mprice Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 In a completely different direction, I always loved the Great Khali throwing the Chop of Doom at people's heads. Totally, irrationally loved it. Every single time. If he came out on Raw today and started Chop o' Dooming folk I'd be so happy. ...yes, that is my contribution to this thread. That chop was always one that just made me laugh, especially with the posing and the Punjab yell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoS Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 I am always surprised when Khali gets praised haha. People used to loathe him back in the day. I still maintain that giving him a token world title run was a good business move. His title win was reported on all the "pulpy" news channels here, he became a hugely recognisable star, and now India is WWE's 3rd biggest market. Really, I am surprised they are not trying to recruit more people from here. I guess the fact that Khali was an aberration in the sense that most Indians are smaller than Americans plays a part here, given Vince's love for huge men. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo-Yo's Roomie Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 Romeo Rapta should main event Wrestlemania 33. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheapshot Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 Brian Pillman is one that hasn't been mentioned yet. Was going to bring him up, his always looked and sounded great. Whenever I think chops in Wrestling, he's the second I think of behind Flair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Anderson Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 Wahoo McDaniel in his heyday when he would begin his fired up babyface comeback with the war dance working the crowd into a frenzy and begin throwing every type of chop imaginable to the chest and head. Ric Flair for the reasons that were outlined by JerryvonKramer. Can't be explained any better really. Ron Garvin for the real damage it inflicted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goc Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 Romeo Rapta should main event Wrestlemania 33. Who are you to deny Barood his rightful place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Cooke Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 In January 2006, Schneider, TomK, and I were watching a pretty good night of wrestling. Bix had just found the Lawler/Dundee 1977 Hair match on Steve Friedlander's list. We watched that, Kobashi/Joe from ROH, and Barnett/Frank Shamrock from the 2005 one night only U-Style revival. We are watching Kobashi/Joe, which I had already seen and loved. They get to the Kobashi chop battle and both start laughing and Tom starts talking about how Kobashi chops, especially in NOAH in the 2000's, is basically a comedy spot. I hadn't looked at it like that, but there was a lot of truth to that. Kenta Kobashi, comedy worker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venegas Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 05-06 Roderick Strong is up there, easily. Bonus points for having a bunch of great matches built entirely around his chops, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benbeeach Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 Kobashi didn't have a beg off chop, or a cocky showman chop, but did Flair have any chops that were believable near falls? I think its a tie . . . leaning Kobashi as overall best chopper of them all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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