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.
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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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