The way I see it, there are 4 levels of wrestling legends

**BigDaddyCool** · 08-24-2007, 11:02 AM

From what I can tell is that there are 4 level of wrestling legends or icons or whatever you want to call them. The top level or tier are the undeniable legends. The guys everyone know, not just wrestling fans, but non wrestling fans as well. Of course I could only be refering to Hogan, Flair, Rock, and Austin.

The second tier is more of guys that are over with the marks, and you can build a promotion around. Non-wrestling fans are probably familar with their names, but that is about it. Names like Harley Race, Dusty Rhodes, Undertaker, Shawn Micheals, Savage, HHH, Sting, and Kevin Nash.

The 3rd tier are guy who are good, really good but just not great. We kid ourselves sometimes and think they are great, but deep down we know they are just really good. You can't quiet base an entire promotion around them, but they still bring a ton to the table. Guys like Booker T, Mick Foley, Piper, Steamboat, Scott Hall, Jericho, and Benoit.

Then there is the 4th tier. I would actaully put the 4th tier on the same level as the 3rd, but it is a completely different group. These are the guys who because insanely popular but have no staying power and are basically one trick ponies. But their one trick made them reival the populatiry of the top tier for a short time. Of course I mean guys like Goldberg, Ultimate Warrior, and Brock Lesner. You know, these are the guys who got built prefectly, but as soon as they tried to step out of the one dimenisional characters they were built as the colaspe so they go back to the original forumal, but every time it gets less and less of a pop.

Discuss.

08-24-2007, 11:02 AM	#1
BigDaddyCool Pelvic Sorcerer Posts: 64,762	The way I see it, there are 4 levels of wrestling legends From what I can tell is that there are 4 level of wrestling legends or icons or whatever you want to call them. The top level or tier are the undeniable legends. The guys everyone know, not just wrestling fans, but non wrestling fans as well. Of course I could only be refering to Hogan, Flair, Rock, and Austin. The second tier is more of guys that are over with the marks, and you can build a promotion around. Non-wrestling fans are probably familar with their names, but that is about it. Names like Harley Race, Dusty Rhodes, Undertaker, Shawn Micheals, Savage, HHH, Sting, and Kevin Nash. The 3rd tier are guy who are good, really good but just not great. We kid ourselves sometimes and think they are great, but deep down we know they are just really good. You can't quiet base an entire promotion around them, but they still bring a ton to the table. Guys like Booker T, Mick Foley, Piper, Steamboat, Scott Hall, Jericho, and Benoit. Then there is the 4th tier. I would actaully put the 4th tier on the same level as the 3rd, but it is a completely different group. These are the guys who because insanely popular but have no staying power and are basically one trick ponies. But their one trick made them reival the populatiry of the top tier for a short time. Of course I mean guys like Goldberg, Ultimate Warrior, and Brock Lesner. You know, these are the guys who got built prefectly, but as soon as they tried to step out of the one dimenisional characters they were built as the colaspe so they go back to the original forumal, but every time it gets less and less of a pop. Discuss.