Rate The Wrestler - Day 94 - Tatanka
 

Hey yo. Check it out, we have a new member of the top 10... er 11 club today. "Ravishing" Rick Rude scored a 94, putting him in 5th place and now making the 5-way tie for 6th, resulting in a top 11. How screwed up is that?

Anyway, today, we have a great wrestler who also never won the WWF/WWE Title. He's one of the last few guys to maintain a 2 year winning streak (especially without holding a World Title at the time). Today's wrestler is the often underrated Tatanka.

As you may or may not know, Thursday is America's Thanksgiving (Canada's one is in October), and so, I'll have a special RTW just for that. And speaking of special surprises, Day 100 is just 6 days away, and that means I will unveil my special surprise in less than a week. OH THE EXCITEMENT!

AND REMEMBER TO KEEP GIVING THOSE SUGGESTIONS FOR DAY 100 AND THE DAYS LEADING UP TO IT.

Day 1: Bret Hart (96)
Day 2: Chris Jericho (91)
Day 3: Rob Van Dam (78)
Day 4: Diamond Dallas Page (80)
Day 5: Low Ki (73)
Day 6: A.J Styles (89)
Day 7: Rey Mysterio Jr. (81)
Day 8: Owen Hart (95)
Day 9: Ultimo Dragon (84)
Day 10: Raven (87)
Day 11: "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith (84)
Day 12: The Hurricane (76)
Day 13: Brian Pillman (92)
Day 14: John Bradshaw Layfield (46)
Day 15: Taz (82)
Day 16: Bob "Hardcore" Holly (34)
Day 17: Christian (83)
Day 18: Ric Flair (87)
Day 19: Jeff Jarrett (65)
Day 20: Shawn Michaels (92)
Day 21: Ricky "Dragon" Steamboat (90)
Day 22: Kevin Nash (61)
Day 23: Jushin Lyger (88)
Day 24: Brock Lesnar (78)
Day 25: Sting (91)
Day 26: Lex Luger (55)
Day 27: Curt "Mr. Perfect" Henning (91)
Day 28: Andre The Giant (80)
Day 29: Vader (78)
Day 30: Jim "The Anvil" Niedhart (66)
Day 31: Scott Hall (83)
Day 32: Big Vito (60)
Day 33: Hollywood Hulk Hogan (82)
Day 34: Jerry Lynn (83)
Day 35: Kurt Angle (96)
Day 36: Mick Foley (88)
Day 37: Steve Corino (73)
Day 38: Randy Orton (82)
Day 39: Kane (84)
Day 40: John Cena (77)
Day 41: Doink The Clown (78)
Day 42: Arn Anderson (92)
Day 43: Alex Wright (73)
Day 44: Chris Benoit (88)
Day 45: Jamie Noble (73)
Day 46: Harley Race (88)
Day 47: Sean O'Haire (76)
Day 48: Kanyon (83)
Day 49: Triple H (81)
Day 50: "Stone Cold" Steve Austin (93)
Day 51: The Rock (92)
Day 52: Val Venis (75)
Day 53: Booker T (84)
Day 54: Eddie Guerrero (91)
Day 55: Sean "X-Pac" Waltman (60)
Day 56: William Regal (89)
Day 57: "Macho Man" Randy Savage (91)
Day 58: The Undertaker (88)
Day:59: Ted DeBiase (95)
Day 60: Jake Roberts (88)
Day 61: "Phycho" Sid Vicious (51)
Day 62: Lance Storm (85)
Day 63: Petey Williams (79)
Day 64: Al Snow (81)
Day 65: Jeff Hardy (69)
Day 66: Bill Goldberg (64)
Day 67: Matt Hardy V.1 (82)
Day 68: "American Dragon" Brian Danielson (84)
Day 69: CM Punk (82)
Day 70: Hayabusa (87)
Day 71: Buff Bagwell (56)
Day 72: "The Dynamite Kid" Tom Billington (90)
Day 73: Edge (79)
Day 74: IRS (82)
Day 75: Haku (64)
Day 76: Lenny Lane (73)
Day 77: "Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels (91)
Day 78: Marc Mero (77)
Day 79: Big Show (82)
Day 80: Biily Kidman (75)
Day 81: Barry Horowitz (68)
Day 82: Brooklyn Brawler (66)
Day 83: "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka (74)
Day 84: Disco Inferno: (77)
Day 85: "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (92)
Day 86: Rhyno (84)
Day 87: Batista (80)
Day 88: Terry Funk (88)
Day 89: Shane Douglas (85)
Day 90: Rene Dupree (77)
Day 91: Chris Sabin (81)
Day 92: Tajiri (88)
Day 93: "Ravishing" Rick Rude (94)


Current Top 10 Leaderboard
T-1st Bret Hart (96)
T-1st Kurt Angle (96)
T-3rd Owen Hart (95)
T-3rd Ted DeBiase (95)
5th "Ravishing" Rick Rude (94)
6th "Stone Cold" Steve Austin (93)
T-7th Brian Pillman (92)
T-7th Shawn Michaels (92)
T-7th Arn Anderson (92)
T-7th The Rock (92)
T-7th "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (92)

Ring ability: 8.5
Overness: 8.5
Work rate: 10
Politics: 10
Mic skill: 8
Overall rank: 9

Well I was a big mark for him back in the day, I remember HATING Yokozuna and Ludwig Borga for his first loss.

Purely for the memories i'll give him a 9

10

Chris could wrestle a notebook to a great match. He always gave it 110%, had a great outlook on the business, and was/is willing to put guys over without worrying about all of the "it makes me look bad" stuff. He did what he was asked to do, and I think that's why he was given the type of push he was given.

A reliable guy, and very genuine. Also, one of the few guys who remembered that his family came before the business, and was willing to walk away from it for them. IMO, he is very overlooked and underrated, as he always put on solid matches.

9.5

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Hmm, *wonders if tomorrow's RTW will be the Gobbledy Gooker*</font>

As for vote 100 I think we should re do Bret Hart again, only because he was the first guy on here and alot of votes have happened since then and it would be interesting to see if his number changed at all

May I suggest we rate Gene Snitsky or Paul London soon.

6

7

Tatanka was always one of my favs to watch. Other than Bret and Shawn, I used to always use him whenever I'm playing WWF Royal Rumble for the SNES.

I give him a 9

He was part of one of the greatest written turns of all-time. Pretty decent wrestler too.

8.0

Hey VIto, I think for day 100 its the Gooker too :wave:

GIve Tatanka an 8.5. He was a great worker and was very entertaining.

10

My favourite wrestler when I was younger, I remember being in teras when he turned on Luger by and then stuffed the money into his mouth.

Don't really remember his matches at all. I remember thinking of him as a joke because of his gimmick though, and that funny little Indian sound at the beginning of his music. Out of respect, I will not rate him.

9 His end of the trail was the shit.

8.5

Never cared for the guy. 6

Also, I nominate Bob fucking Backlund! WOOOOO!

I nominate Pedro or Bruno

8.8, I was a big Tatanka mark back in the day. I used to do the dance and everything. I miss the Native American! \m/ <---- Tatanka.. buffalo!

And I nominate for one of the these days, BamBam or Chavo Guerrero. For day 100 though, it's gotta be ... oh, let's say... David Arquette. **awaits comments ** I hate that guy!

8.5. HUGE Tatanka mark.

BUFFALO!

7.5 for being a decent worker and having a successful gimmick.

Also Bob Backlund is another suggestion for within the next 6 RTW's.

8.0
Great worker, good politics, yadda yadda.. Unfortunately, he never did much for me. My fondest Tatanka memory, besides his heel turn, was that he had a match with some jobber appear in Natural Born Killers, and Rodney Dangerfield screaming "Kill that fucking indian."

6.7

The Ultimate Warrior

8

Tatanka ruled. His feud with Ludvic Borger (or whatever his name was) was really good.

8

Do Greg The Hammer Valentine already...

I absolutely worship that turn. That was one of my top five swerves of all-time. "You so' out, Lex!" Beautiful.

Best. Lyric. Ever.

-EDIT-

Oh, and, uh... 7.8

Yea, how great was that? I mean it was perfectly done. It worked so well because:


A) You had the character of Tatanka, who just seemed like the nicest person in the world. Respect for the world, respect for his family, respect for people. The guy seemed like he could do no wrong.


B) Luger, in character, was an asshole at points in his career How could you not think he sold out?


C) Like 98% of the fans thought Luger sold out. Remember they did the vote :lol: