After thinking long and hard, here are my favorite wrestlers of all-time. The top portion is somewhat easy, but going further and further down the list, it's tough to say how much more important one guy was to you compared to the other. Also taking into consideration many different faces from the past, makes it more challenging.
Here's a good example of that- Rikishi. Nobody gives two shits about big 'Kish these days, but in the year 2000 I can almost promise that he was one of your favorites. So where does he fall in line? Towards the top? Middle tier?
So essentially the rankings are based upon how much I liked the guy at one point, and how relevant he has remained/remains to me in the big picture of my wrestling fan-dom. (Did that make any sense?)
I also chose the pictures intentionally to represent what "era" of the superstar I prefer. (Perfect example: Thuganomics Cena. Another not so clear example: Corporate Rock, not the one of the last ten years that acts like he is on cocaine)

1. Shawn Michaels

2. Jeff Hardy

3. Chris Jericho

4. Eddie Guerrero

5. Mick Foley

6. AJ Styles

7. Rob Van Dam

8. Edge

9. Austin Aries

10. CM Punk

11. Christian

12. Davey Richards

13. Paul London

14. Nigel McGuinness

15. Bret Hart

16. X-Pac

17. Bryan Danielson

18. Christopher Daniels
19. Matt Hardy

20. Rey Mysterio

21. Roderick Strong

22. Samoa Joe

23. Chris Sabin

24. Low-Ki

25. Owen Hart

26. KENTA

27. Tyler Black

28. Alex Shelley

29. Colt Cabana


30. Kurt Angle/ Chris Benoit OK this one I will explain. Nearing the end of my revisions, I noticed that I somehow forgot Kurt. So after staring at my list, the 30ish area seemed like a proper fit. This may seem silly, but I do feel kind of weird about have a murderer on my list, so I put Kurt here too since I associate the two together anyway (not the murdering part). Same size, same wrestling style/ability, amazing fucking matches. They are two peas in a pod in those aspects.

31. Stone Cold Steve Austin

32. The Rock

33. Lance Storm

34. The Undertaker

35. Randy Orton

36. John Morrison

37. Tajiri

38. Road Dogg

39. Delirious

40. Rikishi

41. The Hurricane

42. Jamie Noble

43. Taz

44. John Cena

45. Petey Williams

46. Ken Shamrock

47. Matt Sydal

48. Al Snow

49. Kane

50. The Miz
You serious with this? You got number 1 right, but no Triple H!? Where is Hogan? C'mon man! You got Tajiri on there and Road Dogg? Why not put Hornswoggle in the top 5!
ReplyDeleteDude it's not who i think is best, just the ones that i like the best, I clearly state that at the top. I hate hhh and hogan. end of story.
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