Presenting The OWW Top 50 Wrestling Superstars of All Time List!

[Goldie79]

Here we are ... the anticipations over... here are the results from the 10 lists that I recieved.
I will post our individual lists in a seperate thread, so we can concentrate on the overall discussion here, rather than scroll threw endless lists and lists!

The points system worked as follows:

Each wrestler #1 spot wrestler recieved 50 points, #2 recieved 49, #3 recieved 48 points and so on until 50th spot receieved 1 point

All in All I think is a fairly credible list

1 Hulk Hogan
2 Steve Austin
3 Ric Flair
4 Shawn Michaels
5 The Rock
6 Andre the Giant
7 Bret Hart
8 Bruno Sammartino
9 Lou Thesz
10 Roddy Piper
11 Randy Savage
12 Kurt Angle
13 Dusty Rhodes
14 Gorgeous George
15 Harley Race
16 Terry Funk
17 The Undertaker
18 Ted DiBiase Sr.
19 Ricky Steamboat
20 Mick Foley
21 Billy Graham
22 Bob Backlund
23 Eddie Guerrero
24 Chris Jericho
25 Curt Hening
26 Jerry Lawler
27 El Santo
28 Sting
29 Triple H
30 Antonio Inoki
31 Road Warriors
32 Chris Benoit
33 Jake Roberts
34 Jon Cena
35 Verne Gagne
36 Owen Hart
37 Rikidozan
38 Jimmy Snuka
39 Great Muta
40 Buddy Rogers
41 Nick Bockwinkle
42 Jushin Liger
43 Dory Funk Jr.
44 Mitsuharu Misawa
45 Mil Mascaras
46 Kenta Kobashi
47 Vader
48 Dynamite Kid
49 Rick Rude
50 Bruiser Brody


and as a special bonus here are numbers 51-100
51 Iron Sheik
52 Ed Strangler Lewis
53 The Sheik
54 Davey Boy Smith
55 Ultimate Warrior
56 Junkyard Dog
57 AJ Styles
58 Killer Kawolski
59 Big Show
60 Freddie Blassie
61 Scott Hall
62 Sgt Slaughter
63 Dean Malenko
64 Tiger Mask 1
65 Mae Young
66 Rey Mysterio
67 Edge
68 Gorilla Monsoon
69 Giant Baba
70 Hans Schmit
71 Karl Gotch
72 Barry Windham
73 RVD
74 Brian Pillman
75 Antonia Rocco
76 Chris Hero
77 Gene Kiniski
78 Arn Anderson
79 Bobby Heenan
80 Stan Hansen
81 Danny Hodge
82 Ultimo Dragon
83 Will Regal
84 Mike Quackenbush
85 Dave Finley
86 Fabulous Moolah
87 Jack Briscoe
88 Frank Gotch
89 Kevin Nash
90 Randy Orton
91 Nigel McGuiness
92 Otto Wanz
93 Bam Bam Bigelow
94 Haystacks Calhoun
95 Pedro Morales
96 Jim Duggan
97 Ernie Ladd
98 Steve Corino
99 Abdullah the Butcher
100 Kane

OWW Top 50 Superstars Individual Lists

The OWW Top All Time Lists and Categories!
Top 50 Tag Teams of All Time
Top 50 Heroes of All Time
Top 50 Villains of All Time
Top 50 Matches of All Time
Top 25 Managers/Valets of All Time

[Goldie79]

And here is the WWE.com list again! Think we did a better job? Lets look at some differences

Obviously we have Hogan and Flair (the Ying & Yang) of pro modern wrestling within our top 3 spots.... and obviosult WWE are not forgiving them for joining TNA with their lower selections for them! TNA probably being the reason why they ignored Kurt Angle.
Jeff Hardy and Batista (we gave him no votes) fail to make our 100
Edge, Moolah, Pat Patterson, Blassie, Randy Orton, Gorilla, JYD, Big Show, Mysterio, Jack Briscoe, Iron Sheik and Sgt Slaughter all fail to make our top 50 but do scrape in the top 100.
The WWE list fails to recognise several Mexican/Japanese greats that we include, such as Inoki, El Santo, Mascaras, Misawa and Rikodoazan

1. Shawn Michaels
2. The Undertaker
3. Steve Austin
4. Bret Hart
5. The Rock
6. Harley Race
7. Ricky Steamboat
8. Andre the Giant
9. Rey Mysterio
10. "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
11. Eddie Guerrero
12. Triple H
13. Gorgeous George
14. "Macho Man" Randy Savage
15. "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig
16. John Cena
17. Dusty Rhodes and Ric Flair (tied)
19. Edge
20. Jerry "The King" Lawler
21. Lou Thesz
22. Terry Funk
23. Hulk Hogan
24. Bruno Sammartino
25. Chris Jericho
26. Ted DiBiase
27. Fabulous Moolah
28. Classy Freddie Blassie
29. Randy Orton
30. Pat Patterson
31. The Iron Sheik
32. Jimmy Snuka
33. Mick Foley
34. Kurt Angle
35. Buddy Rogers
36. Gorilla Monsoon
37. Junkyard Dog
38. "Superstar" Billy Graham
39. Jake "The Snake" Roberts
40. Big Show
41. Jack Brisco
42. Sgt. Slaughter
43. Kane
44. Nick Bockwinkel
45. Jeff Hardy
46. Dory Funk Jr.
47. Bob Backlund
48. Rick Rude
49. Batista
50. Killer Kowalski

[chaoskid]

its strange that Rey mysterio was 9th on the WWE list but he couldn't make our top 50

[Goldie79]

its strange that Rey mysterio was 9th on the WWE list but he couldn't make our top 50

Rey didnt make our top 100! let alone 50

[Ex-Mattitude Follower]

Rey didnt make our top 100! let alone 50

Yes, he did. #67.

[TheManWithoutAFace]

The OWW list is more creditible and more of an international list as WWE is just wrestlers that have worked for them at one time or another.

I'm still trying to figure out how Ultimate Warrior even made the Top 100?

[wrestlemania365.com]

I was putting the finishing touches on my list this morning when I saw the thread was closed : ( I too as most of you had Hulk Hogan #1 and Steve Austin #2. I think what we can conclude from this discussion and putting together of lists is that : A. When WWE puts anything historical together you can just pretty much write it off as bogus and agenda driven ; and B. We can agree to disagree on positioning, who's in and out etc., but one thing is clear : Hulk Hogan and Steve Austin , love them or hate them, are two of the greatest superstars in the history of wrestling. No one can take that away from them and that includes Vince McMahon !!!

[Goldie79]

Yes, he did. #67.

Yeah I missed it on my comparison spotcheck, have edited the reference made in post 2

I'm still trying to figure out how Ultimate Warrior even made the Top 100?

You can see who voted for who on the individual lists thread

I was putting the finishing touches on my list this morning when I saw the thread was closed

For the those of you who missed out, feel free to post your lists in the 'Individual Lists' thread in Blogressed.
Obviously its too late to count them, but you can still have yours on show to compare with others

http://forums.onlineworldofwrestling...dividual-lists

[Joey Idol]

Good list, actually great list. Everything looks pretty good cept BEnoit being on the list but other than that great job guys.

[wrestlemania365.com]

For the those of you who missed out, feel free to post your lists in the 'Individual Lists' thread in Blogressed.
Obviously its too late to count them, but you can still have yours on show to compare with others

http://forums.onlineworldofwrestling...dividual-lists

Thanks I will post my list

[Ex-Mattitude Follower]

I'm still trying to figure out how Ultimate Warrior even made the Top 100?

Yeah, he sucked but he was a huge star for the WWF - I think his position is justified.

Upon reflection, I missed Jushin Liger, Billy Graham and a few others from my list. But overall, I'm pretty happy with mine and the OWW one.

[Shockage]

This is a superb list.

[Shockage]

I've always felt that the Rock was a bigger superstar than Steve Austin. True that Austin was at the forefront of the Attitude era, but other than Bret Hart and Mr. McMahon, it was the Rock that put Austin over in 2 out of 3 of their WrestleMania matches. The Rock lost more matches to wrestlers from Big Show, Austin, HHH to Billy Gunn, Al Snow to Hardcore Holly, and amazingly it didn't hurt the Rock's image. The Rock has shown up to Raw unannounced and the crowd would go mental. From protagonist, to antagonist, from mighty to vulnerable, from losing the World Title to Kurt Angle, HHH, Chris Jericho, Steve Austin, Brock Lesner, to conquering Hulk Hogan, The Undertaker, Mick Foley, the Rock mastered it all. You can only get a few 'moments' out of giving everyone the stunner before it comes too old, and there are somethings that certain superstars won't do in fear of looking weak, and the Rock was never that person. Now that's a superstar.

[Joey Idol]

The OWW list is more creditible and more of an international list as WWE is just wrestlers that have worked for them at one time or another.

I'm still trying to figure out how Ultimate Warrior even made the Top 100?

Because he was the biggest star wwe had between 88-91 perhaps? he took over hulkamania and like him or not he was a huge star thats what this list was about in my eyes STAR POWER IN THE WWE. I can see OWW went international stars but when I made my list I thought we were spose to make a WWE list because we were boycotting theirs.

[Shockage]

As a kid of the 80's, you were either 2 things; a Hulkamaniac or a Little Warrior. My childhood was yellow singlets, bandanas and face paint, bright arm bands galore!

[Joey Idol]

As a kid of the 80's, you were either 2 things; a Hulkamaniac or a Little Warrior. My childhood was yellow singlets, bandanas and face paint, bright arm bands galore!

or us Canadians Pink and Black, Shades and Skulls actually most of my friends here in Canada were shockingly not really Hart fans.

[Kid Kash]

Big Sexy places at #90 and his tag along finishes 30 spots ahead of him. Unreal. I'm kind of surprised at some of the names on the list (well, more surprised at certain wrestlers being higher than others). OWW's top 5 is pretty good though

[Joey Idol]

Big Sexy places at #90 and his tag along finishes 30 spots ahead of him. Unreal. I'm kind of surprised at some of the names on the list (well, more surprised at certain wrestlers being higher than others). OWW's top 5 is pretty good though

Cuz Kid, you can walk up to some random person on the street say hey chico you remember Razor Ramon? and 8/10 are gonna say oh hell yeah. You walk up to a random on the street and say hey remember Diesel and maybe 4/10 will be like oh yeah Kevin Nash. I think alot just has to do with the catchyness of Razor Ramon.


Remember people this list has nothing tho do with talent its about knowing who these guys are thats what SUPERSTAR means. and in the talent department Razor out ranks Nash anyway.

[TheManWithoutAFace]

I think a list like this should be more about in ring ability as opposed to popularity.

[Kid Kash]

Cuz Kid, you can walk up to some random person on the street say hey chico you remember Razor Ramon? and 8/10 are gonna say oh hell yeah. You walk up to a random on the street and say hey remember Diesel and maybe 4/10 will be like oh yeah Kevin Nash. I think alot just has to do with the catchyness of Razor Ramon.


Remember people this list has nothing tho do with talent its about knowing who these guys are thats what SUPERSTAR means. and in the talent department Razor out ranks Nash anyway.

I reckon 8 out of 10 people don't even watch wrestling let alone know who Razor is. If it's about knowing who these guys are then why would Randy Orton be at 92 and Ultimo Dragon at 83? Dragon is one of the best I've ever seen but he's not as well known as Orton is.

I think the list is inconsistent, but that's just my view.

[Goldie79]

Come on Kash, Kevin Nash was never going to feature in a high spot.
If you would have voted its a cert he would have sneaked up a few places

[Kid Kash]

It would be no different to others on here putting their favourites in. I am just pointing out the inconsistency of your list

[Turley]

I dont htink Eddie Guerrero was at the top long enough to justify his position so high on this list. Yes, I think Eddie was great, I just think that he spent 90% of his career in the midcard and that maybe his death has inflated our opinion of him a little bit.

[Kid Kash]

I dont htink Eddie Guerrero was at the top long enough to justify his position so high on this list. Yes, I think Eddie was great, I just think that he spent 90% of his career in the midcard and that maybe his death has inflated our opinion of him a little bit.

Agree with that.

[Shockage]

I dont htink Eddie Guerrero was at the top long enough to justify his position so high on this list. Yes, I think Eddie was great, I just think that he spent 90% of his career in the midcard and that maybe his death has inflated our opinion of him a little bit.

I agree, Eddie at best was realistically an upper midcarder. I also speculate that the reason behind Eddie's high listing has to do with his WWE stint rather than his overall career, but even with the recognition of what he accomplished in NJPW, ECW and WCW, it doesn't make him stand out as a 'superstar' rather more as an accomplished pro wrestler.