theidealstranger

Owen Hart who was considered boring back then during A.E is now easily considered one of the best wrestlers who never made it to the world title scene and argued in favor of being better than his brother Bret Hart in the ring.

Magnum T.A was a similar case where but for his accident, it is said that he could have become one of the greatest wrestlers of all times for all we know.

There are many other wrestlers who are considered in similar vein.

Who can you think of when it comes to case of the wrestler being overrated post retirement or death and why do you think such overrating happens?

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greendayedgehead

Like the poster above me said, a some of it is people hypothesising. If xyz was still around, he would have...

But I think it's not an issue because eventually the dust settles where it should. After time passes and you take the sentimentality out of everything, you're left with their bodies of work, and they will always end up speaking for themselves.

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RyanPelley

I know people loved Eddie Guerrero, but I never saw the amount of praise for the guy until after he was dead. Much like Owen Hart.

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septurum

Yes, guys like Rude, Hennig and Bulldog tend to get more praise now then they did when they were alive.

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Greenlawler

I agree some of this goes on for sure, but for every guy like Hart or Rude who become more legendary after death their are 20 guys whose legacies dissapear becuase time erases our memories. This is only natural and happens in every aspect of our culture. Movie stars, sports stars, musicians, they all pass away forgotten every day. They may have had epic careers during their prime.

So while there are a minority who gain esteem. The far and away correct answer is no.

dxbender

I don't think they're overrated, I just think that they're not bashed as much because they died. So the only things we really hear about those stars after they die, is the positive things about them.

Macho Man is probably most recent example. Before he died, all people cared to talk about regarding him, is how he should be in the WWE HOF, and Steph McMahon. Then after he dies, the HOF stuff is still mentioned, but then everyone else just talks about his legacy and that's it(which I like hearing more than some stupid rumors people are in love with talking about)

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dddsssccc

I don't think many people consider Owen better than Bret. He was a better athlete than Bret but not nearly the wrestler.

Sometimes you don't appreciate what you have until it's gone. Mr. Perfect and Rick Rude were awesome characters and wrestlers. Nothing the least but overrated about either of them.

Owen was a good athlete and had some charisma but WWE wouldn't put the belt on him when they had the chances in 94 and late 97 / early 98 after the screw job fallout. That could have been huge for his career and he probably could have handled it but they didn't do it for whatever reason and his mid-card act got stale.

Oh Lymping Hero!

Yes I think a fair bit of overrating goes on of old wrestlers who have passed on or have retired.

However we hear so much about this because an entire industry has been created out of the 'behind the scenes' of wrestling. This makes a big difference too that people can make money out of talking so much about wrestlers from the past and how good they were.


A bigger thing I think is people overrating past eras such as the Golden Era. Don't get me wrong there was alot of tremendous stars with your Hogans, Machos, Pipers etc etc, but there was also a lot of crap matches, angles, bad booking etc too which people just gloss over.

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Guerrero, Rude and Hennig were all fantastic. When they died, other people started to only just realise it.