Greatest 21st Century Wrestler - 1st Round C - Christian Cage vs. Claudio Castagnoli

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Who wins?

  • Christian Cage

  • Claudio Castagnoli


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Death By Looch

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FIRST ROUND - BLOCK C

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#27 Christian Cage
VS
#38 Claudio Castagnoli


Who enters Round 2?
You decide!

Voting is open for at least 7 days
(October 24th)
 

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Love both guys. I went Christian because he was able to draw great heat, had a more interesting character and was part of some of the most iconic matches in WWF/E history.
 
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Christian takes it for consistency even with the 8 or so years off. In a perfect world I should probably be voting Claudio but both of these guys are 10 times world champs
 

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Christians aew run alone is worthy of my vote. Then you add tna and a top 10 tag team run. Yeah I gotta go big C.

Claudio rules though n probably pound for pound strongest wrestler ever and an all timer in ring performer
 

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I like to call this Match the Brass Ring Commemorative Match... aka the FU Vince Match, just because I personally think these are the two biggest dropped balls in WWEs 21st century.

It's a tough one, but I'm going with Christian Cage too. He always was such a great scumbag heel and I don't think it's a secret that since his heel turn in AEW, he's one of the best present heels in my book. If this would be solely based on in-ring work, then I'd go with Claudio though. Not that Christian is bad in the ring of course, far from it, but he just can't live up to Castagnoli in that regard.
 
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I'm biased for life with Christian as I actually met him.
 

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This is an interesting one.

It’s really only close cause Christian was forced into retirement.

Claudio is an amazing talent but I gotta go with Christian
 
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Definitely went with Christian here. But both really good.
 
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I'm going with my boy Claudio here, he was one of my favorites when he debuted on WWE TV in 2013 and I've always loved watching his matches.

Looch is right tho, he is one of the biggest dropped balls for WWE.
 

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Absolutely Christian. He is one of my favorite of all time, much less just of the 21st century. He easily transitions from a heel to a face and is very underrated in the ring, I think
 

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Daddy advances to Round 2!

#27 Christian Cage beats #38 Claudio Castagnoli with 17 - 7