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I didn't see Kurt Angle once
I see HBK missing on a lot of lists, which is absurd
Somebody actually listed Ultimate Warrior for crying out loud
Most of you are really just posting your favorites, which is cool if this is a *personal* top ten, and turth be told it's not really clear what the intention of the post was. If it was to take an honest look at the true greats when factoring in all the elements, then this post has failed miserably thus far.
The first question to ask is, how do we weight a list like this? How are we balancing mainstream recognition (guys who draw serious money) with in-ring ability, for example? If we’re looking at top draws, an objective list for that probably reads something like Hulk, Austin, Rock, Flair, Dusty, Bruno, Hall, Nash, Thesz, Savage, Cena, and possibly Brock. Some would probably balk at Hall & Nash, but trust… Hulk needed them just as much as they needed Hulk for the NWO to work and that single handedly reinvented the business. You could argue, say, Piper and Taker in their spot, but IMO there’s no way to discuss top draws without The Outsiders. Nash himself even admits he wasn’t exactly a guy who could light it up in terms of work rate, but let’s be real about how vital he was to the NWO being the monster it turned out to be.
Ring work though? We’re looking at HBK, Flair, Hart, Angle, Benoit, Dynamite, Guerrero, Savage, Jake (let’s be real, he practically wrote the book on ring psychology), and Hennig.
Then we have guys like Scott Hall, who IMO might be one guy Vince seriously missed the boat on because his ring work was superb as were his mic skills and he might well have been a quality draw as the #1 guy if given the shot.
Granted, those lists aren’t bullet proof but IMO they’re solid as hell. My point is, how are people balancing main stream drawing power with work rate?
Guys like HBK can more than hold their own in the promo department and were significant draws in their own right, and the extreme lack of in ring ability of a guy like Hulk gets balanced out by that IMO. So my top six, in no particular order just yet, is Hulk, HBK, Flair, Rock, Savage, Austin, Angle, Hart. That’s your three greatest promos (Hulk, Austin, Rock, obviously) and five guys who were amazing workers with excellent ring work along with quality promo work. Bruno was easily one of the greatest draws ever, so he makes 9. I finalize my list with Cena, because he’s easily a better worker than Hulk and Rock while having immense drawing power of his own, even if he doesn’t add up.
So that’s my ten:
Savage, Hulk, Flair, Rock, Austin, HBK, Bret, Angle, Bruno, and Cena. -Sig-
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