Your Top 10 Favorite Wrestlers of All Time

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Well I got this idea a little bit earlier so I figured I'd give mine, everyone else can give there list also


1. Chris Jericho
2. Edge
3. AJ Styles
4. Bryan Danielson
5. DDP
6.Christian
7. Stone Cold
8. Dolph Ziggler
9. The Rock
10. Triple H


This is all based on a number of different things, but yeah all time, these are my 10 favorites as of right now. Some of it could change later on, for different reasons as some people will probably make the list by the end of their career. So yeah, others lets see what you got?
 

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Ima have to think on that

Jeff Hardy & Tommaso Ciampa are top 2.
 

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1. Macho Man
2. Hogan (my inner 7 year old self still pops for Real american)
3. Taker
4. Piper
5. Dusty
6. Scott Hall
7. Sting
8. Flair
9.Demolition
10. Rick Rude

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ALL Time:
Jeff Hardy *though currently with irl stuff I wish he would retire.*
Tommaso Ciampa
Mankind
Kane
Johnny Gargano
Sami Callihan
Baron Corbin
Shinsuke Nakamura
Miz
Shane McMahon

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Shayna Baszler
Gigi
Sonya Deville
Dakota Kai
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Kris Statlander
Blair Davenport
Maria Kanellis
 

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Bit of a low effort topic but I do enjoy listing things so here's how my current top 10 would probably shake out

1. Stone Cold Steve Austin
2. Kurt Angle
3. Bryan Danielson
4. Sting
5. Eddie Guerrero
6. Brock Lesnar
7. Samoa Joe
8. Shawn Michaels
9. Ric Flair
10. Chris Jericho


A few years ago, Ric Flair and Chris Jericho tended to be featured in the top 5 but overall I've lost a bit of love for them, while my appreciation for others has grown. Clearly I have somewhat of a "type" when it comes to my favorites, with a lot of midsized technically gifted performers in there. I do have a soft spot for hosses, but at the same time, so few of them have really put together the kind of body of work that I'd look for in an all-time favorite. Vader is definitely the main big man that just barely fell short. Another big reason that some missed the cut is because I definitely favor wrestlers whose careers I lived through and got to experience in real time.

So, in that spirit, some honorable mentions: Vader, Terry Funk, Mick Foley, The Rock, Malakai Black, AJ Styles, Nigel McGuinness, Bobby Roode, The Dudley Boyz, Sami Callihan, Bam Bam Bigelow, The Steiner Brothers, Kenny Omega, Christian Cage, Jon Moxley, Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens
 
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1. Bryan Danielson
2. Bret Hart
3. Christian Cage
4. Brock Lesnar
5. Tomohiro Ishii
6. Kevin Nash
7. Rick Rude
8. Eddie Guerrero
9. Chris Jericho
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No particular order:
Edge
Sting
Rob Van Dam
Undertaker
Mick Foley
Bryan Danielson
AJ Styles
Jon Moxley
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I feel like mine tends to fluctuate a lot, honestly I could put a lot of names in the last few slots. CM Punk has been my all time favourite consistently though. Sucks what happened recently with him and I get why some have soured on him, but overall career wise he was one of the guys that I have enjoyed everything about from ring, character and mic work. I probably wouldn't have got back in to wrestling multiple times if not for him too.

I'm a big fan of the more technical wrestlers too like Eddie and Angle.

1. CM Punk
2. Eddie Guerrero
3. Kurt Angle
4. Mick Foley
5. Stone Cold
6. Randy Savage
7. Kenny Omega
8. Seth Rollins
9. Becky Lynch
10. Rob Van Dam
 

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I just realised I missed Danielson on there. If I had to remove somebody I'd put him in Seth or Becky's place probably. It's why I have trouble making lists. :lol
 
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Well time for some good old controversial listings.

Men:

1. Curt Hennig / Chris Benoit
3. Bret Hart
4. Arn Anderson
5. Owen Hart
6. Scott Hall
7. Rick Rude
8. Steve Austin
9. Bobby Eaton
10. Stan Lane

Women:

1. Asuka
2. Bull Nakano
3. Victoria
4. Sherri Martel
5. Molly Holly
6. Kairi Hojo
7. Noriyo Tateno
8. Itsuki Yamazaki
9. Wendi Richter
10. Akira Hokuto

It took me a while to put together this list, but I'm fairly happy with it. I have two legendary tag teams in the Midnight Express and the Jumping Bomb Angels in my listings, and I don't regret it. I love them, they're fucking awesome. Obviously the inclusion of "He Who Must Not Be Named" might make a few people uncomfortable, but I believe I've talked about it in the past. Curt Hennig is my all-time favorite, but Benoit was the guy who made me believe that I could do anything as a kid. Arn Anderson and Owen Hart are not very controversial picks and I think nobody has a bad thing to say about either guy in the business. Obviously my women's list is a bit more nostalgia-centric, with Victoria, Molly Holly, and others. I like a certain style of women's wrestling, what can I say?
 
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1. Stone Cold
2. The Rock
3. John Cena
4. The Undertaker
5. Bret Hart
6. Macho Man
7. Sting
8. Christian Cage
9. CM Punk
10. Randy Orton

Honorable mentions: Mick Foley, DDP, Kevin Nash, HBK, Triple H, Rey Mysterio, Eddie Guerrero

Those are my all time favorites. Some of my current favorites would be Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Jon Moxley, Orange Cassidy, Bryan Danielson, Kenny Omega, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, Jey Uso, MJF, Adam Cole, Dirty Dom, LA Knight.
 
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