Who Is The Greatest Technical Wrestler Of All Time

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Come on now Kurt Angle. He is the most technacle wrestler. He has great mat skills, grapple skills and nice submission moves.
 
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Okay, I'll give a top ten list a go, but its strictly just for fun, and right off the top of my head. This wouldn't be considered a real top ten until I had reviewed everything.

10-Lance Storm
9-Jumbo Tsuruta
8-Dynamite Kid
7-Antonio Inoki
6-Ric Flair
5-Chris Beniot
4-Jushin Liger
3-Dory Funk Jr.
2-Lou Thesz
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And I'll choose and #1 later. Also, Kurt Angle belongs nowhere near this list and anyone who says otherwise really needs a history lesson in wrestling.
 

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I'd have to give it to either the Dynamite Kid or Chris Benoit
but seen as they are pretty much the same wrestler, it's a tough call


Honorable mention to William Regal. He's not the best, but he's consistently been excellent at the British style of technical wrestling
 

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Kurt Angle is a great wrestler, but technical? Nah. Just because J.R. called him a good technical wrestler doesn't make him so.

Best technical guys, imo:
Ric Flair
Bret Hart
Fit Finlay
Chris Benoit
 

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Flair dosen't strike me as a technical wrestler, and i think people get confused between someone with a submission finisher, and a technical wrestler.

Dean Malenko is a great contender to the title. After all, he is The Man of 1000 Holds
 

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It's between Benoit and Bret Hart. I guess I'd go with Benoit since he had multiple finishers and seems to have a larger move set. I don't consider Flair to be a technical wrestler but if he is, he wins hands down.
 

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The reason Flair is a technical wrestler is he used (note the past tense) more holds and submissions. Flair's never had a style that required flying everywhere. He was always ground and pound.

Yeah, he's considered dirty, but that's his gimmick. Technicality was his real game.
 

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Top 5
1.Melenko
2.Benoit
3.Bret Hart
4.Ric Flair
5.Harley Race
 

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Ok I am going with a top ten list and gonna try and be fair even though I don't like some guys.

1. Chris Benoit
2. Ric Flair
3. Bret Hart/Owen Hart (They tie as Owen lived in Bret's shadow for so long but was a tad better imo)
4. Lance Storm
5. Dean Malenko
6.William Regal (Even though it's not the American style)
7.Mr.Perfect
8.Jushin Thunder Linger
9.The Dynamite Kid


Well I could only think of nine off the top of my head. I am stiil with Chris as the best ever period.