The One
11-30-2006, 01:29 AM
Gimme a top ten list of wrestlers. You can use any standards you wish.
The One's Top Ten Favorite Wrestlers of All Time
10) JBL
The man was a walking heat machine. For the longest time I couldn't tell where my hatred for the man ended and my hatred for the character began, then one day I realise I loved them both. He's so a perfect rich Texas asshole that it works. God bless America!
9) Kevin Nash
The man is comedy gold. I've said it before and I will say it again, he earns his pay before the first bell even sounds. Also I must admit, as a younger more impressionable youth I was a fan of Big Daddy Cool. Then in my eyes he single handedly made nWo. I was never in Razor and lord knows I always hated Hogan, so it basically came down to I was going to tune in each week to see what Nash was up to. I watch TNA currently for the sole purpose of seeing Kevin Nash doing random X-Division sketches.
8) Chris Benoit
Not Bret, not Angle, nobody can touch this man in my opinion when it comes to being the greatest technical wrestler. I don't know what to say about him other than he is flawless once he steps between the ropes. And while his mic skills have never been anything to write home about, I think even there he is somewhat underrated. Chris Benoit is the kind of man who if you were ever in a pinch, you only need to have Benoit on your roster, he can work any postition on the card, hold any title, and he still looks like a million bucks every time.
7) Roddy Piper
When it comes to drawing heat, I don't know that there has ever been a man on the same level as Piper. On the mic he is THE definative wrestler of his era. Piper's Pit alone makes him a legend, then you throw in the fact that he was an amazing worker in ring to boot, and he is an Icon amoung Legends. Although he is not the highest person on my list to never hold a World Title, he is in my opinion the man who will forever go down in history as the man who deserved it the most who never got it.
6) The Rock
Oh I smell what The Rock is cookin'. I always have. Anytime The Rock touches a mic, it's a good night. Is probably my pick for the best mic worker in the history of the industry. Incredible career, and despite lack of move variation, a fantastic worker. Throw in the fact that he seems to be a class act in real life, and certainly was one of the only big name draws (and he was HUGE) who was ok with laying down. I always loved that The Rock could give a clean pin to someone, and it didn't seem to bother him. Probably because he knew that all he needed to do was pick up a mic and everyone would totally wipe any lose he had from their memory and he could become the man in a matter of minutes again. If ya Smellllllllll....
5) Tully Blanchard
It pains me how little most of you know of his career. He is honestly one of the greatest performers of all time, and yet people only seem to know him as "One of the Four Horsemen." He had such a way about him, his knowledge of the ring was beyond incredible. There are very few people I have seen pull out a watchable Dusty Rhodes match, he made Dusty look like a star. There was always that certain something to him where you knew he was never going to break the glass ceiling, but he still was the man. Honestly when if it came down to match for match, I don't think he had a single one that wasn't good. His style certainly wouldn't fit in today's world as it was not big or over the top, it was a simple, elegant, and subtlety flashy kind of wrestling that had never been seen before, and has never really been seen since.
4) Steve Austin
Saved the WWF. Saved the Monday Night Wars. Hell, saved the entire damn industry. Steve Austin was that once in a lifetime, the culture was just right, the man was just right, the character and storylines all came together. If they tried to recreate it, or if it had been planned from the get go it just wouldn't have worked. He took pro wrestling from being a trashy red neck past-time, and made it a cool trashy redneck past-time. The character of Stone Cold is so obviously what he is known for, and yet go back to his work with ECW, go back to the Hollywood Blondes in WCW, the man was incredible the entire fucking time. I honestly don't think there will ever be a man who will be able to draw as much as he did, the weird thing is something about him can't sustain that. It was just one of those magical things where all the stars lined up just so, and Steve Austin became a household name and icon for every male ages 12-28 across America. Oh Hell Yeah!
3) Billy Gunn
None of you will ever understand it. He may end up being my favorite wrestler of all time, I just didn't have the heart (or the balls) to put him on top of the list.
2) Chris Jericho
There has never been a single second of Chris Jericho television that I regreted watching, or that I wished I would have done something else with that time. Mic skills, check. Ring skills, check. Charisma, check. I don't know where to even begin talking about him, or where I would end. I will simply say that if there was one person I would mold every single wrestler from now until the end of time after, it would be Jericho. I have always kind of struggled with choosing my absolute favorite of all time, the only three contenders are my top three on this list, and their placement changes given on the day. He is probably the best over all wrestler I have ever seen in my life. If I had been running WCW or WWE, trust me, most of the late 90s and basically all of the 00s would have been based, and revolved around Chris Jericho. Infact, as soon as I am done with this post I am going to go dig up some old Chris Jericho videos on YouTube and just sit in awe of his glory for a while.
1) Ric Flair
Wooooooooo! Anyone who knows me knows that Flair is the closest thing I have to a god. I seriously have had doubts as to weather or not he was human. Never been the guy to have the "Oh My God!" moment, and yet has stolen show after show. He is Ric Flair. He is the reason I started watching wrestling, and quite frankly the day he retires for good or (god willing not for a while) dies may very well be the day I stop watching. Even now, he is doing nothing but pissing on his legacy, and yet, I can't help but love him for it. I would watch Ric Flair in a wheelchair woooo at nurses in a retirment home if they showed it on TV. From a historical stand point, I don't know that there is anyone who has done more for this industry than Ric Flair. If I were to meet him, I have no doubts I would weep like a baby. There is something about him that makes him larger than life to me. He always has been, and always will be. It's been said before, and I will certainly say it again, "Diamonds are forever, and so is Ric Flair! Woooooooo!"
The One's Top Ten Favorite Wrestlers of All Time
10) JBL
The man was a walking heat machine. For the longest time I couldn't tell where my hatred for the man ended and my hatred for the character began, then one day I realise I loved them both. He's so a perfect rich Texas asshole that it works. God bless America!
9) Kevin Nash
The man is comedy gold. I've said it before and I will say it again, he earns his pay before the first bell even sounds. Also I must admit, as a younger more impressionable youth I was a fan of Big Daddy Cool. Then in my eyes he single handedly made nWo. I was never in Razor and lord knows I always hated Hogan, so it basically came down to I was going to tune in each week to see what Nash was up to. I watch TNA currently for the sole purpose of seeing Kevin Nash doing random X-Division sketches.
8) Chris Benoit
Not Bret, not Angle, nobody can touch this man in my opinion when it comes to being the greatest technical wrestler. I don't know what to say about him other than he is flawless once he steps between the ropes. And while his mic skills have never been anything to write home about, I think even there he is somewhat underrated. Chris Benoit is the kind of man who if you were ever in a pinch, you only need to have Benoit on your roster, he can work any postition on the card, hold any title, and he still looks like a million bucks every time.
7) Roddy Piper
When it comes to drawing heat, I don't know that there has ever been a man on the same level as Piper. On the mic he is THE definative wrestler of his era. Piper's Pit alone makes him a legend, then you throw in the fact that he was an amazing worker in ring to boot, and he is an Icon amoung Legends. Although he is not the highest person on my list to never hold a World Title, he is in my opinion the man who will forever go down in history as the man who deserved it the most who never got it.
6) The Rock
Oh I smell what The Rock is cookin'. I always have. Anytime The Rock touches a mic, it's a good night. Is probably my pick for the best mic worker in the history of the industry. Incredible career, and despite lack of move variation, a fantastic worker. Throw in the fact that he seems to be a class act in real life, and certainly was one of the only big name draws (and he was HUGE) who was ok with laying down. I always loved that The Rock could give a clean pin to someone, and it didn't seem to bother him. Probably because he knew that all he needed to do was pick up a mic and everyone would totally wipe any lose he had from their memory and he could become the man in a matter of minutes again. If ya Smellllllllll....
5) Tully Blanchard
It pains me how little most of you know of his career. He is honestly one of the greatest performers of all time, and yet people only seem to know him as "One of the Four Horsemen." He had such a way about him, his knowledge of the ring was beyond incredible. There are very few people I have seen pull out a watchable Dusty Rhodes match, he made Dusty look like a star. There was always that certain something to him where you knew he was never going to break the glass ceiling, but he still was the man. Honestly when if it came down to match for match, I don't think he had a single one that wasn't good. His style certainly wouldn't fit in today's world as it was not big or over the top, it was a simple, elegant, and subtlety flashy kind of wrestling that had never been seen before, and has never really been seen since.
4) Steve Austin
Saved the WWF. Saved the Monday Night Wars. Hell, saved the entire damn industry. Steve Austin was that once in a lifetime, the culture was just right, the man was just right, the character and storylines all came together. If they tried to recreate it, or if it had been planned from the get go it just wouldn't have worked. He took pro wrestling from being a trashy red neck past-time, and made it a cool trashy redneck past-time. The character of Stone Cold is so obviously what he is known for, and yet go back to his work with ECW, go back to the Hollywood Blondes in WCW, the man was incredible the entire fucking time. I honestly don't think there will ever be a man who will be able to draw as much as he did, the weird thing is something about him can't sustain that. It was just one of those magical things where all the stars lined up just so, and Steve Austin became a household name and icon for every male ages 12-28 across America. Oh Hell Yeah!
3) Billy Gunn
None of you will ever understand it. He may end up being my favorite wrestler of all time, I just didn't have the heart (or the balls) to put him on top of the list.
2) Chris Jericho
There has never been a single second of Chris Jericho television that I regreted watching, or that I wished I would have done something else with that time. Mic skills, check. Ring skills, check. Charisma, check. I don't know where to even begin talking about him, or where I would end. I will simply say that if there was one person I would mold every single wrestler from now until the end of time after, it would be Jericho. I have always kind of struggled with choosing my absolute favorite of all time, the only three contenders are my top three on this list, and their placement changes given on the day. He is probably the best over all wrestler I have ever seen in my life. If I had been running WCW or WWE, trust me, most of the late 90s and basically all of the 00s would have been based, and revolved around Chris Jericho. Infact, as soon as I am done with this post I am going to go dig up some old Chris Jericho videos on YouTube and just sit in awe of his glory for a while.
1) Ric Flair
Wooooooooo! Anyone who knows me knows that Flair is the closest thing I have to a god. I seriously have had doubts as to weather or not he was human. Never been the guy to have the "Oh My God!" moment, and yet has stolen show after show. He is Ric Flair. He is the reason I started watching wrestling, and quite frankly the day he retires for good or (god willing not for a while) dies may very well be the day I stop watching. Even now, he is doing nothing but pissing on his legacy, and yet, I can't help but love him for it. I would watch Ric Flair in a wheelchair woooo at nurses in a retirment home if they showed it on TV. From a historical stand point, I don't know that there is anyone who has done more for this industry than Ric Flair. If I were to meet him, I have no doubts I would weep like a baby. There is something about him that makes him larger than life to me. He always has been, and always will be. It's been said before, and I will certainly say it again, "Diamonds are forever, and so is Ric Flair! Woooooooo!"