I’m always going to advocate for Piper. His in ring skills weren’t the greatest, but, overall, one of the best in the business, not everyone can successfully play both a heel and face. I also give him huge credit for not being a bitch and using Piper’s Pit to help put people over. Upon meeting him, he really was a super nice guy that had intense passion for wrestling and understood what it meant to succeed.
I’ll also always advocate for the Honky Tonk Man, the greatest IC champ of all time. I don’t know anyone personally who even lists him as a favorite lol he’s always been my second favorite, I love heels, and he was (and still is) quite an asshole.