#1012

25pts:Stone Cold Steve Austin
24pts: The Undertaker
23pts: Chris Jericho
22pts: Daniel Bryan
21pts: AJ Styles
20pts: Shinsuke Nakamura
19pts: Kurt Angle
18pts: The Rock
17pts: Scott Steiner
16pts: Kevin Nash
15pts: Eddie Guerrero
14pts: Samoa Joe
13pts: Bam Bam Bigelow
12pts: Asuka
11pts: Kenny Omega
10pts: Trish Stratus
9pts: Lance Storm
8pts: Minoru Suzuki
7pts: Tomahiro Ishii
6pts: Scott Hall
5pts: Mick Foley
4pts: Big Daddy V/ Viscera
3pts: Vader
2pts: Kevin Owens
1pt: Pentagon Jr

Looking back I should have given more points to my boys Lance Storm and Ishii so they actually ranked, although Kevin Nash didn’t with 16 points so it might not have worked

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#1013

Forgot Just Joe!

#1014

I don’t think I gave Ricky any points so the other old schoolers on here must have really rated him.

He was superb though - and 50% responsible for the greatest wrestling match ever.

#1015

I HATED him when I was a kid, which was the point. Amazing heel.

#1016

My number one pick. Watch him coming to the ring at Wrestlemania 1 or at the Brawl to End it All - he’s absolutely HATED then compare that to when he defeats Adrian Adonis at Wrestlemania 3 and he’s absolutely LOVED. And he did it all through his skill on the microphone (and, ok, some of it through his wrestling ability!)

Quitting to go to Hollywood was maybe a mistake. Jesse Ventura had more success there!

#1017

I loved him when he was a face around 1990-1992 but he was much better as a brutal heel before that - and when he weighed (according to Monsoon) “close to that 500 pound mark”. He was well past his best when he came back to WWF

#1018

The way he adjusts his glove before having a turn gets me everytime

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#1019

Curt Hennig was great. He bided his time for ages as a jobber to the stars in the early 80s before coming back with a gimmick that pushed him all the way to the top. It’s a shame he had such a long time out, you could imagine him having the run that Flair had around 1992/93.

#1020

He was my favourite as a kid. Not your classic face character, but I could tell he was much more interesting than Hogan and Warrior.

Was actually devastated at school when someone told me he’d turned evil (we didn’t have Sky so I relied on borrowing PPVs from people who did and bought the magazine)

His snake pit was great - he had that ability to hold the neutral ground between massive heels and massive faces that was really needed back in those days. Piper did the same.

#1021

Regal was a breath of fresh air around the turn of the century when things went really stale for me. He was a great heel as Lord Steven Regal in WCW too.

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#1022

Incredible ring strategist - to the point of obsession. But as a result of all that work he would give amazing matches.

Obviously Wrestlemania III stands out.

An arse, by all accounts, but fabulous up until the time he had to lose the belt back to Hogan.

#1023

Number 11? With a TEAR in my EYE!

The post-Rumble 1992 promo is probably the best of all time. As for Flair, I was never a huge fan of him, but can’t help but admire the length and success of his career.

Will be interested to see which 10 wrestlers DiS thinks deserve to be above Flair. Not many I would think.

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#1024

If Foley hadn’t been such a mark himself, I don’t think he’d be as remembered as much as he is. Now I look back on Mankind, he was a great character, but I just remember being disappointed that he wasn’t Cactus Jack.

#1025

Deserves to be in the top 10 - probably much higher. Gorilla Monsoon was referring to him as ‘excellence of execution’ way back when the Hart Foundation first debuted. He was also gifted at Battle Royals.

I didn’t watch a huge amount of WWF during his peak time, but he was phenomenal in the Hart Foundation.

#1026

Died tragically young, but he’s just a mid-carder for me.

#1027

When he debuted in 1990 he looked unstoppable. One of my favourite moments was watching the Legion of Doom (have they been in this countdown yet?) team up at the 1991 Royal Rumble to put him out - as it looked liken nobody else would be able to.

That Limp Biscuit / motorcycle phase was awful though.

#1028

Great in the Rockers, who were amazingly exciting to watch, and successfully moved on to be a main eventer. Not top 10 for me, but not far off.

#1029

Enjoying your recaps here even if they clearly only run on “what happened up until 1992/3” :wink:

#1030

If I had to guess probably… 10?

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#1031

This is a bit unfair, Eddie absolutely deserved his main event push around 2004 up until his death, he was a fantastic wrestler and character. His matches with Mysterio in particular are incredible:

Even with a gimmick as stupid as this they put on a classic: