Most Underrated Wrestler in WWE History

[Lockard 23]

Owen Hart, Rick Rude, and Mr.Perfect. All should have been World Champions.

I think they all COULD have been world champions, but I hate this notion that just because someone had the skills to be a world champion at least once (Jake Roberts, Roddy Piper and Ted DiBiase are part of that list as well), it means it's a mistake that they weren't at some point. It's an annoying thing I see on the internet a lot where some feel that everyone should eventually get a turn with the world title. The championship should be saved for the best of the best (something that sometimes falls by the wayside these days.)

 

[seabs]

Pillman

So true.

 

[Rysenberg]

I've heard one or two on here, mainly Dolph's go on about Pillman, any links/suggestions as to what his best promos are? He sounds like the kind of character I'd enjoy, although I've seen very little of him.

 

[Senhor Perfect]

I think they all COULD have been world champions, but I hate this notion that just because someone had the skills to be a world champion at least once (Jake Roberts, Roddy Piper and Ted DiBiase are part of that list as well), it means it's a mistake that they weren't at some point. It's an annoying thing I see on the internet a lot where some feel that everyone should eventually get a turn with the world title. The championship should be saved for the best of the best (something that sometimes falls by the wayside these days.)

If you honestly sit there and say Rude and Perfect weren't two of the best ever in the ring and on the mic, then I question your knowledge of wrestling.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

I've heard one or two on here, mainly Dolph's go on about Pillman, any links/suggestions as to what his best promos are? He sounds like the kind of character I'd enjoy, although I've seen very little of him.

edit: nm, looks like most of the vids have been taken down (

http://wweforums.net/threads/brian-pillman-thread.5394/

since the coding is all fucked up now this cached version from Google may be better http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:qALYPxceXt4J:wweforums.net/showthread.php?tid=5556 &cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

 

[Crayo]

The annoying part is the coding would still be fine if you didn't use the youtu.be links :sad:

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

the videos are mostly all removed

 

[Rysenberg]

edit: nm, looks like most of the vids have been taken down (

http://wweforums.net/threads/brian-pillman-thread.5394/

since the coding is all fucked up now this cached version from Google may be better http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:qALYPxceXt4J:wweforums.net/showthread.php?tid=5556 &cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

What an awesome thread, cheers.

Edit- I googled him before you replied, found this greatness:

 

[Lockard 23]

If you honestly sit there and say Rude and Perfect weren't two of the best ever in the ring and on the mic, then I question your knowledge of wrestling.

I said not everyone can win a world title, and 99.9% of the time when someone could have won a title but didn't, it was because there was a better choice available. When it wasn't Hogan, it was Savage. When it wasn't him, it was Warrior. When it wasn't either of them, it was back to Hogan again. Back then, going all the way back to Bruno's first historical title win (he was the second ever world champion under the WWWF name), baby faces had the long reigns and it was all about the heels trying to knock them off. Heels only kept the title for a couple of months at best usually (Superstar Billy Graham being the only exception.) Throughout the entire 80's boom all the way into the early 90's, look at which heels were champ and for how long - Andre, who has the shortest title reign ever as he tried to sell it to DiBiase right after and it was vacated. Savage, but he won the title as a baby face and was only champ for two more months when he turned heel before Hogan reclaimed it. And Sgt. Slaughter, who only had it two months and only won it because of an attempt to cash in on the exploitation of the Iraq War. Where was the opening for either Rude or Perfect to win it and for how long would they have kept it anyway?

Owen could have won it from Bret in mid/late '94 (either Summerslam or another rematch at Survivor Series) but then he'd be the guy getting jackknifed by Diesel in probably just as many seconds, which would have people still mighty pissed to this day.

 

[Senhor Perfect]

I said not everyone can win a world title, and 99.9% of the time when someone could have won a title but didn't, it was because there was a better choice available. When it wasn't Hogan, it was Savage. When it wasn't him, it was Warrior. When it wasn't either of them, it was back to Hogan again. Back then, going all the way back to Bruno's first historical title win (he was the second ever world champion under the WWWF name), baby faces had the long reigns and it was all about the heels trying to knock them off. Heels only kept the title for a couple of months at best usually (Superstar Billy Graham being the only exception.) Throughout the entire 80's boom all the way into the early 90's, look at which heels were champ and for how long - Andre, who has the shortest title reign ever as he tried to sell it to DiBiase right after and it was vacated. Savage, but he won the title as a baby face and was only champ for two more months when he turned heel before Hogan reclaimed it. And Sgt. Slaughter, who only had it two months and only won it because of an attempt to cash in on the exploitation of the Iraq War. Where was the opening for either Rude or Perfect to win it and for how long would they have kept it anyway?

Owen could have won it from Bret in mid/late '94 (either Summerslam or another rematch at Survivor Series) but then he'd be the guy getting jackknifed by Diesel in probably just as many seconds, which would have people still mighty pissed to this day.

I get your point, but Perfect turned face and was still over as ever. Talents like those mentioned could overcome the times .