Who is your favorite pro wrestler and why?

[Big_Dogg85]

Honourable mentions for me have to go to Steve Austin, Ric Flair, Edge, Rhino and Sting... I have two favourites:

One is Triple H for the fact that athletic and acting-wise, he is extremely versatile and competent. While he has had many "injuries" in the past, he is still able to keep pace with the younger stars and his acting has gotten better over time in my opinion. That, and that sledgehammer is the best hardcore weapon IMO.

The other, despite the recent events, was Chris Benoit. To me, he was the image of professionalism: the person who goes to work, does his job, does it well, then goes home. I never really saw him much in the "acting" thing but to have such a lengthy career and still do the countless flying headbutts and high-risk maneuvers takes great athleticism. It is a shame of what happened, and I don't want this thread to become another "Chris Benoit" thread, but he was the wrestler I definitely respected and admired because he wasn't an actor...he was a wrestler.

 

[jugner]

Ric Flair was great, but he should retire. His age is really showing.

 

[The Sean Man]

Bret Hart.

 

[InspectorJapp]

Perhaps the next thread should also be about some topic that is equally revealing as to the lack of entertainment sophistication of the viewers.

What do you consider sophisticated entertainment.

Anyway, here's a link I found quite interesting. It's Wrestling Perspectives top-list: http://wrestlingperspective.com/100wrestlers.html

 

[Goodieluver]

Ric Flair was great, but he should retire. His age is really showing.

Yea he is past his prime but can still work well, sadly divorce is eating away his money he needs to wrestle

 

[jugner]

Yea he is past his prime but can still work well, sadly divorce is eating away his money he needs to wrestle

Yea, I figureed it was something like that.
All he does now is chops and roll-ups. A couple of years ago, he went to the top turn-buckle with Kurt Angle, had problems getting up and when he finally made it he lost his balance and they both fell, obviously unscripted.
He's a danger to others at tiiimes.

 

[Tickle Fiend]

I heard that Ric Flair's final match is going to be at Wrestlemania 24. That's what the word is now, but you know how those things go. It's hard for them to step away, and this isn't the first time he's talked about retirement.

 

[asutickler]

*ahem*

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[killemall]

jeff hardy. some of those ladder matches he has been in are crazy