This stems from discussion about Hogan/Austin/Rock/Undertaker as the Mt Rushmore of Wrestling - Who would be on that Mount Rushmore for purely in ring ability? Forget gimmicks, based on skill and matches said person had.
There are a lot of options, but trying to narrow that to the top 4 of all time would be quite a challenge.
I have some names I believe would be listed more often than not. Some examples are:
Bret Hart
Owen Hart?
Kurt Angle
Chris Benoit
Eddie Guerrero
HBK
William Regal
Mr Perfect
Randy Orton
Chris Jericho
Ricky Steamboat
Dolph Ziggler
Ric Flair?
Daniel Bryan
Randy Savage
Dean Malenko
Jushin Liger
Kevin Nash
Dynamite Kid
Other
Can vote for more than 1 person, pick 4
There are some non WWE/WCW/TNA people such as Kenta Kobashi that might earn recognition, but I would imagine keep it within the federations a majority of people know.
I thought about it, and I was like "thee are like 6 or 7 that will receive the most votes, but which 4 will lead the way" - don't believe anyone's ever discussed it further than that. Some of these guys get oveshadowed a lot by Hogan, Austin, etc and it's a shame.
Finlay and Regal were technical masterpieces in the ring, people really need to get a sense of perspective before saying "Duh, it angle cuz he won gold medal".
I thought about including Undertaker, but being a huge Undertaker fan, I figured those I've argued with would call bullshit unfairly, so I jut left him off. Ziggler, IMO, has the potential to be there in the future.
Considering I stated that Nash was up there as a joke I would say my knowledge of wrestling is higher than your reading comprehension skills. Ziggler certainly has the potential to be up there someday.
I went with Dynamite Kid (after all, Benoit borrowed a lot of his style from him), Benoit, Dean Malenko and Jushin Liger. Not to say that I'm not greatly entertained by others on this list like Bret, Angle, Eddie and whatnot, but I guess this sorta comes down to a personal preference in the end.
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