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#42 |
Narc stole my star
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Where is Joel Gertner.
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#43 |
Spammy Certified
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Cena should not be that high, he hasnt been to great of a talker in the past 4-5 years. If Hassan did not leave so soon I'd argue that he should be up there.
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#44 |
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i dont normally post on here but that list just made me sick....Jake roberts and Rick rude should both be in the top ten of any talkers list. if not top five... im sorry but those two are some or not the best of all time...
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#45 |
Snow Mexican
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Aside from maybe a couple of obvious omissions (HBK) I find this list pretty accurate.
Absolutely Austin at #1, the guy held 20,000+ people in the palm of his hand from 1998 until he retired. Just molded the audience in the way he wanted to, without ever sounding scripted, or forced. Just commanded the attention |
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#46 |
Snow Mexican
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Aside from maybe a couple of obvious omissions (HBK) I find this list pretty accurate.
Absolutely Austin at #1, the guy held 20,000+ people in the palm of his hand from 1998 until he retired. Just molded the audience in the way he wanted to, without ever sounding scripted, or forced. Just commanded the attention of the crowd. Vince called him the greatest superstar of all time, so that would be your other reason for him being number one on this list. As for Savage, yes, there are some who are ranked higher that should not be, but all in all Savage isn't top 3 because IMO, Austin, Hogan, Rock, and a few others rank higher than him. He's great, I'm not taking anything away from him |
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#47 |
Snow Mexican
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Whoops didn't realize that doubled up. Feel free to delete my first post it was accidenttttttt
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#48 |
yeah nah good mate
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well yeah most of the list is stupid
but im pretty happy with Austin #1. yet to see anyone who outtalked austin in 96 and 97. |
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#49 |
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That's the thing with these lists... they're all opinion.
What's worse, people too often think that if their guy is only number 8 on a top 25 list, it's a slight... when making the list itself is huge, because it means you are one of 25 guys out of thousands. The list certainly doesn't mean you're bad at what you do. And what makes one guy a better talker for one fan may completely turn off someone else. Case in point, I hate the Rock's mic work. As soon as he hit that point in his career where it was the same half dozen catchphrases, 4 of which came in the same order each and every time, I couldn't stand listening to him. Someone else put people over Roberts, because as great as Roberts was he lacked diversity. Seems fair to me. Ultimately, opinions are like assholes... everyone has one, and everyone else thinks yours stinks. I can agree with Austin being #1. I'd put Jericho in at #2 or maybe #3 at the lowest, again due in large part to his range. From Monday Night Jericho to the conspiracy victim, from interrupting the Rock to Vance McMahon, from begging Bischoff for his job to the feud with HBK... his mic work is consistently golden. |
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#50 |
VG + Q&A FORUM REPRESENT
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meh:
you can't say one personality is better than the other. This is a matter of personal taste lets talk th best in the different styles of promo: 1. Most entertaining / fun : The Rock. He made me laugh. Runners up : Goldust, Santinno, Christian 2. Most intense : Austin Runner up : Vince during their feud. This stuff was gold. 3. Most real : Bret Hart (before you start typing your stereotypical comment please watch RAW from 1997, and some of his wcw stuff (like when he wore the steel plate) 4. Most insane : Ric Flair. He used to pull his pants down, run the ropes and drop elbows on his jacket. Runner up : The iron sheik 5. Nonsensical : Ultimate warrior. What ws this guy smoking? Runner up : Iron Sheik 6. Cocky : Shawn Michaels Runner up: Jericho, Christian, Bischoff 7. Classic WWF promo: Huk Hogan 8. Spazz out : Jim Cornette runners up: no one can compare to Cornette |
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#51 |
He's Here
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#52 |
Pope Is Pimpin'
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lol at The Miz and Sheamus being on the list.
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#53 |
Da Gif/Pic Pimp
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Looks like wwe is talking out of their ass again. (pun intended)
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#54 |
I'm all there is
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25. Sheamus
24. Rick Rude 23. Santino Marella 22. The Million Dollar Man 21. The Miz 20. Jesse Ventura 19. Triple H 18. Paul Heyman 17. Edge 16. Mr. McMahon 15. Superstar Billy Graham 14. Mick Foley 13. Hulk Hogan 12. CM Punk 11. Randy Savage 10. JBL 9. Bobby Heenan 8. Dusty Rhodes 7. John Cena 6. Jake Roberts 5. Chris Jericho 4. Ric Flair 3. The Rock 2. Roddy Piper 1. Steve Austin I posted the list so I can look at it while I type. Good enough list. Some of the newer guys do not belong near the top 25. Dusty Rhodes is top 3 easy. He can be argued as #1 in my book any day Michael Hayes not even showing up is absolutely ridiculous Nick Bockwinkel is another one they've completely missed. that guy was money. Savage is where he needs to be. Maybe @ 15. Anderson and Blanchard certainly belong on this list. and then you could make a case for Sting, Funk, Angle and yes, Sid Vicious |
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#55 |
RIP SABU
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Rock didn't come in at #1? Shocking.
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#56 |
Wrestling Marks Rejoice!
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"What about ME? What about RAVEN!?"
(Thoroughly surprised/disappointed no one dropped that joke yet.) |
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#57 |
THAT'S WHAT I DO!!!!!
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the miz is on it,he hasnt had time to talk that damn much.
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#58 |
BrushYo Mouf Like Colgate
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Warrior should be #1!!
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This list is ass. Shane Douglas and Raven isn't in the list, they are one of the best dang it.
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#60 |
RIP SABU
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#61 |
Southern Hospitality
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Christian not making the list upsets me
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#62 |
BAY BAY
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I'm outraged Just Joe didn't make the list. I shall not be taking wwe.com's highly scientific opinions seriously ever again.
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#63 |
BAY BAY
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Totally outshining both The Rock and Austin in only mere seconds. |
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#64 |
BrushYo Mouf Like Colgate
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#65 |
Temporary
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This list is kind of bogus.
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#66 |
Hey Mister!
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lol Show Off.
Randy Savage, Jake Roberts, Bobby Heenan, Steve Austin, and Ric Flair are my top 5. They are all too good though, to rate one above the other. |
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#67 |
*Oh Sh*t*
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The list needs Eddie Guerrero
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#68 |
Bo Dallas kinda guy.
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Mr.Perfect
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#69 |
Former TPWW Royalty
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Surprised at no Mr Perfect on the list even if he would have been ranked low in the Top 25.
Shocked at no Undertaker since he still manages to get people interested in his "supernatural" feuds and promos along with Paul Bearer. Hogan is too low if Cena is worth a #7 since Cena is basically a 2000s version of Hogan and while Hogan might have been bad backstage, he got the crowd to hate (ex. NwO) or love (ex. Hulkamania) him due to his promos. |
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Thinking about it more, with so many good options out there, Rock shouldn't have even cracked the top 10.
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President of Freedonia
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Mr. McMahon needs to be #1. He's never cut a promo in which the crowd didn't react exactly the way he wanted them to.
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#72 |
Out Of Step
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#73 |
Fuck em' this is The War
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Honestly, this list is void without the inclusion of Shawn Michaels.
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#74 |
GO HABS GO!
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Piper is the all time greatest, but Brian Pillman is better than almost everyone else.
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#75 |
Taller than Adam Cole
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No Particular Order.
1. Roddy Piper 2. Mick Foley 3. Steve Austin 4. Rock 5. Bobby Heenan 6. Jake "The Snake" Roberts 7. Raven 8. Rick Rude 9. HBK 10. Dusty Rhodes 11. Chris Jericho 12. Michael Hayes 13. Ted DiBiase (Sr.) 14. Randy Savage 15. Arn Anderson 16. Ric Flair 17. Jim Cornette 18. Mr. Perfect 19. Hulk Hogan 20. Kevin Sullivan 21. Undertaker 22. Jessie Ventura 23. Eddie Guerrero 24. Kurt Angle 25. Brian Pillman Honorable Mention: Andy Kaufman (he doesn't really count as a wrestler.) |
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#76 |
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Of course the list is gonna be completely different for different people, there's no discernible criteria for making it. Are we talking great as in getting crowd response? Doing different styles to great degree? Pronunciation? One thing to remember of course is that it doesn't not enter in to it - at all - what their in ring work is like. Nothing of it is objective (unless you had a way to tell how big an amount of decibels was generated per promo per audience member or some shit like that, which you don't)
Either way lists suck. Unless you're allowed to make shared places so for instance say that #1 = Jericho, Austin, Piper, Savage, Vince, Dusty, etc. etc. - which defeats the purpose of making a list, instead of just naming them ![]() We all know the greatest talker in the history of the WWE is Elvira anyway! |
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#77 |
Pope Is Pimpin'
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Scott Hall
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#78 |
It's a blood match!
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That list is bullshit here is the real deal....
1. Ric Flair 2. Dusty Rhodes 3. Vince McMahon 4. Stone Cold 5. The Rock 6. Roddy Piper 7. Mic Foley 8. Chris Jericho 9. Shawn Michaels 10. Bobby Heenan 11. Paul Heyman 12. Jim Cornette 13. Jake Roberts 14. Ted Diabiase 15. JBL 16. CM Punk 17. Mr. Perfect 18. Bret Hart 19. Edge 20. The Undertaker 21. Owen Hart 22. Pillman 23. Nash 24. Hall 25. Tazz |
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#79 |
It's a blood match!
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And I left out Raven, Angle, Eddie and Arn
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This list deserves no respect whatsoever, I mean, how can you leave out "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels? Bret "Hitman" Hart. The Undertaker.
And then, they turn around and put Santino on the list. |
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