Better Wrestler #230

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Dolph Ziggler

VS.

Lance Storm

3 DAYS

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[Iop]

Lance storm? Moar like Lance Porn (for internet wrestling fans).

I vote Dolph ziggler cuz Storm will win and I like to cheer for the underdog

[Shisen Kopf]

Lance Storm is serious business

[Iop]

Originally Posted by Shisen Kopf Lance Storm is serious business

So is a Proctologist but that dont mean your gonna pick a Proctologist over an Ice Cream man.
Dolph is an Ice Cream man. He brings all the ice cream bars to the yard.

[Seth82]

definitely Lance Storm

he was awesome before his mishandled WWE run

especially him and Candido in ECW

[Rammsteinmad]

Tough round. Gonna go with Storm for the same reason as Cena. Storm has a history of excellent matches behind him. I think Ziggler blows Storm out of the water when it comes to mic skills and charisma, but Ziggler is still relatively 'young' in his career, and he may be on the rise now, but he's still got a few years to go before we can make a fair judgment.

Ziggler is definitely 'the next big thing', but my vote here goes to Storm.

[Shisen Kopf]

Originally Posted by Iop So is a Proctologist but that dont mean your gonna pick a Proctologist over an Ice Cream man. Dolph is an Ice Cream man. He brings all the ice cream bars to the yard.

Listen up noob. If there's one thing that is serious business in these parts it's serious business. Serious Business trumps all. And rasslin is serious shit nigga. But its not art. Word!

Originally Posted by Shisen Kopf Listen up noob. If there's one thing that is serious business in these parts it's serious business. Serious Business trumps all. And rasslin is serious shit nigga. But its not art. Word!

Way to give this noob the serious business.

[Shisen Kopf]

yeah, ihop needs to know whats up.

[Iop]

Originally Posted by Shisen Kopf yeah, ihop needs to know whats up.

I got with this but I could've gone with that, so that means I know what's up.

[Aguakate]

Why is Ziggler trying to look like HBK in that pic?

[Rock Bottom]

Lance Storm might be a better in-ring technician, but I feel that it takes a lot more than that to judge a wrestler.

[Aguakate]

LOL here we go again...

[KaosDarksol]

Ziggler because I thought he didn't have a chance until I actually voted

[RiX1024]

If I can be serious for a minute......this is a one hell tough round, but hey they both are good wrestlers but my vote has to go to Lance Storm.

Originally Posted by Aguakate LOL here we go again...

RB is correct on this. Wrestling ability is 25%.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

you guys really love taking the fun out of stuff

[Aguakate]

Originally Posted by Gertner RB is correct on this. Wrestling ability is 25%.

I'm not saying he's wrong, I'm just saying that EVERY BETTER WRESTLER POLL, the topic is brought up.

[XCaliber]

Tough choice but I had to go with Mr. Ziggles as he is the more complete wrestler of the two despite not having the accomplishments Storm has.

[Shisen Kopf]

Originally Posted by Rock Bottom Lance Storm might be a better in-ring technician, but I feel that it takes a lot more than that to judge a wrestler.

What it comes down to is work rate. I consulted the international federation of rasslers workrate and they said that lance storm is better so close thread now.

[Iop]

Originally Posted by Shisen Kopf What it comes down to is work rate. I consulted the international federation of rasslers workrate and they said that lance storm is better so close thread now.

The world wide federation of rasslers though, disagreed.

[CSL]

Dolph has him beaten in just about every single level of "criteria", including accomplishments/career, he's already done more. I love Lance Storm but always find myself almost "putting him down" on here because he's so "over-romanticized" when it comes to remembering him. He was very good technically/work-wise, did well in the Impact Players and had a great month in WCW and that's about it. And he was bland bland bland. Dolph has the lot (including in-ring work every bit equal to Storm), has achieved more and is only 31.

[Lock Jaw]

I should probably vote for Dolph. Probably better than Lance in every category.




..... But I am a mark for Lance Storm, so he gets the vote.

[Aguakate]

Lance Storm has (or had) a Wrestling School.

So my vote went to him.

[Corporate CockSnogger]

I enjoy Dolph a lot more than I ever enjoyed Storm.

[BizarroKing]

Storm of course.

[Aguakate]

BAH GAWD! WHAT A MATCH-UP!

WE'RE TIED AT 18! GIVE AND TAKE!

WHAT A SLOBBERKNOCKER!

[Shisen Kopf]

Originally Posted by Iop The world wide federation of rasslers though, disagreed.

Yeah but they don't count because they don't take into account serious business in their calculations.

[Aguakate]

LOL tied at 19...looks like this will go down to the wire...

...or people will vote for Ziggler because he's doing his thing now, where Lance has been retired for years, so some people have forgotten about him and others never saw him...one of the 2.

[tjmidnight420]

I voted Ziggler, but Storm is definitely serious business. The Canadian belts prove that much.

[The Gold Standard]

Alright I know I said I would always vote for the person facing Ziggler, but I can't vote for Lance Storm. I hate him.

[Ruien]

Why is this closer than the John Cena round?

[Nicky Fives]

My laptop is dead, so my only form of entertainment at home is my iPod, so I watch old wrestling matches on YouTube to kill time.... After exhausting Benoit & Eddie videos, I am currently on Lance T. Storm.....

[Emperor Smeat]

Ziggler.

Storm beats him in terms of wrestling skills and in tag wrestling (Impact Players, Team unAmerican) but Ziggler beats him in almost everything else and still has the potential to accomplish or improve a lot more in the future.

[Lock Jaw]

Originally Posted by Ruien Why is this closer than the John Cena round?

Hi. Welcome to the internet.

Originally Posted by Supreme Olajuwon you guys really love taking the fun out of stuff

[Anybody Thrilla]

Never really saw the appeal of Lance Storm. Dolph Ziggler is a full head and shoulders above Storm, and it's pretty silly that this is so close. Are we saying that Storm would have beaten Cena too? Pretty laughable.

[Juan]

Nostalgia

[Anybody Thrilla]

Originally Posted by Rammsteinmad Tough round. Gonna go with Storm for the same reason as Cena. Storm has a history of excellent matches behind him. I think Ziggler blows Storm out of the water when it comes to mic skills and charisma, but Ziggler is still relatively 'young' in his career, and he may be on the rise now, but he's still got a few years to go before we can make a fair judgment. Ziggler is definitely 'the next big thing', but my vote here goes to Storm.

Dolph Ziggler is so much better in-ring than Lance Storm. Are you serious, bro?

[Anybody Thrilla]

Somebody already mentioned it, but Ziggler has already "achieved" more in kayfabe than Lance Storm ever did. Kinda crazy how this is a fourth round match up and Cena was a third round, but I guess that's the nature of internet fans. I think The Miz and Wade Barrett both put up better cases against Ziggler than Storm does, really.