Greatest 21st Century Wrestler - 1st Round C - Randy Orton vs. Hiromu Takahashi

[Samoa Looch]

FIRST ROUND - BLOCK C

#11 Randy Orton
VS
#54 Hiromu Takahashi

Who enters Round 2?
You decide!

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

 

[Cwalker]

I’m a Randy Orton guy so I’m a little bias

 

[Chris]

Thought it said Hiroshi not Hiromu at first and almost clicked him but nah this is pretty easily Orton. I'm not sure how long I vote for him bc it'll depend on the matchup bc he's hard to rank for me sometimes, but easy vote here

 

[Keith]

Never really been a big Orton fan. You know how some people bang on about how Trips was lucky and had others make him look good? Well that's me with Orton

 

[Samoa Looch]

Thought it said Hiroshi not Hiromu at first and almost clicked him but nah this is pretty easily Orton. I'm not sure how long I vote for him bc it'll depend on the matchup bc he's hard to rank for me sometimes, but easy vote here

Now imagine you'd do graphics and these threads and have Hiroshi Tanahashi and Hiromu Takahashi so close together within the brackets and shit. Had to check twice each time that I didn't mix anything up.

 

[Barry Poppins]

Never really been a big Orton fan. You know how some people bang on about how Trips was lucky and had others make him look good? Well that's me with Orton

I always used to compare Orton to Jeff Jarrett if I'm honest. I never felt like Orton was a guy you could carry a company with, but rather someone who could be the guy that main eventers could wrestle to get over with.

 

[Samoa Looch]

No chance for Takahashi in this one. At least for me. It's funny how even with guys like Cena and Roman being pushed as THE guys on WWE TV pretty much since 2005 and other big names still being in those Main Event spots like Hunter, HBK or Lesnar, Randal Keith is the guy that comes my mind first when I think about the last 20 years of WWE... despite his very bumpy first two, three years.

I put him high on my list and I could even see me voting for him for the whole tournament, if it weren't for 3-4 other specific guys.

 

[Comrade Khan]

Hiromu is great and Orton ain't one of my faves but ya it's still Orton here for me quite comfortably

 

[Samoa Looch]

Final one of this Block

#11 Randy Orton beats #54 Hiromu Takahashi with 19 - 3