Favorite Pro Wrestler of all-time

[crownsy]

HBK in his prime years, along with brett hart.

thier fueds (pre screw job)were some of the best wresling of all time.

a close second would be a tag team, LOD.

[ReggieR]

Macho Man had his charms...The Hulkster always made me giggle...Andre the Giant was just great to look at, but the only wrestler I ever truly believed in was George "The Animal" Steele (and maybe Jimmy Superfly Snooka)

Thanks for the picture Redz...takes me back to my misspent youth and the golden age of rasslin

[cdif911]

Growing up it was Bruno Sammartino. Then Ric Flair came along and the rest is history- the greatest wrestler of all time. I also loved Terry Funk, Superstar Billy Graham, the Road Warriors (Legion of Doom) and fav manager was Captain Lou Albano.

ah bringing up managers, Lou was great, but I go with Mr. Fuji (btw there was a vicious rumor that Capt. Lou used to bowl around the North Shore, anyone know if that's true?)

[Kuberski33]

Mick Foley -- as Cactus Jack.

[Andy Jick]

gotta go with the Bushwackers...

and who could ever forget the Junk Yard Dog (when he'd start barking and gnawing on the ropes).

i really miss the '80's for a lot of reasons...

[crownsy]

huh, so looking through the thread, im the only shawn micheals guy?

i find that odd is all, is it because of the blow back from the brett hart thing?

because in the ring, during his prime, he was one of the greats, incredible on the mic as well. so many incrible matches. the endo match with brett, the first hell in a cell, and he defined ladder matches, not to mention the giant killer matches with diesel.

i dunno, just thought he'd be brought up :/

[Chief]

Other notables:

Scott Steiner (before he muscled up)
Rick Rude
Randy Savage
Scott Hall
Goldberg
Paul Orndorff
AJ Styles
Sabu

[nachoman]

Easy.

Cindy Lauper.

[cdif911]

huh, so looking through the thread, im the only shawn micheals guy?

i find that odd is all, is it because of the blow back from the brett hart thing?

because in the ring, during his prime, he was one of the greats, incredible on the mic as well. so many incrible matches. the endo match with brett, the first hell in a cell, and he defined ladder matches, not to mention the giant killer matches with diesel.

i dunno, just thought he'd be brought up :/

the heartbreak kid is definitely up there, and I think loyalty is a virtue, which he showed more than almost any other wrestler of his time - he had some classic matches and still continues to.  His entrance song is easily one of the most recognizeable, and he will put young guys over, something that takes Hogan and LOD down a notch (and the fact that those guy wouldn't sell for other wrestlers - when someone hits you with their finisher and you pop right back up, it kills their credibility and is bad for business - but I digress)

[Andy Jick]

Easy.

Cindy Lauper.

that music video just popped into my mind...

[Redz]

I always had a soft spot for Chief J Strongbow too

More recently, the Rock was pretty entertaining in his prime

[wdleehi]

I always had a soft spot for Chief J Strongbow too

More recently, the Rock was pretty entertaining in his prime

Rock was great.  here he is with one of the few that could match him with the mike.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB6JXzB4SPU

[DinoRadjaLives]

Ricky the Dragon Steamboat - close second Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig

fav tag team - has to be the road warrios

[Andy Jick]

Ricky the Dragon Steamboat - close second Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig

fav tag team - has to be the road warrios

after benoit's death i saw an interview with the road warriors on the o'reilly show on fox news...had never seen those guys without their makeup before.

i always liked them too...

[Robb]

Reading through this thread, trying to pick a favorite wrestler must be like what a parent goes through when they try to pick a favorite child.

I was totally hooked on wrestling for so many years that I went right with whoever they were supporting as face and rooted against whoever they cast as the heel.

But...nothing got me and my best friend pumped up like the...



LWO!!!

Seriously, though, I would say Sting back when he was doing the Crow bit.  It seemed like he was doing that "drop from the ceiling and beat the hell out of everyone with a black bat" gimmick for like four years, but when he beat Hollywood Hulk Hogan for the title and then started screaming Spanish into the camera I had the strangest mixture of being so pumped and perplexed that I had no idea how to react.

There were other better wrestlers, and there were other better eras, I'm sure.  But that was my era and my guy.  I started watching wrestling with the Ladder Matches between Shawn Michaels and Razor Ramon (good place to start in my opinion) and the nWo and that era on WCW was the peak before going to WWF and guys like Stone Cold and the Rock.  Good times.