Mr. Perfect? Rick Rude? AJ Styles? Owen Hart? Razor Ramon? Diesel?

 

He did say that it's his personal list and that he's missing a few.

Not sure if there's a great argument to be made for Diesel. He's the worst drawing champion in history. Cool character though.

 

I think OP has a pretty good list. I disagree with some of the order but I think Ghost has been accurate with the majority of his list.

I think Mr Perfect, Bulldog, and Razor need to be on the list. I'm taking Slaughter off, not sure who else. I think Reigns and Piper need higher. Other than that, it wouldn't be too far off my list.

 

Thank you for the kind words. I am curious why in the world you would not have Sgt Slaughter in the top 50? He is easy top 20.

Top contender to Morales
Top contender to Backlund
Patterson feud is legendary
Turned face in 83 and had Hogan level appeal
Sheik vs Slaughter is easily a top 5 WWF feud.
Came back in the 90's and was the top heel yet again
World Title Run, when it meant something

For over 20 years Slaughter was a main event player.

 

The thing with Diesel and Razor; as big a stars as they were, and they were stars; they were both only around in the WWE for a few years each. I'm guessing longevity has a place on this list, and they don't really fulfill that 'requirement.'

 

Decent enough. Didn’t think most of the SI list was egregious either (barring a few instances). I sincerely doubt everyone will agree on everything in a list encompassing 20-50 wrestlers but i think the names are mostly there.

 

great work as always @Ghost Lantern

I am a fence sitter so i will do a top fifteen personal list with tiers haha

1. hulk
2. austin
3. bruno, andre, rock
4. cena, rogers, morales
5. savage, hart
6. roman, piper, warrior, angle, backland, taker

 

1. Hulk Hogan
2. Randy Savage
3. Ultimate Warrior
4. Andre The Giant
5. Ric Flair
6. Bret Hart
7. Shawn Michaels
8. Undertaker
9. Stone Cold Steve Austin
10. The Rock
11. Mick Foley
12. Triple H
13. Kane
14. Big Show
15. Chris Jericho
16. Kurt Angle
17. Brock Lesnar
18. Eddie Guerrero
19. Chris Benoit
20. John Cena
21. Batista
22. Rey Mysterio
23. Jeff Hardy
24. Randy Orton
25. Edge
26. CM Punk
27. Daniel Bryan
28. Sheamus
29. Alberto Del Rio
30. Roman Reigns
31. Seth Rollins
32. AJ Styles
34. Drew Mcintyre
35. Bobby Lashley
36. Kevin Nash
37. Scott Hall
38. Owen Hart
39. Yokozuna
40. Bray Wyatt
41. Booker T
42. Mark Henry
43. Great Khali
44. Jinder Mahal
45. JBL
46. Bill Goldberg
47. Christian
48. Rick Rude
49. Mr. Perfect
50. Psycho Sid

 

Pretty good list. Some would change ranking, but everyone on there has good argument. Top 10 is interesting with Bret being edged out. I see the argument for Taker or Brock over him, but for all the classics he's been apart of hitman is arguable.

 

The ordering has some I'd switch around but I really like this list overall. I especially like that guys such as Bob Backlund and Tito Santana are recognized since you don't see them often if ever brought up in newer lists these days. It's also nice to see Bill Eadie make honorable mentions as Ax/Masked Superstar, fantastic hand in the ring.

For those saying Diesel/Razor were only around a few years, what about Ric Flair? I personally associate him as a WCW guy much like I would with Sting before WWF/E but it's hard to deny his legacy overall in North America. I personally think some guys you can get away with putting on this list because of their overall impact even if it only lasted a short while comparatively in the company. Razor to me is one of the best IC champs for example, so neglecting him from a Top 50 wouldn't be happening on my own list.

 

Title runs don’t mean much these days, it’s a soap opera now

 

No I mean a time where title runs were lengthy, and not a prop.

Title runs don’t mean much these days, it’s a soap opera now

Funnily enough I was going to ask Ghost Lantern if he thought it was the introduction of the Monday Night War in 1995 that caused the change mostly?

Diesel would be the last year long champion until John Cena and Hogan would also be the last year plus champion in WCW.

 

Yes it was the Monday Night War.

I think the WWE finally learned that "Southern Wrasslin" knew what they were doing.

Flip the title often, build a company on weekly action. "No one sees it coming" is better than the boring WWF, AWA. style. The days when New York fans thought they had the best wrestling in the world (Northeastern entitlement) but what they were watching was an outdated product.

 

1. Paul Levesqyeque
2. HHH
3. The Game
4. "Hunter"
5. "Paul"

The rest don't matter