Best Wrestler Alive Tourney 1st Round --- Shawn Michaels vs. Daniel Bryan

[2CT]

Cast your vote for the best wrestler alive using the following metrics

Ring work (10)
Mic work/promos (10)
Personality/gimmicks (10)
Overall rating (10)
Number of matches you like from each person

The poll closes after 7 days and if there's a tie the poll extends for an additional 24 hours

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Shawn Michaels

Championships and accomplishments

American Wrestling Association
AWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Marty Jannetty

Central States Wrestling
NWA Central States Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Marty Jannetty

Continental Wrestling Association
AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Marty Jannetty

Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI Feud of the Year (2008) vs. Chris Jericho
PWI Match of the Year (1993) vs. Marty Jannetty on Monday Night Raw on May 17
PWI Match of the Year (1994) vs. Razor Ramon in a Ladder match at WrestleMania X
PWI Match of the Year (1995) vs. Diesel at WrestleMania XI
PWI Match of the Year (1996) vs. Bret Hart in an Iron Man match at WrestleMania XII
PWI Match of the Year (2004) vs. Chris Benoit and Triple H at WrestleMania XX
PWI Match of the Year (2005) vs. Kurt Angle at WrestleMania 21
PWI Match of the Year (2006) vs. Vince McMahon in a No Holds Barred match at WrestleMania 22
PWI Match of the Year (2007) vs. John Cena on Raw on April 23
PWI Match of the Year (2008) vs. Ric Flair at WrestleMania XXIV
PWI Match of the Year (2009) vs. The Undertaker at WrestleMania XXV
PWI Match of the Year (2010) vs. The Undertaker in a Career vs. Streak match at WrestleMania XXVI
PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year (2010)
PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year (1995, 1996)
PWI ranked him #1 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the year in the PWI 500 in 1996
PWI ranked him #10 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003
PWI ranked him #33 of the Top 100 Tag Teams of the "PWI Years" with Marty Jannetty in 2003

Texas All-Star Wrestling
TASW Texas Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Paul Diamond

Texas Wrestling Alliance
TWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment
WWF Championship (3 times)
World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
WWF European Championship (1 time)
WWF Intercontinental Championship (3 times)
World Tag Team Championship (5 times) – with Diesel (2), Stone Cold Steve Austin (1), John Cena (1), and Triple H (1)
WWE Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Triple H (1)
Royal Rumble (1995, 1996)
Fourth Triple Crown Champion
First Grand Slam Champion
WWE Hall of Fame (2 times)
Class of 2011 - Individually
Class of 2019 - as a member of D-Generation X
Slammy Award for Best Slammin' Jammin' Entrance (1996)
Slammy Award for Best Threads (1996)
Slammy Award for Squared Circle Shocker (1996) Won for collapsing; Owen Hart accepts the award for making Michaels collapse
Slammy Award for Master of Mat Mechanics (1996)
Slammy Award for Match of the Year (1996) vs. Razor Ramon in a Ladder match at SummerSlam
Slammy Award for Leader of the New Generation (1996)
Slammy Award for Best Finisher (1997)
Slammy Award for Match of the Year (1997) vs. Bret Hart in an Iron Man match at WrestleMania XII
Slammy Award for Match of the Year (2008) vs. Ric Flair at WrestleMania XXIV
Slammy Award for Match of the Year (2009) vs. The Undertaker at WrestleMania XXV
Slammy Award for Moment of the Year (2010) vs. The Undertaker at WrestleMania XXVI
Slammy Award for Double-Cross of the Year (2013) for turning on Daniel Bryan and costing him the WWE Championship at Hell in a Cell.

Wrestling Observer Newsletter
5 Star Match (1994) vs. Razor Ramon in a Ladder match at WrestleMania X.
5 Star Match (1997) vs. The Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell at Badd Blood.
Best Babyface (1996)
Feud of the Year (2004) vs. Triple H and Chris Benoit
Feud of the Year (2008) vs. Chris Jericho
Match of the Year (1994) vs. Razor Ramon in a Ladder match at WrestleMania X
Match of the Year (2008) vs. Chris Jericho in a Ladder match at No Mercy
Match of the Year (2009) vs. The Undertaker at WrestleMania XXV
Match of the Year (2010) vs. The Undertaker at WrestleMania XXVI
Most Charismatic (1995, 1996)
Tag Team of the Year (1989) with Marty Jannetty as The Rockers
Worst Feud of the Year (2006) with Triple H vs. Shane and Vince McMahon
Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2003)

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Daniel Bryan

Championships and accomplishments

All Pro Wrestling
APW Worldwide Internet Championship (1 time)
King of the Indies (2001)

All Star Wrestling
ASW World Heavy Middleweight Championship (1 time)

East Coast Wrestling Association
ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Low Ki

Evolve
Match of the Year (2010) vs. Munenori Sawa on September 11

Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling
NWA Canadian Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Full Impact Pro
FIP Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

International Wrestling Association
IWA Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Memphis Championship Wrestling
MCW Southern Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
MCW Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Spanky

NWA Mid-South
NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

New Japan Pro Wrestling
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Curry Man
Best of the American Super Juniors (2004)

Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI ranked him #13 of the best 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2008

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
PWG World Championship (2 times)

Pro Wrestling Noah
GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Pro Wrestling Report
Independent Wrestler of the Year (2006)

Ring of Honor
ROH Pure Championship (1 time)
ROH World Championship (1 time)
Survival of the Fittest (2004)

Texas Wrestling Alliance
TWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Spanky

westside Xtreme wrestling
wXw World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Ambition 1 (2010)

World Series Wrestling
WSW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

World Wrestling Entertainment
World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
WWE Championship/WWE World Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
WWE Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Kane
WWE United States Championship (1 time)
WWE Intercontinental Championship (1 time)
WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Rowan
Money in the Bank (SmackDown 2011)
Twenty sixth Triple Crown Championship
Fifteenth Grand Slam Championship
Slammy Award for Cole in Your Stocking (2010) – attacking Michael Cole on NXT
Slammy Award for Shocker of the Year (2010) – the début of The Nexus
Slammy Award for Tweet of the Year (2012) - "Goat face is a horrible insult. My face is practically perfect in every way. In fact, from now on I demand to be called Beautiful Bryan."
Slammy Award for Facial Hair of the Year (2012)
Slammy Award for Upset of the Year (2012) - Defeating Mark Henry and Big Show at Royal Rumble
Slammy Award for Couple of the Year (2014) - with Brie Bella
Slammy Award for Catchphrase of the Year (2013) - YES! YES! YES!
Slammy Award for Beard of the Year (2013)
Slammy Award for Superstar of the Year (2013)
Slammy Award for Fan Participation of the Year (2013) - YES! YES! YES!

Wrestling Observer Newsletter
Most Outstanding Wrestler (2006–2010)
Best Technical Wrestler (2005–2012)
Match of the Year (2007) vs. Takeshi Morishima on August 25

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[VegetasHairline]

Let the fukkery commence! This thread is going to be filled with

 

[krackdagawd]

Has the student surpassed the teacher

 

[Breh the HitMang]

HBK, ya favorite wresler's favorite wrestler

 

[The Rainmaker]

First page ad space for sale

 

[Novembruh]

DBD > HBK. Bryan has gone from an indy submission wrestler to getting buried by the very company that signed him, up through midcard runs, fluke WHC victories and losses - he went from a top heel to the most undeniable babyface in the whole company, to the point where people booed Rey Mysterio for not being Daniel Bryan. Think about that. Rey fukking Mysterio Jr. came out at the end of the rumble and people booed.
The fact that he refused to be denied and fought to come back to wrestling after his retirement, just to willfully throw out all the nostalgia love he would have gotten to go on another heel run, and then managed to get everyone back all over again? Pssh.

I get it, folks love their HBK, but Bryan has run the whole pro-wrestling gamut as a performer, and went from a guy they believed would never get over, who couldn't talk and who couldn't wrestle a compelling match... to anchoring programs with his promos, moving Cena-level merchandise, and actually managing to have the most compelling Fiend match we've had so far... he turned chicken shyt into chicken salad with Bray more than anyone else has.

Nostalgia is cool and all, but if I'm picking one of the two in their prime to anchor a program against someone I don't want buried... I'm taking Bryan 10/10.

Plus. Bryan gets the nod off the strength of him going to bat for Kofi and working his ass off to make that WM win what it was. HBK mighta superkicked Shelton and they run that in packages all the time, but Bryan went out there, committed to being booed, and worked to make Kofi the hero and went out in WM looking at the lights to give us that image of Kofi and his family with the shirts and the belt.

 

[3Rivers]

Let the hurt feelings commence

 

[VegetasHairline]

Get in here and educate these Kliq Stans breh @R=G

 

[NoMorePie]

 

[Francis White]

Has the student surpassed the teacher

Absolutely not.

the most iconic and polarized figure in the history of this sport.

Daniel Bryan is great , not taking that away from him , but is he an icon? Does he move the needle and trigger people the GOAT?
HBK created this man from clay.

 

[Francis White]

HBK, ya favorite wresler's favorite wrestler

Facts!!

 

[Francis White]

Let me state OP will rig this contest,

 

[Cartier Murphy]

Because this is already on its way to turning into a shytshow, I’m just voting and dipping from this thread. No dissertation

Spoiler

 

[2CT]

Let me state OP will rig this contest,

you mean like how it was rigged when Layla won the BWIW?

 

[Novembruh]

HBK was a scumbag who refused to drop titles by being beaten cleanly.
DB went out of his way to make people who beat him stars.

(Also, this will be controversial, but... Bryan Danielson in his prime is a technically superior wrestler than Michael Hickenbottom in his prime, and it isn't actually close at all.)