The Top 25 Wrestlers of All Time - APR 5, 2024

[edjr 5,709]

https://www.ign.com/articles/best-top-25-wrestlers-of-all-time

 

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1. Stone Cold Steve Austin
2. Undertaker
3. Heartbreak Kid Shaun Michaels
4. The Rock
5. Bret Hart
6. Rick Flair
7. John Cena
8. HHH
9. Sting
10. Hulk Hogan

 

 

 

Solid List. 
 

[bostonlager 2,498]

Randy Savage is top 10

[edjr 5,709]

1 minute ago, bostonlager said:

Randy Savage is top 10

OOOHHH YEAH!  

Take away Miss Elizabeth and he isn't the same. Didn't do it all on his own. 

[bostonlager 2,498]

2 minutes ago, edjr said:

OOOHHH YEAH!  

Take away Miss Elizabeth and he isn't the same. Didn't do it all on his own. 

Text Clocaine so he can take Shane Lowry and Harris English. 

[bostonlager 2,498]

He might take Adam Scott too. 

[edjr 5,709]

2 minutes ago, bostonlager said:

Text Clocaine so he can take Shane Lowry and Harris English. 

done

[Engorgeous George 1,284]

So no Dr. X, Baron Von Raschke, The Crusher, Superstar Billy Graham, Superfly Snooka, or Jessie the Body Ventura.  No Georgeous George. 

[edjr 5,709]

1 minute ago, Engorgeous George said:

So no Dr. X, Baron Von Raschke, The Crusher, Superstar Billy Graham, Superfly Snooka, or Jessie the Body Ventura.  No Georgeous George. 

top 25? cmon now.  There are over 230 in the HOF. 

[patweisers44 710]

Almost like its right out of WWE magazine.  Cyndi Lauper # 1 manager too no doubt.

[Engorgeous George 1,284]

Just now, edjr said:

top 25? cmon now.  There are over 230 in the HOF. 

I'll leave the discussion to others having noted the recency bias

[Mike Honcho 4,140]

George "The Animal" Steele didn't make the list.   

[BeenHereBefore 1,359]

Just finishing watching the Iron Claw now and where do the Von Erich's rankGood movie by the way!

[bostonlager 2,498]

Ricky Steamboat deserves to be top 10 as well. 

[BeenHereBefore 1,359]

9 minutes ago, Engorgeous George said:

Superfly Snooka

Was always a favorite of mine and was one of the first to do the rope jumping thing.

[edjr 5,709]

14 minutes ago, bostonlager said:

Ricky Steamboat deserves to be top 10 as well. 

  I think this statement just ruined our friendship. 

[bostonlager 2,498]

2 minutes ago, edjr said:

  I think this statement just ruined our friendship. 

Ricky was badass 

[edjr 5,709]

19 minutes ago, bostonlager said:

Ricky was badass 

best he ever did was ICC?

I mean, yeah, sure, as a kid I liked him. I myself was a badass, so I liked the heels

[bostonlager 2,498]

1 minute ago, edjr said:

best he ever did was ICC?

I mean, yeah, sure, as a kid I liked him. I myself was a badass, so I liked the heels

He was an NWA World Heavyweight Champion. 

 

[edjr 5,709]

NWA 

Not
Worth
Attending

[bostonlager 2,498]

6 minutes ago, edjr said:

NWA 

Not
Worth
Attending

NWA/WCW was way better than WWF

[jerryskids 5,393]

That list shows my age. Hulk, for all his shmaltz, made wrestling as you young whipper snappers know it today.  Dusty Rhodes? Bob Backlund, WWF champ for 5 years?

Get off my lawn.

 

[TimHauck 1,876]

IMO:

1. Cael Sanderson

2. John Smith

3. Jordan Burroughs

4. Bruce Baumgartner

5. David Taylor

6. Kyle Snyder

7. Helen Maroulis

8. Dan Gable

9. Gable Steveson

10. Kyle Dake

 

[weepaws 2,511]

Andre And Dusty Rhodes need to be on the list.  Would toss in Harley Race.  

[BufordT 372]

1 hour ago, jerryskids said:

That list shows my age. Hulk, for all his shmaltz, made wrestling as you young whipper snappers know it today.  Dusty Rhodes? Bob Backlund, WWF champ for 5 years?

Get off my lawn.

 

Yup. Hulk should be in the one spot. A list having him at 10 has no credibility. 

[WhiteWonder 2,208]

The Rock #1

not close

Fight me 

[BunnysBastatrds 1,954]

 Great list. I would add Andre and Matt Foley. How though, I don’t know.

[weepaws 2,511]

Mick Foley was fun to watch perform.  

[MLCKAA 420]

King Kong Bundy.

[MLCKAA 420]

2 hours ago, TimHauck said:

IMO:

1. Cael Sanderson

2. John Smith

3. Jordan Burroughs

4. Bruce Baumgartner

5. David Taylor

6. Kyle Snyder

7. Helen Maroulis

8. Dan Gable

9. Gable Steveson

10. Kyle Dake

 

Thanks for the real list.

[BeenHereBefore 1,359]

1960's Bruno Sammartino was the main attraction

1970's Andre The Giant was the main attraction

1980's Hulk Hogan was the main attraction

1990's Stone Cold & The Rock was the main attraction

These guys kept wresting popular over the generations and all should be in the top 10.

[BeachGuy23 585]

How is Rick Flair not the undisputed #1?  Hulk should be #2.

And no Dusty Rhodes?

[patweisers44 710]

15 minutes ago, BeachGuy23 said:

How is Rick Flair not the undisputed #1?  Hulk should be #2.

And no Dusty Rhodes?

Ed thinks only the WWF/E matters. 

[BeachGuy23 585]

2 minutes ago, patweisers44 said:

Ed thinks only the WWF/E matters. 

The Four Horsemen were the best group of heels ever assembled. 

And it's not close. 

[jerryskids 5,393]

2 hours ago, TimHauck said:

IMO:

1. Cael Sanderson

2. John Smith

3. Jordan Burroughs

4. Bruce Baumgartner

5. David Taylor

6. Kyle Snyder

7. Helen Maroulis

8. Dan Gable

9. Gable Steveson

10. Kyle Dake

 

No Anthony Robles?  Phayle.   

[jerryskids 5,393]

3 hours ago, jerryskids said:

That list shows my age. Hulk, for all his shmaltz, made wrestling as you young whipper snappers know it today.  Dusty Rhodes? Bob Backlund, WWF champ for 5 years?

Get off my lawn.

 

 

36 minutes ago, BeachGuy23 said:

How is Rick Flair not the undisputed #1?  Hulk should be #2.

And no Dusty Rhodes?

I guess we are the same age.   

16 minutes ago, BeachGuy23 said:

The Four Horsemen were the best group of heels ever assembled. 

And it's not close. 

Also agreed.

[TimHauck 1,876]

1 hour ago, MLCKAA said:

Thanks for the real list.

It’s unfortunate that Gable Steveson wasted 2 years of his life trying to be good at fake wrestling when it was clear he wasn’t, despite being the best in the world at real wrestling 

[Engorgeous George 1,284]

Superstar Billy Graham should be on the list simply for having introduced steroids to the profession.

[listen2me 23 1,576]

3 hours ago, TimHauck said:

IMO:

1. Cael Sanderson

2. John Smith

3. Jordan Burroughs

4. Bruce Baumgartner

5. David Taylor

6. Kyle Snyder

7. Helen Maroulis

8. Dan Gable

9. Gable Steveson

10. Kyle Dake

 

Dake!  

[listen2me 23 1,576]

21 minutes ago, TimHauck said:

It’s unfortunate that Gable Steveson wasted 2 years of his life trying to be good at fake wrestling when it was clear he wasn’t, despite being the best in the world at real wrestling 

Hes young he can still return.  Yea if you are that bad at fake wrestling you should know better and just stick in your lane.  From what I read he was terrible at it and hardly even had matches.  Lack of awareness.   

[TimHauck 1,876]

26 minutes ago, listen2me 23 said:

Dake!  

He better win gold in Paris or he might have to come off my list 

21 minutes ago, listen2me 23 said:

Hes young he can still return.  Yea if you are that bad at fake wrestling you should know better and just stick in your lane.  From what I read he was terrible at it and hardly even had matches.  Lack of awareness.   

He seemed to do fine with the stuff that required actual athleticism, just had no charisma.  WWE fans also didn’t like that he had prior sexual assault allegations (even though the charges were dropped)