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Post by The Barber on Mar 28, 2023 7:42:22 GMT -5
How long was Khali working before he got to WWE? I'm asking because even by the time he debuted, he's knees looked shot. I have no idea at all.
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Post by Mochi Lone Wolf on Mar 28, 2023 13:42:46 GMT -5
Billy Robinson vs Bryan Danielson would be fun. Karl Gotch as well. Especially as a more technical version of Claudio with his strength spots.
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Post by doodvid on Mar 28, 2023 17:20:01 GMT -5
Hakushi (one of the biggest missed opportunities of the mid 90s)
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Post by XIII on Mar 28, 2023 17:27:17 GMT -5
The Rougeau Brothers would probably be doing some crazy stuff these days.
William Regal would probably be a multiple time world champion(as long as he stayed away from drugs/alcohol)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2023 17:34:49 GMT -5
Nice. Never seen a gutbuster from him before.
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Post by Sephiroth on Mar 29, 2023 7:58:47 GMT -5
Bam Bam Bugelowcsoukd stil look like a beast today
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Post by kidkamikaze10 on Mar 29, 2023 8:28:18 GMT -5
On the women's side of things, pretty much everyone stuck in the shadow of that horrible person Moolah. Namely Sherri and Wendi. Most of the others did well in the territories/Japan.
Speaking of, Reggie Bennett and Debbie Malenko would have been awesome in this era.
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Post by coleslaw on Mar 29, 2023 9:04:17 GMT -5
This thread made me realize how dope Danielson vs Backlund would be. Maybe even COULD be lol
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Mar 29, 2023 12:56:37 GMT -5
Sho Funaki
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2023 13:49:59 GMT -5
Sho Funaki The answer is always FUNAKI! ...Indeed.
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Post by EP 54 is banned from Collision on Mar 29, 2023 14:00:54 GMT -5
Johnny Saint in his prime now would be as big as Danielson. Technically sound, agile and could work a crowd like nobody's business.
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Post by kidkamikaze10 on Mar 29, 2023 15:42:36 GMT -5
Johnny Saint in his prime now would be as big as Danielson. Technically sound, agile and could work a crowd like nobody's business. He'd at the very least have a Orange Cassidy level charisma to him. But I agree, he and Danielson would be neck and neck.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Mar 30, 2023 4:08:44 GMT -5
I think Jake Roberts would have been successful today. He wasn't flashy, he didn't have a particularly big moveset, but by god he could tell a story in the ring. How long was Khali working before he got to WWE? I'm asking because even by the time he debuted, he's knees looked shot. He made his debut in late 2000. I've seen some of his early stuff in New Japan and while not exactly nimble, he was definitely more mobile than most his size. After a brief stint in CMLL in 2003 he sort of disappeared for a few years before resurfacing in WWE in 2006 as an immobile lump, so I figure at some point he either suffered a catastrophic knee injury or two that took him a couple of years to recover from or those two years of working in Japanese and Mexican rings hastened the natural knee degradation that comes from being 7' tall and 350lbs.
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Post by KingPooper on Apr 2, 2023 21:48:35 GMT -5
90% percent of them?
Look how Billy Gunn just towers over everyone in AEW. Just imagine a Billy in his prime. Most of these guys would be fast paced giants, the rest because would be stars just based on what made them stars in the first place. Hacksaw Jim Dugan would still be over as f*** today. Just not Dino Bravo screw that guy.
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Post by LiamMcDuggle on Apr 2, 2023 22:03:40 GMT -5
Reiterating Sean Waltman. The guy is painfully underrated. He's still putting on pretty good matches on the indies. Good human being too
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Post by LiamMcDuggle on Apr 2, 2023 22:05:42 GMT -5
I mean there still is the spectacle of 70's Andre doing moves that he did as opposed to what we saw in the 80's/90's WWF (Which even working hurt Vince Sr. and Jr. both basically told him to stop doing a lot of the moves he could do with the you're a giant... you don't need anything else) The Great Khali could move too, but didn't in WWE. Blame OVW for that. They wore out his knees doing drills
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Post by XaviersSS2015hair on Apr 3, 2023 13:04:53 GMT -5
Three pages in and nobody said Undertaker? I'm not talking about the 50-year-old broken down Undertaker that was an embarrassment to his legacy that we saw at the Saudi shows. I'm talking in his prime, 7 ft, 300 pounds, moving with cat-like quickness Undertaker. There's not an era in wrestling history where a guy with Undertaker's attributes wouldn't have drawn money. How about the New Generation Era? Undertaker and Bret were the ones keeping WWF in business during that time.
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Post by Toxik916 on Apr 3, 2023 14:07:13 GMT -5
Kane Ultimo Dragon Koko Beware Owen Tito Santana Demolition
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2023 14:22:11 GMT -5
Nice. Never seen a gutbuster from him before.
Good Lord, Stan Hansen was a beast (watching him slam Andre way easier than Hogan did).
He's on the list of guys could cut it today, too. Put him in a tag team with Hangman and have their finisher be Stan hitting you from the front with a lariat while Hangman did the buckshot to the back of the head.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2023 14:43:06 GMT -5
Raven in the 90s would be just as good if not even better today with his mic work and the appreciation for the more hardcore style.
Edit to add that he may be sober the majority of the time too and honestly a coherent Scott Levy really is a brilliant thing.
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