him a star', uhhh, yeah, that's the point isn't it? Plus, he's a huge Zelda fan, which gets him points with me.

Brandi Rhodes too, but my reasons are a bit more uhh, superficial than Cody. She's beautiful, sue me.

X-Pac - I always liked him as the scrappy underdog 1-2-3 Kid, then he joined the coolest faction in the world (nWo), then he jumped back to WWF & again joined the ultra-cool DX faction. Always good for a cruiserweight match in an era where it was uncommon.

Miz - this boils down to when he first became WWE Champion. There's a long-running UK children's TV show called 'Blue Peter', & Miz appeared on it in character. He made the host of the show wear his merch & run errands for him, it was hilarious.

[Ben Wyatt]

Jan 20, 2022 7:33:43 GMT -5 J is Justice said:

I like Carmella. She's a good talker and decent in the ring. And that mask she wears cracks me up.

I really enjoyed her stuff with R-Truth and was surprised at how well she pulled off being a goofy babyface