Best promo guy in their prime poll

[Ruby'sRevolver]

I would rank them in this order:

1.) Ric Flair- Babyface or Heel, he could do it all. He's cut thousands of promos and has thousands of quotables to go with them. Nothing more really needs to be said, when I think of wrestling promos, Ric Flair is the first name that comes to mind.

2.) Jake Roberts- The master of psychology. He didn't have to yell and scream to get your attention he had is own unique style and cut some of best promos ever. His promo at WM6 is one of the GOAT babyface promos and his promo at Tuesday in Texas is one of the GOAT heel promos.

3.) Randy Savage- The voice, the delivery, the intensity, Savage was one of a kind. His promo work in the WWF was some of the best ever. Heel or babyface he delivered in spades. I thought his WCW work was a little inconsistent but when he was on, he was as good as anyone in the history of the business.

4. ) Hulk Hogan- The biggest star out of the 4, he talked thousands of people into the building and really had kids believing in him. I wasn't the biggest fan of his promos but you have to give credit where its due. I thought he was a much better babyface promo than as a heel and people can shyt on his 'say your prayers, eat your vitamins' and all that but IMO, playing the goody-goody babyface is one of the hardest characters to get over and he did it better than everyone else.

 

[CBoz]

No Piper?

 

[Ruby'sRevolver]

No Piper?

Piper should be there instead of Hogan, IMO.

 

[Rayzah]

You spelled the rocks name wrong 4 times

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

I think some of yall confuse gimmick for promo content. Flair and Savage had GREAT characters which made for some excellent memories and promos. But Jake would take you on a journey that few could do.

Dusty deserves to be mentioned here as well.

 

[Breh Obama]

I can't say who's the best but Jake the Snake is nowhere near Macho Man, Flair, or Hogan on that list

 

[mr x]

Savage the goat

 

[julesocean]

I voted Flair even though Mach my favorite wrestler. I just think Flair brought so much intensity every time, and the lavish lifestyle character he had, who can't be enthralled by that.

Here's a cool early Attitude era promo from Mach before he left for WCW:

Jake was made for this business. Ultimate heel work .

Would have been a GREAT booker in his later years if he didn't get tangled into drugs.

 

[Playaz Eyez]

I can't say who's the best but Jake the Snake is nowhere near Macho Man, Flair, or Hogan on that list

Hogan is not in the league of any one of those listed when it comes to promos

 

[R=G]

I can't say who's the best but Jake the Snake is nowhere near Macho Man, Flair, or Hogan on that list

Lol

 

[R=G]

You spelled the rocks name wrong 4 times

I never said this was about all the great promo names in history. Just these 80s guys.

 

[OmegaK2099]

The cream of the crop

 

[Breh Obama]

Hogan is not in the league of any one of those listed when it comes to promos

Are you fukking retarded?

"What ya gonna do brother" is more iconic than anything said by anyone else on that list. And it's not even close.

 

[Novembruh]

The real best was whoever they were getting their coke from. Had Savage freestyling a promo after passing catering and snatching up a couple single-serve creamers, and Flair turning bright red and dropping elbows and knees on his own fukking clothes after stripping half-naked in the ring. They musta had that Bobby Brown connect back then.

 

[BrehWyatt]

Look at it this way... if you were going to teach a wrestler how to cut a promo, whose tape would you have them watch FIRST of those four?

Personally, I'd put on Roberts tape before I would Savage/Flair/Hogan. Savage, Flair and Hogan had that energy and all that with the catchphrases and shyt as aided by character work and as a result they had a lot of memorable moments, particularly Savage and Flair with fukkery... but Roberts said real shyt that made me think the opponent was in actual danger.

From a foundation standpoint, f you've seen a Savage promo, you've seen a Flair promo and you've seen a Hogan promo. You just have to change some elements of their character to fit what they said. Jake Roberts' style is one of a kind. I haven't seen anything close to it since MAYBE Samoa Joe and even then... not the same.