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Old 03-24-2005, 01:41 AM   #1
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AskMen.com's Top 10 Wrestlers of the '80s
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10. King Kong Bundy
9. "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
8. Jesse "The Body" Ventura
7. Bret "The Hitman" Hart
6. Ultimate Warrior
5. "Nature Boy" Ric Flair
4. The Iron Sheik
3. Andre The Giant
2. "Macho Man" Randy Savage
1. Hulk Hogan

I think this list sucks. Let's retool it and debate.

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Old 03-24-2005, 01:46 AM   #2
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@ Ultimate Warrior

Warrior was a relative unknown in the 80s.

(most of the 80s, anyway)
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Old 03-24-2005, 02:10 AM   #3
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Re-tool? Looks like it's been tooled hard enough already.
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Old 03-24-2005, 11:12 PM   #4
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Bret Hart? In the 80's?

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Old 03-24-2005, 11:13 PM   #5
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They lean a lot to WWE, only Flair is on there representing NWA solely. You need to have Harley Race and/or Steamboat on there
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Old 03-24-2005, 11:14 PM   #6
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And Dusty Rhodes.
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a better list would look like this:

10. Ventura
9. Rude
8. Andre
7. Piper
6. Steamboat
5. DiBiase
4. Race
3. Savage
2. Flair
1. Hogan

and that was just a quickly made one.
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Old 03-24-2005, 11:17 PM   #8
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Based off that list:

10. Ventura
9. Piper
8. Dusty
7. Sheik
6. Andre
5. Race
4. Steamboat
3. Savage
2. Flair
1. Hogan
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Old 03-24-2005, 11:27 PM   #9
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I can see Warrior being on that list cause he started gianing a ton of popularity in the 80's.

Bret: NO. He's 90's

Bundy: Shouldn't be on there.

Andre: Tough call cause he was a better worker in the 70's/
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Old 03-24-2005, 11:31 PM   #10
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Andre: Tough call cause he was a better worker in the 70's/
He did have that whole "undefeated" for 15 years thing going into Wrestlemania III, he would have to be on the list just for that event alone
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Old 03-25-2005, 11:22 PM   #11
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10.race
9.lex luger(like it or not he had alot of success in the 80's)
8.piper
7.arn anderson
6.tully blanchard
5.dusty
4.macho
3.hogan
2.steamboat
1.flair
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Old 03-25-2005, 11:48 PM   #12
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10. Curt Hennig ( his AWA work included)
9. Sting
8. The Road Warriors ( i know, its a team, so sue me)
7. Andre
6. Steamboat
5. Piper
4. Dusty
3. Savage
2. Flair
1. Hogan
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Old 03-25-2005, 11:59 PM   #13
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Actually that list just goes to show how irrelevant the NWA was to the general public. Flair is the only guy on there who didn't make his name in the WWE.

The Bret Hart thing though kinda kills any credibility the poll has.
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Old 03-26-2005, 04:24 AM   #14
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I don't know, what are they basing this off of?

Just pure popularity, who people's favorites were growing up, exposure - what?

If they are going on popularity and exposure, then definitely King Kong Bundy should be on, as he is / was one of the most recognizable / mentioned guys in wrestling. It seems to be a pretty f'd up list, and like CyNick said, with Bret being on it
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Old 03-26-2005, 10:48 AM   #15
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Warrior does not belong in any top 10.

Maybe most overrated but that's it.
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