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Post by psychokiller on Dec 30, 2017 15:27:50 GMT -5
Who would you say is the best?
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Post by Jokaine on Dec 30, 2017 15:33:07 GMT -5
Shawn Michaels, but not by a huge margin. Not only is his list of classic matches amazing, the diversity of opponents with whom he had them is impressive as hell.
After HBO, I'd go Savage, Flair, AJ and Angle.
All are obviously great wrestlers, but that would be my top 5 out of those options.
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Post by TGM on Dec 30, 2017 15:34:44 GMT -5
Bret Hart is my personal favourite.
It's impossible to be objective in this because all eight are probably the best North American in ring wrestlers of all time.
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Post by The Trashman on Dec 30, 2017 15:41:12 GMT -5
Bret could work any kind of match, heel or face, safely and make it look as real as anyone.
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Post by Jokaine on Dec 30, 2017 15:47:13 GMT -5
It's impossible to be objective in this because all eight are probably the best North American in ring wrestlers of all time. I actually thought this was just a personal list of the OP's 8 favorites. If it was a true list of the 8 best ever from North America I could easily see Eddie Guerrero, Ricky Steamboat or Curt Hennig cracking that list. |
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Post by SparkyPlugg on Dec 30, 2017 15:47:45 GMT -5
As great as the Hitman and HBK were, It’s AJ. I’ve been watching wrestling for 30 years and he’s hands down the best in ring performer I’ve ever seen.
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Post by ASYLUMHAUSEN on Dec 30, 2017 16:35:39 GMT -5
Of these options...
Shawn
AJ
Bryan
In that order.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Dec 30, 2017 16:36:47 GMT -5
Bret Hart is my personal favourite. It's impossible to be objective in this because all eight are probably the best North American in ring wrestlers of all time. It's also impossible to be objective because it's a subjective topic  |
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Post by zackattack on Dec 30, 2017 19:14:02 GMT -5
Shawn followed by AJ and then Bryan for me.
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Dec 30, 2017 19:16:03 GMT -5
It's Bryan, AJ, Shawn, Bret, Savage.
Not sure why Steamboat isn't on this list of candidates.
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Post by Fade on Dec 30, 2017 19:36:45 GMT -5
Shawn. All things considered, it's gotta be him.
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Post by therageofeeyore on Dec 30, 2017 19:38:22 GMT -5
Toss up between AJ and Crispin
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Jan 1, 2018 7:57:45 GMT -5
Looking at that list, I have to go with Shawn.
But I would have included Jericho and voted him.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2018 8:00:44 GMT -5
Purely in ring? Bret.
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Post by SparkyPlugg on Jan 1, 2018 9:44:31 GMT -5
Benoit should be replaced by Dynamite Kid.
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Post by thecrusherwi on Jan 1, 2018 10:37:43 GMT -5
All are pretty good choices expect I would say Kurt Angle doesn't belong with the others. Most of his "best" career matches are him wrestling the exact same finisher-kickout fests that I hate. He had some great matches early in his career working with legends like Rock, Austin, and Benoit, but when he got to lead the way, things fell apart pretty quickly. Post neck-injury roid-rage Angle is one of my least favorite wrestlers ever.
My favorite is probably Randy Savage. His character work was unparalleled, and his matches always kept you guessing. There's no finisher spamming, no five moves of doom, no feeding the same comeback every time, no easily predictable finishes. Just fast and furious action that zigs when you expect a zag and finishes when you least expect it. Just incredible in all the aspects of wrestling I care about.
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Post by AJ Smudgico on Jan 1, 2018 11:45:05 GMT -5
Bret
The fact he has that many votes and hasn't wrestled properly for almost twenty years suggests to me just how good he is.
KOTR 93 he had three classic different matches
Summerslam a few months later he had two great matches, one immediately after the other
Royal Rumble 94 he did double duty again, as he did again, a few months later at Mania 10.
Not only does that prove reliable workrate, they were also all very watchable matches, often different styles, which all involved great storytelling.
This is an example of how good he was (IMO) but you also had the matches with Perfect and Bulldog at consecutive Summerslams, plus a catalogue of great Hart Foundation tag matches including Nasty Boys, Brainbusters and Demolition, all on ppv.
To me, there are none better than Bret
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Post by Baby, it’s Jes outside on Jan 1, 2018 19:01:00 GMT -5
Fr, Shawn is a great all-time wrestler, but imo he would oversell way too often. Most of the others on this list (except maybe Flair) never had to bounce around like a ping pong ball like Shawn would.
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Jan 1, 2018 19:02:28 GMT -5
More people need to use Bret's strategy in ring of trying to surprise an opponent.
When was the last time someone won a title.by small package?
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Post by Dub H on Apr 10, 2019 11:16:16 GMT -5
Honestly i gotta go with D Bry.
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