Past or Present who was the most charismatic wrestler?
 

Which Superstars past and present do you guys think were charismatic?

Stevie Richards

Dusty Rhodes

He got by on charisma alone, it sure wasn’t the bionic elba or the belly birthmark

My mate Craig once got gifted a big box of old WCW/NWA videos by his uncle and we spend hours watching War Games and lots of great shit but by far and away the best thing we saw in those video tapes was an ancient Dusty Rhodes promo where he said he was “The Judge, Jury and Hangman” because it was essentially unintelligible.

We were crying…

In his own way, Stan Hansen.

Charisma is walking into a room, doing nothing, and having everyone look at you. Hansen was highly charismatic

Charisma =/= showmanship

The Con Man, Rob Conway.

Earlier tonight me and my dad were talking about chewing tobacco and Stan Hansen came up very quickly.
I thought you’d appreciate knowing that Stan Hansen is always being discussed somewhere.

Long story short my dad did not like the Vader/Hansen eye gouge that I showed him.
He looked pretty sick actually.

Stan Hansen isn’t just a great wrestler. He’s an entire topic of discussion. Manliness and chaw cannot be talked about without his name being mentioned regularly.

Hansen deserves to be a folk legend

So charismatic he got polka dots over.

Or mic skills.

In my mind he will always be best presented as a mythological entity.
Retrospect is the key to legendary status and Stan Hansen has so many corroborated stories that he could legitimately be seen as a hero in centuries ahead.

I was telling my dad a few stories tonight that he enjoyed. He liked the broken neck story better than the eye gouge anyway.

I love Stan Hansen.

Eugene.

It has GOT to be Bray Wyatt. Dude says absolutely nothing whatsoever but has still been cutting good promos for 10 years!

WARRRRRRRIIIOOOOORRRRRR

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James Blade from VBW. Nothing comes close, this guy was amazing on the mic.

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More James Blade, there is a reason he is known as THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME

This thread is really just about WWE talent. I failed to put it in the title.

Future wwe talent should count

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James Blade is a lil too old to be a future WWE talent he has been wrestling since 2001! Delivering wrestling action before YouTube, streaming to houses live on RealPlayer!
It is a shame, the guy has so much charisma, could've easily been the top guy in WWE.

Late bloomer is all

Judging by the crowd reaction tonight, it is NOT Mia Yim.

I mean if you only want to talk bush leagues, then sure I guess.

Megumi Kudo

Bob Sapp charismatic god

It’s over folks

You joke but wheresthe lie tho

I watched this guy upstage the Great Muta’s entrance and you dare call it a joke?

Ive never seen that but i believe you that it happened

You were probably in Ring of Honor when it happened

I have a friend who used to weigh 900 lbs. Everywhere he went everyone was always staring at him. Guess he was super charismatic or something.

Dont lie. 900lb people dont go anywhere

:lol:

lmao you savage bastard

he had one of those deluxe XL scooters called the Chairismatic and that's why everyone was looking

Thing better run on a caterpillar track

It had a hemi in it.

*Chuckles* Glad she's back. But the reason my poll is WWE-centric is b/c it was inspired by a column I wrote recently discussing what makes characters work.

Happy Humphrey?

I want to visit the universe where Bob Sapp was more of a thing in professional wrestling. He could have been the one to end Goldberg’s streak.

He was funnier than Goldberg in the Longest Yard remake. Does that count?

I think we should be able to take guys like Randy “The Ram” Robinson and Nacho Libre into consideration.

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Not the prettiest but there was some pop worthy stuff there. Wizard off the ref, Sapp dping a house show dive and that massive front drop kick.

How about tag teams, 205 Live and NXT (Black and gold included) talents?

For NXT, Sami Zayn springs to mind. And I think you’re seeing that play out on the main roster TV right now.

205 Live…Enzo. He had other downfalls, but you can’t deny the guy got people caring about the noise he was making.

I think thats a credit to his showmanship not his charisma

If he never spoke youd never notice him

Isn't it more telling of a person's charisma or lack thereof when silent?

Thats what im driving at yeah

Gotcha! I misread. One thing that's been reinforced for me doing this poll across forums and social media is that quite a few ppl associate charisma with mic skills.

A lot of it is the rock. He's outrageously charismatic. He's also an exceptional showman and elite on the mic. So they see the rock, who everyone universally praises as among the most charismatic humans to ever live, and then conflate his superfluous skills with charisma.

Jimmy Valiant

Inoki

Adrian Adonis

Also my avatar.

Hmm, I dunno about that.

Again, 900lb friend. No speaking required.

Who's your avy?

According to Google reverse image search, it’s Raymond Rougeau.

Jimmy Del Ray

Jacques

Ah! I thought it was one of the Rougeaus. I wasn't sure. I take it you're a fan of the Rougeau Brothers.

The only legit answer to this is Super Humman.

I need Super Humman in AEW. Now. Seems like their kinda guy. He can work up to the big league from there.

Blame Google for the error, not me, good sir.

Wish I could go back to 2002 and assign Billy Kidman’s Survivor Series - whenever theme to Richards.



Steven Richards was doing a crazy guy gimmick and being an item on RAW around the same time this theme was first used for Kidman, who was not. I mean, the Richards theme with him yelling “I’LL SHOW YOU! YOU’LL SEE!” was OK, but that’s all it was -- just average, run of the mill kind of theme for a crazy guy gimmick.

It's all good.