| Chicago Fanatics Message Board https://mail.chicagofanatics.com/ |
|
| Most Overrated Wrestlers of All Time https://mail.chicagofanatics.com/viewtopic.php?f=88&t=121405 |
Page 1 of 6 |
| Author: | long time guy [ Wed Apr 29, 2020 3:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Most Overrated Wrestlers of All Time |
I know it's all staged but which guys were mostly overhyped and overrated in the Squared Circle. Looking for guys that got the pop and got the push that really weren't shit. |
|
| Author: | Cashman [ Wed Apr 29, 2020 3:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Most Overrated Wrestlers of All Time |
HHH |
|
| Author: | long time guy [ Wed Apr 29, 2020 3:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Most Overrated Wrestlers of All Time |
Cashman wrote: HHH Agreed |
|
| Author: | RFDC [ Wed Apr 29, 2020 3:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Most Overrated Wrestlers of All Time |
HHH is a terrible answer. TERRIBLE. First one that comes to my mind is Kevin Nash. |
|
| Author: | RFDC [ Wed Apr 29, 2020 3:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Most Overrated Wrestlers of All Time |
Ultimate Warrior is another. I liked him as a kid, but he was way overrated |
|
| Author: | sjboyd0137 [ Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Most Overrated Wrestlers of All Time |
Nash Warrior Miz - at the time it happened...current Miz is the best work he's ever done Lex Luger |
|
| Author: | RFDC [ Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Most Overrated Wrestlers of All Time |
Lex Luger is another great one |
|
| Author: | Douchebag [ Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Most Overrated Wrestlers of All Time |
Luger Nash Hogan Warrior Brock Lesnar Goldberg |
|
| Author: | sjboyd0137 [ Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Most Overrated Wrestlers of All Time |
RFDC wrote: Lex Luger is another great one Sid Vicious comes to mind, too Every Von Erich that ever lived. |
|
| Author: | sjboyd0137 [ Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Most Overrated Wrestlers of All Time |
Douchebag wrote: Luger Nash Hogan Warrior Brock Lesnar Goldberg Good call on Goldberg. 2002-2004 Lesnar was awesome. That doesn't make up for the last 8 years, though. It's amazing with Hogan...if you see some of the work he did in Japan in the early 80's, he was actually decent in the ring. |
|
| Author: | long time guy [ Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Most Overrated Wrestlers of All Time |
RFDC wrote: Lex Luger is another great one Used to be a Luger guy but I gotta agree with you on this. |
|
| Author: | long time guy [ Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Most Overrated Wrestlers of All Time |
sjboyd0137 wrote: Douchebag wrote: Luger Nash Hogan Warrior Brock Lesnar Goldberg Good call on Goldberg. 2002-2004 Lesnar was awesome. That doesn't make up for the last 8 years, though. It's amazing with Hogan...if you see some of the work he did in Japan in the early 80's, he was actually decent in the ring. He wasn't all that bad in the AWA either. He sucked in the WWF. |
|
| Author: | sjboyd0137 [ Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Most Overrated Wrestlers of All Time |
long time guy wrote: RFDC wrote: Lex Luger is another great one Used to be a Luger guy but I gotta agree with you on this. Yeah...especially rewatching stuff with nothing better to do, you can see just how bad he was. They propped him up as the muscle of the Horseman for all of 87, and he basically made a career out of it. He got the title push because Sting blew his knee. He got pushed right before the NWO because of the sudden defection from WWF. He only worked in WWF because Vince tried bodybuilding before the XFL. By god, I think the most remarkable thing Luger ever really did was jump out of the cage in Florida so Brody didn't kill him. |
|
| Author: | Augie [ Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Most Overrated Wrestlers of All Time |
Road Warriors. They wrestled one match. |
|
| Author: | Don Tiny [ Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Most Overrated Wrestlers of All Time |
I can't remember shit about the guy but there was a guy before Warrior, Lex, etc. Vince picked out to succeed Hogan. Apparently the guy had the looks+, was okay on the stick, and had his first match at a house show with Bret Hart, and he looked phenomenal. Of course, when they put him out there with someone else, they quickly discovered the guy was the drizzling shits without Bret to carry him. Like, REALLY bad. They say the match was never released but I thought at some point I'd seen the match. Like I say I can't remember his name. I imagine someone in the thread will eventually research/remember the guy. |
|
| Author: | sjboyd0137 [ Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Most Overrated Wrestlers of All Time |
long time guy wrote: sjboyd0137 wrote: Douchebag wrote: Luger Nash Hogan Warrior Brock Lesnar Goldberg Good call on Goldberg. 2002-2004 Lesnar was awesome. That doesn't make up for the last 8 years, though. It's amazing with Hogan...if you see some of the work he did in Japan in the early 80's, he was actually decent in the ring. He wasn't all that bad in the AWA either. He sucked in the WWF. Yeah, the AWA stuff I've seen was good. But that, like Japan, and the NWA were more working companies...the WWF was all show. |
|
| Author: | sjboyd0137 [ Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Most Overrated Wrestlers of All Time |
Don Tiny wrote: I can't remember shit about the guy but there was a guy before Warrior, Lex, etc. Vince picked out to succeed Hogan. Apparently the guy had the looks+, was okay on the stick, and had his first match at a house show with Bret Hart, and he looked phenomenal. Of course, when they put him out there with someone else, they quickly discovered the guy was the drizzling shits without Bret to carry him. Like, REALLY bad. They say the match was never released but I thought at some point I'd seen the match. Like I say I can't remember his name. I imagine someone in the thread will eventually research/remember the guy. Tom Magee? |
|
| Author: | long time guy [ Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Most Overrated Wrestlers of All Time |
sjboyd0137 wrote: long time guy wrote: RFDC wrote: Lex Luger is another great one Used to be a Luger guy but I gotta agree with you on this. Yeah...especially rewatching stuff with nothing better to do, you can see just how bad he was. They propped him up as the muscle of the Horseman for all of 87, and he basically made a career out of it. He got the title push because Sting blew his knee. He got pushed right before the NWO because of the sudden defection from WWF. He only worked in WWF because Vince tried bodybuilding before the XFL. By god, I think the most remarkable thing Luger ever really did was jump out of the cage in Florida so Brody didn't kill him. Yeah he was so mechanical in the ring. Human Torture Rack I thought was a decent finishing move but he never had shit else to go along with it. |
|
| Author: | Douchebag [ Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Most Overrated Wrestlers of All Time |
Don Tiny wrote: I can't remember shit about the guy but there was a guy before Warrior, Lex, etc. Vince picked out to succeed Hogan. Apparently the guy had the looks+, was okay on the stick, and had his first match at a house show with Bret Hart, and he looked phenomenal. Of course, when they put him out there with someone else, they quickly discovered the guy was the drizzling shits without Bret to carry him. Like, REALLY bad. They say the match was never released but I thought at some point I'd seen the match. Like I say I can't remember his name. I imagine someone in the thread will eventually research/remember the guy. There's a youtube video out there about this guy and his match with Bret. I'll try to track it down when I'm in front of a computer, but I watched it sometime in the past 6 months. Edit: I think Boyd got the name right above |
|
| Author: | sjboyd0137 [ Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Most Overrated Wrestlers of All Time |
long time guy wrote: Human Torture Rack I thought was a decent finishing move Yeah, and others have used it well. |
|
| Author: | Regular Reader [ Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Most Overrated Wrestlers of All Time |
I'm going way back for this one. AWA champion Greg Gagne. And his father. |
|
| Author: | sjboyd0137 [ Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Most Overrated Wrestlers of All Time |
Douchebag wrote: Don Tiny wrote: I can't remember shit about the guy but there was a guy before Warrior, Lex, etc. Vince picked out to succeed Hogan. Apparently the guy had the looks+, was okay on the stick, and had his first match at a house show with Bret Hart, and he looked phenomenal. Of course, when they put him out there with someone else, they quickly discovered the guy was the drizzling shits without Bret to carry him. Like, REALLY bad. They say the match was never released but I thought at some point I'd seen the match. Like I say I can't remember his name. I imagine someone in the thread will eventually research/remember the guy. There's a youtube video out there about this guy and his match with Bret. I'll try to track it down when I'm in front of a computer, but I watched it sometime in the past 6 months. Edit: I think Boyd got the name right above I think there was a doc on the WWE Network about that a few months ago |
|
| Author: | sjboyd0137 [ Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Most Overrated Wrestlers of All Time |
Regular Reader wrote: I'm going way back for this one. AWA champion Greg Gagne. And his father. Oh yeah. That comes a lot when nepotism drives booking. The Von Erichs came to mind earlier, and Mike Graham in Florida, too. |
|
| Author: | long time guy [ Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Most Overrated Wrestlers of All Time |
I always thought CM Punk wasn't shit as a grappler too. |
|
| Author: | Douchebag [ Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Most Overrated Wrestlers of All Time |
sjboyd0137 wrote: Douchebag wrote: Don Tiny wrote: I can't remember shit about the guy but there was a guy before Warrior, Lex, etc. Vince picked out to succeed Hogan. Apparently the guy had the looks+, was okay on the stick, and had his first match at a house show with Bret Hart, and he looked phenomenal. Of course, when they put him out there with someone else, they quickly discovered the guy was the drizzling shits without Bret to carry him. Like, REALLY bad. They say the match was never released but I thought at some point I'd seen the match. Like I say I can't remember his name. I imagine someone in the thread will eventually research/remember the guy. There's a youtube video out there about this guy and his match with Bret. I'll try to track it down when I'm in front of a computer, but I watched it sometime in the past 6 months. Edit: I think Boyd got the name right above I think there was a doc on the WWE Network about that a few months ago Yeah, maybe that was it. |
|
| Author: | long time guy [ Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Most Overrated Wrestlers of All Time |
sjboyd0137 wrote: Regular Reader wrote: I'm going way back for this one. AWA champion Greg Gagne. And his father. Oh yeah. That comes a lot when nepotism drives booking. The Von Erichs came to mind earlier, and Mike Graham in Florida, too. Kevin and Kerry weren't bad but Mike wasn't much of shit and neither was Cousin Lance. |
|
| Author: | sjboyd0137 [ Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Most Overrated Wrestlers of All Time |
long time guy wrote: I always thought CM Punk wasn't shit as a grappler too. Kind of botch-y Jeff Hardy, too. This may not go over well, but The Rock. Great personality is what got him over, I won't deny that. Hell, I'm a fan. But his actual work...perfect for WWE/F. Not a guy to have a classic. Austin, before the neck injury, however...the goods. |
|
| Author: | sjboyd0137 [ Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Most Overrated Wrestlers of All Time |
long time guy wrote: sjboyd0137 wrote: Regular Reader wrote: I'm going way back for this one. AWA champion Greg Gagne. And his father. Oh yeah. That comes a lot when nepotism drives booking. The Von Erichs came to mind earlier, and Mike Graham in Florida, too. Kevin and Kerry weren't bad but Mike wasn't much of shit and neither was Cousin Lance. I always forget about Kevin because he's not dead. David could go, too. Kerry probably could have, but he coasted by on his name and mountains of coke. |
|
| Author: | long time guy [ Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Most Overrated Wrestlers of All Time |
sjboyd0137 wrote: long time guy wrote: I always thought CM Punk wasn't shit as a grappler too. Kind of botch-y Jeff Hardy, too. This may not go over well, but The Rock. Great personality is what got him over, I won't deny that. Hell, I'm a fan. But his actual work...perfect for WWE/F. Not a guy to have a classic. Austin, before the neck injury, however...the goods. Yeah the WCCW Austin was the real deal. Agree with you on the Rock too. |
|
| Author: | long time guy [ Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Most Overrated Wrestlers of All Time |
sjboyd0137 wrote: long time guy wrote: sjboyd0137 wrote: Regular Reader wrote: I'm going way back for this one. AWA champion Greg Gagne. And his father. Oh yeah. That comes a lot when nepotism drives booking. The Von Erichs came to mind earlier, and Mike Graham in Florida, too. Kevin and Kerry weren't bad but Mike wasn't much of shit and neither was Cousin Lance. I always forget about Kevin because he's not dead. David could go, too. Kerry probably could have, but he coasted by on his name and mountains of coke. Yeah David was for real too. I'd just started watching wrestling shortly before he died. |
|
| Page 1 of 6 | All times are UTC - 6 hours [ DST ] |
| Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group https://www.phpbb.com/ |
|