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[Poop Master Flex]

This thread is nothing to do with "greatness". It's to do with who people like.

I know Daniel Bryan isn't the best wrestler in the world. But he's certainly my favourite.

Really because the original post would dictate otherwise.

 

[#hamler]

All Time
1. Edge
2. Eddie Guerrero
3. Triple H
4. The Rock
5. The Undertaker
6. Ric Flair
7. Shawn Michaels
8. Randy Savage
9. John Cena
10. Kevin Nash

Current
1. Chris Jericho
2. Sheamus
3. John Cena
4. Dolph Ziggler
5. Randy Orton
6. Bully Ray
7. R-Truth
8. CM Punk
9. AJ Styles
10. Christian

 

[The Crock]

All Time
1. Shawn Michaels
2. The Rock
3. Steve Austin
4. John Cena
5. Edge
6. Mick Foley
7. Ric Flair
8. Jeff Hardy
9. Hulk Hogan
10. Chris Jericho

Current
1. John Cena
2. CM Punk
3. Chris Jericho
4. Jeff Hardy
5. Dolph Ziggler
6. Randy Orton
7. Christian
8. Daniel Bryan
9. Rob Van Dam
10. Zack Ryder

Honorable Mentions: Colt Cabana, Cody Rhodes, Prince Devitt, AJ Styles

 

[King Patrick Star]

Current

1. Triple H
The literal future of the business. He’s called the King Of Kings, but right now, he’s really the Prince of Princes until King Vince steps down.

2. Randy Orton
3. John Cena
The two “W”s in the WWE Logo, these are the faces of the WWE.

4. Big Show
5. Kane
6. CM Punk
The three Triple World Crown Champions…and they aren’t finished yet.

7. A.J. Styles
8. Samoa Joe
9. Abyss
10. Zema Ion
Total Non-stop Action / Impact Wrestling, the first 3 embody what that means, and the last one is there just cause he’s Filipino.

All-Time

1. Chris Jericho
Like you didn’t know I was going to pick him.

2. Stone Cold Steve Austin
3. The Rock
In my opinion, they are tied for second and thanks to the scoring system, they are.

4. Kurt Angle
5. Ric Flair
6. Hulk Hogan
In my opinion, Flair and Hogan are tied for the 5th spot, so this works.

7. Batista
8. Undertaker
9. Edge
10. Sting
This is where I had the most difficult time deciding. Number 7 is a lock, but the bottom 3 are pretty random picks for me. Never thought about an All-Time Top 10 as much as my All-Time Top 5.

 

[Shocky]

All Time looks like it translates to 1995.

 

[Uncle Sam]

I can see you all looking. Go on - grab a pen and paper and let's hammer this fucker out.

 

[The_Misson]

All time:
1.Great Muta
2.Sting
3. Shawn Michaels
4. Stone Cold Steve Austin
5. Ric Flair
6. Kenta Kobashi
7. Vader
8. Jushin Liger
9. Hulk Hogan
10. The Rock

Current:
1. Kenny Omega
2. CM Punk
3. Hiroshi Tanahashi
4. John Cena
5. Prince Devitt
6. La Sombra
7. BUSHI
8. Kota Ibushi
9. Cody Rhodes
10. Daniel Bryan

 

[Uncle Sam]

All Time looks like it translates to 1995.

I make no apologies for the post-1995 WWE bias in my list.

You're infringing on my intellectual property.

 

[Poop Master Flex]

I can see you all looking. Go on - grab a pen and paper and let's hammer this fucker out.

I'm at work doing nothing might as well

 

[JWGunslinger]

All Time:
1)Stone Cold
2)Eddie Guerrero
3)Chris Benoit
4)The Rock
5)Edge
6)Undertaker
7)Booker T
8)Goldberg
9)Shawn Michaels
10)Kane

Current:
1)Chris Jericho
2)James Storm
3)Randy Orton
4)AJ Styles
5)CM Punk
6)Kurt Angle
7)Triple H
8)Sheamus
9)Dolph Ziggler
10)Wade Barrett

 

[1C3-M4N]

All time:

1. The Rock
2. Ric Flair
3. Hulk Hogan
4. Andre the Giant
5. Shawn Michaels
6. The Undertaker
7. Brett Hart
8. Triple H
9. Mr. Perfect
10. Randy Savage

Current

1. CM Punk
2. Jeff Hardy
3. John Cena
4. Mark Henry
5. Dolph Ziggler
6. Randy Orton
7. Wade Barret
8. Daniel Bryan
9. Jack Swagger
10. Big Show

 

[¡Roján!]

OF ALL TIME.

1. Christian
2. Undertaker
3. Rey Mastrio
4. The Rock
5. John Cena
6. Kane
7. SCSA
8. Piper
9. Benoit
10. CM Punk

OF LIKE, NOW

1. Kane
2. Daniel Bryan
3. Zolph Diggler
4. CM Punk
5. Cody Rhodes
6. Zack Ryder
7. R-Truth
8. Cena
9. Mark Henry
10. AJ Lee

 

[Big Nick Dudley]

Current
1. Randy Orton
2. CM Punk
3. William Regal
4. Cody Rhodes
5. AJ Styles
6. Bobby Roode
7. Kurt Angle
8. Mark Henry
9. Wade Barrett
10. Trent Barreta

All-Time
1. Steve Austin
2. Bret Hart
3. Ric Flair
4. Chris Benoit
5. Scott Hall
6. Owen Hart
7. Jake The Snake Roberts
8. Randy Savage
9. The Rock
10. Chris Jericho


EDIT: My original list had the "greatest" of all-time, and the "greatest" of right now. I changed my list. I now have my favorites listed, seeing that's what everyone else is doing. Fuck it.

 

[Vega]

Favorites

Current:

01: Daniel Bryan
02: Chris Jericho
03: Sting
04: UltraMantis Black
05: Rob Van Dam
06: Austin Aries
07: Natalya
08: Rey Mysterio
09: Raven
10: Mick Foley

Mentions: Christian, Jimmy Jacobs, Kane

All-Time:

01: Daniel Bryan
02: The Undertaker
03: Chris Jericho
04: Bret Hart
05: Sting
06: UltraMantis Black
07: Chris Benoit
08: Rob Van Dam
09: Billy Kidman
10: Austin Aries

Mentions: Natalya, Brian Pillman, Rey Mysterio

€dit: I forgot UltraMantis.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Come on, Shocky - give us a list!

 

[Uncle Phatso]

Sorry, I'm not Shocky.

All time
1. Sting
2. Randy Savage
3. Y2J
4. Kane
5. Ric Flair
6. Piper
7. Hogan
8. Kurt Angle
9. Chris Benoit
10. Raven

Mentions- Mick Foley, Rvd, Taker, The Rock

Current-
1. Cm Punk
2. Austin Aries
3. Roode
4. Kurt Angle
5. Daniel Bryan
6. Sheamus
7. John Cena
8. Zack Ryder
9. Mark Henry
10- Rvd

 

[Nate DaMac]

All Time
1. Hulk Hogan
2. Steve Austin
3. Bret Hart
4. Sting
5. Edge
6. Shawn Michaels
7. Chris Benoit
8. The Rock
9. Goldberg
10. Undertaker


Currently Active
1. John Cena
2. CM Punk
3. Randy Orton
4. Sheamus
5. Zack Ryder
6. The Miz
7. Brodus Clay
8. R-Truth
9. Mark Henry
10. Daniel Bryan

 

[Shocky]

"All-Time"
1. Hulk Hogan
2. Steve Austin
3. The Rock
4. Ric Flair
5. John Cena
6. Harley Race
7. Andre The Giant
8. Sting
9. The Ultimate Warrior
10. Goldberg (and yes, I just threw up a little bit typing the last two).

Current Best.
1. John Cena (by a mile)
2. Randy Orton
3. CM Punk
4. Christian
5. Kurt Angle
6. Rey Mysterio
8. AJ Styles
9. Dolph Ziggler
10. Cody Rhodes

 

[Coco]

It must be boring having your brain.

 

[agentmichaelscarn]

All Time

1. Bret Hart
2. Randy Savage
3. Hulk Hogan
4. The Rock
5. Shawn Michaels
6. Steve Austin
7. Mick Foley
8. HHH
9. Ricky Steamboat
10.Ric Flair

Current

1. Randy Orton
2. John Cena
3. CM Punk
4. Wade Barrett
5. R Truth
6. Kane
7. Sheamus
8. Dolph Ziggler
9. Miz
10.Cody Rhodes

 

[FitFinlay4Life]

My current top10.

But first, my top 5 guys on RAW, SmackDown & Impact...

RAW:
1: R-Truth
2: Dolph Ziggler
3: Kane
4: CM Punk
5: John Cena

SmackDown
1: Daniel Bryan
2: Mark Henry
3: Cody Rhodes
4: Wade Barrett
5: Sheamus

Impact:
1: James Storm
2: Bobby Roode
3: Jeff Hardy
4: Bully Ray
5: Austin Aries

Now my top10:
1: James Storm
2: Daniel Bryan
3: Bobby Roode
4: Jeff Hardy
5: R-Truth
6: Bully Ray
7: Mark Henry
8: Dolph Ziggler
9: Kane
10: Austin Aries

Why?
Since Bruce Prichard has taken over the reigns in TNA, I have felt that the World Title scene has been fantastic. After Victory Road did anyone foresee the four guys currently in the World Title plot? That my list is missing guys like Kurt, AJ, RVD, Sting or Anderson and I'm enjoying it more than I have in some time is a fantastic indication that they are moving away from the main criticisms of the past (illogical booking, hotshotting storylines etc). Austin Aries has been a shining light of making do with what you've got in elevating the status of the XDivision without facing anyone of real note - here's hoping that Shelley is the beginning off a major push (AJ, Kaz, Daniels, maybe even the new slimmed down Kurt).

Cena and Punk get low places on my RAW 5 and miss out on my top10 not really through any fault of their own but because I just have major problems with their current storylines. Poor John suffers in my eyes because I feel that every storyline that doesn't involve a certain Mr Johnson feels like filler; normally the Kane plot should run right into Mania but we know that the furthest it can run in HitC. Likewise I feel that Punk has been hurt with storylines were his superiors are more important to him than his opponents. On the plus side for RAW, I'm still loving Truth plus both Ziggler and Kane are doing great jobs despite the flaws I've described (I really hope both aren't dropped like bad habits as WM gets closer).

SmackDown suffers from a lack of main eventers, especially with Orton out of the picture. Daniel Bryan has been outstanding in his new role though and Mark Henry is still being treated as a monster so, even though I'm not overly enjoying Show's work at the moment (despite Sam's epic sig), the World Title story is still enjoyable at the moment. Cody continues his solid work with the IC belt and Wade Barrett and Sheamus appear to be getting solid pushes again.

All Time Top10:

1: Sting
2: Rick Steiner
3: Roddy Piper
4: Bobby Eaton
5: Fit Finlay
6: The Dynamite Kid
7: Jushin Liger
8: AJ Styles
9: Arn Anderson
10: Rick Rude

This list is a combination of the guys I used to watch on World of Sport who made it into the US scene and the guys I loved when I started watching WCW and the WWF. TNA is the house that AJ built and, as much as many malign it, I am extremely grateful to have it as an alternative.

 

[CleverName51]

Current:

1: John Cena
2: Randy Orton
3: CM Punk
4: Kane
5: Christian
6: Undertaker
7: HHH
8: Mark Henry
9: Sheamus
10: Wade Barrett



All Time

1: Hulk Hogan
2: The Rock
3: Steve Austin
4: Kurt Angle
5: Sting
6: Bret Hart
7: Chris Jericho
8: Mick Foley
9: Ric Flair
10: John Cena

 

[The 1-2-3 Killam]

Just to be clear, we're talking Top Ten in terms of our personal favorites right? I mean, I can understand that Hogan is the biggest, most influential name in pro wrestling history, and that Flair and HBK were probably the "best", but that doesn't mean that I HAVE to put them on top of my list, right?

And by "current" are we talking "who is the best right now on January 20, 2012", or out of all the people currently wrestling, who are our favorites? I only ask because it gets complicated. Triple H is one of my all-time favorites, but he's also a "current wrestler" by your rules. However, I don't think any of his work done in the last few years has been outstanding, so I hesitate to put him on my "current" list.

And yes, I have to complicate everything. I'm OCD about making these damn lists.

 

[FitFinlay4Life]

Just to be clear, we're talking Top Ten in terms of our personal favorites right? I mean, I can understand that Hogan is the biggest, most influential name in pro wrestling history, and that Flair and HBK were probably the "best", but that doesn't mean that I HAVE to put them on top of my list, right?

I don't see any fun in it if we end up with the same old names as always.

 

[#hamler]

EDIT

Current
1. Chris Jericho
2. Sheamus
3. John Cena
4. Wade Barrett
5. Dolph Ziggler
6. Randy Orton
7. Bully Ray
8. R-Truth
9. CM Punk
10. Mark Henry