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Post by Schattenjager on Nov 2, 2009 4:48:18 GMT -5
Let's do the opposite now. I shall be the first one to say Stone Cold Steve Austin. Just never been a huge fan. I respect him as a worker, I respect him for his accomplishments in the business and he has had good matches, too, but as a whole, Austin never caught on me. I don't like rednecks, I'm not that fond of beer humour and the beating up his boss thing got tired pretty fast. And the majority of the attitude era was pretty much Austin either defending or chasing the belt with little or novariety, the exact same thing people are complaining about nowadays. OK, the difference is that people were demanding to see Austin in the main event, whereas Cena gets booed heavily, so it's not the same, but from my personal perspective, Austin's super push tenure in the WWF was not as entertaining, as everybody else seems to feel.
A matter of taste, of course. But I preferred the HBK/Bret Hart era myself.
What are yours?
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Post by i.Sarita.com on Nov 2, 2009 4:54:37 GMT -5
Bryan Danielson
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Post by strykerdarksilence on Nov 2, 2009 5:04:48 GMT -5
The Rock. NEVER found him interesting. In my opinion should never have been above IC title level at the most, because his matches blew unless he had Hunter to carry him.
Brock Lesnar. So very, very boring. Shelton Benjamin boring.
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Post by Toxik916 on Nov 2, 2009 5:17:34 GMT -5
MVP
The Rock
CM Punk
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Post by boomhauer20055 on Nov 2, 2009 5:18:34 GMT -5
The Rock-He couldn't wrestle and wasn't funny by the time He Main Evented
He was just in the right place when they needed a guy after Austin
Then He only came back to the WWE to induct the talentless Rocky Johnson
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Post by Schattenjager on Nov 2, 2009 5:34:35 GMT -5
The Rock. NEVER found him interesting. In my opinion should never have been above IC title level at the most, because his matches blew unless he had Hunter to carry him. Except that The Rock was ridicilously over after turning face in 1999 and in 2000 he was already recieving Austin type pops from the crowds. And the difference between The Rock and Triple H is that The Rock got over by himself, whereas Triple H rode HBK's coattails first in DX and then got the entire WWF roster fed to him because the creative team was hellbent on making him the new #1 top heel. And I would like some elaboration on how Triple H supposedly carried The Rock in their matches. The Rock always had great ring psychology and got the crowd involved like not many others can, I might even call The Rock a little underrated as an in ring performer, as everybody always just remembers him as microphone guy. His monkey poo promos were not funny, though. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2009 5:42:11 GMT -5
Punk, and it has absolutely nothing to do with me being a longtime fan of Jeff Hardy.
I just think the guy's massively overrated.
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Post by Bubble Lead on Nov 2, 2009 5:46:49 GMT -5
Nowadays, Mark Henry. People keep clamoring for a push for him, I think he still sucks and isn't much of a wrestler. Never was happy to see him on my screen.
Also, Matt Hardy. I liked him during his Version 1 phase but overall I dont see much in him, lame character and sucks on the mic most of the time. He has okay matches but nothing special.
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Post by i.Sarita.com on Nov 2, 2009 5:55:18 GMT -5
Stevie Richards
Never really saw what was so funny/great about the guy no matter what he was doing.
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Post by strykerdarksilence on Nov 2, 2009 6:15:13 GMT -5
The Rock. NEVER found him interesting. In my opinion should never have been above IC title level at the most, because his matches blew unless he had Hunter to carry him. Except that The Rock was ridicilously over after turning face in 1999 and in 2000 he was already recieving Austin type pops from the crowds. And the difference between The Rock and Triple H is that The Rock got over by himself, whereas Triple H rode HBK's coattails first in DX and then got the entire WWF roster fed to him because the creative team was hellbent on making him the new #1 top heel. And I would like some elaboration on how Triple H supposedly carried The Rock in their matches. The Rock always had great ring psychology and got the crowd involved like not many others can, I might even call The Rock a little underrated as an in ring performer, as everybody always just remembers him as microphone guy. His monkey poo promos were not funny, though. Triple H, regardless of opinion on the man, is a vastly superior wrestler to The Rock, and is clearly the man dictating the pace and calling their matches, and they're the only Rock matches I can sit through. As regards overness with the crowd, that really isn't a factor in whether I like a wrestler. I enjoy what I enjoy, and to me, the Rock in the main event was embarrasing because of his horrible (to me) matches and daft promos. |
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Post by Schattenjager on Nov 2, 2009 6:34:04 GMT -5
Except that The Rock was ridicilously over after turning face in 1999 and in 2000 he was already recieving Austin type pops from the crowds. And the difference between The Rock and Triple H is that The Rock got over by himself, whereas Triple H rode HBK's coattails first in DX and then got the entire WWF roster fed to him because the creative team was hellbent on making him the new #1 top heel. And I would like some elaboration on how Triple H supposedly carried The Rock in their matches. The Rock always had great ring psychology and got the crowd involved like not many others can, I might even call The Rock a little underrated as an in ring performer, as everybody always just remembers him as microphone guy. His monkey poo promos were not funny, though. Triple H, regardless of opinion on the man, is a vastly superior wrestler to The Rock, and is clearly the man dictating the pace and calling their matches, and they're the only Rock matches I can sit through. As regards overness with the crowd, that really isn't a factor in whether I like a wrestler. I enjoy what I enjoy, and to me, the Rock in the main event was embarrasing because of his horrible (to me) matches and daft promos. You have the right to your opinions, of course, but my point was that saying The Rock should have never gotten above the IC title is insane, considering he was over like rover and a serious moneymaker. Not letting him run with it would have been beyond stupid. |
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Post by strykerdarksilence on Nov 2, 2009 6:41:12 GMT -5
Triple H, regardless of opinion on the man, is a vastly superior wrestler to The Rock, and is clearly the man dictating the pace and calling their matches, and they're the only Rock matches I can sit through. As regards overness with the crowd, that really isn't a factor in whether I like a wrestler. I enjoy what I enjoy, and to me, the Rock in the main event was embarrasing because of his horrible (to me) matches and daft promos. You have the right to your opinions, of course, but my point was that saying The Rock should have never gotten above the IC title is insane, considering he was over like rover and a serious moneymaker. Not letting him run with it would have been beyond stupid. I just feel regardless of popularity, a wrestler's performance can hurt a belt, and Rock's did for me. I tuned out of a number of PPV and TV main events because of him as champion. |
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Post by poi zen rana on Nov 2, 2009 10:05:20 GMT -5
When I clicked on this thread I did so hoping to see someone say Danielson and I was not disappointed. I hear people say they don't like him and i just never grasped what was unlikable about the guy. I don't think his best in the world moniker is far off, so would you mind sharing what people dislike him for? |
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Post by Pervy Stone Cold on Nov 2, 2009 10:07:58 GMT -5
Punk, and it has absolutely nothing to do with me being a longtime fan of Jeff Hardy. I just think the guy's massively overrated. I feel the same way about Raven. I mean he is charismatic enough but he does not have memorable matches. |
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Post by Angus Mcloud on Nov 2, 2009 10:36:30 GMT -5
Magnum TA. It shocks me to hear that the guy was supposed to be the biggest star in NWA. Car accident or No I think he would have went nowhere
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Post by BK From WV on Nov 2, 2009 11:29:56 GMT -5
The Rock
Jeff Hardy
Brock Lesnar
John Morrison
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Post by Tom on Nov 2, 2009 11:33:45 GMT -5
CM Punk.
Dear God, CM Punk.
I didn't understand why everyone hyped Joe up as a 'killer' either, because countless other wrestlers in ROH at the time hit harder than he did. I think his title reign was right, it was good business and I didn't mind his character, but I never bought into the 'Joe is gonna kill you' riff, based on his performances. It just wasn't there. I didn't see how he was any more devastating than anyone else, even usually being the considerably bigger guy. I'd rather have to fight Joe than Ki, for instance.
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Post by Bubble Lead on Nov 2, 2009 15:39:04 GMT -5
Except that The Rock was ridicilously over after turning face in 1999 and in 2000 he was already recieving Austin type pops from the crowds. And the difference between The Rock and Triple H is that The Rock got over by himself, whereas Triple H rode HBK's coattails first in DX and then got the entire WWF roster fed to him because the creative team was hellbent on making him the new #1 top heel. And I would like some elaboration on how Triple H supposedly carried The Rock in their matches. The Rock always had great ring psychology and got the crowd involved like not many others can, I might even call The Rock a little underrated as an in ring performer, as everybody always just remembers him as microphone guy. His monkey poo promos were not funny, though. Triple H, regardless of opinion on the man, is a vastly superior wrestler to The Rock, and is clearly the man dictating the pace and calling their matches, and they're the only Rock matches I can sit through. As regards overness with the crowd, that really isn't a factor in whether I like a wrestler. I enjoy what I enjoy, and to me, the Rock in the main event was embarrasing because of his horrible (to me) matches and daft promos. Eh, thats like me saying Hogan should not have held the belt in 2002 because I thought he was too old at that point and it made me roll my eyes to see him going over guys like HHH and Jericho, or Hogan shouldn't have held the WCW belt for so long because he was putting on bad matches constantly and would sometimes go months without wrestling. He was drawing tremendous heat and money. Not putting the belt on him would have been a terrible business decision, same as not putting the title on Rock. |
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Post by tehoh1 on Nov 2, 2009 16:29:03 GMT -5
- Owen Hart
- Mick Foley
- Kurt Angle
- Randy Orton
- Jeff Hardy
- Dwayne Johnson
- Andre the Giant
- Booker T
- Santino Marella
- The Miz
- Johnny Nitro
I know there's more, but I'm drawing a blank.
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Post by stevieraymark on Nov 2, 2009 16:43:55 GMT -5
Eddie Guererro post -2003. Before then i was a fan and i found him one of the most consistently great performers in the industry thats all i'll say for fear of causing another war.
Brock Lesnar
Booker T
Rey Mysterio (although i'll admit he's among the best performers in the world this year)
Dolph Ziggler
Steve Austin
Ricky Steamboat
Randy Savage
Im sure theres a hell of alot more.
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