December 19, 201213 yr 1)WOOOooooooooooo! To be the man, ya gotta beat the man...WOOOoooooooo! HUGE GAP to #2 2) Randy Savage 3) 4 Horsemen (Ric, Oly, Arn and Tully) only 4) Goldberg 5) tie Lex Lugar and Sting
December 19, 201213 yr Tommy Rich The Great Kabuki Road Warriors Triple H Superbly Ricky the dragon Steamboat Bobo Brazil Rock n Roll Express Iron Sheik Andre the Giant Bob Backlund Gordon Solley, best announcer This
December 19, 201213 yr I was lucky and met a number of wrestlers due to my Dad's job. Nothing beats a 10 year old talking one on one for 15 minutes with Hulk Hogan while he waited for his limo. He was extemely gracious to take his time like that. Ric Flair and Ultimate Warrior blew me off. I spoke w/ Hawk from Legion of Doom, Big Boss Man, and one of the Bushwackers a couple months after that. It was pretty awesome. In terms of watching, give me Rey Mysterio, JR every day of the week. In terms of personality, the HULKSTER brother. In terms of sheer dominance, I loved watching the first part of the Goldberg streak. However, overall, the whole package....Stone Cold Growing up I loved Rey, that was way back in the WCW days when he was a little guy. He was very exciting to watch, don't know how I left him off my list. My grandmother went to Mexico right around the time he came on the scene and when she returned gave me a Rey Mysterio type mask that I cherished for years. When I was around 7-12 years old me and a couple of friends would always throw wrestling parties, luckily out parents alternated houses month to month renting all of the PPV's for us. Of course we had our own matches, of course we had our own belts, and of course I always wore my mask. :lol:
December 19, 201213 yr The Road Warriors The Bushwackers Handsome Jimmy Valiant The Undertaker Brutus The Barber Beefcake Mr. Perfect Kane Sergeant Slaughter Hacksaw Jim Duggan Superfly Jimmy Snuka The Ultimate Warrior Mankind/Mick Foley Randy Savage and Leaping Lanny Poffo The Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling formerkywrestler Nice list add George "the animal" Steele The sheik with the loaded Boot
December 19, 201213 yr Brett "The Hitman" Hart Rowdy Ronnie Piper Junk Yard Dog Sgt. Slaughter Randy Savage The British Bulldogs
December 19, 201213 yr The Undertaker also went thru Memphis as Mark Callious(hope that's spelled write), The Master Of Pain. I thought Taker went by Mean Mark coming up? I just looked it up, he was Mean Mark Callous dubbed by Terry Funk.
December 19, 201213 yr I grew up in Memphis in the days of channel 13 studio wrestling. We would watch it and then go in the yard and emulate what we saw. One of my favorites was Tojo Yamamoto if anyone remembers him.
December 19, 201213 yr Wild Bull Curry and his son Flying Fred Curry. Of the more recent wrestlers I always liked Rowdy Roddy Piper and The Macho Man Randy Savage..Ohhh Yeaa!
December 20, 201213 yr It really amazes me how many of these names mentioned are dead now. Sad really.
December 20, 201213 yr Ric Flair will always be #1 with me. Hulk Hogan (Both Real American and NWO) The Rock Ultimate Warrior Degeneration X (who I think the WWE owes as much too as the do Stone Cold) Bret Hart Andre the Giant Jerry Lawler Bill Dundee Legion of Doom Edge & Christian (Only as Tag Team)
December 20, 201213 yr It really amazes me how many of these names mentioned are dead now. Sad really. Who all have passed?
December 20, 201213 yr Here are a few from a list I found but there are many others including Macho Man and Hart [C a n c e r] Steve Williams (May 14, 1960 - December 29, 2009) [umaga : H e a r t A t t a c k] Umaga (March 28, 1973 - December 4, 2009) [H e a r t A t t a c k] Lou Albano (July 29, 1933 - October 14, 2009) [D i a b e t e s] "Playboy" Buddy Rose (November 15, 1952 - April 28, 2009) [H e a r t A t t a c k] Fabulous Moolah (July 22, 1923 - November 2, 2007) [H e a r t F a i l u r e] Brian Adams (April 14, 1964 - August 13, 2007) [s u i c i d e] Chris Benoit (May 21, 1967 - June 24, 2007) [sherri Martel : D r u g O v e r d o s e] Sherri Martel (February 8, 1958 - June 15, 2007) [s u i c i d e] Mike Awsome (January 24, 1965 - February 17, 2007) [C o c a i n e O v e r d o s e] Bam Bam Bigelow (September 1, 1961 - January 19, 2007) [unknown] Joey Maggs (???? ??, 1969 - October 15, 2006) [b l a d d e r C a n c e r] "Eathquake" John Tenta (June 22, 1963 - June 7, 2006) [H e a r t F a i l u r e] Eddie Guerrero (October 9, 1967 - November 13, 2005) [H e a r t A t t a c k] The Big Bossman (May 2, 1962 - September 22, 2004) [H e a r t A t t a c k] Moondog Spot (January 6, 1952 - November 29, 2003) [H e a r t A t t a c k] Road Warrior Hawk (September 12, 1957 - October 19, 2003) [H e a r t F a i l u r e] "Classy" Freddie Blassie (February 8, 1918 - June 2, 2003) Miss Elizabeth (November 19, 1960 - May 1, 2003) [Curt Hennig : C o c a i n e I n t o x i c a t i o n] "Mr Perfect" Curt Hennig (March 28, 1958 - February 10, 2003) [The Sheik : H e a r t F a i l u r e] The Sheik (June 7, 1924 - January 18, 2003) [Davey Boy Smith : H e a r t A t t a c k] Davey Boy Smith (November 27, 1962 - May 18, 2002) [Chris Adams : M u r d e r e d] Chris Adams (February 10, 1955 - October 7, 2001) [Terry Gordy : H e a r t A t t a c k] Terry "Bam Bam" Gordy (April 23, 1961 - July 16, 2001) [Yokozuna : H e a r t A t t a c k] Yokozuna (October 2, 1966 - October 22, 2000)
December 20, 201213 yr Macho Man Ric Flair Goldberg The Rock Leaping Lanny Barry Windham Jimmy Snuka Big John Studd
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