When I first started watching wrestling, It seemed I had many different favourite wrestlers. There was Marty Jannety, Tatanka, Macho Man Randy Savage, even WcW's Ice Train, None of whom (With the exception of savage) made any significant impact on the world of wrestling in their single carreers. Now that I'm older, and arguably wiser, I have a sellection of all time favourites. Wrestlers who've made an incredible impact on wrestling, wrestlers with raw tallent, determintaion and many other atributes. Here is a list of the verry best in wrestling.
Shawn Michaels.
There's nothing I can say about Shawn Michaels
that hasn't already been said. He oozes charisma and ring-presence.
His interviews and angles were, and still are some of the verry best in
the bussiness, and each and every one of his matches was incredible to
watch. Shawn's career as an active wrestler ended following his Wrestlemania
14 bout with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, following a devastating back injury
suffered at Royal Rumble 98. Though he still gets in the ring for
his own promotion, the TWA, his WWF appearences are few and far between,
and he has not wrestled a match for them since March 1998.
Visit my "HeartBreak Kid" Shawn Michaels tribute
page
Visit the Texas Wrestling Alliance page.
Chris Benoit
Chris Benoit has been described as perhaps the
greatest all-round wrestler in the world today, and I agree. He's
without a doubt the greatest technical wrestler in the WWF, he's a brawler,
and he can leap off the top rope. Like Shawn, I've never seen a boring
Beniot match, and the intesity and ethusiasm that he brings to the ring
in every match is un-parralell.
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Chris Jericho.
Lionheart, The Ayatolla of Rock 'n' Rolla, Y2J,
whatever you wanna call him, Jericho is an incredible athlete with overwhelimg
charisma. I've been a fan of Jericho's since way back in WcW
when he was the bottom-rung babyface that hardly anybody cared about.
Well, I cared, Jericho was, and still is, an incredible performer, and
he'll remain one of the all time greatest wrestlers.
Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
When I first started watching wrestling, Bret
Hart was the up and coming new maineventer who all the fans loved.
He was becoming like the next Hulk Hogan, so therefore, I didn't like him.
Then, as time went on, and I began to look at his career more carefuly,
I realised that Bret was one of the most hardest working wrestlers the
WWF has ever seen. He's also one of the verry best at in ring wrestling.
He's an amazing technical wrestler and brawler, and even though his skills
as far as wrestling ability may be just not quite as good as Beniots, Bret
has one thing that puts him slightly aboveBeniot, his interview technique
and ring presence. When Bret gets on the mic, you know it's gonna
be worth listening to.
Like all three above performers, I've never seen
a boring match involving the Hitman.
TRIPPLE H
Many people don't agree that Tripple H should
be in the mainevent status that he holds today, but I definetly do.
Hunter has come on in leaps and bounds since his WWF debut in 1995.
They said he'd never be as good as Shawn Michaels (And I have to admit,
that is true), but Hunter can hold his own in any type of situation his
job throws at him. He's both funny (As was proven in the DX skits
of the nation (See QUOTES page)), agressive,
and everything else that is required of one of, no,I take that back, THE
number 1 heel in the WWF today.
Another reason I like Hunter, is that, unlike
The Rock and Austin, Hunter hasn't let the fame get to his head.
He doesn't take time off to go shooting friggin' movies, he doesn't always
have to come out last like The Rock does to recieve the biggest pop. And,
in a place were guys like Steve Austin won't even do an angle with, never
mind do the job for guys like Jeff Jarret because he feels it was "Beneath
him", Hunter has no problem doing the job for guys like Taka Michinoku
and Steve Lombardi (The WWF Job Squad)
Other favourites of mine include Vampiro, The
Hardy Boyz, Lance Storm & Lita.
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