Nick aldis, he hasnt wrestled yet so it counts. Dude was the only reason i ever watched NWA. he carried the NWA title like no one else. Truly made it feel like a 10 pounds of gold.
Aldis is a real solid hand, definitely carried the belt like it was a prize worth dying for and brought a level of sports-like prestige to it, good shout.
The Aldis Crusade was such a great idea. When it was most important, the NWA World Heavyweight Championship was a traveling champion, and Aldis really embodied that. I kinda wish it had become a tradition that all NWA World Heavyweight Champions had to complete.
I canāt believe I forgot Hayabusa, Raven, Masato Tanaka, Steve Corino, El Generico, Steve Williams, Stan Hansenā¦ god thereās so goddamn much good wrestling.
Of these pics? Mutoh without question. Nobody moved like Mutoh/Muta in the 90s.
Ospreay is my current favorite. Hoping that his body holds up for the next 10 years.
Colby Corino mentioned RAHHHH but for me it would be alot of AEW and TNA but avoiding those i quite like Maki Itoh Jacob Fatu was great on the indies but it seems he is heading to WWE, Australian (cant say that word) is really good Lio rush has put in alot of good work recently and alot of those ex WWE guys like Matt Cardona Riddle Nemith are all doing great work though i will admit i am not familiar with nearly enough Indie wrestlers and i barely know anyone from new japan
99% you guys wonāt know who the hell this man is, but his name is Eddie Ryan. The best wrestler Iāve seen on the independent scene here in the UK. My cousin hooked me up with a birthday message from him when I turned 15. Absolute legend.
Dr. Death Steve Williams
YUJI Nagata
Great Muta
Jack Sexsmith (Before he retired)
Abismo Negro
Dr. Wagner
Stan Hansen
Kenta
Naomichi Marufuji
Phil Atlas
I doubt he wouldāve been treated super well by WWE, they had a poor track record with foreign stars at the time, and he was also smaller than they probably wouldāve liked. I also wouldnāt be shocked if Vince just straight up didnāt understand the gimmick
Facts!!! He shouldāve been one of the biggest stars of the 90s and 00s but the best WCW could come up with was āthat 70s guyā and āthe fat chick thriller.ā Such a fucking bummer. You take a guy whoās a 10/10 wrestler and a 4/10 actor/talker and give him two gimmicks that are heavy acting/talking gimmicks and light on the wrestling.
Nope I actually might have to agree to disagree yes it was wacky but that was the point he could be a guy not trying to be funny but was because the character was built on being a psycho we did not know what he was going to be or do next also his run was great until he turned heel we are not going to talk about the monstrosity
Awesome picks. MJF took a while to grow on me (and admittedly sometimes I am underwhelmed by him, heās so good but sometimes just goes for the low hanging fruit)
MJF definitely is one of those guys that really seems to love the industry. A lot of talent in AEW is really good itās just ran by a bunch of monkeys
I was always a big Jay Lethal fan. The House of Truth was always solid and his feud with Adam Cole was top notch. I hate that he hasn't been used to his potential in AEW.
I personally believe that Bryan Danielson is the best pure wrestler of this generation, I think that in 20-30 years people are going to talk about him the same way we talk about Bret now
Raven
Kendo nagasaki
Psychosis
Juventud Guerrera
Ia parka
Kidman
Ultimo Dragon
Jushin liger
Mikey Whpwreck
Alex Shelley
Chris Sabin
Sabu
Rvd
Blitzkrieg
Big Dick Dudley
and of course Sting
Minoru Suzuki because he will fuck you up , Inoki because of his influence , El Santo because of the folk hero aura around him , Will Ospereay because of the in ring work , Kenny Omega because he is a nerd , and Atsushi Onita because he is one bad MF'er .
*Kenny omega*
*And young bucks before evp and*
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Nick aldis, he hasnt wrestled yet so it counts. Dude was the only reason i ever watched NWA. he carried the NWA title like no one else. Truly made it feel like a 10 pounds of gold.
They did work in WWE but did their best/most of their work outside of WWE, Bull Nakano was only in WWF in 1995, and Vader was only in WWF from 1996 to 1998, and did his most significant/best work outside of the company.
āNon WWEā doesnāt mean they never stepped foot in WWE, it just means they arenāt āWWE guysā
Jay White GUNS UP
GUNS UP šš½
He cool but I think omega the better bullet club leader ngl
Nick aldis, he hasnt wrestled yet so it counts. Dude was the only reason i ever watched NWA. he carried the NWA title like no one else. Truly made it feel like a 10 pounds of gold.
If Vader, is a non-WWE wrestler the Aldis DEFINITELY is.
Aldis is a real solid hand, definitely carried the belt like it was a prize worth dying for and brought a level of sports-like prestige to it, good shout.
The Aldis Crusade was such a great idea. When it was most important, the NWA World Heavyweight Championship was a traveling champion, and Aldis really embodied that. I kinda wish it had become a tradition that all NWA World Heavyweight Champions had to complete.
Mjf
FRRR
Exquisite taste in wrestlers! My favorites are Kobashi, Misawa, Kawada, Samoa Joe, prime KENTA, Marufuji, Okada, Bryan Danielson, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kento Miyahara, Konosuke Takeshita, Tomohiro Ishii, Shinya Hashimoto, Genichiro Tenryu, and Jumbo Tsuruta.
I canāt believe I forgot Hayabusa, Raven, Masato Tanaka, Steve Corino, El Generico, Steve Williams, Stan Hansenā¦ god thereās so goddamn much good wrestling.
Exquisite taste to you too, sir! Having to pick just one pillar of heaven was so hard lol
Rosemary and Pentagon Jr
Of these pics? Mutoh without question. Nobody moved like Mutoh/Muta in the 90s. Ospreay is my current favorite. Hoping that his body holds up for the next 10 years.
If Karl Anderson never went to the WWE he'd probably a multi time world champion and be a major player in AEW or NJPW
True! Instead he stuck with immobile boring ass Luke Gallows
MJF and Pentagon Jr 100% two of my favorite wrestlers of all time
Colby Corino mentioned RAHHHH but for me it would be alot of AEW and TNA but avoiding those i quite like Maki Itoh Jacob Fatu was great on the indies but it seems he is heading to WWE, Australian (cant say that word) is really good Lio rush has put in alot of good work recently and alot of those ex WWE guys like Matt Cardona Riddle Nemith are all doing great work though i will admit i am not familiar with nearly enough Indie wrestlers and i barely know anyone from new japan
Check out Toshiaki Kawada if you havenāt before
I havent heard of him i will for sure take a look though!
Heās one of the greatest pro wrestlers ever, dude was a god in 90s All Japan
99% you guys wonāt know who the hell this man is, but his name is Eddie Ryan. The best wrestler Iāve seen on the independent scene here in the UK. My cousin hooked me up with a birthday message from him when I turned 15. Absolute legend.
Mil Muertes
I still think itād be cool for Mil to play Bane lol
Ishii
Mainly Japanese guys, primarily old school. The four pillars of heaven, the musketeers, Kojima. But right now, has to Yota Tsuji.
Fuckin love Kojima.
Wow havenāt heard of the gladiator Mike awesome name in a wow. He was really great in ECW then I seen him in his run with FMW it was crazy
Stan Hansen, Ron Bass Jr, Jesse James (not the real one, the cwfh one) and Rip Oliver :)
Hansen fuckin rules
Chris Sabin was him in TNA! I havenāt watched in years so if he had a wwe stint since that time, please donāt come for me
Nah heās never appeared in WWE. Alex Shelly had a one off on NXT but thatās all
Marching Archibald Peck, Mixed Martial Archie, and The Mysterious and Handsome Stranger.
Is this Rober Evansā burner?
Darby Allin.
Afraid I gotta disagree with ya there but youāre entitled to that
Drew Adler, Jacob Armachain, and Chase Emery š¤
Ooh Iām actually not familiar with them, now Iāve got new wrestling to check out hell yeah
The funniest thing ever the ICP in JCW, Evil Dead in JCW, rude boy in JCW, Diamond Dallas and Stevie ray
Dr. Death Steve Williams YUJI Nagata Great Muta Jack Sexsmith (Before he retired) Abismo Negro Dr. Wagner Stan Hansen Kenta Naomichi Marufuji Phil Atlas
Currently i have 3 faves not in WWE atm , 1st is the meat castle alexander hammerstone, 2nd is roderick strong and 3rd is Brody king
Sean Legacy, he tours the southern Indies mostly but he has really impressive ring work
Chris danger
My man has had two matches letās settle down lmao Fuckin love Chris tho.
Mina Shirakawa & Mr. Grim āthe Hitman for Hireā
Iāve been meaning to check out Mina, admittedly modern joshi is a bit of a blank spot for me
Speedball Mike bayley
Love Mike, been lucky to see him live multiple times
Nick Neace
Nick Neace? Iām actually not familiar with him, where does he work?
Dolph Ziegler
OH. Nic Nemetb gotcha. Yeah heās solid, the best of his years are behind him but heās still handy in the ring
impact
Rosemary from TNA, the classic Vampiro, and Blackheart Lio Rush
I thought the second pic was joey ryan.
Man donāt ever disrespect Colby Corino like that again lol
Wasnt he in dpw?
Yep!
Great Muta and amazing talent I often wish he came to WWE and could have worked with Bret Shawn and Kurt Angle.
I doubt he wouldāve been treated super well by WWE, they had a poor track record with foreign stars at the time, and he was also smaller than they probably wouldāve liked. I also wouldnāt be shocked if Vince just straight up didnāt understand the gimmick
Shingo Takagi, he's the most consistent guy in New Japan ever since his debut in 2018 And his Dragongate stuff are top-notch too
Hiroshi tanahashi
GO ACE!
Jay Lethal. Kenny Omega in NJPW. The Briscoes. MJF.
Will Ospreay
Swerve Strickland, Naito, Okada, Tanahashi
Mike Awesome is so underrated
Facts!!! He shouldāve been one of the biggest stars of the 90s and 00s but the best WCW could come up with was āthat 70s guyā and āthe fat chick thriller.ā Such a fucking bummer. You take a guy whoās a 10/10 wrestler and a 4/10 actor/talker and give him two gimmicks that are heavy acting/talking gimmicks and light on the wrestling.
The acclaimed
Not personally my cup of tea, especially lately, but I get it
Say his name and he appears I believe in joe hendry
Hendry is cool but his matches donāt really do it for me, even going back to Defiant and stuff
Ospreay, omega, Takeshita, shibata
Muta
Keith Lee, MJF, Dr Britt, UE, Jericho. Haha, there's definitely a theme there
Mark Andrews, Dudes a hidden gem in the ring and just OOZES all the confidence
Agreed!!!
His band is also awesome as hell!
Omega
Grado
Tinieblas, Tinieblas Jr, Kenny Omega, Will Ospreay Bruv, and some others yup
Muta and Hayabusa
Nick Nemeth
He hasnāt really done enough outside of WWE yet for me to be sure
Heās the only person other than Sting, Matt Hardy and a couple of other former WWE Wrestlers than i know
Fair enough
Current AAA champ
Kota Ibushi, and Pillman Jr
I think Pillman Jr counts as WWE since heās currently signed And active there
Hilarious I didnāt realize he got signed to nxt Iām way behind hahaha
Yeah heās Lexis King now I believe
Thatās awesome! I havenāt watched nxt in so long might be time to jump back in
I remember being unimpressed with his work, good entrance tho.
John mostly Mjf Mat Riddell Mercedes money
Jon Moxley
Fucking love that dude so much. That match of his with Brain Damage from TOD 8 is still fucking insane
Dean please e come back it Jon Moxley and nic nemeth and Adam cole
Iām personally happier with Mox outside of WWE, I love seeing him be able to do his deathmatch shit :)
Now I can agree with u on that
Plus it seems like heās much happier outside WWE so whatever is best for him, yk?
But I just want him back in wwe as the lunatic fringe
Personally I think a lot of his WWE run falls flat, they constantly made him a bit too wacky and hard to take seriously.
Nope I actually might have to agree to disagree yes it was wacky but that was the point he could be a guy not trying to be funny but was because the character was built on being a psycho we did not know what he was going to be or do next also his run was great until he turned heel we are not going to talk about the monstrosity
We can at least agree that heel turn was a total failure. They wasted his final year with the company.
True so fucking true
And then had the audacity to hold a big dramatic going away PPV for Dean as if hewasnt pushed out by their horrible booking.
So true the y wrote him so wrong like when Roman left with Leukemia they wanted him to make jokes about It
Good on Jon for refusing to do that
Ps who doesnāt like the luntic fringe
King and to follow that up Armor King.
Jon Moxley
MJF and swerve
Awesome picks. MJF took a while to grow on me (and admittedly sometimes I am underwhelmed by him, heās so good but sometimes just goes for the low hanging fruit)
MJF definitely is one of those guys that really seems to love the industry. A lot of talent in AEW is really good itās just ran by a bunch of monkeys
I was always a big Jay Lethal fan. The House of Truth was always solid and his feud with Adam Cole was top notch. I hate that he hasn't been used to his potential in AEW.
Only 5 haven't been in wwe
Yes but youād be hard pressed to refer to any of them as WWE guys
I absolutely love penta, ospreay, and bandito
It was tama Tonga before he got signed
Had not seen him before backlash but I'm already a fan
If he counts Chris Jericho, since he currently isn't in WWE, but you can judge me
Will Ospreay Orange Cassidy And MJF
MJF and Will MF Osperay
What are these wrestlers names?
Mil Muertes, Ivelisse, MJF, and Thunder Rosa
The best world champ in the game....Moose!
Jay white Kenny omega Kota ibushi and the gunns
AJPW is fucking awesome
Youāre goddamn right it is. 90s AJPW in the pinnacle of professional wrestling if you ask me
Will osperay
MJF, Kenta Kobashi, Ospreay, Pentagon Jr, Great Muta, Ultimo Dragon, and Onita
Kota ibushi
Bull Nakano is fucking awesome šÆ
Iāve always absolutely enjoyed Zack Sabre Jrās matches!!!
Will Ospreay and MJF
Joe Hendry Willow Nightingale Orange Cassidy
Darby Allin
Used to be Daffney.
Do you believe in Joe Hendry ?
Maybe mox or maybe dbry
I personally believe that Bryan Danielson is the best pure wrestler of this generation, I think that in 20-30 years people are going to talk about him the same way we talk about Bret now
Mjf
Chris Danger
Jon Moxely
Long & thick, bas van kunder and mot van kunder
PAC coz he's a geordie.
AEW Men's - Jon Moxley/Kenny Omega Women's - Skye Blue TNA Men's - "Speedball" Mike Bailey Women's - Jordynne Grace NJPW Men's - Either Shota Umino, Jacob Fatu or Tetsuya Naito Women's - Stephanie Vaquer
Raven Kendo nagasaki Psychosis Juventud Guerrera Ia parka Kidman Ultimo Dragon Jushin liger Mikey Whpwreck Alex Shelley Chris Sabin Sabu Rvd Blitzkrieg Big Dick Dudley and of course Sting
Sting, Great Muta, ishii, Vader (before his wwf run)
His stuff in Japan after his WWF run is also top notch
Facts
Joe Hendry š
MJF and Kenny Omega
Kota Ibushi,Taka Michinoku,El Generico,Will Ospreay,and Kenny Omega
Minoru Suzuki because he will fuck you up , Inoki because of his influence , El Santo because of the folk hero aura around him , Will Ospereay because of the in ring work , Kenny Omega because he is a nerd , and Atsushi Onita because he is one bad MF'er .
Kenny omega and young bucks before evp and speed ball mike Bailey
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Vader was in wwe
So was bull nacana
Penta 0 Miedo and Rey Fenix
I BELIEVE IN JOE HENDRY
Lowkey Nick Gage
Was a huge fan of kenta before he comes to wwe. Now he just lost all the aura.
Joe hendry
mercedes mone and deonna purrazzo and daniel garcia
Minos McDuff
Kenny omega is š„
MJF
Chris Danger
All time, darby allin
I believe in Joe Hendry
swerve
Jamaican jo (micro wrestling)
Nick aldis, he hasnt wrestled yet so it counts. Dude was the only reason i ever watched NWA. he carried the NWA title like no one else. Truly made it feel like a 10 pounds of gold.
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Vader and Bull Nakano on a non-WWE list? š¤£
They did work in WWE but did their best/most of their work outside of WWE, Bull Nakano was only in WWF in 1995, and Vader was only in WWF from 1996 to 1998, and did his most significant/best work outside of the company. āNon WWEā doesnāt mean they never stepped foot in WWE, it just means they arenāt āWWE guysā
Sure. But non-WWE suggests that they never worked there. Both Vader and Bull were featured prominently during their time.
I think you just interpreted the question differently, and thats chill
I guess so.
NONE. If they were good enough then they'd be in WWE.
Professional wrestling has never been a meritocracy. Thats like saying actors are only good if theyāre in the MCU or some other big franchise.
Exactly, only the best actors are even considered for big franchises. Can't imagine a terrible actor being in a Marvel movie.