WWE.com editors debate: Most underrated wrestlers in the WWE

[Snowman1]

Fantastic list, love the Alicia shoutout and of course Tyson Kidd.

Incredible how wwe.com can bounce from kayfabe to not at levels that make Bad Influence blush... all while making kayfabe matter more than they do on Raw. "Santino's held 4 championships!" yeah, those belts don't matter, didn't matter then, or never did... but that still means something, dammit.

Sure beats Cena on Raw talking down a 10 time world champion for never living up to his potential.

Cena being on that list is a great shout too, the dude's been money in the ring ever since he's come back.

 

[Nano]

Cena underrated? :haha: He's overrated imo.
Gonna go with Seth Rollins. He was great back in NXT and is still good, but they need to give him some more TV time imo.

 

[CM Punk]

It almost inexplicable at this point that fans continue to chant “You can’t wrestle!” at a man who so clearly can. For someone with his muscle mass, John Cena’s finesse in the ring is, quite simply, astounding.

you know its true omg Cena soooooooooooooooo good

Because his move-set is repetitive. It doesn't take a genius to realize everyone on the WWE roster can wrestle.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

Because his move-set is repetitive. It doesn't take a genius to realize everyone on the WWE roster can wrestle.

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[CM Punk]

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I was going to mention him. All I can say is that he knows how to take a bump? He had training and all.

 

[Stopspot]

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[Lockard 23]

I wouldn't call Tensai underrated. He hasn't in any way wowed me since being back and he barely impressed me during his first run years ago. How he's ranked overall is a pretty fair assessment of his skills, honestly.

I agree that John Cena is underrated when it comes to his ring work. Those who say he can't wrestle are only judging someone's ring skill from a technical point of view, which shows how little they know about what makes someone an overall great wrestler and performer in the ring. You don't have as many great matches as Cena does without possessing some type of talent of your own inside the squared circle. (And anyone who says that he just always happens to have the right opponent to carry him should explain to me why he and Batista, who isn't exactly Ricky Steamboat himself, always had great matches with each other.) I know he has his "Five Moves Of Doom" but then so a lot of guys. Hell, the phrase "Five Moves of Doom" before Cena was most used to describe Bret Hart's move set, and he's known as one of the greatest in-ring technicians of all time.

 

[Jose Tortilla]

Good list.
Still expected Ziggler to be on it tho..:

 

[seabs]

I've probably touted this horn too many times, but if you have the time. Take some time to watch his run in New Japan. He was such a good monster foreigner beating the shit out of the Japs.

This, Machine Gun and Bernard brought the best out of each other. Tensai can sell emotion oddly well too.

 

[seabs]

I wouldn't call Tensai underrated. He hasn't in any way wowed me since being back and he barely impressed me during his first run years ago. How he's ranked overall is a pretty fair assessment of his skills, honestly.

You weren't impressed by his run in the Smackdown MITB when he came back? He was on a tear there.

 

[Stopspot]

This, Machine Gun and Bernard brought the best out of each other. Tensai can sell emotion oddly well too.

Yup, it was the perfect pairing. Bernard taught Anderson so much and Anderson brought out the youth in Bernard again. And it seems like Anderson has found a new perfect match to tag with in DOC Gallows so that's great.

 

[seabs]

Yup, it was the perfect pairing. Bernard taught Anderson so much and Anderson brought out the youth in Bernard again. And it seems like Anderson has found a new perfect match to tag with in DOC Gallows so that's great.

Machine Gun is the perfect little foil given his energy for the monsters to come in it really helps pace the power spots.

 

[Stopspot]

Machine Gun is the perfect little foil given his energy for the monsters to come in it really helps pace the power spots.

He's a good shit talker with the japs as well, great way to draw heat from them, he's found himself in the bullet club after looking lost at the start, playing second fiddle to Devitt.

 

[Toto]

Nice list, I agree with most of them

 

[seabs]

He's a good shit talker with the japs as well, great way to draw heat from them, he's found himself in the bullet club after looking lost at the start, playing second fiddle to Devitt.

Shit talking always helps especially with how hot their culture is on respect, Kenta was really good at it for a while.