Greatest Athletes in Wrestling?
 

Who do you think the best true athletes were/are in terms of strength, speed, agility, and stamina?

They don't need to be well rounded, mind you, just great in one of those areas.

For me I've been impressed most by Brock Lesnar and Rey Mysterio respectively. Very different ends of the spectrum, obviously, but just insanely gifted and disciplined.

Well, Kurt Angle is the most solid of options I can see.

Oh yeah, great pick.

Cesaro is pound-for-pound the strongest athlete in the WWE!

Lesnar and Angle are the standouts. They have real accomplishments to back it up to.

I think AJ Styles is an incredible athlete too, amazing poise and balance, makes everything look easy.

An out of left field one, because he wasn't a smooth wrestler and was a bit clunky, but Marc Mero was a golden gloves boxer that could do 450 splashes. Pretty impressive

Kurt Angle and Cesaro currently. Mr. Perfect was a solid all around athlete in terms of guys from the past.

Danny Hodge way back in the day. Shelton Benjamin is up there

Anyone who was a high level wrestler would be a more intense athlete than any other sport, in my opinion.

So you can add Dolph Ziggler to the list.

Also Mark Henry, in his own was, in his sport of powerlifting he was one of the best ever so even though it's a very specific activity, he should probably be included as well.

Wasn't Verne Gagne in the NFL? Was he good?

Baron Corbin seems to have done well in several sports. NFL, boxing, and grappling I think.

Randy Savage. Played baseball, was a great rassler, didn't kill Miss Elizabeth.

Cesaro for sure, seems like the kind of guy that excelled that every sport he ever took part in.

Lol at edges story about hodges fingers to his ribs

Lesnar and Angle are the only two options in my mind but a shout out to Benjamin, Lashley and Benoit. All are machines.

And early 90s scott steiner

Earthquake, Yokozuna and Big Show all did sumo rasslin so they've gotta be up at the top of the list.

I think out of current guys, I would give a shout out to New Day. All three seem extremely athletic and agile in their own way.

Seth Rollins too seems super fit and athletic.

Strangely, struggling to think of any of the women who seem like supreme natural athletes. Noone really sticks out as being supremely gifted athletically. More a case of working very hard at what they do in the ring.

Charolette

Nia Jax ain't like most girls

Big Show could have been a candidate at one point

Shawn Michaels or Triple H

Bayley because she successfully defended the Raw women's title at WrestleMania.

Bobby Eaton. Still.

Billy Gunn, obviously.

ALL OF THESE ARE GOOD SUGGESTIONS.

can you explain what would possibly put HHH on this list?

Angle, Mark Henry, and Brock. All were the best at one point in time with their respected sport.

Kurt Fucking Angle did it with a broken fucking neck though so he wins.

Earthquake yeah, hes the only legit sumo of the three.

Triple H has no business in this discussion.

Juan recommended the big show and no one says a word. Triple H though and now we have critics

lol I chalk it off to not even considering it as correct in the first place

I also enjoy tpww's number juan poster, and enjoy dealing James Steelel the brunt of my Dastardly Wrath.

Yeah. I remember him legit setting a new world record on SD! a few years back, and holy fuck was he on 🔥 with the Hall of Pain.

One of my favorite moments from the early HoP days:

Also, how has Rock not been mentioned?!

More importantly, how has The Modern Day Maharaja and YOUR WWE Champion, Jinder Mahal, not been mentioned?!

BECAUSE HE HAD A BREAST REDUCTION.

(gasp) BLASPHEMY!

BOOBSPHEMY!!!!

(gasp) Mean person! (throws dinner roll @Swiss' face, runs out of thread sobbing)