Greatest 21st Century Wrestler - 1st Round D - Shawn Michaels vs. Go Shiozaki

[Samoa Looch]

FIRST ROUND - BLOCK D

#4 Shawn Michaels
VS
#61 Go Shiozaki

Who enters Round 2?
You decide!

Voting is open for at least 7 days
(October 27th)​

 

[Chris]

Go really deserves to move past the first round but I can't even vote for him here 2000s Shawn is my favorite

 

[Cwalker]

post back injury Shawn was arguably better than pre back injury Shawn.

Might be a while before I vote against him

 

[Barry Poppins]

Shawn's 2002-2005 is one of the most incredibly post-injury runs in wrestling history, and he continued to function at a pretty high level until his full-time retirement in 2010.

 

[Chris]

post back injury Shawn was arguably better than pre back injury Shawn.

Might be a while before I vote against him

The only thing that'll stop me is when he's against someone with like 20 years but Shiozaki almost has that himself and it's still not enough

 

[Chris]

Shawn's 2002-2005 is one of the most incredibly post-injury runs in wrestling history, and he continued to function at a pretty high level until his full-time retirement in 2010.

The Jericho feud in 08 might be the best work of the run too

 

[Samoa Looch]

Go really deserves to move past the first round but I can't even vote for him here 2000s Shawn is my favorite

I'm very happy that I put Go high enough on my list that he even ended up in the tournament at all... then this pairing was set and yea... fuck.

Either way though, prime Shawn vs. prime Go would probably be mind-blowing

 

[Chris]

I'm very happy that I put Go high enough on my list that he even ended up in the tournament at all... then this pairing was set and yea... fuck.

Either way though, prime Shawn vs. prime Go would probably be mind-blowing

Yeah I'm not sure NOAH would be around today if he wasn't carrying them during the darkest times

 

[Lethal]

HBK. Arguably the best to do it.

 

[Keith]

HBK's comeback in 2002 was one of the greatest comebacks ever. I tend to agree that he had his best run from then on for the best part of a decade. The only thing that ruined it a bit was a god awful DX comeback .

 

[Spitfire]

Me voting HBK...should silence all votes for Go.

 

[Samoa Looch]

Let's go on...

#4 Shawn Michaels beats #61 Go Shiozaki with 18 - 3