Note: The REAL contest would be Q vs. torn-shirt Kirk.
Well, Kirk does have to wear that toupee…
Kirk could defeat Riker in . . . well, almost anything.
In ship-to-ship combat, Kirk defeats Riker, Captain Avatar of the Argo/Yamato, Darth Vader in a Star Destroyer, the entire Cylon Fleet, Commander Adama & the Battlestar:Galactica, and seduces a beautiful alien broad in heavy eye makeup.
In the first reel.
I’ve always thought that producers of TNG have choosen Jonathan Frakes because his William Shatner style (handsome, masculine), but they never let him to be the captain because it was suspiciously similar to TOS. And Data followed the steps of Spock, being a know-it-all and solve-it-all.
I know this single comment is a little off-topic, but I didn’t want to open a new thread with it.