Shawn Michaels: The best all round performer that the WWE has ever seen. It's close between him and Ric Flair, but HBK's accomplishments rival and in many peoples' opinion, surpass those of Flair. HBK was one of the best mic men ever.
Ric Flair: Probably the greatest wrestler of all time, he's now rivalled or surpassed by HBK. Flair would routinely wrestle 2 or 3 times a day, travel to defend the NWA title, some 300 times a year, held the NWA title for all but about 18 months in the 1980s, and maintained an after hours life enough to kill most people. RF was probably the greatest talker ever, possibly excepting The Rock.
Stone Cold Steve Austin: The biggest draw ever, SCSA was a brilliant ring technician, as seen in the NWA and WCW. He also starred in AWA, and when he hit the WWF he was met with an unfriendly greeting, but fans over with his refusal to submit to Bret Hart's sharpshooter. He went on to do the "Serial Killer" act, and had fans in his hands with just one "Hell Yeah!"
Hulk Hogan: I don't like this guy for reasons that I'll explain. But he altered wrestling history, with his superhero character that excited and drew fans, and captured a new generation of fans, that admire him to this day. The reasons that I don't like him are that, first, he had very limited ring skills, his endings were a broken record, and he was very protected by the brass, with performers like Flair and Savage being instructed to go easy on him.
Bret Hart: A technically perfect wrestler, who held the WWF and WCW titles multiple times. His matches were a treat in storytelling, and I'd rate him higher if he had polished mic skills. But he had numerous victories over RF, and his career was ended on a sad note, with Goldberg unable to deliver a safe kick.
Ric Flair: Probably the greatest wrestler of all time, he's now rivalled or surpassed by HBK. Flair would routinely wrestle 2 or 3 times a day, travel to defend the NWA title, some 300 times a year, held the NWA title for all but about 18 months in the 1980s, and maintained an after hours life enough to kill most people. RF was probably the greatest talker ever, possibly excepting The Rock.
Stone Cold Steve Austin: The biggest draw ever, SCSA was a brilliant ring technician, as seen in the NWA and WCW. He also starred in AWA, and when he hit the WWF he was met with an unfriendly greeting, but fans over with his refusal to submit to Bret Hart's sharpshooter. He went on to do the "Serial Killer" act, and had fans in his hands with just one "Hell Yeah!"
Hulk Hogan: I don't like this guy for reasons that I'll explain. But he altered wrestling history, with his superhero character that excited and drew fans, and captured a new generation of fans, that admire him to this day. The reasons that I don't like him are that, first, he had very limited ring skills, his endings were a broken record, and he was very protected by the brass, with performers like Flair and Savage being instructed to go easy on him.
Bret Hart: A technically perfect wrestler, who held the WWF and WCW titles multiple times. His matches were a treat in storytelling, and I'd rate him higher if he had polished mic skills. But he had numerous victories over RF, and his career was ended on a sad note, with Goldberg unable to deliver a safe kick.
