Top Five Wrestlers Who Rarely Make Peoples' Top Fives
 

Saw this article and thought it would make a decent topic.

Name the top five wrestlers who rarely, if ever, get recognition in top five lists.

Booker T
Dean Malenko
Chuck Taylor
Robbie Brookside
Johnny Saint

Current or all-time?

Anybody Thrilla stop being awkward or I will use my <s>mod</s> dimwit powers to ban you from this thread.

I've already tried telling you guys that my keyboard is a pipe bomb. Don't make me shoot on the current state of affairs here at TPWW.

Oh, actually I wouldn't mind hearing that.

Blitzkrieg
D'Lo Brown
Gangrel
Val Venus (Noid is not "most people")
Mikey Whipwreck

Booker T
DDP
Kurt Angle
Piper
Andre

I got Robbie Brookside to sign something for me a few years back, he spent an awkward few moments staring oddly at me (:wtf:) before signing then he passed it to the three wrestlers with him and got them to sign too. Good guy... except for the stare.

My list:
Kikutaro (who doesn't love this guy?)
Chuck Taylor
Akira Tozawa
Super Dragon
Colt Cabana

I couldn't think of anybody from the big E who wasn't obvious.

Either one.

All-time I'd go with Scott Hall, when he was Razor Ramon.

When people think of Hall nowadays, they think of the drunk version we've seen make an ass of himself out in public, get arrested, go to rehab, etc...but back in the mid 90's, he was the wrestler that Vince and the WWE would use as the guy who'd work with whoever they were thinking of giving a main event push, to see if he could hang with Hall, and therefore, was worthy of said push. Hall never quite made it to the top, for whatever reason, but he was a solid worker who quite a few times found himself in feuds for the Intercontinental Championship that were more interesting and had more fanfare than those for the WWF title.

Hall was the guy who "groomed" Kevin Nash, before he became a main eventer...he also groomed good ol' HBK...Jeff Jarrett also had his go with Hall, yet Vince decided not to give him the main event push...when Goldust came in, Hall was the guy who worked with him in a big time angle...

...so, Hall really is underrated, if you can believe so.

Doink the Clown is the only one that springs to mind, but I'll think of some more eventually.

Currently, I can't think if anyone.

Chuck Taylor
Paul Burchill
Mike Quackenbush
Chris Chetti
Big Daddy

Jake Roberts
Chris Sabin
Alex Shelley
Chuck Taylor
Rick Martel

Mr Perfect doesn't really make people's top fives, does he?

Roddy Piper
Sean Waltman
Dean Malenko
DDP
Jeff Jarrett

Lots of love for Chuck Taylor in this thread. :love:

Scott Hall is one I can agree with, if we are talking top five. He made a fair bit of cash with the nWo, was a part of some legendary angles and such. The man could command attention on the stick and work. Ultimately, I think if Hall had kept a clean nose, that might have all changed for him. He might even still be working for the WWE and winning World Championships today.

I don't have much knowledge of wrestling's deep history, but I do agree with the original list. But I also think that Chris Jericho might get a bit of a snub on all-time lists. It depends on what you are grading, but all-round (unless we are talking drawing power), Jericho deserves a place on any list. But does he get it enough?

I think he's one of our favourites, no doubt. And when he's active, he's treated like the best thing ever. But at the same time, I think when you put Jericho against the backdrop of history, he doesn't get included as much. Maybe it's because the dust hasn't settled with him just yet?

Ricky Steamboat (I haven't seen him in many top fives. Could be wrong.)
William Regal
Brian Pillman
Rob Van Dam
The Great Muta

Ricky Steamboat
Mr. Perfect
Andre
Kurt Angle
Sid Vicious

Tom Zenk
David Von Erich
Hardcore Holly
Barry Windham
Harley Race

Andre The Giant
James Storm
Marc Mero
Ken Shamrock
JBL

JBL should be in everybody's top five.

these are two that spring to mind immediately

Kerry Von Erich - sure he was fucked up alot of the times but when he was on he was on

the man had more charisma then any wrestler I've seen in recent years

the local Dallas fans loved the guy


Nick Bockwinkel - fuck man even in his 50's this guy was churning out classics with Curt Hennig

Alas, sadly, he isn't :(

Roddy Piper
Scott Hall
Ricky Steamboat
Arn Anderson
Edge? I dunno, feel like Edge is never in anybody's top 5.

Mike Rotunda (aka IRS)
Matt Osborne (aka Matt "Bourne" or Doink the Clown)
Randy Savage
Jake Roberts
Yokozuna

All excellent at the psychology involved in matches.

And now that I mention Yokozuna I should mention Rikishi/Fatu as well.

And pretty much every Samoan wrestler.

my other three are the following

Steve Corino
Stan Hansen
Dusty Rhodes - gets mentioned for his promos but back in the 70's and early mid 80's he could go with the best of them

Steve Blackman (shame on all of you)
For serious though, the guy was in line for a super-push before a near career-ending injury put him on the sidelines. He enjoyed some mild success in the WWF, but can you imagine how much better he would have been in the role that

La Parka
Considering he was a fat guy in a skeleton costume, I always thought his matches were pretty amazing. He was also one of the funniest luchadores ever.

Wrath/Adam Bomb/Bryan Clark
An agile big-man who had a brief run as a sort of mid-card heel Goldberg (when I first saw him). Always thought he had potential as a main-eventer. Was much better than Goldberg.

Sgt Slaughter
My first favorite wrestler. Good on the mic', great in the ring. 'nuff said.

Xpac
He was always great in the ring, at times he was very effective on the mic as both a heel and a face. And then it got weird when he made a porno with Chyna...oh and xpac heat..blah blah blah

Roddy Piper: Seems like he doesn't really get all the props he deserves cause of that ego-hog Hogan.

Lord Steven Regal: Had great matches with everybody in WCW back in the day before he changed his name.

Disco Inferno: You know it.

Nova
Jerry Lynn
Umaga
Test
Kanyon

Tajiri
Shingo
Balls Mahoney
Nova
The Miz

Man, Tajiri. That guy was a bad-ass. I have to admit guilt in laughing at some of the stupid antics they put him through, and wish it didn't happen like that. Guy could throw a kick that would wake up the entire building.