TSC Evaluation #88: Dynamite Kid

mrken12 · May 2, 2018

In the last evaluation, Brutus Beefcake got a score of 3.33.

TSC Evaluation #87: Brutus Beefcake

If people have any requests for future wrestlers you want to see evaluated, let me know. I'll have one wrestler evaluated for each week every Wednesday. The leaderboard is updated every 5 threads so it's never too late to vote for previous threads.

For #89 it will be Test.

Pending requests: Taka Michinoku, Al Snow, Tajiri, Lita, Christian Cage, Crash Holly, British Bulldog, Matt Hardy, Rhyno, Hurricane Helms, Nigel McGuinness, Mr. Kennedy

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Major Accomplishments

All Japan Pro Wrestling
All Asia Tag Team Championship (1x) – with Johnny Smith
NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship (1x)
World's Strongest Tag Determination League Fighting Spirit Award (1984, 1985) – with Davey Boy Smith
World's Strongest Tag Determination League Skills Award (1989) – with Davey Boy Smith
World's Strongest Tag Determination League Fair Play Award (1990, 1991) – with Johnny Smith

Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling
AGPW International Heavyweight Championship (1x)

Joint Promotions
British Welterweight Championship (1x)
British Lightweight Championship (1x)
European Welterweight Championship (1x)

New Japan Pro Wrestling
WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship (1x)
Greatest Gaijin Junior Section (2002)

Pacific Northwest Wrestling
NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship (1x)
NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship (1x) – with The Assassin

Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI ranked him # 5 of the 100 best tag teams of the "PWI Years" with Davey Boy Smith in 2003.
PWI ranked him #41 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003

Stampede Wrestling
Stampede British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Championship (5x, inaugural)
Stampede International Tag Team Championship (6x) – with Sekigawa (1), Loch Ness Monster (1), Kasavudo (1), Duke Myers (1), Davey Boy Smith (2)
Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship (1x)
Stampede World Mid-Heavyweight Championship (4x)
Stampede Wrestling Hall of Fame

Tokyo Sports
Lifetime Achievement Award (1991)

World Wrestling Federation
WWF Tag Team Championship (1x) – with Davey Boy Smith

Wrestling Observer Newsletter
5 Star Match (1983) vs. Tiger Mask on 23 April
Best Flying Wrestler (1984)
Best Technical Wrestler (1984) - tied with Masa Saito
Best Wrestling Maneuver (1984) Power clean dropkick
Match of the Year (1982) vs. Tiger Mask on 5 August, Tokyo, Japan
Most Underrated (1983)
Tag Team of The Year (1985) - with Davey Boy Smith
Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 1996)

Canadian Wrestling Hall of Fame
Class of 2016

With a scale of 1-10 how would you rate Dynamite Kid in these categories:

-Mic work/promos

-Personality/gimmicks

-Ring work (along with some of your favorite matches/feuds)

-Overall rating (which doesn't have to be an average of the above scores)

Riley Escobar · May 2, 2018

Scumbag man, incredible wrestler

9/10 seems about right

patscorpio · May 2, 2018

-Mic work/promos - dude was an okay promo in his prime...nothing really special...dude shouted a lot but he was much more coherent back in those days then he is now..5

-Personality/gimmicks - best compliment i can give he lived up to his british bulldog and dynamite kid monikers lol..even though in real life as a personality he was a piece of shyt lol..give him a 7

-Ring work (along with some of your favorite matches/feuds) - a fukking innovator...those matches with tiger mask were so far ahead of its time its scary...thats something i dont say often about any wrestling match..even in the WWF when he was teaming with davey boy facing the hart foundation and the team of beefcake and greg valentine...they had some dope tag team matches...dynamite's moveset was just about brutal and stiff to watch..from his suplexes, his clotheslines, to his diving headbutt..so innovative that c**** b***** lifted damn near everything from him..gotta give him the full monty

-Overall rating (which doesn't have to be an average of the above scores) - in the raw and smackdown threads myself and others have dropped a "work smart" post or comments when certain wrestlers get a little reckless...the fate of dynamite kid is actually what can happen if you dont..for as great as he was had to work harder than most in the land that was the 80s WWF...and that ended up putting him in the wheelchair before he was 40..you ever want to see something sad..youtube his final match..but in his prime very few did it better than him...give him a 8

Starboy52 · May 2, 2018

8 sounds about right. Incredible in ring technician that fathered the style of some of my favorite wrestlers, like Crispen Wahh or Dbry. But a notoriously shytty human being.

8WON6 · May 2, 2018

Riley Escobar said:
Scumbag man, incredible wrestler

9/10 seems about right

Starboy52 said:
8 sounds about right. Incredible in ring technician that fathered the style of some of my favorite wrestlers, like Crispen Wahh or Dbry. But a notoriously shytty human being.

This is how I feel. He could have wrestled in any era. A shytty person even by wrestling standards.

Amor fati · May 2, 2018

I give him 10.

The man was way ahead of his time with his technical and highflying wrestling, Dynamite has influenced many of the technical wrestlers and the highflyers of today. Dynamite should have retired from wrestling in 1991 and return in 1997 similar to Rick Rude's return. Dude was also a major dikkhead.

PHamm · May 3, 2018

9 just strictly off of his in ring ability. One of the GOATs

threattonature · May 4, 2018

patscorpio said:
-Mic work/promos - dude was an okay promo in his prime...nothing really special...dude shouted a lot but he was much more coherent back in those days then he is now..5

-Personality/gimmicks - best compliment i can give he lived up to his british bulldog and dynamite kid monikers lol..even though in real life as a personality he was a piece of shyt lol..give him a 7

-Ring work (along with some of your favorite matches/feuds) - a fukking innovator...those matches with tiger mask were so far ahead of its time its scary...thats something i dont say often about any wrestling match..even in the WWF when he was teaming with davey boy facing the hart foundation and the team of beefcake and greg valentine...they had some dope tag team matches...dynamite's moveset was just about brutal and stiff to watch..from his suplexes, his clotheslines, to his diving headbutt..so innovative that c**** b***** lifted damn near everything from him..gotta give him the full monty

-Overall rating (which doesn't have to be an average of the above scores) - in the raw and smackdown threads myself and others have dropped a "work smart" post or comments when certain wrestlers get a little reckless...the fate of dynamite kid is actually what can happen if you dont..for as great as he was had to work harder than most in the land that was the 80s WWF...and that ended up putting him in the wheelchair before he was 40..you ever want to see something sad..youtube his final match..but in his prime very few did it better than him...give him a 8

Summed it up perfectly so just copying this answer.

Konnan · May 4, 2018

fukk this dude

My favorite wrestling story of all time is when Jacques Rougeau knocked that midgets teeth out

Everytime I hear it I :ahh:

I love karma

0/10 :pacspit:

mr x · May 4, 2018

Bret said Savage came to him before WMIII and said he wanted to put on a match like him and Dynamite would have against each other....And the Savage/Steamboat classic was born. :wow:

mrken12 · Jul 14, 2018

Dynamite Kid vs Bret Hart, 9/14/85 House Show

mr x · Jul 14, 2018

mrken12 said:
Dynamite Kid vs Bret Hart, 9/14/85 House Show

Winning spot was weak for a match of that caliber.

And they fukked up the end going to the replay.

ig88 · Jul 14, 2018

8. During his time he was probably a 12/10 wrestler who influnced all around him but he was a trash promo.

richaveli83 · Jul 14, 2018

8. He would be a higher but his shytty behavior keeps him lower.

TSC Evaluation #88: Dynamite Kid

Overall Rating

1 (Awful)

2

3

4

5 (Average)

6

7

8

9

10 (Legendary)

Veteran

GOAT

It's a movement

Superstar

The Great Negro

Superstar

Superstar

Veteran

Undisputed Jack in the Box Parking Lot Champion

Superstar

Veteran

Superstar

Bounty Hunter

Veteran