Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Top Ten WWE (WWF) Wrestlers (Part 2)

5. The Bushwackers - The Cinderella of the list are Luke and Butch of the Bushwackers. These bald-headed New Zealanders were hilarious. They acted stupid and you'd never know what they'd do next (besides lick each other and do their trade mark walk in and out of the ring.) I could find a video of the reason why I put them up this high, but one of my favorite moments in wrestling was during the 1991 Royal Rumble when Luke came to the ring. He was announced, came out from the back walking fast (again using the trademark Bushwackers walk), jumped in the ring and was immediately tossed over the top rope by Earthquake. Barely breaking stride, he continued to do the Bushwackers walk out of the arena. Most wrestlers would've been upset to get eliminated in four seconds, but not Luke. This is why they're so high up on the list.

4. The Rock - The Rock probably could've been higher on the list if he hadn't pursued acting instead, and where would the world be without Race to Witch Mountain or the Game Plan? The Rock's charisma oozed out of him as he used many gimmicks to put him on top of the wrestling landscape. The People's Eyebrow, the People's Elbow, the Rock Bottom, Pie or Strudel?, and always speaking in the third person are just some of the things that made Rock the People's Champ. One great moment: The Rock MCing "This is Your Life" for Mic Foley. Awesome.

3. Ric Flair - The Champ - WOOOO! I was not as big a fan of WCW (which is why this list is pretty much limited to WWE folks, but being that Flair wrestled a lot in the WWE, he makes the list of all time greats. Maybe the best promo guy in the history of wrestling. It's tough to describe, so just enjoy the greatness of this clip:



2. Hulk Hogan - Hulk Hogan is an all time great. It's really tough to debate that. His signature move was the Big Leg Drop, so he obviously had to use his persona to carry his massive army of Hulkamaniacs. I remember as a kid being pumped everytime Hogan came on TV, I even watched his lame cartoon show. His major signature moment was when he bodyslammed Andre the Giant at Wrestlemania III.

1. Stone Cold Steve Austin - This guy was the man. Just totally entertaining. As both a Face and a Heel Stone Cold was awesome. I caught 30 seconds of a recent TNA Wrestling show and Kurt Angle was talking on the mic. The crowd still heckles him with Stone Cold's "What!?" inbetween his sentences. Austin drank beer, handed out stunners, and generally didn't care about rules. His matches with Vince MacMahon were awesome. Damn near everything he did was entertaining. The new generation of wrestlers can definitely learn a lot from this Stone Cold and the rest of the list. You can definitely argue with the order and I probably left many old school guys off, but all ten of these wrestlers were/are some of the best entertainers in their profession.



2 comments:

GMoney said...

I shit you not, I used to own a Bushwhackers hat. I don't know what happened to it but I am disappointed that I lost that beauty. I would still wear it today.

Correction: It was the "Atomic Leg Drop". That means that it hurts more than a regular leg drop.

I watched the A&E Biography on Andre The Giant this past weekend...awesome.

Tony B. said...

I wish you still had that hat too. I have no idea how that would benefit me- but it would still be awesome.