 Best U.S. Worker Of The 90's? |
 Oct 1 2011, 02:23 AM
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This is a spin off from another thread, but I am interested to see if the consensus has shifted here. For years the standard opinion was "Bret" with a smaller contingent talking up Shawn and a few people throwing Benoit up as a possibility. Other possible candidates for a top ten if not a top slot would be...
Too Cold Scorpio Owen Hart Steve Austin Eddy Guerrero Vader Ric Flair (wouldn't be near the top of my list but I think we need to be realistic about names that would pop up) Dean Malenko Rey Misterio William Regal Mick Foley Ricky Steamboat Arn Anderson Brian Pillman Psicosis Juventud Guerrera Sabu Guys who I think I could see being contenders for my personal top ten, but might not rate so highly for others would be... Tracy Smothers Mikey Whipwreck Little Guido Terry Funk Jerry Lawler Dustin Rhodes |
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Oct 2 2011, 06:33 PM
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If 1992 Arn was the best year (along with Steamboat) of a US worker in the 1990's, does this not strike people as a little odd looking at Loss' Top 100 of 1992:
#6 - Sting & Steamboat & Windham & Rhodes & Koloff vs Rude & Austin & Anderson & Eaton & Zbyszko (WCW Wrestle War 05/17/92) #53 - Sting & Rhodes & Windham & Steamboat vs Rude & Anderson & Zbyszko & Eaton (WCW Saturday Night 02/22/92) #59 - Arn Anderson vs Dustin Rhodes (WCW Saturday Night 01/04/92) That's it for Arn matches from 1992. It's not as if Loss doesn't like Arn, and doesn't like WCW. Plenty of positive things said by him about WCW's 1992 stuff in his reviews. Then looking at the two highest there, you've got Wargames with 10 people (admittedly Arn was very good, but not exactly make/break since there were 10 other people involved in the greatness of the match), and another 8 man tag with some pretty decent folks in it. There are other Arn matches that made the year book that didn't make his Top 100, and I recall that they generally got positive comments. But 3 out of 100... 7 - Barry 7 - Dustin 7 - Steamboat 6 - Rude 4 - Austin 3 - Arn Don't know... kind of odd. John |
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Dylan Waco Best U.S. Worker Of The 90's? Oct 1 2011, 02:23 AM
El-P This is a spin off from another thread, but I am i... Oct 1 2011, 05:56 AM JerryvonKramer Again, can't understand why you'd list Vad... Oct 1 2011, 06:00 AM
jdw Again, can't understand why you'd list Vad... Oct 1 2011, 08:25 AM Mad Dog I think I would go with:
Sting
Vader
Stan Hansen
... Oct 1 2011, 06:29 AM El-P I don't even see why Sting would get a nominat... Oct 1 2011, 06:48 AM jdw Eddy was born in the US. Bret and Benoit are Cana... Oct 1 2011, 08:21 AM NintendoLogic Eddy was born in the US. Bret and Benoit are Cana... Oct 1 2011, 09:25 AM Dylan Waco Eddy was born in the US. Bret and Benoit are Cana... Oct 1 2011, 09:40 AM MikeCampbell [quote name='jdw' post='5483834' date='Oct 1 2011,... Oct 1 2011, 01:33 PM Raging Noodles So would guys from Mexico who toured the U.S. be i... Oct 1 2011, 03:13 PM jdw [quote name='Dylan Waco' post='5483851' date='Oct ... Oct 2 2011, 04:40 PM Loss I think Bix and I have talked about Sting's in... Oct 1 2011, 08:23 AM Mad Dog Crow Sting had that really good match with DDP on ... Oct 1 2011, 08:31 AM Mad Dog Again, can't understand why you'd list Vad... Oct 1 2011, 08:32 AM jdw He was a good worker that had moments and brief st... Oct 1 2011, 09:15 AM El-P Having a good match with DDP in 1998 doesn't m... Oct 1 2011, 09:01 AM FLIK
A lot of other people mentioned in this thread f... Oct 1 2011, 09:17 AM Mad Dog Jarrett is hard to rank. You kind of want to dism... Oct 1 2011, 09:18 AM JerryvonKramer Why is Dustin Rhodes there in the OP? And is Dusti... Oct 1 2011, 09:19 AM Mad Dog Rhodes is a more flexible worker than Sting. Sell... Oct 1 2011, 09:29 AM JerryvonKramer Rhodes is a more flexible worker than Sting. Sell... Oct 1 2011, 09:39 AM Dr. Reverend Victator Sting always worked hard. He may not of worked sm... Oct 1 2011, 09:31 AM El-P Sting always worked hard. He may not of worked sm... Oct 1 2011, 10:04 AM Mad Dog Rhodes is a more flexible worker than Sting. Sell... Oct 1 2011, 09:45 AM Dylan Waco I actually like Sting more than most and considere... Oct 1 2011, 09:59 AM Mad Dog Dustin's booking was really fucked in that 98-... Oct 1 2011, 10:04 AM Mad Dog I picked him because he's honestly the only pe... Oct 1 2011, 10:08 AM El-P I picked him because he's honestly the only pe... Oct 1 2011, 10:13 AM JerryvonKramer I'd have to take a look at that match from Hal... Oct 1 2011, 10:09 AM Dr. Reverend Victator It was his first match in over a year and he was ... Oct 1 2011, 10:34 AM Coffey Jericho probably deserves a mention if we're t... Oct 1 2011, 02:56 PM Dylan Waco Sabu has his fans. Sloppy or not there are plenty... Oct 1 2011, 03:04 PM Coffey Sabu has his fans. Sloppy or not there are plenty... Oct 1 2011, 03:14 PM El-P Sabu was capable of putting on some crazy, breath-... Oct 1 2011, 04:06 PM FLIK He did "blew" spots on purpose at times ... Oct 2 2011, 09:29 AM smkelly From January 1st, 1990 to December 31st, 1999, Bre... Oct 1 2011, 05:29 PM Dr. Reverend Victator Sabu always made the big spots matter. There was ... Oct 1 2011, 05:55 PM El-P Sabu always made the big spots matter. There was ... Oct 2 2011, 01:41 AM Coffey It's fine, we can all agree to disagree or wha... Oct 1 2011, 06:31 PM Dylan Waco I will say this for Sabu - he had a novelty qualit... Oct 1 2011, 06:36 PM Loss Not someone who has a case, but someone who might ... Oct 1 2011, 06:38 PM Dr. Reverend Victator
What the fuck? Have you seen a Sabu match. He doe... Oct 1 2011, 06:40 PM Dylan Waco The heel turn hurt him a lot. He was a great baby... Oct 1 2011, 06:41 PM El-P I actually think Pillman is the ultimate "Wha... Oct 2 2011, 01:55 AM Coffey
What the fuck? Have you seen a Sabu match. He doe... Oct 1 2011, 07:06 PM Dylan Waco Thinking about this today I think if you are favor... Oct 1 2011, 07:37 PM Loss Bret was a big show performer through and through.... Oct 1 2011, 09:39 PM Gregor Bret was a big show performer through and through.... Oct 1 2011, 10:14 PM Dylan Waco Scorpio and Foley (besides Smothers) are the two g... Oct 1 2011, 09:55 PM FLIK
To be fair, that is one of the worst matches eve... Oct 1 2011, 10:00 PM Dr. Reverend Victator Pretty poor demonstration. Punches were fine ther... Oct 1 2011, 10:07 PM Coffey Pretty poor demonstration. Punches were fine there... Oct 1 2011, 10:26 PM Loss I will add something else about Steve Austin.
I t... Oct 1 2011, 10:32 PM Loss Bret was a big show performer through and through.... Oct 1 2011, 10:34 PM Strummer Steve Austin from 93-97 seemed like a 1970s wrestl... Oct 1 2011, 11:03 PM El-P Steve Austin from 93-97 seemed like a 1970s wrestl... Oct 2 2011, 01:44 AM Johnny Sorrow I don't know...when I read "Best U.S. Wor... Oct 2 2011, 02:26 AM MJH Bret's coliseum matches do through up some int... Oct 2 2011, 08:28 AM ohtani's jacket I don't think anybody for the rest of the deca... Oct 2 2011, 08:45 AM Frankensteiner In terms of Bret's Coliseum matches, I think t... Oct 2 2011, 09:21 AM Mad Dog I fucking hate Sabu but I've never seen the pr... Oct 2 2011, 09:40 AM El-P So, since he was brought up, where does Savage ran... Oct 2 2011, 10:10 AM Dylan Waco Savage should have been on my original list. He... Oct 2 2011, 11:32 AM Coffey Savage is great but in WWF he turned into a commen... Oct 2 2011, 11:53 AM JerryvonKramer Savage ... was better in the 80's
A think a s... Oct 2 2011, 01:49 PM Dylan Waco I think guys like Smothers and Scorp who were acti... Oct 2 2011, 12:36 PM FLIK
I'm a big fan of 95 WCW myself
Arn vs Flair... Oct 2 2011, 01:05 PM Coffey I think guys like Smothers and Scorp who were acti... Oct 2 2011, 01:10 PM Dylan Waco No clue what the argument for Saturn would be.
La... Oct 2 2011, 01:13 PM Coffey Well, those names were given to my via text messag... Oct 2 2011, 01:34 PM Dylan Waco Also, I challenge your 100 list! I couldn... Oct 2 2011, 01:57 PM NintendoLogic I don't think Jericho belongs. By his own admi... Oct 2 2011, 01:49 PM Mad Dog Lance Storm had exactly one good run in his career... Oct 2 2011, 02:58 PM Coffey The only one of those I would argue with is Kane. ... Oct 2 2011, 03:35 PM Mad Dog Kane was in a successful tag team with X-Pac and h... Oct 2 2011, 03:44 PM Coffey Well, he was also Isaac Yankem DDS & fake Dies... Oct 2 2011, 03:56 PM El-P I don't like Lance very much, but I'd have... Oct 2 2011, 04:02 PM Mad Dog You can say the same thing about Lance Storm thoug... Oct 2 2011, 04:03 PM JerryvonKramer I'll lend my voice to the Arn case. He was phe... Oct 2 2011, 04:39 PM Dylan Waco I'll lend my voice to the Arn case. He was phe... Oct 2 2011, 04:46 PM jdw I'll lend my voice to the Arn case. He was phe... Oct 2 2011, 05:16 PM Dylan Waco [quote name='Dylan Waco' post='5483960' date='Oct ... Oct 2 2011, 06:59 PM Coffey You can't hold fake Diesel against Kane though... Oct 2 2011, 04:52 PM Mad Dog But it was beyond a shitty gimmick. He had to wre... Oct 2 2011, 04:55 PM FLIK But it was beyond a shitty gimmick. He had to wre... Oct 2 2011, 05:48 PM JerryvonKramer Dylan, with Arn vs. Flair you can talk about down ... Oct 2 2011, 05:58 PM Dylan Waco Dylan, with Arn vs. Flair you can talk about down ... Oct 2 2011, 07:05 PM FLIK Arn v. Flair is a fine match for what it is, but I... Oct 2 2011, 07:28 PM Dr. Reverend Victator Don't see how the basic Kane gimmick is bad. H... Oct 2 2011, 06:04 PM Frankensteiner I'm not here to romanticize Arn's 1992, bu... Oct 2 2011, 06:51 PM Dr. Reverend Victator I think Arn/Regal from Superbrawl IV is better tha... Oct 2 2011, 07:13 PM JerryvonKramer Here's what I said about that match on my site... Oct 2 2011, 07:28 PM Dylan Waco I assume we are talking about Fall Brawl Oct 2 2011, 07:29 PM FLIK
Naw there were a few others
10/2/95 on Nitro wh... Oct 2 2011, 07:37 PM Dylan Waco Oh I am AWARE that there are others. My point is ... Oct 2 2011, 07:39 PM JerryvonKramer I was talking about Fall Brawl, yeah.
The 5-minut... Oct 2 2011, 07:40 PM FLIK
Ah, gotcha, been a since I watched it, should pr... Oct 2 2011, 07:57 PM Ricky Jackson
Ah, gotcha, been a since I watched it, should pr... Oct 2 2011, 08:12 PM |
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