For his first pick in the 1980 to 1990 category CaptainCrunch takes the most dominant wrestlemania superstar in history. After making his wrestling debut in 1984 at the tender young age of 19 He became the undertaker in the WWE in 1990. As the only superstar to ever go undefeated in Wrestlemania the Deadman remains a dominant figure in the WWE
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Solid pick, Cap. He came pretty close to winning the big one again tonight, but fell just short. It's going to be a sad day when he decides to hang 'em up, for sure.
Solid pick, Cap. He came pretty close to winning the big one again tonight, but fell just short. It's going to be a sad day when he decides to hang 'em up, for sure.
Yeah, was never one of my true favorites, but he is an amazing performer.
Added his debut entrance for fun.
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Sorry for the delay. Been on a plane for the past 5+ hours.
With my first pick, Team Kayfabe is proud to select Terry Funk in the Pre-80's category.
Funk started his career in 1965 and, despite having multiple 'retirement' matches in numerous countries, his most recent match was in 2006. He's wrestled for pretty much every major promotion and has held both the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.
Here's an incredible ECW promo:
Here's the conclusion of his legendary 'I Quit' match with Ric Flair:
Here's the last half of his legendary empty arena match with Jerry Lawler
Here is some FMW insanity where Funk literally ends Mr Pogo's career when a crazy sick bump breaks Pogo's neck. Warning some NSFW language towards the end.
Here's Funk asking the ECW fans for a chair. Unfortunately, too many of them oblige.
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"Talk about your psalms, talk about John 3:16...Austin 3:16 says I just whipped your ass!!"
With our first round selection, Flamesguy_SJ's Shotgun Saturday Night chooses The Texas Rattlesnake, Stone Cold Steve Austin in the 1980-1990 category.
Good old Stone Cold one of my favorites, and one of the first real tweeners. The first heel that was really cheered for. Its to bad that his character was ruined at the end of his wrestling career as the whole "What?" stuff was opposite of what his character would do, and thats not give a crap about what the audience think.
Part of the most under appreciated tag teams of all times the Hollywood Blondes withe Brian Pillman (Now that was a character).
Came in to the WWE with a lame character with a great name in the Ringmaster, the WWE gave him a list of new names that included Baron Von freeze and Ice Dagger among others but as he was trying to pick a name, his wife at the time told him to drink his tea before it became Stone Cold.
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^^ You know, it really is amazing to go back and watch some of his stuff from 1996-1998...dude was just absolutely on fire. WM13 with Bret, the feud with Tyson and HBK.
Definitely someone who deserves his upcoming induction to the Hall of Fame, and I really wish he could come back and give us all one last match, but I guess his body is just too beat up to wrestle anymore.
Ever since I heard he was getting into the Hall this year, I can't help but think that Pillman would have been an outstanding choice to induct him.
^^ You know, it really is amazing to go back and watch some of his stuff from 1996-1998...dude was just absolutely on fire. WM13 with Bret, the feud with Tyson and HBK.
Definitely someone who deserves his upcoming induction to the Hall of Fame, and I really wish he could come back and give us all one last match, but I guess his body is just too beat up to wrestle anymore.
Ever since I heard he was getting into the Hall this year, I can't help but think that Pillman would have been an outstanding choice to induct him.
Rumor has it that we're going to get one more stone cold match at wrestlemania, the bigger rumor is that he's going to be on RAW tommorrow night.
I still remember when the WWE came to Calgary and the main event was a 8 man tag team that featured Shamrock, Stone Cold, Gold Dust Davey, The Anvil Owen and Bret. Stone Cold and Bret Hart worked incredibly well together and in interviews theres a lot of mutual respect between the two. I would have liked to see the Hitman returning the favor and inducting Austin into the hall of fame.
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Rumor has it that we're going to get one more stone cold match at wrestlemania, the bigger rumor is that he's going to be on RAW tommorrow night.
Not to pick on you in particular, but that's always a big rumour around Wrestlemania. I really, really doubt Stone Cold will ever wrestle a full match in the WWE again. 'Mania XIX will stand-up as his last match, which I'm fine with, and is something he brought on himself. Can't really fault him, either; it was either take the needed time off and lose your spot/job, or rest a bit and keep going. I doubt he knew it'd lead to him being one of the most popular wrestlers in history, but all-told I can't think he has too many regrets.
Actually he is supposed to be at RAW next week, not tomorrow.
BTW Anyone watch No Way Out tonight? That last match was awesome.
Might be too late, but what about a Canadian wrestler category?
I caught the opening EC, where I really wanted Taker to win, if for no other reason than I really dislike Triple H as champ. Watched Shane-O vs. Orton too, but that was it for me.
And yeah, it's a little too late to be adding categories. Like I said, if the draft progresses well enough and we really go along at a good clip, we might look at adding a round or two.
There are rumors of an Austin vs Jericho at WM - makes sense with Jericho's latest angle tearing into the retired greats. Austin has also said that Jericho is one of the few wrestlers he trusts enough to go into the ring with
Team "The Best There Is, The Best There Was, and The Best There Ever Will Be" selects...
Bret Sergeant Hart (born July 2, 1957) is a retired Canadianprofessional wrestler and actor, best known for his personna, "The Hitman". A son of wrestling patriarch Stu Hart, he was born into the Hart wrestling family. His seven brothers were either wrestlers or involved backstage with the wrestling business; his four sisters all married professional wrestlers.
Hart himself frequently described himself as "The best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be" (derived from the 1984filmThe Natural), which he justifies through three claims: he never injured an opponent through any fault of his own; through the entire course of his career he missed only two shows (both as a result of traffic and flight difficulties); and that he only once refused to lose a scripted match—his final WWF match at the Survivor Series event in 1997, which culminated in the now infamous Montreal Screwjob.
I'm going to just link to his wikipedia page at this point. There's a lot of hints to wrestlers, and it's just too early to give that info up at this point.
