"AJ Styles Is Every Bit As Good As Shawn Michaels" - Kurt Angle

[feelsthecitybreathin]

was an hbk stan growing up. just got back into wrestling recently (round the time the rumble came to philly... which i went to) so my aj styles knowledge is almost entirely what ive seen from him in the E but hes the fukking truth brehs. not gonna compare one to the other but every aj match is fukking piff

 

[Osmosis]

i mean there's no way to measure it but i would say hbk is bigger. more legendary moments and more legendary matches with bigger stars.

HBK has been put in position to have more legendary moments/matches than most top guys but he isn't as big of a star out of wrestling as them. Sting, HHH, Taker, Bret Hart, Goldberg, even Kevin Nash are all stars of the 1990s that are bigger outside of wrestling.

 

[Henzo]

Let's see A.GOAT. main event Mania as champ before we even begin to continue this discussion

 

[mrken12]

Considering all that Shawn Michaels was given and how long he was active, he isn't as big of a superstar/household name as he should be.

When Ryan Kerrigan first started doing his sack celebration a few years ago, most people didn't know where it came from.

 

[Henzo]

When Ryan Kerrigan first started doing his sack celebration a few years ago, most people didn't know where it came from.

On the same token, nobody mentions Bret Hart in pop culture unless it's a reference to darkness or bitterness. HBGOAT references are always a positive thing.

 

[Osmosis]

On the same token, nobody mentions Bret Hart in pop culture unless it's a reference to darkness or bitterness. HBGOAT references are always a positive thing.

Drake posted an instagram pic of Bret within the last year.. Bret is basically a Canadian hero.

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

Let's see A.GOAT. main event Mania as champ before we even begin to continue this discussion

youre confusing talent with booking.

the miz headlined a wrestlemania as champ.

 

[JoogJoint]

I recall quite a bit of people in the hip hop community is on HitGOAT fan lists.

 

[llt23]

HBK is my personal GOAT (I was a mark since the boyhood dream) but I cant sit and say AJ isnt as good. In this neutered era of wrestling he is the only guy that can put on a true great match with anybody on any show, even if its on a weekly smackdown where usually I just tune out. I got a ton of respect for all the wrestlers nowadays but AJ is a level above them all. He has that undefinable aura about him during his matches that HBK does that makes you get into his matches. And this is the era where its just random matches and horrible booking so it tells you something.

 

[mrken12]

Bump.

And I'll take the words of a legend over some goofballs with an internet connection.

 

[Sypress]

Bump.

And I'll take the words of a legend over some goofballs with an internet connection.

Kurt Angle: Shawn Michaels is the Greatest of All Time

I agree

 

[Spyro]

Kurt Angle: Shawn Michaels is the Greatest of All Time

I agree

Kurt Angle's also called Cena and Sting the GOAT in different interviews. fukker probably doesn't even know what day it is