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Who is the best in-ring performer in WWE history?

Posted on 1/26/25 at 4:24 pm
Posted by goldennugget
NIL Ruined College Sports
Member since Jul 2013
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Posted on 1/26/25 at 4:24 pm
In my opinion it is Shawn Michaels but I would love to hear from those of you who think it isn't Shawn Michaels, or someone who deserves to be mentioned alongside Shawn Michaels
Posted by dupergreenie
Member since May 2014
9032 posts
Posted on 1/26/25 at 4:27 pm to
Kurt Angle. Eddie Guerrero was really good along with "he who we should not speak of".
Posted by Privateer 2007
Member since Jan 2020
7662 posts
Posted on 1/26/25 at 4:28 pm to
Michaels seems to be as close to consensus #1.

Bret Hart is probably the only other guy people would argue.
Posted by bubbz
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2006
23084 posts
Posted on 1/26/25 at 4:32 pm to
Angle and Guerrero are both good ones. Benoit was a GOAT, but a total nutjob. I would add AJ Styles to this list.
This post was edited on 1/26/25 at 4:33 pm
Posted by West Palm Tiger561
Palm Beach County
Member since Dec 2018
1730 posts
Posted on 1/26/25 at 4:33 pm to
Shawn Michaels is what every professional wrestler will say.
Posted by Revelator
Member since Nov 2008
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Posted on 1/26/25 at 4:36 pm to
Sunny King
Posted by Smeg
Member since Aug 2018
14244 posts
Posted on 1/26/25 at 4:38 pm to
Shawn Michaels is as overrated as Bret Hart.
Both as boring as watching paint dry.
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
71209 posts
Posted on 1/26/25 at 4:40 pm to
quote:

Benoit was a GOAT, but a total nutjob. I would add AJ Styles to this list.

Kurt Angle would tell you it is/was Benoit. I recently saw part of an interview with Angle where he was asked this question. He said that following Benoit's crazy exit from this world the order from the top of the company was to act like Chris Benoit never even existed. They were told not to talk about him and not to mention him in any way. Angle said that he felt that was a difficult ask of him because most of his best matches were with Benoit, and to not talk about them left a hole in his own career history. He said Chris was the best in ring guy and was one of the only guys he felt could match him. He finally got to the point where he said to hell with it and started talking about those matches and Benoit, saying that we should be able to differentiate between what Benoit did in the ring and how he left this world.
Posted by goldennugget
NIL Ruined College Sports
Member since Jul 2013
25983 posts
Posted on 1/26/25 at 4:41 pm to
I wasn't the biggest Bret Hart fan, but i don't think his matches were boring
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
71209 posts
Posted on 1/26/25 at 4:42 pm to
quote:

Shawn Michaels is as overrated as Bret Hart.
Both as boring as watching paint dry.

See, that's almost how I've come to feel about Flair. Once you have seen one Ric Flair match you have seen them all. He had his spots that he would hit no matter what, and those spots never changed. He could put on a show and cut a hell of a promo, but he would rarely surprise anyone.
Posted by Lsuespn
Member since Oct 2015
939 posts
Posted on 1/26/25 at 4:42 pm to
fricking gay thread. Stacy Kiebler for the win
Posted by KRS
Member since Jun 2022
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Posted on 1/26/25 at 4:45 pm to
The American dream Dusty Rodes and JYD
Posted by Gifman
Member since Jan 2021
17023 posts
Posted on 1/26/25 at 5:11 pm to
Jake Paul by a mile
Posted by RedPants
GA
Member since Jan 2013
5864 posts
Posted on 1/26/25 at 5:14 pm to
Michaels, Undertaker, Styles, Hart
Posted by Allthatfades
Mississippi
Member since Aug 2014
8637 posts
Posted on 1/26/25 at 5:20 pm to
Hitman, Curt Hennig, Savage, Steamboat..
Posted by LSUSkip
Central, LA
Member since Jul 2012
24717 posts
Posted on 1/26/25 at 5:23 pm to
It seems obvious, and HBK has been my favorite since he kicked Marty Jannetty through the window in the barbershop, but the Rock is the best all time.
Posted by SPEEDY
2005 Tiger Smack Poster of the Year
Member since Dec 2003
86583 posts
Posted on 1/26/25 at 5:28 pm to
Bonesaw McGraw

Posted by StansberryRules
Member since Aug 2024
4100 posts
Posted on 1/26/25 at 5:32 pm to
Shawn Michaels or The Rock
Posted by Prodigal Son
Member since May 2023
1602 posts
Posted on 1/26/25 at 5:42 pm to
Hacksaw Jim Duggan
Posted by Purplehaze
spring, tx
Member since Dec 2003
2294 posts
Posted on 1/26/25 at 5:49 pm to
For comedy, Santino Marella. For all around skills, hard to beat The Rock
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