Post#35 » by Mike Hunt » Mon Jan 5, 2009 12:53 am
My first ever "favourite" wrestler was Dusty Rhodes. His moves were really lame but he was all about the entertainment (ie, the three jabs, spinning of the fists followed by a 4th jab thing). He was also surprisingly agile for a fat guy,
My all-time favourite wrestlers have to be The Ultimate Warrior and Texas Tornado (Terry Von Erich). Neither was a great technical wrestler (Ultimate Warrior might be in the top 5 worst wrestlers of all-time) but UW had a ton of energy and so many flashy colours and tassles that to a young kid, he was just awesome. Texas Tornado had similar, but not as flashy attire, but the biggest draw about him was how easy his finishing moves were to re-create in the school yard (the Von Erich Claw and the Tornado punch). I'm saddened to see that one of these guys is a complete nut job and the other one killed himself at the peak of his career.
My favourite tag tean of all-time would have to be the Legion of Doom. Everything they did was about power. Their rivalry with Demolition is about as good as it gets tag tean-wise.
When I watch classic wrestling nowadays. My favourite guy to watch is Jake the Snake Roberts. He never had the typical wrestler's body (he was lanky and not defined) but every move he performed looked like it would hurt like hell. His gimmick was cool. Some stroy lines with him were cool too (ie, getting blinded by the model Rick Martel's bottle of "arrogance").
I stopped watching wrestling in 1996 and only started peeking at it every once in a while since 2000 or so. The only "modern guys that caught my eye a bit were The Rock, because of his work on the mic, and Brock Lesnar, because he's probably the best all-around athlete I've ever seen wrestle.
Of active guys, the only one I kind of enjoy watching is the big russian guy.
Still have the shirt in my drawer.
props to Turbo_Zone
