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Post by wildojinx on Dec 24, 2020 15:57:59 GMT -5
Who are some wrestlers who were incredibly succesful, yet their career is actually pretty short. I'd say The Rock qualifies. He was only a full-time competitor from 1996-2000, 2001 and up is where he became part-time, showing up less and less before disappearing until showing up again for a handful of matches in 2012-13, and a few WM appearances.
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Post by Viking Hall on Dec 24, 2020 16:40:50 GMT -5
Ultimate Warriors full time career only spanned seven years. I know he had returns in 96 and 98 but both only lasted a matter of weeks.
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Post by Gopher Mod on Dec 24, 2020 16:56:49 GMT -5
I'm not completely sure if he'd be considered massively successful, but Nikita Koloff had quite a bit of success in the NWA. His career lasted just over 8 years before he retired in '92.
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Post by Savage Gambino on Dec 24, 2020 17:10:46 GMT -5
Wild that I came to say The Rock, and that was literally OP's example.
When you look at other comparative GOATs like Hogan, Flair, Austin, etc, it speaks volumes that The Great One achieved such, well, greatness in roughly six to eight years. A lot of guys wrestle that long just trying to get a shot at the majors.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Dec 24, 2020 17:23:57 GMT -5
Goldberg's active career spanned maybe 5 years total, but was one of the most popular wrestlers in the world for the vast majority of it.
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Post by ANuclearError on Dec 24, 2020 17:25:13 GMT -5
Magnum TA was just 8 years into his career, only 27 years old when his career was ended by that car crash.
He'd have been 41 years old when WCW was purchased by WWE. It's very feasible to imagine him as part of the Invasion storyline!
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Post by jason1980s on Dec 24, 2020 17:33:58 GMT -5
Wild that I came to say The Rock, and that was literally OP's example. You gotta give it to Jim Ross at Survivor Series when he said "This guy's a blue chipper." I don't think anyone could have predicted how well Rock's career has gone. He just seems to do everything right and it always works. There are probably so many different factors that made his career such as sheer determination, talent, treated people right, making the correct decisions among others. Magnum TA was just 8 years into his career, only 27 years old when his career was ended by that car crash. He'd have been 41 years old when WCW was purchased by WWE. It's very feasible to imagine him as part of the Invasion storyline! Crazy to think he was only 41 then. He just seemed so much older just by his facial features and hair. He had that Jake Roberts look. It sucks his career ended so soon but he seems happy and grateful to have had the short career he did have. His career was a huge "what if?" but if he had lasted perhaps he would have gone to WWF and gotten screwed or stuck with WCW and gotten screwed.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Dec 24, 2020 17:44:56 GMT -5
Nikita Koloff's career was pretty short. Lasted 8 years and wasn't really that active during the latter half. You could also throw in Ronda if she never comes back for another big run.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Dec 24, 2020 18:10:28 GMT -5
Monty Brown’s wrestling career only went about six years (with his proper Alpha Male run only being four of them). Never won a belt, admittedly, but dude was a major player just about that whole time in TNA, and even in his short WWE run got featured enough to get onto a WrestleMania main card within three months.
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Post by Savage Gambino on Dec 24, 2020 18:14:24 GMT -5
Monty Brown’s wrestling career only went about six years (with his proper Alpha Male run only being four of them). Never won a belt, admittedly, but dude was a major player just about that whole time in TNA, and even in his short WWE run got featured enough to get onto a WrestleMania main card within three months. Another big "what if". I'd argue one of the biggest what if's of the 21st Century. Such a shame.
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Post by ChitownKnight on Dec 24, 2020 19:14:32 GMT -5
Brocks original full time run was only 2 years.
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Post by Laces on Dec 25, 2020 21:47:13 GMT -5
Someone will have to give years since I don't remember but Umaga?
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Dec 25, 2020 21:50:54 GMT -5
Someone will have to give years since I don't remember but Umaga? He was only Umaga for about four and a half years (2006 to his death in 2009), but he had been wrestling about 10 years before that, including a one year run in WWE as Jamal of Three Minute Warning.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Dec 25, 2020 22:07:56 GMT -5
Satoru Sayama/Tiger Mask
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Post by Venti on Dec 25, 2020 22:28:35 GMT -5
Not as short as Rock's, but compared to other huge names like Flair, Hogan, Undertaker, etc, Austin achieved huge stardom in a pretty short career.
While other big names were in the game on and off for decades, Austin was a full time wrestler from 1989 to mid 2002, and came back for two more matches in 2003. Plus on top of that, he was gone from November 1999 to fall 2000.
So all in all, he had like 11 full years of wrestling in a 14 year career.
Plus, many of the current crop of wrestlers have been doing it for about 20ish years. Styles, Bryan, Daniels have all been around way longer than Austin was around.
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Post by chazraps on Dec 25, 2020 22:48:20 GMT -5
I'm not completely sure if he'd be considered massively successful, but Nikita Koloff had quite a bit of success in the NWA. His career lasted just over 8 years before he retired in '92. I'd say he counts and that this is a really good call, especially considering how many memorable moments he was a part of and how fondly he's remembered.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Dec 25, 2020 22:58:58 GMT -5
There are obviously examples of wrestlers who died young like Médico Asesino, Rikidozan, David and Kerry Von Erich (though Kevin's career was relatively short as well), Gino Hernandez, Art Barr, Brian Pillman, and Owen Hart.
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Post by ianriccaboni on Dec 25, 2020 23:19:43 GMT -5
Felt like he was known forever because of his impact and maybe because of the combined time but Jesse Ventura as both a wrestler (1975 to 1986) and commentator (1985 to 1990, 1992 to 1994).
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Post by TOK Hehe'd Around & Found Out on Dec 25, 2020 23:29:38 GMT -5
Blitzkrieg wrestled for like 4 years (one on TV) and was one of the most influential guys on modern wrestling
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2020 23:44:05 GMT -5
Not as short as Rock's, but compared to other huge names like Flair, Hogan, Undertaker, etc, Austin achieved huge stardom in a pretty short career. While other big names were in the game on and off for decades, Austin was a full time wrestler from 1989 to mid 2002, and came back for two more matches in 2003. Plus on top of that, he was gone from November 1999 to fall 2000. So all in all, he had like 11 full years of wrestling in a 14 year career. Plus, many of the current crop of wrestlers have been doing it for about 20ish years. Styles, Bryan, Daniels have all been around way longer than Austin was around. It’s crazy thinking that he only became “Stone Cold” in 96.
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