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Benoit, hands down.
First time I saw him was on an episode of WCW in the early-mid '90s, IIRC. They were hyping the debut of Jushin Lyger as he was going to face Brian Pillman. One of the matches was Jushin vs. Chris Benoit, and they mentioned that he was formerly the Pegassus Kid. Anyhow, that match rocked. So much so that they brought him Stateside for a brief tour (including a Clash of the Champions Match with Brad Armstrong, another amazing contest.) He fell off the radar for a while, and then I heard of him again, as he was a member of the New Japan Three that was making a big splash in ECW with their incredible wrestling ability (the rest of this group was, of course, Dean Malenko and Eddie Guerrero).
Favorite Benoit moment was exactly a technical classic, but it was just a funny as hell jobber squash against Ron Studd (aka Reese). Nothing says funny like Benoit looking up at a Seven Foot monster and just slapping the taste out of his mouth.
Also, if they were to drop the shitty gimmicks, Rico and Rob Conway would both probably be big stars, and they may even be more deserving than Orton. Before I get hammered with hate mail, I just feel that Rico has a watchable style, even if he does look like the Gay Version of the Ultimate Warrior. Conway just seems to know what he's doing, and he has a nice looking Hanging Neckbreaker (not quite as nice as the Rude Awakening, but close). If he was given almost any other gimmick (maybe something between Rick Rude and Val Venis, or even like "The Model" Rick Martel, without the big pin and the Atomizer.), I think people would be trumpeting his praises.
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