Technical- Bret Hart. Kurt, Benoit, Jericho, they are all great, but Bret is the best. The greatest pure wrestling match to never happen is Bret vs Kurt so I wouldnt take any answer seriously if it didnt list one of these two men. My pick goes to Bret though as good as Kurt is, his intensity unmatched, no one does this thing we call wrestling, and with such laid back and relax precision and confidence, like Bret.
He makes it look so damn good and easy, and he just executes his shit well. Kurt does too, but Bret just does it better. HBK will always be the best in ring performer, but best tech wrestler goes to Bret.
It's what made their WM12 bout that good. Kurt has his amateur background, his amazing gold medal win in the Olympics with a broken fricken neck. He can talk better so would be the better superstar over Bret with great wrestling ability and charisma which Bret lacks badly, but where Kurt's better on the mic, Bret's better by a bit, in the ring.
Entertainer- The Rock. I dont really need to say much, I mean what needs to be proved? He was in the highest rated segment in WWE history, he's the best talker of all time than any old school wrestler, wrestler during his time, or wrestler than will come in the future. He always has the crowd in the palm of his hands more than Hogan ever did and his popularity has grown beyond both Hogan and Austin in wrestling and outside of it, on a wider entertainment basis.
The man was so good the entertainment world wanted to snatch him away from us before he was done doing his thing and he gets shit from it because ppl cant be smart enough to realize Vince saw a good business move 30 moves ahead on the chess board.
The Rock entertains better than anyone because he's not afraid to fail as he's said time and time again, he'll try anything and he stays in character damn well, I dont know how he does it. His character is just that great, you have to love him and you cant not like what he does in the ring. Him talking is as entertaining as anything you can put on the card segment or match wise no matter how good. He sells on his mic time alone, look at Mania.
No one else can be called the greatest entertainer except this man, they may be great, but not greater than The Rock... get real and stop lying to yourselves if you didnt pick this man.
High Flyer-This one's really up in the air more than any other (pun not originally intended, but not giving a fuck, it is now) I'm gonna just go with Rey Mysterio as he's been an entertaining high flyer and he doesnt just do high spots here and there like a Jeff Hardy who is a good high flyer too, but the difference is high flying IS this guy's style, it wasnt with guys like Jeff Hardy or Shawn or Eddie, they did moves but they werent styled to this where Rey is. He gives you high flying throughout the whole damn match from ropes, turnbuckles, off his opponent, you cant beat that.
And he's better than a Sin Cara, Ultimo Dragon or Psychosis. I give credit to guys who do high risk stunts because Shane doesnt do them often but if it were a best stunt of all time award he'd get it for those titantron dives. RVD has the best high flying finisher of all time for getting mad height and turning in mid-air but Rey is all around a pure high flyer 100% of the time, not 50% of the time.
Big Guy- The Undertaker is the best big man of all time, strictly talking of giants Bigshow would get the nod, as although Andre was more popular and physically bigger, Show can talk better and is more diverse in what he delivers in the ring and such, but overall big guys has to be Taker. Dude has amazing athleticism, walking the ropes like he does is reason enough, the presence he has, his whole gimmick and how his build is perfect for it. He's not too big but he's big enough, he can demolish anyone smaller than him, eye to eye or on rare occassion taller or bigger than he. The Undertaker due to his gimmick will always remain bigger than all the other big men in other ways besides physical stature
Hardcore- The first two names that come to mind are Mick Foley and Terry Funk, then Sabu also pops into my mind as a close third. I know a lot of hardcore wrestlers that are very much extreme, but to me it wouldnt be a credible pick if one of these three wasnt in th TOP place of best hardcore wrestler.
It's just so damn hard. Terry Funk has done some extreme shit, I just watched a match he had in Japan a week ago and people talk about going the distance to give the fans what they want, well he does that a bit more than most, but then so does Foley and I'd have to just call him by name because I couldnt choose between Mankind and Cactus Jack for more hardcore.
Cactus may be known for being extreme first and be the ECW based character, but Mankind is just as sadistic and doesnt mind putting himself through hell during a match. Sabu has that same carelessness of his body and wears his scars with pride.
These are the three most extreme wrestlers who ever lived, but I have to pick Mick Foley as I think he is hardcore not just of the body, but of the mind, I think his gimmicks win me over for the state of mind they are in, you have hardcore wrestlers and then... you have Mick Foley, who would make mental patients in an aslyum say "get me the fuck away from this guy"
Tag Team- The Roadwarriors, they won the belts in three of the biggest organizations in the world and unlike some other greats had left their mark damn near everywhere where it counted. I mean I watched these guys on WWE OnDemand back from NWA shows get in the ring and destroy their opponents quickly like a tag team of Golbergs.
I think they are badass, what a team should be and most definately a TEAM that sticks together for the long haul as it's all they wanted to be and dedicated their career to being the best TEAM not singles stars (not a knock on Edge and Christian who are 2nd place imo)
LOD is just the greatest from their look, may not have flashy double team moves I love in E&C, The Hardys and Dudleys who took it to a new level than LOD ever did, I'll admit, but I still must as hard as it is give it to The Legion of Doom. The Roadwarriors Hawk and Animal.
