Wrestling thread

[Big Slim]

BGv4.0 Wrote:25.) Great Muta
24.) Bill Goldberg
23.) Mick Foley
22.) Abdullah the Butcher
21.) Randy Savage
20.) Sabu
19.) Ray Mysterio Jr.
18.) The Rock
17.) The Ultimate Warrior
16.) Mr. Wrestling II
15.) Sting
14.) The Undertaker
13.) Roddy Piper
12.) El Santo
11.) Dusty Rhoads
10.) Carlos Colon
9.) Bob Backlund
8.) Bruno Sanmartino
7.) Wahoo McDanial
6.) Tony Atlas
5.) Harley Race
4.) Stone Cold Steve Austin
3.) Ric Flair
2.) Andre the Giant
1.) Hulk Hogan

Overall that's an excellent list BG. I definitely think Brett Hart and Shawn Michaels should both be on there however, especially over a guy like Rey Mysterio. Unless Mysterio's been doing great stuff I don't know about the past 10 years or so since I stopped watching. I also wasn't really aware Tony Atlas was such a crucial figure. By the time I started tuning in he wasn't much more than a mid-card muscle guy in WWF, kinda like Magnificent Muraco or Dino Bravo. But that's just nitpicking at worst.

My real question is, what about tag team wrestlers? I think you could make an argument for The Road Warriors being top 10 as far as impact and achievement, though obviously you would have to put them in together. Neither Hawk or Animal had much of a solo career. And another team I think deserves consideration is The Outsiders. People usually think of Hall and Nash more as solo wrestlers, and while they both had a lot of success wrestling solo, certainly neither guy would make any top 25 lists. But as The Outsiders and the original members of the nWo these two pretty much reinvigorated the entire business. Their coolness factor as heels threw the industry on its head. They pretty much lay down the template for Stone Cold.