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

[TBdaGhost]

LOL AJ Styles who? Most causal wrestling fans don't even know who he is. If he was that good as you all say he is he would've made it in the WWE. Why doesn't someone make a thread that someone who never played in the NBA is the best basketball player or someone who never played in the NFL is the best football player.

Being in the wwe doesn't mean shyt. No one is stupid enough to believe the best wrestlers are in the wwe like how the best football players are in the NFL.

 

[WOAHMYGOODNESS]

Shelton benjamin > aj styles...really nikka wtf lmao

 

[richaveli83]

He's better than Michaels.

 

[Bars4TheCause]

Ayyyyy, no doubt mane. I like how you articulate how you watch wrassling. Most times people forget how subjective that shyt is. I think everyone praises the same sort of wrestling based on popular opinion and never really get a chance to enjoy it first and figure out what they liked in the first place.

For the record my favorite wrestlers are Jeff Hardy and Pentagon Jr. What can I say? your boy like crazy face-painted dudes.

I can't wait for Lucha Underground to come back. Pentagon Jr. is my favorite on that show but I like a lot of those guys.

I look at wrestling as a fictional TV show about a fighting league, it works best when it's treated like that. Goldberg is a very good worker to me because he plays his character very convincingly and it's an exciting character. His matches tend to look believable and like he's trying to hurt his opponent and end the match more than a lot of guys. With one of these "great workers" like HBK, it's like he can't hurt his opponent or be hurt. Nothing really matters, it just is visually appealing and requires athleticism.

Not that many guys, especially now, have that "I'm trying to hurt you or win the match at all times" thing to their matches. That's not necessarily the same as being stiff either, there are ROH/Japan guys who will kick/slap the sh1t out of each other and it still seems closer to a celebration of choreography, athleticism, and grace (like ballet or figure skating) than a struggle

This is exactly how I see it too man.

He doesn't like technical wrestling but likes Eddie Guerrero and Kurt Angle? Contradicting himself.

Eddie Guerrero wasn't just a technical wrestler, he was a good high flyer as well as a tremendous entertainer. Kurt Angle was a legit olympic wrestler, thats a lot different from a regular pro wrestler trying to use that style. Kurt was believable with it, and Kurt is very entertaining, most technical wrestlers are boring to me.

 

[showtime]

Being in the wwe doesn't mean shyt. No one is stupid enough to believe the best wrestlers are in the wwe like how the best football players are in the NFL.

Yes it does you make the most money in the WWE. Every wrestler wants to be in the WWE period. WWE is the majors and AJ Styles has always been in the minor leauges because he's not a good enough COMPLETE wrestler. It's like saying a d-leauge player dropping 50 points every night and people saying he's better than someone in the NBA

 

[mrken12]

Yes it does you make the most money in the WWE. Every wrestler wants to be in the WWE period. WWE is the majors and AJ Styles has always been in the minor leauges because he's not a good enough COMPLETE wrestler. It's like saying a d-leauge player dropping 50 points every night and people saying he's better than someone in the NBA

AJ Styles makes extremely good money right now. Especially over in Japan. Definitely more than what WWE would have given him in his first few years.

 

[Da King]

Yes it does you make the most money in the WWE. Every wrestler wants to be in the WWE period. WWE is the majors and AJ Styles has always been in the minor leauges because he's not a good enough COMPLETE wrestler. It's like saying a d-leauge player dropping 50 points every night and people saying he's better than someone in the NBA

Exactly, if you not on the grand stage you're not in discussion with the greats, period

 

[mrken12]

And on a side note, comparing NJPW to the D-League is straight up ignorant.

 

[Prince Akeem]

Yes it does you make the most money in the WWE. Every wrestler wants to be in the WWE period. WWE is the majors and AJ Styles has always been in the minor leauges because he's not a good enough COMPLETE wrestler. It's like saying a d-leauge player dropping 50 points every night and people saying he's better than someone in the NBA

As if wwe doesn't have their fair share of one dimensional mediocre talent.

Ya'll E stans.

 

[AquaCityBoy]

at WWE being "the majors" or "the grand stage"

 

[mrken12]

As if wwe doesn't have their fair share of one dimensional mediocre talent.

Ya'll E stans.

So according to him Ryback is more complete than AJ Styles.

 

[showtime]

AJ Styles makes extremely good money right now. Especially over in Japan. Definitely more than what WWE would have given him in his first few years.

at WWE being "the majors" or "the grand stage"

It's not? lol what other wrestling show makes more money or gets more viewers? It's not even close

 

[richaveli83]

 

[mrken12]

It's not? lol what other wrestling show makes more money or gets more viewers? It's not even close

Being a top guy in NJPW is BIG money. You not only can get more money than most of the WWE roster (excluding the big WWE stars of course) but you have a less strenuous travel schedule and can have travel accommodations. Of course I'm talking about well known stars like AJ Styles.

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

So now WWE isnt a major wrestling company.


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