The question is simple: What is the strongest roster any company has had at any given time in wrestling history?
There's plenty of different options, either side from different points the Monday Night Wars, WWE after it took the lions share of the wrestling talent in the early 21st century, or even something much older such as the New York territory from way back when.
For me though, the answer would be early 1990 in the WWF. From a main event perspective you had Hulk Hogan, the greatest face of all time, and arguably the greatest heel of all time in Ted DiBiase. These two were ably assisted in the main event by Randy Savage and Ultimate Warrior, guys who themselves would be considered, or at least should be considered, big deals in wrestling history.
In terms of popularity, these guys were assisted by a number of ageing, but nonetheless loved wrestlers in the shape of Dusty Rhodes, Andre The Giant, Roddy Piper and Jimmy Snuka. The midcard is where the strength in depth can be truly seen though.
The midcard consisted of 80s stalwarts like Jake Roberts, Tito Santana and Bad News Brown, but these had been joined by some of the most able wrestlers of all time, in the midcard at once - people like Bret Hart, Mr. Perfect and Rick Rude are today considered hall of fame material, and they were all in the midcard, the third tier below a veterans contingent.
Even the lower midcard, traditionally the cesspool of any company comprised of still well known faces like Greg Valentine, Brutus Beefcake, Rick Martel and Koko B. Ware. The tag division was also strong, with huge teams like Demolition, The Powers of Pain and the Twin Towers wrestling alongside smaller, more agile teams like The Rockers and Orient Express. Sure, there's weak links, but if you look at the cards of WrestleMania VI and that year's Royal Rumble, the least significant guy on there is probably the Red Rooster, a famously under appreciated wrestler.
DO NOT JUST LIST THE ROSTERS, GIVE REASONS FOR YOUR SELECTIONS.
There's plenty of different options, either side from different points the Monday Night Wars, WWE after it took the lions share of the wrestling talent in the early 21st century, or even something much older such as the New York territory from way back when.
For me though, the answer would be early 1990 in the WWF. From a main event perspective you had Hulk Hogan, the greatest face of all time, and arguably the greatest heel of all time in Ted DiBiase. These two were ably assisted in the main event by Randy Savage and Ultimate Warrior, guys who themselves would be considered, or at least should be considered, big deals in wrestling history.
In terms of popularity, these guys were assisted by a number of ageing, but nonetheless loved wrestlers in the shape of Dusty Rhodes, Andre The Giant, Roddy Piper and Jimmy Snuka. The midcard is where the strength in depth can be truly seen though.
The midcard consisted of 80s stalwarts like Jake Roberts, Tito Santana and Bad News Brown, but these had been joined by some of the most able wrestlers of all time, in the midcard at once - people like Bret Hart, Mr. Perfect and Rick Rude are today considered hall of fame material, and they were all in the midcard, the third tier below a veterans contingent.
Even the lower midcard, traditionally the cesspool of any company comprised of still well known faces like Greg Valentine, Brutus Beefcake, Rick Martel and Koko B. Ware. The tag division was also strong, with huge teams like Demolition, The Powers of Pain and the Twin Towers wrestling alongside smaller, more agile teams like The Rockers and Orient Express. Sure, there's weak links, but if you look at the cards of WrestleMania VI and that year's Royal Rumble, the least significant guy on there is probably the Red Rooster, a famously under appreciated wrestler.
DO NOT JUST LIST THE ROSTERS, GIVE REASONS FOR YOUR SELECTIONS.
