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**Damien_Draiman™** · 07-12-2008, 05:28 PM

In the 104 years Pro Wrestling, who do you think is the 25 greatest Wrestlers of all time?

The 25 Greatest:

1) Ric Flair (His Impact and Influence in the NWA and today. He Made and solidified the greatest in wrestling from Sting to Steamboat and of course Hogan in 94)
2) Hulk Hogan (Him and McMahon made Wrestling mainsteam period.)
3) Steve Austin (The face of the Attitude era and made McMahon a Billonaire and was the star when ratings were at levels that were never heard of and probably will never be reached again)
4) Verne Gagne (10 time World Champion, Amazing Technician, and oh yea he only trained and made over 100 stars including Ric Flair (Trained), Hulk Hogan (Made), Nick Bockwinkel (Made), Shawn Michaels (Made), Ricky Steamboat (Trained))
5) Andre The Giant (Main Evented every single territory he entered from the 60s to 1987)
6) Bret Hart (One of the greatest of all time in the ring from 84-97)
7) Bruno Sammartino
8) Randy Savage
9) Shawn Michaels
10) Antonio Inoki
11) Curt Hennig
12) Nick Bockwinkel
13) Roddy Piper
14) Harley Race
15) Dusty Rhodes
16) Terry Funk
17) The Rock
18) Jack Brisco
19) Lou Thesz
20) Ricky Steamboat
21) Kenta Kobashi
22) Eddie Guerrero
23) Chris Benoit
24) Kerry Von Erich
25) HHH

**Austin101** · 07-12-2008, 05:33 PM

Top 25 North American

1) Steve Austin (Everything needed)

2) Bret Hart

3) Ric Flair

4) Randy Savage

5) Shawn Michaels

6) Terry Funk

7) Chris Benoit

8) The Rock

9) Mick Foley

10) Hulk Hogan

11) Nick Bockwinkel

12) Brian Pillman

13) Eddie Guerrero

14) Mr. Perfect

15) Ricky Steamboat

16) Sting

17) Triple H

18) Kurt Angle

19) Chris Jericho

20) Ted Dibiase

21) Dean Malenko

22) Kerry Von Erich

23) Vader

24) The Undertaker

25) Dory Funk

Forgetting some is to be expected and Owen Hart was high up there as well.

**HGF** · 07-12-2008, 05:37 PM

Here's my list.

1. Ric Flair
2. Stone Cold
3. Verne Gagne
4. The Undertaker
5. Harley Race
6. Andre The Giant
7. Bruno Sammartino
8. Nick Bockwinkel
9. Shawn Michaels
10. Ricky Steamboat
11. Dusty Rhodes
12. Buddy Rogers
13. The Rock
14. Triple H
15. Bret Hart
16. Antonio Inoki
17. Vader
18. Terry Funk
19. Randy Savage
20. Edge
21. Curt Hennig
22. Jack Brisco
23. Lou Thez
24. Ted DiBiase
25. Chris Benoit

**♠ Undertaker ♠** · 07-12-2008, 05:48 PM

1) Ric Flair
2) Bret Hart
3) Shawn Michaels
4) Lou Thesz
5) Verne Gagne
6) Andre the Giant
7) Vader
8) The Undertaker
9) Antonino Inoki
10) Bruno Sammartino
11) Curt Henning
12) Harley Race
13) Dusty Rhodes
14) Terry Funk
15) Kurt Angle
16) Chris Benoit
17) Eddie Guerrero
18) Edge
19) Randy Savage
20) Ricky Steamboat
21) Kerry Von Erich
22) The Rock
23) Stone Cold
24) Triple H
25) Kenta Kobashi

Jatt Kidd · 07-12-2008, 05:51 PM

Where the hell is Buddy Rogers on your list if you want to act like you know wrestling history?

volcanic · 07-12-2008, 06:04 PM

I'm not even going to attempt ordering these.

Lou Thesz
Rikidozan
Verne Gagne
Antonio Inoki
Karl Gotch
Jumbo Tsuruta
Giant Baba
Bret Hart
Ric Flair
Bruiser Brody
Stan Hansen
Ricky Steamboat
Dory Funk, Jr.
Terry Funk
Harley Race
Genichiro Tenryu
Mitsuharu Misawa
Toshiaki Kawada
Kenta Kobashi
Tiger Mask
Steve Austin
Mil Mascaras
Keiji Mutoh
Randy Savage
Curt Hennig

**♠ Undertaker ♠** · 07-12-2008, 06:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jatt Kidd

Where the hell is Buddy Rogers on your list if you want to act like you know wrestling history?

Talking to me or Austin101 ?

If you're talking to me, excuse me, I've never seen any of his work and what do you mean "if you want to act like you know wrestling history" I know stuff but I've never really acted like a know it all like you're kind of pushing on me with that statement.

Make a list of your own and put Buddy Rogers on it then, geez.

rcwilson17 · 07-12-2008, 06:46 PM

Mine prob won't have alot of old school guys like some of you had because some of them I haven't seen enough stuff from them to rate them, but yeah. Some of the guys on this list can easily be switched in order cept number one.

1. Shawn Michaels (bash me if you want but he was/is the greatest wrestler I've ever seen in my time)
2. Ric Flair
3. Stone Cold Steve Austin
4. Triple H
5. Bret Hart
6. The Rock
7. The Undertaker
8. Eddie Guerrero
9. Randy Savage
10. Kurt Angle
11. Chris Jericho
12. Mick Foley
13. Curt Henning/Mr Perfect
14. Sting
15. Edge
16. Dean Malenko
17. Rey Mysterio
18. Owen Hart
19. Terry Funk (same case as Rick Steamboat)
20. Chris Beniot (while some may be able to still watch his work I can't, but I still can't leave him out of this list even though without the obvious he'd prob be in my top 15.)
21.Ricky Steamboat (would be higher prob if I seen more of his work.
22. CM Punk (mostly based off his indy work of course so don't freak out, lol)
23. Samoa Joe (same case as Punk)
24. Bryan Danielson
25. Raven (he is one of the guys who not so much on here cause of his wrestling skills, but his amazing mic work and story telling.)

**Taroostyles** · 07-12-2008, 08:05 PM

I'm not even gonna attempt order mine but the first 5 are the top 5.(NA only)

Terry Funk
Bret Hart
Ric Flair
Steve Austin
Shawn Michaels
Chris Benoit
Eddie Guerrero
Kurt Angle
Ricky Steamboat
HHH
Mick Foley
Sting
Dean Malenko
Curt Hennig
Randy Savage
Owen Hart
The Rock
Chris Jericho
Vader
Undertaker
Rey Mysterio
Samoa Joe
AJ Styles
Jerry Lynn (Sleeper choice I know, but I just love his work)
British Bulldog

There are some many other deserving people as well and there's also alot of people who might be included but I just haven't seen enough of their material.(Gagne, Hansen, Brody, Bockwinkel, Thesz, etc.)

I made the list based on what I've seen and if I to include those guys I'd be posturing since I really haven't seen enough of them to claim how great they are/were.

Some of my favorites who didn't quite make the top 25 would be Raven, RVD, Booker T, Edge, Lance Storm, Christopher Daniels, Ted Dibiase, Dusty Rhodes, Scott Hall, Brian Pillman, and Christian Cage.

Jatt Kidd · 07-12-2008, 08:18 PM

Alright here's my list,

Shawn Michaels
Bret Hart
Steve Austin
The Rock
Hulk Hogan
Randy Savage
Buddy Rogers
Lou Thesz
Dory Funk Jr.
Terry Funk
Jack Briscoe
Bruno Sammartino
Eddie Guerrero
Chris Benoit
Kurt Angle
Ric Flair
Undertaker
Rey Mysterio
Jake Roberts (sleeper, probably the coldest ever on the mic)
Ricky Steamboat
Harley Race
Misawa
Andre The Giant
Mr. Perfect
Antonio Inoki