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1. Lesnar - one of the youngest world champions, crossover star, and soon to be a special attraction. Always stayed on top.
2. Cena - worked his way to the top and stayed there. Behind Lesnar just due the fact that Lesnar is a physical phenomenon. Close between them.
3. Orton - my fave of the. 4, however never was as big as he could have been and should have been the next SCSA when he was hot as a face. He's also had longevity.
4. Batista - had alot of success in short time but accomplished less than the rest.
 
I love Batista, he's one of my favorite wrestlers ever but he is #4 lol

1. Brock Lesnar
2. John Cena
3. Randy Orton
4. Batista
 
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I remember Lazer looking disappointed on the Stone Cold podcast when he looked back on the screen not to see Shelton Benjamin (he mentioned him and then looked on the screen & didn't see him). Kind-of disrespectful. He's the only one out of the others who rivals, perhaps surpasses Lazer on an athletic level.
 
What's the criteria here?

Randy Orton and Brock Lesnar are better in-ring workers than John Cena and Batista, but Lesnar and Cena are the bigger stars in terms of mainstream attention and crossover power from movies and MMA respectively.

Cena trumps all of them in terms of his promo ability, but in terms of pure look; Lesnar is the definition of an alpha male and the ultimate athlete/fighter.

Kayfabe wise both Cena and Lesnar have main evented WrestleMania five times. Aside from the main event, Cena has been featured in a world championship match and has won three out of four, whilst Lesnar, when featured in a world championship match, has lost three out of four. They have both had midcard matches but whilst Cena has won the United States Championship twice from Big Show and Rusev, he's also been involved in forgettable matches like against Miz at WrestleMania 33 and Bray Wyatt at WrestleMania XXX and 36, which was an embarrassment. Meanwhile Brock Lesnar ended The Streak, in kayfabe terms arguably the greatest accomplishment ever achieved at WrestleMania; and when Lesnar has lost it's been against the likes of Goldberg, or Seth Rollins, Drew McIntyre and Roman Reigns in world championship situations.

I don't have statistics at hand to be able to say who has drawn the most money out of the four, but I would guess that it is either Cena or Lesnar followed by Batista and then Orton.

So to sum all that up...

In-ring work/ability:
1) Brock Lesnar
2) Randy Orton
3) John Cena
4) Batista

Look:
1) Brock Lesnar
2) John Cena/Batista
3) Randy Orton

Promos:
1) John Cena
2) Batista
3) Brock Lesnar
4) Randy Orton

Accomplishments:
1) Brock Lesnar
2) John Cena
3) Randy Orton
4) Batista

Drawing power:
1) John Cena/Brock Lesnar (Probably Cena but I don't have the statistics in front of me)
2) Batista
3) Randy Orton
 
Whos career I enjoyed the most?

1. Lesnar
2. Batista
T2. Orton
4. Cena.


Whos realistically the best by what counts? ..(making money for the company over a long duration)

1. Cena
2. Orton (simply off longevity not the biggest draw of the 4)
3. Lesnar
4. Batista...(although you can flip Batista and Lesnar here if you want because Batista did some big buy rates when he got hot.)
 
1. John Cena
2. Batista
3. Brock Lesnar
4. Randy Orton

Based on the quality of their work and if I think they are dedicated to the business. Also, this is only considering up until 2018-2019ish which is when I stopped watching WWE regularly.
 
Pound for pound, Batista is no. 1.

The others were destined for a great career, either from being 3rd generation, naturally athletic, young and/or hard work ethic.

Batista was 32 when he joined OVW with no wrestling background or interest. For him to be transformed into prime Batista in the main event at Mania a few years after OVW was the biggest accomplishment of the 4.
 
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