# Pro Wrestling 10 List Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 17, 2024, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674 "2024-05-17T04:01:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/341 "2024-07-09T03:54:05Z")
**Five Moves of Doom** 1. Bret Hart - Inverted atomic drop, Russian leg sweep, back breaker, elbow from the second rope, sharpshooter. 2. Hulk Hogan - Hulk-up, repeated punches, Irish Whip into the ropes, big boot, leg drop 3. Ric Flair - Eye Gouge, Low Blow, Woo Chop, Figure Four, Flair Flop. 4. Randy Orton - Clothesline, powerslam, middle-rope DDT, pound on the mat, RKO 5. John Cena - Two or three jumping shoulder tackles, Protoplex, Five Knuckle Shuffle, Attitude Adjustment, STF ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/342 "2024-07-09T04:02:50Z")
**Five Moves of Doom** 1. Bret Hart - Inverted atomic drop, Russian leg sweep, back breaker, elbow from the second rope, sharpshooter. 2. Hulk Hogan - Hulk-up, repeated punches, Irish Whip into the ropes, big boot, leg drop 3. Ric Flair - Eye Gouge, Low Blow, Woo Chop, Figure Four, Flair Flop. 4. Randy Orton - Clothesline, powerslam, middle-rope DDT, pound on the mat, RKO 5. John Cena - Two or three jumping shoulder tackles, Protoplex, Five Knuckle Shuffle, Attitude Adjustment, STF 6. Bill Goldberg - spear, spear, spear, jackhammer suplex, pin ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/343 "2024-07-09T13:17:03Z")
**Five Moves of Doom** 1. Bret Hart - Inverted atomic drop, Russian leg sweep, back breaker, elbow from the second rope, sharpshooter. 2. Hulk Hogan - Hulk-up, repeated punches, Irish Whip into the ropes, big boot, leg drop 3. Ric Flair - Eye Gouge, Low Blow, Woo Chop, Figure Four, Flair Flop. 4. Randy Orton - Clothesline, powerslam, middle-rope DDT, pound on the mat, RKO 5. John Cena - Two or three jumping shoulder tackles, Protoplex, Five Knuckle Shuffle, Attitude Adjustment, STF 6. Bill Goldberg - spear, spear, spear, jackhammer suplex, pin 7. Sting - No sell and beat chest, series of chops, Stinger splash, one-handed bulldog, Scorpion Deathlock ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/344 "2024-07-09T17:08:41Z")
**Five Moves of Doom** 1. Bret Hart - Inverted atomic drop, Russian leg sweep, back breaker, elbow from the second rope, sharpshooter. 2. Hulk Hogan - Hulk-up, repeated punches, Irish Whip into the ropes, big boot, leg drop 3. Ric Flair - Eye Gouge, Low Blow, Woo Chop, Figure Four, Flair Flop. 4. Randy Orton - Clothesline, powerslam, middle-rope DDT, pound on the mat, RKO 5. John Cena - Two or three jumping shoulder tackles, Protoplex, Five Knuckle Shuffle, Attitude Adjustment, STF 6. Bill Goldberg - spear, spear, spear, jackhammer suplex, pin 7. Sting - No sell and beat chest, series of chops, Stinger splash, one-handed bulldog, Scorpion Deathlock 8. Kane - Big Boot, Leg-feed enzuigiri, Pendulum backbreaker, Chokeslam From Hell, Tombstone piledriver ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/345 "2024-07-09T19:44:18Z")
Dusty Rhodes: strut around ring, shake butt, flip flop and fly, elbow, gravity-defying move (cross-body or dropkick) ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/346 "2024-07-10T16:57:20Z")
**Five Moves of Doom** 1. Bret Hart - Inverted atomic drop, Russian leg sweep, back breaker, elbow from the second rope, sharpshooter. 2. Hulk Hogan - Hulk-up, repeated punches, Irish Whip into the ropes, big boot, leg drop 3. Ric Flair - Eye Gouge, Low Blow, Woo Chop, Figure Four, Flair Flop. 4. Randy Orton - Clothesline, powerslam, middle-rope DDT, pound on the mat, RKO 5. John Cena - Two or three jumping shoulder tackles, Protoplex, Five Knuckle Shuffle, Attitude Adjustment, STF 6. Bill Goldberg - spear, spear, spear, jackhammer suplex, pin 7. Sting - No sell and beat chest, series of chops, Stinger splash, one-handed bulldog, Scorpion Deathlock 8. Kane - Big Boot, Leg-feed enzuigiri, Pendulum backbreaker, Chokeslam From Hell, Tombstone piledriver 9. Dusty Rhodes: strut around ring, shake butt, flip flop and fly, elbow, gravity-defying move (cross-body or dropkick) 10. The Rock - Theatrical punches, Samoan drop, spinebuster, Rock Bottom, People’s Elbow I came up with this one so pass. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/347 "2024-07-10T18:00:58Z")
**Best technical wrestler** 1. Bret Hart - The excellence of execution Not the fanciest and flashy kind of technical wrestling but by all accounts he was a ‘night off’ for his opponents. He really did execute wrestling moves excellently. He made his opponents look better by wrestling him. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/348 "2024-07-10T18:15:04Z")
**Best technical wrestler** 1. Bret Hart - The excellence of execution 2. Dean Malenko - The Man of 1000 Holds We know he had that many holds because Chris Jericho counted them, then added one more. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/349 "2024-07-10T18:26:32Z")
**Best technical wrestler** 1. Bret Hart - The excellence of execution 2. Dean Malenko - The Man of 1000 Holds 3. William Regal Bret and Dean were my first two choices, lol. I initially hated Regal’s work in WCW with his constant stalling but then I started to pay attention and realized how well he worked the ring. He possessed a nice mix of styles, knew a bunch of holds and how to work a match. I just realized that I used work in that last paragraph three times but I don’t want to change it. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/350 "2024-07-10T18:34:03Z")
**Best technical wrestler** 1. Bret Hart - The excellence of execution 2. Dean Malenko - The Man of 1000 Holds 3. William Regal 4. Drew Gulak He has the PPT to prove it! ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/351 "2024-07-10T18:42:41Z")
**Best technical wrestler** 1. Bret Hart - The excellence of execution 2. Dean Malenko - The Man of 1000 Holds 3. William Regal 4. Drew Gulak 5. “The Unpredictable” Johnny Rodz Always a jobber, but a real carpenter. He could beat the crap out of an uncooperative wrestler on Vince’s orders but make the other guy look good while it looked like Johnny was getting crap beat out of him. He left WWWF briefly for a title under another name, and had plenty of offers from other territories, but Vince paid him more to do the job. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/352 "2024-07-10T19:11:36Z")
**Best technical wrestler** 1. Bret Hart - The excellence of execution 2. Dean Malenko - The Man of 1000 Holds 3. William Regal 4. Drew Gulak 5. “The Unpredictable” Johnny Rodz 6. Beautiful Bobby Eaton Just repeat everything said about Bret, but take away the ego. Regarding Rodz, I grew up watching (W)WWF TV and he was a staple. Many moons later I learned that he was a big name on the Northeast circuit (which I knew nothing about at the time), but yeah, both Vince’s money kept him coming back to look at the lights at the end of the night. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/353 "2024-07-10T19:38:07Z")
**Best technical wrestler** 1. Bret Hart - The excellence of execution 2. Dean Malenko - The Man of 1000 Holds 3. William Regal 4. Drew Gulak 5. “The Unpredictable” Johnny Rodz 6. Beautiful Bobby Eaton 7. Kurt Angle Not only one of the best in the pros, but he won an Olympic gold medal with a BROKEN FREAKING NECK! ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/354 "2024-07-10T20:34:56Z")
**Best technical wrestler** 1. Bret Hart - The excellence of execution 2. Dean Malenko - The Man of 1000 Holds 3. William Regal 4. Drew Gulak 5. “The Unpredictable” Johnny Rodz 6. Beautiful Bobby Eaton 7. Kurt Angle 8. Bryan Danielson ---
**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/355 "2024-07-10T20:39:17Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > **Best technical wrestler** > > 1. Bret Hart - The excellence of execution > 2. Dean Malenko - The Man of 1000 Holds > 3. William Regal > 4. Drew Gulak > 5. “The Unpredictable” Johnny Rodz > 6. Beautiful Bobby Eaton > 7. Kurt Angle > 8. Bryan Danielson > 9. Nick Bocwinkel Consummate professional, second generation, could make any one look good, one of the best technical heels ever ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/356 "2024-07-11T00:19:49Z")
**Best technical wrestler** 1. Bret Hart - The excellence of execution 2. Dean Malenko - The Man of 1000 Holds 3. William Regal 4. Drew Gulak 5. “The Unpredictable” Johnny Rodz 6. Beautiful Bobby Eaton 7. Kurt Angle 8. Bryan Danielson 9. Nick Bocwinkel 10. Zack Sabre Jr. Not everyone’s cup of tea, but I find his style enthralling and his matches with Bryan (one of which I got to see live) have been amazing. New list: Sloppiest Wrestlers Who Were Nonetheless Beloved 1. The Ultimate Warrior Dude would gas himself iust running to the ring and wrestled like a mental patient, and it’s a wonder he never maimed anyone in the ring, but he was one of the most memorable guys of his generation. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/357 "2024-07-11T01:12:57Z")
Sloppiest Wrestlers Who Were Nonetheless Beloved 1. The Ultimate Warrior 2. Mabel Sloppy? He broke the Undertaker’s orbital bone, allegedly won the tag title after accidentally squashing one of the Quebecers, and hurt Diesel’s spine by dropping his arse on it. Beloved? I dunno, he seemed to be popular when he was in MOM and he continued to get work despite his numerous gaffes. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/358 "2024-07-11T01:48:40Z")
Sloppiest Wrestlers Who Were Nonetheless Beloved 1. The Ultimate Warrior 2. Mabel 3. The Great Khali The man could barely bend his knees, let alone wrestle, and his accent was so thick it was impossible for him to cut a promo, so despite Vince’s efforts to make him a monster foreign heel he accidentally stumbled into a lovable goof character as “the Punjabi Playboy” that the fans couldn’t help but cheer for even if they really didn’t want to see him in the ring. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/359 "2024-07-11T02:39:40Z")
1. Plowboy Frazier (Uncle Elmer) was beloved in Memphis. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674/360 "2024-07-11T13:24:18Z")
**Sloppiest Wrestlers Who Were Nonetheless Beloved** 1. The Ultimate Warrior 2. Mabel 3. The Great Khali 4. Plowboy Frazier (Uncle Elmer) 5. Goldberg Goldberg ended Bret Hart’s career, nearly killed Undertaker, and even injured himself more than once. Personally, I was never a fan, but I know I’m in the minority, especially during his initial WCW run. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-wrestling-10-list-thread/1001674.md?page=19)