IWC Approved Wrestlers

[Supreme Olajuwon]

I feel like it's important that we compile a list of all the wrestlers that the internet wrestling community approves of so we can figure who we can cheer for in the future. So start naming wrestlers and we'll determine if they're APPROVED :y: or NOT APPROVED :n:




APPROVED:
AJ Styles
Austin Aries
Bobby Heenan
Bret Hart
Briscoes, Jay/Mark
Brock Lesnar
Chavo Guerrero
Chris Hero
Chris Jericho
Christian
CM Punk
Colt Cabana
D'Angelo Dinero
Daniel Bryan
Daniels
Davey Richards
Desmond Wolfe/ Nigel McGuiness
Eddie Guerrero
Edge
Evan Bourne
Japanese wrestlers
Jerry Lawler (heel)
Jim Ross
Joey Styles
John Morrison
Kurt Angle
Matt Striker
Mickie James
Paul Heyman
Ric Flair
Rob Van Dam
Shawn Michaels
Sting
Stone Cold Steve Austin
The Miz
The Rock
The Undertaker
Trish Stratus
William Regal
Zack Ryder





NOT APPROVED:
Abyss
Batista (face)
Bella Twins
Bill Goldberg
Chris Masters
Don West
Hornswoggle
Hulk Hogan
JBL
Jeff Jarrett
Jerry Lawler (face)
John Cena
Kevin Nash
Lex Luger
Mark Henry
Michael Cole
Michelle McCool
Paul Roma
R-Truth
Rey Mysterio
Scott Steiner
Sid
The Great Khali
The Nasty Boys
Triple H
Ultimate Warrior
Vince Russo
Vladimir Kozlov
X-Pac




PENDING
Batista (heel)
Big Show
Kane

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Approved is one of those words that if you say it over and over again repeatedly it loses all meaning. Try it.

[What Would Kevin Do?]

Approved:
Chris Jericho
CM Punk
Shawn Michaels

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Absolutely

[McLegend]

Disapproved
John Cena

Approved but should be Disapproved
Kane

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Added Batista and Cena to the NOT APPROVED :n: list

don't think there's much debate there

[What Would Kevin Do?]

I would argue that face, konami code Batista is not approved.

Heel Batista is in a neutral zone.

[McLegend]

Approved

Brian Danielson
Christian

[addy2hotty]

I'd say R-Truth is not approved round here, even though he's not that bad at all.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Remember this is not your personal opinion, because your personal opinion is stupid. This is about the Internet Wrestling Community.

[What Would Kevin Do?]

And the IWC generally doesn't bitch about Heel Batista.

[What Would Kevin Do?]

William Regal is approved.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Kane is an interesting one, gonna make a new category for PENDING :y::n: wrestlers till we can sort this mess out

[Rammsteinmad]

I saw this thread and instantly though Jericho, Punk, Michaels... in that order.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Zack Ryder is Approved</font>

[Rammsteinmad]

The Rock and Steve Austin approved?

[Supreme Olajuwon]

And the IWC generally doesn't bitch about Heel Batista.
k gonna add that to pending

we'll see how they feel about him after Mania

[Juan]

Not approved:
Edge (face)

[Supreme Olajuwon]

feel like this should be stickied

very important stuff we're dealing with

[What Would Kevin Do?]

Not approved: "What" chants.

[GD]

Approved:
Christian
Chris Jericho
CM Punk
Evan Bourne
John Morrison
William Regal

Neutral:
Batista
Chavo Guerrero
Carlito
Dolph Ziggler
Drew McIntyre
Edge
Hart Dynasty
Jack Swagger :shifty:
John Cena
Mark Henry
Michael "The Miz" Mizanian
MVP
Randy Orton
Rey Mysterio
R-Truth
Shelton Benjamin
Zack Ryder


NOT APPROVED:
Cryme Tyme
Hornswoggle
Primo
Sheamus
The Great Khali

[What Would Kevin Do?]

Approved: Trish Stratus, Mickie James,

[addy2hotty]

Remember this is not your personal opinion, because your personal opinion is stupid. This is about the Internet Wrestling Community.

Round here? :kiss:

[What Would Kevin Do?]

The Miz is totally approved.

[St. Jimmy]

Doug Bashem, Val Venis, Paul Burchill, Spanky

[addy2hotty]

The Miz is totally approved.

[St. Jimmy]

insert short bland spotmonkey here.

[Volare]

I figured Drew McIntyre would've been approved.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

WWKD and other mods, feel free to update the list as you see fit. No need to wait around for me to do it. Just please alphabetize your contributions. Thank you.

[Tazz Dan]

Approved

Ric Flair
Undertaker

[thedamndest]

You should make an asterisk for Cena. The IWC approves of his workrate and the man, but has hated his character and push for the last three years.

[Jeritron]

I disagree that most are that reasonable. The majority of the IWC says Cena sucks and that's that. Reason has nothing to do with it

[Tazz Dan]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Hunter yet.... Where do we stand with him?

Also, A-Train = Approved. :y:

[Fignuts]

Approved:
Japanese people

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Approved:
AJ Styles
D'Angelo Dinero
Daniels
Kevin Nash (charisma)
Sting

Not Approved:
Kevin Nash (workrate)
The Nasty Boys
Rick Steiner
Scott Steiner</font>

[thedamndest]

Not Approved: Hogan

[HBPunk]

Supreme why dont you just cheer for guys YOU like? ya know, based on your own opinion and all that. . .

[Supreme Olajuwon]

I do now, and I will in the future. This is simply a research project. Relax, guy.

[Jeritron]

Rey Mysterio is approved when he's wrestling on the undercard and not getting pushed. When he's successful and a company gives a damn about him, he sucks.
This is academic.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

put the Steiners on PENDING :y::n: for now. Not sure about them.

Added some commentators to the list

[mike adamle]

Not approved: X-Pac

[FakeLaser]

Approved:
Chris Benoit

[thedamndest]

Brock Lesnar is approved.

Foley might be a split decision. WWE/WCW/ECW Foley approved. TNA Foley disapproved.

[HBPunk]

Approved:
Chris Benoit

When alive, Benoit sucked, its weird though cos i love him now that he's taken the Boogeyman's worm eating gimmick to the extreme, so agreed

[HBPunk]

Disapproved - Kozlov, Khali and for some reason i've never liked Matt Hardy (Version1 aside naturally)

[Rammsteinmad]

Approved:
Ted DiBiase
Scott Hall

I'm not really a huge fan of either, but they seem the type to be approved.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Apparently it is improper to use disapproved in the adjective form.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>I propose that we split Jerry Lawler:

Approve Lawler as a heel (be it commentary or wrestling)

Face Lawler obviously sucks though</font>

[Beth Phoenix Fan]

Approved by me(wwe superstars and divas, Tna wrestlers,commentators)
Randy Orton
Chris Masters
Christian
Torrie Wilson(When she used the Stinkface)
Eve
Natalya
Beth Phoenix
Edge(heel or face)
John Morrison
HBK
Undertaker
The all american american Jack Swagger
Dolph Ziggler
Vance Archer
Bryan "Daniel Bryan" Danielson
Tony Atlas
Finlay
Bret Hart
Rob Van Dam(coming soon to TNA)
Domino(returning to wwe)
Lance Cade(signed to wwe, in developement)
Taz
Jim Ross
Kurt Angle
X-Pac
Scott Hall
Dissaproved
Nasty boys
great khali
layla
michelle mccool
Kelly Kelly
Melina
alicia fox
John Cena
Sheamus
Batista
Hornswoggle
santino
cryme tyme
Netrual
Zack Ryder
Trent Barreta and Caylen Croft
Rey Mysterio

[HBPunk]

Approved by me(wwe superstars and divas, Tna wrestlers,commentators)
Randy Orton
Chris Masters
Christian
Torrie Wilson(When she used the Stinkface)
Eve
Natalya
Beth Phoenix
Edge(heel or face)
John Morrison
HBK
Undertaker
The all american american Jack Swagger
Dolph Ziggler
Vance Archer
Bryan "Daniel Bryan" Danielson
Tony Atlas
Finlay
Bret Hart
Rob Van Dam(coming soon to TNA)
Domino(returning to wwe)
Lance Cade(signed to wwe, in developement)
Taz
Jim Ross
Kurt Angle
X-Pac
Scott Hall
Dissaproved
Nasty boys
great khali
layla
michelle mccool
Kelly Kelly
Melina
alicia fox
John Cena
Sheamus
Batista
Hornswoggle
santino
cryme tyme
Netrual
Zack Ryder
Trent Barreta and Caylen Croft
Rey Mysterio

So everyone then
You like Torrie Wilson cos she used the stinkface??!Fuck
VerY informative too about RVD, Cade and Domino, thank you so much, where do you get your info?

[HBPunk]

Apparently it is improper to use disapproved in the adjective form.

Couldnt find the sign up sheet for The People's Grammar Website

[Beth Phoenix Fan]

To HBPunk:
Domino was at two fcw events recently, he resigned afterwords
Lance Cade resigned last year
hogan revealed on a radio show that rvd is going to tna

[HBPunk]

To HBPunk:
Domino was at two fcw events recently, he resigned afterwords
Lance Cade resigned last year
hogan revealed on a radio show that rvd is going to tna

What does sarcasm mean?

[VSG]

Approved:- HHH

Not approved:- Hart Dynasty

[HBPunk]

what???

[Beth Phoenix Fan]

HBPunk: What does sarcasm mean?

Chris Jericho: I forgot because I'm the Best in the world at What I do
(Edge Spears Jericho)
Edge: A form of humor that is marked by mocking with irony, sometimes conveyed in speech with vocal over-emphasis. Insincerely saying something which is the opposite of one's intended meaning, often to emphasize how unbelievable or unlikely it sounds if taken literally, thereby illustrating the obvious nature of one's intended meaning.

[Juan]

So do our picks need to be approved by HBPunk or what?

[HBPunk]

HBPunk: What does sarcasm mean?

Chris Jericho: I forgot because I'm the Best in the world at What I do
(Edge Spears Jericho)
Edge: A form of humor that is marked by mocking with irony, sometimes conveyed in speech with vocal over-emphasis. Insincerely saying something which is the opposite of one's intended meaning, often to emphasize how unbelievable or unlikely it sounds if taken literally, thereby illustrating the obvious nature of one's intended meaning.

If you could explain that in your own words, you can stay up late and watch Raw tomorrow night as a treat, go for it kid

[HBPunk]

So do our picks need to be approved by HBPunk or what?

The guy basically listed the entire rosters of two companies, past and present!

[Beth Phoenix Fan]

HBPunk: If you could explain that in your own words, you can stay up late and watch Raw tomorrow night as a treat, go for it kid

Stone cold: What?
Sgt. Slaughter: LoL, you Maggot

[HBPunk]

HBPunk: If you could explain that in your own words, you can stay up late and watch Raw tomorrow night as a treat, go for it kid

Stone cold: What?
Sgt. Slaughter: LoL, you Maggot

:| emmmm. . . anyone think the oscars are even gayer than the L word?

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Not Approved: Kelly Kelly, Raw Guest Hosts,

Approved: Jay Lethal, ohh yeah.

[Emperor Smeat]

Approved : Heel Doink (at least on TPWW)

Not Approved : ZZ Top as Guest Hosts

Pending : Big Show

[thedamndest]

To HBPunk:
Domino was at two fcw events recently, he resigned afterwords
Lance Cade resigned last year
hogan revealed on a radio show that rvd is going to tna

Did they resign or re-sign? There is a crucial difference here.

[Beth Phoenix Fan]

thedamndest: Did they resign or re-sign? There is a crucial difference here.

They re-signed

[Loose Cannon]

Approved

Every single crusierweight wrestler ever (except for Rey now because he's not really a crusier anymore)

Disapproved:

Ultimate Warrior
Lex Luger
Demolition
Paul Roma
Jeff Jarrett

[Executioner]

Nigel McGuinness/Desmond Wolfe Approved?

[Loose Cannon]

are they from Ring of Honor?

Then of course they are.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Two obvious ones: Eddie approved; Hunter not

[ClockShot]

Approved:

Randy Orton (Badass Heel)

Pending Approval:

Randy Orton (Tweener/Face)

[What Would Kevin Do?]

I added a few peeps, including RVD, some ROH people, and Japanese wrestlers in general.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Approved:
Alex Shelley
Chris Sabin
Diamond Dallas Page
D'Lo Brown
Finlay (heel)
Gene Okerlund
Raven
Sean O'Haire
Stevie Richards

Not Approved:
Don West
Finlay (face)
Lex Luger
Tony Schiavone
Vince Russo

Pending:
Big Show (more opinions needed, though personally I would approve as he's been quite good almost his entire career, his only real down period was the mid 2000s)</font>

[moonface]

Approved bret hart.

[Tazz Dan]

Yeah, surely Bret Hart needs to be approved. Can you imagine the war that would erupt on here if he wasn't on that list?

[Tazz Dan]

Also, fairly certain James Steele is going to go on a rampage.

[Nark Order]

Finally!

[Ermaximus]

Approved: Jack Swagger, Santino, Nick Dinsmore, Shelton Benjamin, Charlie Haas, Steven Richards

Not Approved: Zeke Jackson, Kozlov, Tyler Reks, Vince Russo, David Arquette :shifty:

[Tazz Dan]

Approved - Randy "The Ram" Robinson

[Droford]

Approved: Wade Barrett

[Xero]

Approved - Randy "The Ram" Robinson

What about Jerry Lynn?

[thedamndest]

Not Approved: CZW

[Xero]

Not Approved: CZW

CZW has a huge IWC following mainly because it's "big time" indies.

[Xero]

Not approved: Midget-heavy programming

[Bad Company]

Approved
Scott Steiner
Booker T

[glanville6]

What about Goldust? I say approved. Old Goldust, anyway...stuttering Goldust...not so much

Steve McMichael, Pepper, Chloe disapproved.

[Xero]

HEY! Pepper is awesome.

Pepper and Pierre are IWC approved.

[Nark Order]

ROH as a whole. Also any independent wrestler that 90% of wrestling fans haven't heard of.

[HBPunk]

Approved : Moppy

[DAMN iNATOR]

Submitted for approval:
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also

Yoshi Tatsu
Lita
Maryse
Mike Knox
Mark Henry (heel)
Bubba Ray Dudley
D-Von Dudley (not the "Reverend D-Von" gimmick though...)
Christopher Nowinski

Submitted for NON-Approval:

MVP
Mark Henry (face)
Snitsky
Khali
Heidenreich

[Xero]

Heidenrape, though, is approved.

[DAMN iNATOR]

This is true. And the "I like what you do to babies" awkwardness between Heidenreich and Snitsky backstage at a pay-per-view is too in my book.

Also, I was gonna submit Hardcore Holly for approval but he should probably be pending as I don't know how the IWC in general feels about him. Would like to see JBL and Faarooq/Ron Simmons approved.

[Jeritron]

Sounds like you want everyone approved damny

[Juan]

Remember this is not your personal opinion, because your personal opinion is stupid. This is about the Internet Wrestling Community.

[Xero]

Spinner belt is not approved.

[DaVe]

Kane is simply pending? From what I've seen, Kane as a pretty huge fanbase on the net.

[Gertner]

Approved: Every spot monkey in the following promotions: CHIKARA, Dragon Gate USA and ROH. Pick a wrestler. Doesn't matter who. They are all the same 5"5 no selling, cut the same " grrr, I'm intense, respect me", spot monkey that their fat loser fans jizz all over. OMGZ Eddie Edwards vs Davey Richards! Think of the workrate!!!

[St. Jimmy]

Gertner is the official voice of the IWC. <3

[Swiss Ultimate]

There are way too many wrestlers on the approved list.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

I'd say there's not enough on the NOT APPROVED to balance it out

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>I propose that we split Jerry Lawler:

Approve Lawler as a heel (be it commentary or wrestling)

Face Lawler obviously sucks though</font>

<font color=goldenrod>Come on, put this through. It'll at least remind us that Lawler USED to be awesome.

On a similar note:

APPROVED: JBL
NOT APPROVED: Bradshaw</font>

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Fine, but no way is JBL approved. Maybe in hindsight people like him because he could cut promos, but everybody on the internet hated him while he was wrestling

[VSG]

Wait, no one had disproved HHH :(

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Already on there, buddy.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

added Kevin Nash to NOT APPROVED :n:

think that's about right

[Evil Vito]

Fine, but no way is JBL approved. Maybe in hindsight people like him because he could cut promos, but everybody on the internet hated him while he was wrestling

<font color=goldenrod>True enough.

If this list ever expands where we can do things like approve charisma but not approve ring skills, guys like JBL and Nash would come into play there I'm sure.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>I'd add Primo to not approved. Not that he's particularly bad in the ring, but nobody gives a shit about him, IWC included.

Carlito is on the fence.</font>

[Gertner]

The Miz needs to be moved to the disapproved list. The IWC HATES him. Drew Mcintyre is making his way to disapproved. He's getting X Pac heat. Sheamus is IWC disapproved without a doubt.

[BigDaddyCool]

Kevin Nash is IWC approved. or at least *****BDCA***** which is a high honor anyhow.

[The Mackem]

Scott Steiner rules, screw the internet

[Xero]

<font color=goldenrod>I'd add Primo to not approved. Not that he's particularly bad in the ring, but nobody gives a shit about him, IWC included.

Carlito is on the fence.</font>

Pretty bad when even the IWC doesn't give a shit about you.

[Gertner]

I had a conversation with the IWC and they do not approve of Baretta and Croft as well as Vance Archer. They do love Gabe Saplowsky.

[Ermaximus]

Umm guys. Ron Simmons=Approved?

[Evil Vito]

Umm guys. Ron Simmons=Approved?

<font color=goldenrod>Definitely. His ring work was never that bad, he's had some solid gimmicks, and I think we all enjoyed DAMN</font>

[Ermaximus]

<font color=goldenrod>Definitely. His ring work was never that bad, he's had some solid gimmicks, and I think we all enjoyed DAMN</font>

Well, you know he's going to be DAMN iNATOR approved for sure.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>PENDING: Samoa Joe

Seems to be a mixed reaction for him amongst the IWC</font>

[Innovator]

I approve Joe

As well as Kenta Kobashi

[The Franchise]

D-Lo Brown -- approved?

[The Franchise]

Couple more approved guys:
Randy Savage
Ricky Steamboat

[Cuzziebro]

ECW = Approved
ECWWE = Not Approved

[Emperor Smeat]

Spanish Announcers Table - Approved ?

[Beth Phoenix Fan]

Marty Jannetty-Approved
Thedore long-approved
Mr.Perfect- approved
Ron Simmons-Aproved
Nation of domination- approved
L.O.D -Approved
DDP - approved
Repo Man Barry Darsow- approved
Original ECW - approved
WCW - Approved

[ImpactPlayer365]

Paul Roma doesnt get any extra credit for being a Horseman?

[Lavel]

I think scott hall should be approved anyone agree with me?

[Nicky Fives]

I think scott hall should be approved anyone agree with me?

APPROVED!

[Lock Jaw]

RVD disapproved by Lock Jaw, Approved by the rest of the internet.

[Nicky Fives]

Mr. Perfect - Approved
Rick Rude - Approved
Paul Orndorff - Not Approved

[Dante69]

Approved-
Vader
Great Muta
Brian Pillman
Owen Hart
Bret Hart
Big Bossman
Rick Rude
Davey Boy Smith
Norman Smiley
Jushin "Thunder" Liger
Scott Norton
The NWO.... WCW version..
Bam Bam Bigelow
Shane Douglas
The Public Enemy...ECW era
Jake "The Snake" Roberts?

[#1-norm-fan]

Fine, but no way is JBL approved. Maybe in hindsight people like him because he could cut promos, but everybody on the internet hated him while he was wrestling

If we're going with that logic, The Ultimate Warrior definitely needs to go under approved.

[Cuzziebro]

Santino Marella - Approved?

[Mike the Metal Ed]

I'd say Kane is definitely approved, people remember him fondly from the time he worked decent matches, and is usually used as an example of a capable big guy. I'd also consider Triple H to pending as he's gone up a lot in peoples' esteem since 2002/3.

[Mr Amazing]

Approved
AJ Styles
RVD
John Cena
HBK
Jericho
Jeff Hardy
RVD
Sting
Kurt Angle
HHH
Randy Orton
Edge
Christian
Bryan Danielson
Desmond Wolfe
Low Ki
Matt Morgan
Team 3D
Samoa Joe
Shelton Benjamin
Kane
Undertaker
Kaz
Daniels
MCMG
Amazing Red
Evan Bourne
MVP
Miz
John Morrison
R-Truth
Swagger
Ziggler

[The Franchise]

How is John Cena IWC approved?