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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.