re: Who is your Mount Rushmore of the WWE?

Vince
Hogan
Flair

Those 3 are automatic.

Last is hard.

I'll go with HHH.

A few years back, I, along with 25 other pro wrestling experts from around the world, each sent in our "Top 100 of all-time" lists, based on drawing power and overall impact on the industry. The lists were then compiled into one final list. Here are the results:

posted 12-10-2013 03:08 AM
The Greatest 100 Pro Wrestling List
26 voters reported

Rule: Number of first place votes and then number of times on ballot are used as tie breakers.

place name points # of lists 1st place

1- Lou Thesz 2425 26 6
2- Jim Londos 2384 26 12
3- Hulk Hogan 2318 25 2
4- Ed “Strangler” Lewis 2303 26 1
5- Frank Gotch 2300 26 3
6- Bruno Sammartino 2247 26
7-Ric Flair 2225 25 1
8-Andre The Giant 2220 26
9-Rikidozan 2208 26
10- Buddy Rogers 2102 25
11-El Santo 2091 23 1
12-Antonio Inoki 1987 24
13- Steve Austin 1975 23
14-Joe Stecher 1929 24
15-Shohei Baba 1801 22
16-Gorgeous George 1770 23
17-Verne Gagne 1769 24
18-The Rock 1765 23
19-George Hackenschmidt 1725 24
20-Harley Race 1637 23
21-Antonino Rocca 1573 24
22-Nick Bockwinkel 1562 25
23-Dory Funk Jr 1487 24
24-Mil Mascaras 1481 23
25-Dusty Rhodes 1459 22
26-Stanislaus Zbyszko 1443 24
27-Terry Funk 1421 23
28-Gene Kiniski 1349 22
29-The Destroyer 1333 25
30-Mitsuharu Misawa 1323 20
31-Wild Bill Longson 1308 21
32-Jack Brisco 1298 22
33-Edouard Carpentier 1285 23
34-Jumbo Tsuruta 1283 22
35-Killer Kowalski 1253 21
36-William Muldoon 1246 19
37-Freddie Blassie 1236 24
38-Randy Savage 1231 22
39-Stan Hansen 1217 21
40-The Sheik 1152 21
41-Farmer Burns 1118 18
42-Bret Hart 1101 22
43-Whipper Watson 1086 21
44-Yvon Robert 1080 20
45-John Cena 1064 21
46-Dick The Bruiser 1043 21
47-Pat O’Connor 1018 23
48-Gus Sonnenberg 1013 18
49-Shawn Michaels 982 18
50-The Undertaker 964 19
51-Kenta Kobashi 964 17
52-Johnny Valentine 960 24
53-Blue Demon 941 16
54-John Pesek 902 17
55-Ray Stevens 855 22
56-Earl Caddock 852 17
57-Bobo Brazil 844 19
58-Bruiser Brody 823 17
59-Tiger Mask I (Sayama) 814 17
60-Riki Choshu 807 16
61-Bob Backlund 787 19
62-Keiji Muto 781 19
63-Maurice Tillet 765 15
64-Genichiro Tenryu 757 16
65-The Great Gama 709 12
66-Akira Maeda 695 18
67-Bronko Nagurski 685 16
68-Evan “Strangler” Lewis 649 15
69-Toshiaki Kawada 647 15
70-Fritz Von Erich 636 15
71-Tom Jenkins 630 13
72-Perro Aguayo 629 15
73-Tatsumi Fujinami 607 18
74-Don Leo Jonathan 605 14
75-Roddy Piper 594 14
76-Big Van Vader 578 16
77-Jerry Lawler 572 14
78-Danny Hodge 559 20
79-Ed Don George 554 15
80-Dick Shikat 551 14
81-Abdullah The Butcher 520 17
82-Billy Robinson 517 13
83-Kurt Angle 516 13
84-Ray Steele 515 11
85-Triple H 505 15
86-El Hijo Del Santo 500 14
87-El Solitario 498 8
88-Frank Sexton 492 10
89-Shinya Hashimoto 488 14
90-Rick Steamboat 469 14
91-Canek 464 9
92-Mad Dog Vachon 456 14
93-Orville Brown 456 13
94-Wladek Zbyszko 452 14
95-Billy Graham 448 12
96-Hans Schmidt 435 12
97-The Crusher 433 10
98-Rey Misterio Jr 407 12
99-Ray Mendoza 401 6
100-Henri De Glane 392 14

frick Hulk Hogan

Macho Man
Undertaker
Stone Cold
Rowdy Rody Piper aka The Maniac

mine:
hogan
flair
undertaker
stone cold

votes through this post:

name votes
hogan 26
stone cold 21
flair 15
rock 14
undertaker 14
macho man 5
cena 4
andre the giant 3
bruno sammartino 2
goldberg 2
HHH 2
mcmahon 2
miss elizabeth 2
sting 2
ultimate warrior 2
aj lee 1
animal 1
big show 1
bret hart 1
chris benoit 1
doink the clown 1
hawk from legion of doom 1
lawler 1
mankind/carcus jack/dude love 1
orton 1
rick rude 1
scott hall 1
seth rollins 1
shawn michaels 1
sid justice 1
superfly snuka 1
rodwy roddy piper 1

Haven't really watched wrestling for several years but here goes nothing:

Andre The Giant - was a big part of the expansion from regional to national wrestling federation

Hulk Hogan - really helped the WWF/WWE expand nationally (i.e. Hulkamania)

Undertaker - long-time legend

Stone Cold - king of the Attitude era

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along with 25 other pro wrestling experts from around the world, each sent in our "Top 100 of all-time" lists, based on draw

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I think I'd be embarrassed to call myself this but maybe it's cool

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shawn michaels 1

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Anyone who watched wrestling in the '90s knows this is a joke.
If Michaels is not on Mt. Rushmore, he's damn close

It's an interesting hobby. I used to work for Mid-South Wrestling Showcase (an attempted Mid South revival), as well as a columnist/moderator/reporter for a numerous websites, such as wrestlinginc.com, prowrestling.com, lordsofpain.net, and kayfabememories.com. I've met literally hundreds of wrestlers over the years. Sounds lame, I know. Don't care.

Rock

Austin

Cena

HHH