[K_Mac]

Is it just me or was no one else in love with Stacy Keibler?? I still dream about that girl haha.

[Ballers]

I am a Mickey guy myself.. Trish Stratus was ok in my book as well lol..

[K_Mac]

I am a Mickey guy myself.. Trish Stratus was ok in my book as well lol..

Oh without a doubt. I loved them too lol. ill goes to Stacy and torrie Wilson.

[Redneck]

1. Stone Cold Steve Austin
2. Bret "The Hitman" Hart
3. The Rock
4. Goldberg
5. The Undertaker

[K_Mac]

Oh without a doubt. I loved them too lol. ill goes to Stacy and torrie Wilson.

ill goes to stacy and torrie? lol I think I was trying to type still goes to stacy and torrie. I must have been out of it lol. Stacy and Torrie are my all-time favorite divas.

[worker1]

1.. Dynamite Kid - most under-rated and innovative wrestler of any generation. Dynamite v. Tiger Mask in Japan in 1981 were some of the best matches ever. Guys today still try to copy them and still come up short
2. Ric Flair - still the man. No one has been better for longer than Naitch
3. Shawn Michaels - best all around performer ever
4. Eddie Gilbert - best mind ever in the sport of pro wrestling
5. Chris Benoit - in spite of everything - technically, as good as there has ever been
6. Ronnie Garvin - grew up watching the original "One Man Gang".
7. Tully Blanchard - everybody hated Tully, which means he was good at his job
8. Ricky Steamboat - ultimate good guy and best true "good guy" wrestler ever
9. HHH - outsanding wrestling mind and very solid in the ring
10. Chris Jericho - can do a little bit of everything and a great personality

[Stardust]

1.. Dynamite Kid - most under-rated and innovative wrestler of any generation. Dynamite v. Tiger Mask in Japan in 1981 were some of the best matches ever. Guys today still try to copy them and still come up short
2. Ric Flair - still the man. No one has been better for longer than Naitch
3. Shawn Michaels - best all around performer ever
4. Eddie Gilbert - best mind ever in the sport of pro wrestling
5. Chris Benoit - in spite of everything - technically, as good as there has ever been
6. Ronnie Garvin - grew up watching the original "One Man Gang".
7. Tully Blanchard - everybody hated Tully, which means he was good at his job
8. Ricky Steamboat - ultimate good guy and best true "good guy" wrestler ever
9. HHH - outsanding wrestling mind and very solid in the ring
10. Chris Jericho - can do a little bit of everything and a great personality

Wow, not a single japanese wrestler?

Misawa, Liger, Muta???

[worker1]

Haven't seen them enough. I really like Muta and he would probably make my next ten along with the Great Kabuki. Granted they aren't as good, technically, as the guys you mentioned.

If I was making a list of the best wrestlers and not just my favorites some of those guys would make it. Like Tiger Mask (the original, Sayama) Misawa, Tenryu, Nobuhiko Takada, Koji Kanemoto and Kensuke Sasaki would potentially be up there. Especially Sayama, Tenryu and Misawa. Sasaki, I thought, was always better in tags, but not so much in singles. I have always heard that Takada and Kanemoto are really good, but I have never watched any of their stuff.

[Big Chief]

Old School Faves (When I was in elementary and middle school)
1. Jerry "The King" Lawler
2. Jos LeDuc
3. Austin Idol
4. "Handsome" Jimmy Valiant
5. "Superstar" Bill Dundee

Faves in High School and College
1. Stone Cold Steve Austin
2. Ric Flair
3. The Rock
4. Mankind
5. Goldberg

[Big Chief]

I almost forgot. I loved Tojo Yamamoto.

[Stardust]

I almost forgot. I loved Tojo Yamamoto.

Tojo with the orginal chest slap that used to make the wrestlers he hit do a Ric Flair "Wooooooo" :biggrin:

[worker1]

I liked Jos LeDuc. He really scared me when I was a kid. I still can see that image of him throwing Lawler on the announce table and severing a muscle in the King's leg. He, also, cut his own arm with an ax as a blood oath to get revenge on Lawler. Great stuff

[Stardust]

I liked Jos LeDuc. He really scared me when I was a kid. I still can see that image of him throwing Lawler on the announce table and severing a muscle in the King's leg. He, also, cut his own arm with an ax as a blood oath to get revenge on Lawler. Great stuff

Memphis wrestling was the absolute best and hottest wrestling around. Austin Idol should have been right up there with Flair in popularity. I love Solie, but how could you not think that Lance wasn't the best. Jerry Jarrett created some of the best gimics in the business. As dumb as the Dream Machine was, I loved him. Dutch Mantell may be the greatest mind in the wrestling business of all time, yet no one knows about him. This guy has created and seen it all.

[worker1]

Dutch was actually part of the booking team at TNA for a couple of different stints, I think. I don't think he is now especially considering that he is probably younger than some of the on screen talent that they are using. So, he is a great mind. There were alot of great minds in Memphis at that time and I think alot of that probably is a testament to Jerry Jarrett, who probably learned alot from Eddie Marlin and Nick Gulas. But, Dutch, Lawler and especially Eddie Gilbert are guys that really had a brain for the sport. Eddie Gilbert was a big part of ECW in its beginnings and was the guy that brought Paul Heyman into the fold. If you think about, ECW got alot of credit for being really innovative in the sport, but in reality all they did was take what had made Memphis wrestling so big for years (which is alot of blood and violence) and expand on it. And alot of that came from Eddie Gilbert.

Sorry if I ramble alot on the subject of pro wrestling. I just love the sport and have grown up on it.

[Stardust]

Dutch was actually part of the booking team at TNA for a couple of different stints, I think. I don't think he is now especially considering that he is probably younger than some of the on screen talent that they are using. So, he is a great mind. There were alot of great minds in Memphis at that time and I think alot of that probably is a testament to Jerry Jarrett, who probably learned alot from Eddie Marlin and Nick Gulas. But, Dutch, Lawler and especially Eddie Gilbert are guys that really had a brain for the sport. Eddie Gilbert was a big part of ECW in its beginnings and was the guy that brought Paul Heyman into the fold. If you think about, ECW got alot of credit for being really innovative in the sport, but in reality all they did was take what had made Memphis wrestling so big for years (which is alot of blood and violence) and expand on it. And alot of that came from Eddie Gilbert.
Sorry if I ramble alot on the subject of pro wrestling. I just love the sport and have grown up on it.

Ditto
&
Ditto

Eddie was lost way too soon. As for Dutch, he has been back and forth a few times but pretty much removed himself during the second stint of Russo. I beleive he is back to booking in Puerto Rico. He obviously still harbors ill will at PR, but it is a staple for him to make good money.

[worker1]

I know he is doing a couple of indy shows in Kingsport coming up. If you get the chance and haven't already, go to Dutch's website and read some of his stories. Great stuff.

[Stardust]

I know he is doing a couple of indy shows in Kingsport coming up. If you get the chance and haven't already, go to Dutch's website and read some of his stories. Great stuff.

He may be the best story teller of them all. What books have you read? I have probably read most all of the biography's. Defintely disppointed in Bruno's, and still waiting for him to tell us how he really feels about Vince Jr.

[worker1]

Some of the books that I have read ( I am such a mark )

Biographies:
Pure Dynamite - Dynamite Kid's Bio. Great read. All time favorite
Brett Hart's
Jericho
Fred Blassie
Billy Graham
HHH
Harley Race
Terry Funk
Shawn Michaels
Dr. Death Steve Williams
Arn Anderson
Ted Dibiase - both books
Edge
Ole Anderson - great book. Ole is one of a kind
Ric Flair - great but could have been longer
Larry Zybsko
Hulk Hogan
"Judo' Gene LeBell
Jerry Lawler



Non-bio:
Sex, Lies and Headlocks
The Heels - I forget who it is by, but is a listing of the all time best heels
Top Tag Teams - by the same people who wrote The Heels
Shoot First, Ask Questions Later

I am sure there are more but that is all I can think of off the top of my head. Like I said, I am such a mark.

I would love to read the Lou Thesz book, but I haven't gotten around to ordering it offline. I am hoping to get a copy of Dutch's book pretty soon.

[Stardust]

Some of the books that I have read ( I am such a mark )

Biographies:
Pure Dynamite - Dynamite Kid's Bio. Great read. All time favorite
Brett Hart's
Jericho
Fred Blassie
Billy Graham
HHH
Harley Race
Terry Funk
Shawn Michaels
Dr. Death Steve Williams
Arn Anderson
Ted Dibiase - both books
Edge
Ole Anderson - great book. Ole is one of a kind
Ric Flair - great but could have been longer
Larry Zybsko
Hulk Hogan
"Judo' Gene LeBell
Jerry Lawler



Non-bio:
Sex, Lies and Headlocks
The Heels - I forget who it is by, but is a listing of the all time best heels
Top Tag Teams - by the same people who wrote The Heels
Shoot First, Ask Questions Later

I am sure there are more but that is all I can think of off the top of my head. Like I said, I am such a mark.

I would love to read the Lou Thesz book, but I haven't gotten around to ordering it offline. I am hoping to get a copy of Dutch's book pretty soon.

You can probably get them all through your local Library. That's what I have done. They can order them from other librarys around the country.

I have read all of those with the exception of Labell's. You will really like Dutch's book.

I have kept them listed on Amazon, in order to get pop-ups of new one's that come out and it looks like I have read 104 over the last 10 years. Some other's that you need to include on your list:


Arn Anderson - 4 Ever
DDP - Positively Page
Kurt Angle - It's True, It's True
Missy Hyatt - First Lady of Wrestling
In the Pit with Piper: Roddy gets Rowdy
The Fabulous Moolah - Lillian Ellison
Broken Harts - The life and Death of Owen Hart
Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerreo Story
Dusty - Reflections of an American Dream
Gotch - An American Hero
Brisco: The life and times of national collegiate and world heavyweight wrestling champion
Wrestling at the Chase
Bodyslams - Memoirs of a Wrestling Pitchman


and by far, the most interesting read that I have EVER read, regardless of wrestling or any other topic: Sheikg of Baghdad, the - Tales of clelbrity and terror from pro wrestlings general Adnan. In Iraq, he was wrestling in front of crowds of 250K. This was a phenominal story.

[worker1]

I have actually read Arn, DDP, Missy Hyatt,Roddy Piper, Owen Hart. A friend of mine read the Sheik of Baghdad and said the same thing you did. I really need to check that one out.

[Ballers]

Wow this thread has went wayyyyy down hill.

[Stardust]

I have actually read Arn, DDP, Missy Hyatt,Roddy Piper, Owen Hart. A friend of mine read the Sheik of Baghdad and said the same thing you did. I really need to check that one out.

It's well worth it

[Westside]

When I was going to EKU in 1995 my friend's dad owned an auto dealership in North Carolina and brought in some wrestlers for a weekend show. He tried to get me to go home with him that weekend, but I didn't. He got me an autographed 45 record of Jimmy Valiant and an autographed 8 x 10 of Don Kernodle. I always liked Jimmy Valiant from his Mid Atlantic days.

[Stardust]

When I was going to EKU in 1995 my friend's dad owned an auto dealership in North Carolina and brought in some wrestlers for a weekend show. He tried to get me to go home with him that weekend, but I didn't. He got me an autographed 45 record of Jimmy Valiant and an autographed 8 x 10 of Don Kernodle. I always liked Jimmy Valiant from his Mid Atlantic days.

You lucky dog. Handsome Jimmy was one of my favorites that I did not list. I saw him wrestle about three years ago at Beltera Casino. He weighs about 180 now :biggrin:

[BlackcatAlum]

1. Triple-H
2. Shawn Michaels
3. The Rock
4. Undertaker
5. Edge