#1

Daniel Bryan slightly inches over Macho Man Randy Savage to go 4th, edging himself up by one position from the top 100 polls (though he still has that poll’s number 4 to go up against here)

Wrestler Rating
Chris Jericho (3) 4.69
Kurt Angle (2) 4.55
Mick Foley (10) 4.55
Daniel Bryan (5) 4.38
Macho Man Randy Savage (12) 4.37
Stone Cold Steve Austin (1) 4.36
Eddie Guerrero (8) 4.28
Ric Flair (11) 4.23
The Undertaker (7) 4.22
The Steiner Brothers (n/a) 4.22*
Shawn Michaels (6) 4.21
William Regal (18) 4.1
Bret Hart (9) 4.07
Owen Hart (21) 3.95
CM Punk (16) 3.85
Jake “The Snake” Roberts (20) 3.81
The Road Warriors/Legion of Doom (106) 3.74
Diamond Dallas Page (41) 3.73
Booker T (48) 3.72
Charlotte Flair (34) 3.69
Vince McMahon (66) 3.55
Kane (19) 3.54
Brock Lesnar (30) 3.52
Triple H (13) 3.48
John Cena (17) 3.43
Rob Van Dam (47) 3.4
Becky Lynch (28) 3.2
Ron Simmons (114) 3.18
Big Van Vader (58) 3.17
Shane McMahon (59) 3.17
A.P.A (90) 3.15
Sting (52) 3.12
The Big Boss Man(36) 3.1
Scott Steiner (55) 3.08
Stephanie McMahon (n/a) 2.36
Hulk Hogan (61) 2.33
D-X (n/a) 2.33
Goldberg (51) 2.3
JBL (n/a) 1.56

And now, democracy is back in action and it was absolutely perfect as the man with the original 150 match streak has arrived and it is… CURT HENNIG!

So, How Good Was “Mr. Perfect” Curt Hennig Really?
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0 voters

:men_wrestling: How Good of a Wrestler Were They Really? :women_wrestling: #35 Daniel Bryan :goat:
#2
Favourite Match/Moment
  • Curt Hennig vs. Nick Bockwinkel (AWA World Heavyweight Championship Match, SuperClash II, May 2nd 1987)
  • Andre The Giant & Dino Bravo & Harley Race & Mr. Perfect & Rick Rude vs. Jake Roberts & Jim Duggan & Ken Patera & Scott Casey & Tito Santana (“Survivor Series” Match Survivor Series '88)
  • Royal Rumble '89 Match
  • Mr. Perfect vs. The Blue Blazer (WrestleMania V)
  • Mr. Perfect vs. The Red Rooster (SummerSlam '89)
  • Mr. Perfect, Rick Rude & The Rougeaus vs. Bushwhacker Butch & Bushwhacker Luke & Jimmy Snuka & Roddy Piper (“Survivor Series” Match, Survivor Series '89)
  • Hulk Hogan & The Ultimate Warrior vs. Mr. Perfect & The Genius (Saturday Night’s Main Event, Jan 3rd 1990)
  • Royal Rumble '90 Match
  • Mr. Perfect vs. Brutus Beefcake (WrestleMania VI)
  • Mr. Perfect vs. Hulk Hogan (Saturday Night’s Main Event, Apr 23rd 1990)
  • Mr. Perfect vs. Tito Santana (WWF Intercontinental Title Match, Saturday Night’s Main Event, Jul 16th 1990)
  • Mr. Perfect vs. The Texas Tornado (WWF Intercontinental Title Match, SummerSlam '90)
  • Mr. Perfect vs. Big Boss Man (The Main Event, Oct 30th 1990)
  • Mr. Perfect & Demolition vs Legion of Doom, The Texas Tornado & The Ultimate Warrior (“Survivor Series” Match, Survivor Series '90)
  • Royal Rumble '91 Match
  • Mr. Perfect vs. Big Boss Man (WWF Intercontinental Title Match, WrestleMania VII)
  • Mr. Perfect vs. Bret Hart (WWF Intercontinental Title Match, SummerSlam '91)
  • Mr. Perfect & Randy Savage vs. Razor Ramon & Ric Flair (Survivor Series '92)
  • Mr. Perfect vs. Ric Flair (“Loser Leaves WWF” Match, Monday Night Raw Jan 18th 1993)
  • Mr. Perfect vs. Lex Luger (WrestleMania IX)
  • Mr. Perfect vs. Bret Hart (King Of The Ring '93)
  • Mr. Perfect vs. Shawn Michaels (WWF Intercontinental Title Match, WWF SummerSlam '93)
  • Mr. Perfect returns to ref Luger vs Yokozuna at Wrestlemania X!
  • Mr. Perfect spends a year being a colour commentator!
  • Mr. Perfect briefly feuds with, then mentors, Hunter Hearst Helmsley in late '96!
  • Curt Hennig & Diamond Dallas Page vs. Randy Savage & Scott Hall (WCW Bash At The Beach '97)
  • Curt Hennig vs. Diamond Dallas Page (WCW Road Wild '97)
  • Curt Hennig & Chris Benoit & Ric Flair & Steve McMichael vs. Buff Bagwell & Kevin Nash & Konnan & Syxx (WarGames Match, WCW Fall Brawl '97)
  • Curt Hennig vs. Chris Benoit (WCW Nitro Oct 6th 1997)
  • Curt Hennig vs. Ric Flair (WCW United States Title Match, World War 3 '97)
  • Curt Hennig vs. Diamond Dallas Page (WCW United States Title Match, StarrCade '97)
  • Curt Hennig vs. Bret Hart (WCW Uncensored '98)
  • Curt Hennig vs. Davey Boy Smith (WCW Spring Stampede '98)
  • Curt Hennig vs. Goldberg (WCW World Heavyweight Title Match, WCW Bash At The Beach '98)
  • Curt Hennig vs Dean Malenko (WCW Fall Brawl '98)
  • Curt Hennig & Barry Windham vs. David & Ric Flair (WCW Souled Out '99)
  • Curt Hennig & Barry Windham vs. Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko WCW World Tag Team Titles Match, WCW SuperBrawl IX)
  • Curt Hennig & Bobby Duncum, Jr. vs. Konnan & Rey Misterio, Jr. (WCW The Great American Bash Curt Hennig vs. Buff Bagwell (“Retirement” Match, WCW Mayhem '99)
  • Curt Hennig & The Harris Brothers vs. Harlem Heat Booker T. & Midnight & Stevie Ray (6-Person Tag Match, WCW StarrCade '99)
  • Curt Hennig vs. Shawn Stasiak (WCW Slamboree '00)
  • Royal Rumble '02 Match
  • Curt Hennig vs Stone Cold Steve Austin (RAW, 25/02/02)
  • Curt Hennig gets fired from WWE after fighting Brock Lesnar on “the plane ride from hell!”
  • Curt Hennig briefly joins TNA to challenge Ron Killings and Jeff Jarrett respectively for the NWA title
  • Curt Hennig is inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame '07 class by Wade Boggs
  • Curtis Axel wins the Intercontinental title at Payback 2013, making them the only father-son duo to have held the title

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#3

GOAT entrance music imo

1 Like
#4

it is a belter isn’t it?

#5

all the little vignettes were so good too. they don’t make em like that any more

3 Likes
#6

Ah, Mr Perfect was great to watch in the late 80s and early 90s - he was quite far ahead of his time.

It’s really weird seeing his early work as a babyface in the early 80s when he used to team with Eddie Gilbert - he definitely came back much stronger.

Never saw him after he got injured and became Ric Flair’s flunky, so can’t comment on those.

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#7

Think I’m going to go with a maybe harsh 3. He’s undoubtedly one of the better athletes of his day, very solid legit amateur style and a cut above most of his time. Great gimmick and he pulled it off incredibly well. Very good on the mic, really liked him on commentary - but I also wouldn’t say he’s in the very top tier of promos.
Some great matches but no real standout feuds in the grand scheme of things for me, really and truly not long enough as a bona fide main eventer altogether. An absolute a* upper midcard and could make any of the marque names look a million dollars. But he’s a 3.

3 Likes
#8

Tempted to bump to a 4 for the gum/towel bits in the entrance though.

1 Like
#9

1 Like
#10

3 Likes
#11

I know what you mean, he never quite hit the stride that his talent, which was shown in flashes largely in matches with Bret Hart, deserved.

HOWEVER, I only just recently discovered his feud with Nick Bockwinkel in AWA which basically the reason he got booked like a big deal and a star when he signed for WWF, and that feud, even if in the territories just edges him into the 4 category for me but otherwise would have been a 3

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#12
#13

Yeah by '87 the AWA was seriously winding down and Vince had already snapped up Hogan and Heenan and most of the big names years earlier, Bockwinkel would’ve been at the end of his run too but there’s some tremendous old school wrestling here for sure - if anything a little sad he never got as fair a shake in wcw or wwf.

1 Like
#14
2 Likes
#15

Probably a 3 was a great, great heel.

Loses a point for that weird anti rap gimmick in wcw

1 Like
#16

I loved that :smiley:

feuding with master p and silkk the shocker, what a time to be alive

#17

Oh yes, he could sell better than anyone!

#18
Next
  • Andre the Giant
  • Harley Race
  • Rick Rude
  • Roddy Piper
  • The Ultimate Warrior
  • Razor Ramon/Scott Hall
  • Lex Luger
  • Yokozuna
  • Dean Malenko
  • Barry Windham

0 voters

#19

I totally meant to give Jeff Hardy another run here and then completely forgot to add him (he was also in Royal Rumble 2002 right?)

Let’s have a playoff:
  • Roddy Piper
  • The Ultimate Warrior
  • Jeff Hardy

0 voters

#20

Merry Christmas, Grapsfans