"Favorite and least favorite professional wrestler" Topic

I have always liked George The Animal Steele.

I always hated Hulk Hogan.

You know it's not real………

I remember George when they began showing the WWF here back in late '85 through '90 or so. He was a riot and a half!

Being from the "Great Southwest" (as it used to called back in the day), my favorites were the Von Erichs (father Fritz and sons David, Kerry, Kevin, Chris, and Mike). Another favorite was "Gentleman" Chris Adams, who started out as a heel but then turned good until his retirement.

Least favorite? Hmm. Can't think of one at the moment, as they all were pretty colorful and memorable characters, both heroes and heels.

My favorite as a kiddo. I don't really know why

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Mongo

I always liked all of the Von Erichs and 'The Claw.' Never was a big fan of the Ric Flair Nature Boy. Of course, the Macho Man Randy Savage started out as my least favorite but grew into one I enjoyed over the years; probably because he's as much fun to imitate as to watch.

"You know it's not real………"

You know very little, if anything, is real on TV.

This question does not compute.

George the Animal Steele is as real as they get! While the the rest of it may be bogus he is one upstanding individual.

Yes, yes I do.

George is the bomb. Met him after he retired he is a Big guy and very smart too . Roddy Piper is another favorite .

George became my favorite when he performed at a local high school gym. The little kids would run up to taunt him, and he would chase them, growling and arms waving, carefully staying just behind them. The kids screamed, ran away and had a great time.

My favorite as a kid was Baron von Raschke 'The Claw'… he had style. I remember seeing a particularly 'brutal' fight where he was slammed over the back of the head with a trophy… and then never saw him wrestle again.

George the Animal is runner-up.
I once went to a live match where he was performing. At one point he got out of the ring, onto the ground level and pick up one of those big folding tables the announcers sit at… they're fairly heavy… he then tossed it high into the air… it arced down and crashed into the ring. Regardless of how fake the fighting is that was pretty damn impressive.

Favorite: Haystacks Calhoun
Worst: Dr. Jerry Graham

Favorite: Rick Flair
Least Favorite: None

From British wrestling in the 70's – The Giant Haystack and The Mask (or somesuch).

Gene the announcer from the early 80's US wrestling.

da Crusher

favorite guys-who-get-beat-all-the-time:
"Scrap Iron" Gadaski and his tagteam partner "Sodbuster" Kenny Jay.

I don't know if American wrestling can compete with the likes of Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks or Kendo Nagasaki

So I'll go for Mick McManus because he qualifies for both by being the man you loved to hate.

You go into the careers of some of the British "World of Sport" wrestlers and you see that they had interesting histories, but the TV piled on the silliness beyond belief

One hint…

Yea… George… That green tongue got me every time!
But I always liked "The British Bulldogs" better…

Least Fave: The Iron Sheik or that dude who had "Millions of dollars" – but I cannot remember his name…

Wasn't there a WWF cartoon at one point?
Oh.. I guess so…. link
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BTW brucka, that would be "Mean Gene Okerland" link

Favorite: Tajiri

Least Favorite: Probably The Big Show

I'm old enough to remember when NFL players had off season jobs. so, for old times sake, two favorites are

Chief Wahoo McDaniel, AFL linebacker and pro wrestler

Ernie Ladd, an original Houston Oiler defensive lineman and pro westler from my home town.

You can tell Dave and I grew up watching Houston area TV. Wahoo McDaniel was the first name that came to my mind.

You can tell Dave and I grew up watching Houston area TV. Wahoo McDaniel was the first name that came to my mind.

Chief Wahoo McDaniel, Flying Red Bastien, Jose Lothario, Johnny Valentine, along with Fritz Von Erich and many others. The old school of wrestling.

Yea… George… That green tongue got me every time!

From Wikipedia:

Now his gimmick was fully established. A true crazy heel, he acted like a wild man in the ring, tearing up the turnbuckle with his teeth and using the stuffing as a weapon as well as sticking out his green tongue (an effect accomplished by eating green Clorets breath mints).

What a character! Gotta love the guy.

Favorite: Honky Tonk Man

I knew that, Steve.

Rowdy……Roddy….. Piiiiiippppperr!

The time he smashed the coconut over Jimmy "Super Fly" Snukka's head and then proceeded to rub bananas in his face and beat him with his belt is probably the finest moment Sports Entertainment will ever see. And my liquored up friends and I actually stood up and cheered when he slapped the frijoles out of Lord Alfred Hayes. We'd been praying for someone to do it for weeks. Ahhh… those were the days.

I almost forgot Abdullah the Butcher. What he lacked in personality he more than made up for in spare tires.

And then there was "Duthtie Rhodeth, tha Americunh Dreem" with the infamous atomic elbow.

My least favorite? Probably Ivan or Nikita Koloff.

Jimmy "Boogie-Woogie Man" Valiant,one fave,Tito Santana,Wendy Richter,"Flyin' Fred Curry,The Fabulous Freebirds,Rey Misterio,El Santo,Mil Mascaras,Junkyard Dog,Jesse Ventura; as a few more. Some least faves,Pampero Firpo,Col. DeBeers,Kevin Sullivan,Adrian Adonis. I still remember Hulk Hogan suplexing Andre The Giant on TV. And for RicharDMB,that was Ted DiBiase,who I read made a major turnaround in his personal life for the better.

Also,I remember Bobo Brazil,Verne Gagne,Bruno Sammartino Jr.(dubbed "The Living Legend"),One Man Gang.