[hb2k]

This thread brought a massive smile to my face here at 9:07 at my office desk. I HATE WWE's respect for history. Some may find a stance like that odd, but one of the reasons the WWF in the 90s has such fond nostalgia is because they never ever acted like the here and now wasn't the best things had ever been. From late 97 on, there were never any references to late 80s WWF because the promotional philosophy was that these guys today are the legends in the making, true stars. Even when they weren't, they pushed it that way.

It's one of the reasons I was a fan of the streak being broken. Every year, the biggest match at Wrestlemania was destined to be the old guy coming back to beat a new guy. Awesome. This year's Mania, the biggest match was Brock and Roman, the here and now, the way it should be.

I disagree on Cesaro being better than anybody in Hogan's prime however - he's not better than Randy Savage. Cesaro does a lot of extremely impressive stuff, but he doesn't sell in a particularly engaging way, and he has trouble hooking audiences into his matches sometimes as a result. I don't blame that on a lack of charisma or over the top personality, Bret Hart wasn't over the top, but he was one of the best sellers who ever lived.

And judging personality with Savager side by side seems so uneven as to almost be unfair.