It's...Baylariat!
Team Finnley Baylor
Tommy "Wildfire" Rich is true old school. I believe his career started in the late 70's and was active as of the early 2000's. Rich is famous for winning the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Title from Harley Race in old school 'screwjob' fashion. As in, Race didn't know he was doing the job and was rolled up tightly by Rich to avoid kicking out. Needless to say, Rich was a true transitional champion. He was a member of the Mid-Atlantic Championship wrestling crew, then moved on to other smaller promotions, which include Memphis, Florida, and eventually came back to WCW in the early 90's and was a resident jobber basically.
Despite being a serviceable wrestler, I don't see him as someone who can be considered underrated. I'd go the overrated route in that he was an NWA champion when the belt was prestigious, but he didn't exactly make that into a shot to super stardom. Matter of fact, I had no idea he was NWA champ until I heard that commented when someone referred to Rich on an old WCW Clash of Champions as a former World Champion.
So "Wildfire" Tommy Rich...overrated or underrated?
Despite being a serviceable wrestler, I don't see him as someone who can be considered underrated. I'd go the overrated route in that he was an NWA champion when the belt was prestigious, but he didn't exactly make that into a shot to super stardom. Matter of fact, I had no idea he was NWA champ until I heard that commented when someone referred to Rich on an old WCW Clash of Champions as a former World Champion.
So "Wildfire" Tommy Rich...overrated or underrated?