Wrestlers who would do anything for wrestling...
 

Just thinking, who do you think are some guys who are not in it for themselves but for the greater good of their company and/or the industry as a whole?

Terry Funk comes to mind immediately, as does The Undertaker.

Funk because of how he just continued years after his expiration date and made it work, to get the younger guys over.

Taker for a similar reason. He always seems to be in it for the best of the business. Not only being the locker room leader that he is, but also for putting over such shit guys like Khali, Gonzalez, etc. Especially in the case of Khali, I'm positive he could have vetoed it, but didn't, in order to (try to) get Khali over.

Kane

Ditto for Kane. Also, Val Venis.

Tommy Dreamer

Ric Flair during the NWA territory days and before his divorce/finiancial problems since he was influential in a lot of promotions and loved to wrestler for the sake of crowd reactions and enjoyment.

I also want to say Andre the Giant mainly due to helping to make Hogan huge by feuding with him leading to the moment of Wrestlemania 3 and helping make wrestling popular in Japan.

On the Rise and Fall of ECW, Heyman basically says it was Funk who helped the company survive the early years by putting over the younger workers since he knew they were the ones who would help push the company/industry in the future.

hogan?
errrrr, i mean lance storm

Shawn Michaels

I bet he wouldny have put over a gay black wrestler

Fixed.

also, id do anything for a slice of beer soaked chicken. and id do anything if someone could kill my loud neighbours

DDP

a lot of wrestlers owe their careers to that guy

Name 4

Leave my shit alone

You're wrong.

LMAO!!!!!!

Its my opinion you cuntbag, it cant be wrong

anyone under 40 at wcw

Chris Benoit, I mean when his family got in the way...

In my opinion the sky is green.

John Cena certainly.

Actually, I think most of the guys today for into that category.

Well......Chris did get his son over cos of the murder

more than Ric did to get David over anyway.

A hard pat on the back for the murder lover

Vince McMahon, and I think Bischoff.

So you have watched the sky and spent time thinking about it and your 'opinion' is that the sky is green? Great dude, i think its blue but good luck

Sting

the guy personifies company loyalty

Ask him to actually retire, see what happens.

I just text him there and asked him

I offered him $4 to jump into my barb wire fence and he said 'yes of course, that would be a lovely big sum of money, i've been embarrassing myself and spoiling my legacy for almost 25 years so why stop now' the last two lines he said were inaudible as he gurgled his own blood

man he sucks

Triple H

WWE would be fucked today if it wasn't for the stars Triple H made.

Some may argue with this but I'm going to have to agree with James on this one. Batista and Randy Orton owe their status to Triple H and Evolution.

That and Triple H would do anything to help the buisness, though sometimes his ideas of what "helps" the buisness is ill advised.

Steve Regal.

Mick Foley?

When HBK came back in 2002, he jobbed to absolutely everyone in the company. Except this time around, he didn't need World Titles to keep his smile, didn't need to go over at the biggest PPV's. And he put on the best matches. The absolute best. Tremendous.

Foley is another good one. What about Jericho? Despite the break he took, which was understandable considering the incredible schedule these guys work, I feel like Jericho has almost always done just about everything he can for the WWE.

I also wanna add that Jericho JUST did it for Swagger, and he'll likely be doing it again for Daniel Bryan when he hits the main roster.

I wanna say Goldust in recent months but I'm not sure he counts

Triple H would do anything for wrestling, no matter what it was (i.e. Katie Vick angle)

Probably would be easier to narrow the list down to people who have parents or relatives in wrestling and those who don't need to worry about making money and can wrestle for fun.

Would make it easier to include someone like an Orton or Rock where they continue the family wrestling tradition or someone like a Cena or Hogan where they are financially secured so they don't need to worry about viewing wrestling as a paycheck-style job.

HULK HOGAN!!!1!one!

Brock Lesnar

Kane and Big show, theyve jobbed to literally everyone on the roster multiple times despite their "monster" persona, been in quite a few semi retarded storylines.. Paul Bearer always considered Jacobs a "company man" as well.

Kane was the first man who came to mind. When The Undertaker is willing to let you end his WrestleMania streak, but you say "No, thanks -- let someone else do it," you know you've got a modest man. It was The Franchise who first mentioned Kane, in a post that also mentioned Val Venis. I'd agree with Venis, too. Lance Storm once said that Val is "too nice" to ever get a push for himself.

John Cena would probably do anything for the WWE. If the WWE asked him to put over some random dude tomorrow, he would almost certainly do it (see: Sheamus). It's just the WWE don't ask Cena to do anything.

I get where people are coming from with Triple H. It's tricky, though -- there's definitely a lot of self-preservation about Triple H. Granted, this allowed him to be the big star he is today, which in turns lends more strength to people when he does put them over. I wouldn't call Triple H a "selfless company man" though. The same goes for The Undertaker.

Chris Jericho is one guy I would mention, though. The guy will gladly lose to JTG if asked to. William Regal is another, as well. The man will do anything asked of him to entertain.

Triple H definitely. So, he liked having the limelight for himself and may not have always been completely business minded. But you just know the guy loves his wrestling and will strive to do his all for it for many years to come.

I mentioned Kane first, you big jerk

The Brooklyn Brawler and Barry Horowitz.

Mae Young will clearly do anything for wrestling

I believe Regal is a fine example of this.

Nathan Jones and Brock Lesnar.

Nah, just shitting. Some of the guys in those retarded Indy feds like CZW deserve a mention though. They might not be role models or even good wrestlers, but guys like Zandig, Wifebeater and Messiah put themselves through incredible amounts of pain and stress to appease a few hundred (at best) bloodthirsty fans in an attempt to try make a living. Cena can suck my balls with his pampered little lips.

Also Edge

Serena. What other woman in wrestling has/would have had their head shaved?

Also, a little off topic but after seeing some videos of her before she joined WWE I think this woman has talent, too. Hopefully WWE uses it.

Molly Holly

Okay, you got me. :shifty: I actually remember that now that you mention it.

I have never heard of The Wifebeater, but I'm pretty sure he's my favourite wrestler.

Kevin Nash and Scott Hall.

Kane

Roxxi also

Luna was shaving most of her head at points.

Daniel Bryan

Why are people saying Brock Lesnar? Seriously? I totally don't see it. If he would do anything for wrestling then wouldn't he still be wrestling? I don't see Brock as the kind of guy who would do anything for wrestling. He's the kind of guy who will do anything for himself.

He went from being an amateur wrestler to a wrester in the WWE to playing for the Minnesota Vikings in the NFL to being in the UFC all in a matter of 10 years.

I'm sorry, but that's not someone who would do anything for wrestling.

Mick Foley
'nuff said

If Brock hears this he's gonna drive to your house and break your computer over your face. Don't talk bad about Brock on the internets.

I would do anything for wrestling, but I won't do that.

Vince McMahon, or as HBK would say, "Vinnie McMannequin".

He does ANYTHING for wrestling...he'll get into a match and get absolutely KILLED...he'll take crazy bumps (see St Valentine's Day Massacre 1999, i believe...the HBK WrestleMania match where he was in a trash can waiting for an elboq drop off the ladder)...he's the prototype of someone who'll do ANYTHING.

...and the great thing about him is, that he's the owner, and he demands you give it your ALL, that you go ALL OUT...but he doesn't stop there...he actually GETS IN THERE AND DOES IT HIMSELF.

VKM doesn't count, he hates wrestling,
although many props to him and shane willing to get down and dirty

Vince doesn't HATE wrestling, he just knows what sells for mainstream to make an easy buck.

He ain't wrong in that respect.

it's all about tha monay

As any publicly traded business should be.

Not saying he couldn't be making money other ways with wrestling, but he ain't hurting for cash in today's era.

Mick Foley hands down. He let Orton spit in his face and go over at Wrestlemania. Edge put him through a table that was on fire. Had the match with Rock where he took 60 chair shots handcuffed. Hell, he even went to TNA...

Stevie Richards. He was willing to put younger talent over and has helped train Shane for matches.

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terry funk, mic foley, hbk, hogan, stone cold, and as much as you might not like it.....John Cena

The Undertaker? I don't think anyone has buried more guys than the Undertaker has.

Just because someone loses to The Undertaker doesn't mean that they haven't benefited from having a hard-fought match and/or an extended program with one their biggest stars ever.

Taker's credibility is on such another level than the rest of the roster, it's almost like defeating The Undertaker has become more difficult than winning a World Championship. It's gotten to the point where the Streak arguably draws more interest than the World Title matches at Mania. His consistent booking of protecting his character and being selective with who defeats him, has put him on this level, and I don't really see a problem with it.

Triple H.

No, wait. I had the title backwards.

Like job to Goldberg?

Taker And HBK For Sure, And Yes Triple H Too, The guy Has Been There Forever

Can't believe nobody's said it yet, but the first name that came to my mind was The Rock. He put over Hurricane during his build to his 3rd and final encounter with Austin at WM XIX, and even took a small amount of time to go 2-on-3 with Evolution the following year at WM XX, and did a hell of a job putting Orton over.

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