Best Wrestler Alive Tourney 1st Round --- Shawn Michaels vs. Daniel Bryan
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Jmare007
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at most of the people in the thread voting D-Bry but the poll favoring HBK. In fact it doesn't seem he's gonna be able to overcome the difference at this point .scust: at this format. Give people that don't even post here the power to choose the winner brehs @2 Cold Taurus 
Anyway, let's get to it
Ring work (10)
This is fairly easy to me. Bryan is one of the top 10 wrestlers I've ever seen in my life. Michaels is top 30. Now, I've seen a lot of shyt from different countries and eras so top 30 is pretty fukking great btw. But D-Bry managed to reach a level of excellence that I've only seen from the truly elite guys, and he's done it for 20 years in different promotions against different opponents and playing different roles, that's some truly remarkable shyt.
Michaels honed a style that I'm not that enamored with. He was fukking incredible in that style and it's the reason why some many people stan so hard for him (specially when you add the WWE machine behind it) and he also could have some legit remarkable performances in big matches. He just falls short when you compare him career wise, in all promotions, with Bryan.
Another thing. Both are fukking EXCELLENT tag team workers. The Rockers have become underrated with time imo. That era boosts HBK's resume quite a bit.
Mic work/promos (10)
Both became more comfortable cutting promos the older they got, but I think Bryan took longer to reach a level were he could cut a money promo whenever he wanted. Now, I do believe Michaels is kinda overrated in this point because some talk like he's a legit elite promo guy when he's not really THAT good. All in all, I think Bryan will end up being better as he becomes older and gets to cut more promo. Right now I'll call it even or HBK with a 0.5 advantage.
Personality/gimmicks (10)
Similar to the last one, DB took longer to get comfortable playing any character and role but once he did, he got to a level HBK has at best matched. Michaels is way more charismatic, I think that's undeniable, but what both of them did career wise, in terms of character buidling, puts them pretty even. Shawn might be the more "natural" but being as over as Bryan was, and as hated as he was last year and in 2018, it's they type of stuff wasn't able to reach.
Overall rating (10)
Up until 4 years ago, this matchup was the classic "overall vs 1 big category" situation. In the sense that HBK might've had the advantage on most of the points except in ring - unless you truly stan and love Michaels, of course - were Bryan's ability was so big he could compensate the other factors. In 2020 though, I think we've seen enough from both guys to say they are pretty even in every factor that's non in ring ability. So when you add quality of matches, Bryan gets the clear upperhand.
Number of matches you like from each person
I mean this is not even close. Not even talking about "best of vs best of" matches. I think you can actually make a very compelling case for HBK. But when you add TV matches, random indy matches (non televised) and work outside WWE, Bryan wins by a landslide to me. For every match I iked from Michaels, there's literally at least 4 I could say the same about Bryan.
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How is this a first round draw? This is like elite 8, final 4 territory. Who picked the pairings?
DB is a better wrestler.
Shawn was a better personality
Shawn was my favorite wrestler as a kid with Booker, Goldberg, and The Rock.
In all fairness, Shawn had a better image but I voted DB. He is freaking good in the ring and WWE really didn't want to push him but was forced too. Props to DB
Shawn was a better personality
Shawn was my favorite wrestler as a kid with Booker, Goldberg, and The Rock.
In all fairness, Shawn had a better image but I voted DB. He is freaking good in the ring and WWE really didn't want to push him but was forced too. Props to DB
Cartier Murphy
Apathy’s a Tragedy & Boredom is a Crime
I’m over here brainstorming names for who could be in this and it’s@2 Cold Taurus *best wrestler dead* tournament next
Savage, Bruno, Dusty, Andre, Hennig, Guerrero, Rude, Owen, Davey Boy Smith, Dynamite Kid, shyt Rikidozan and El Santo even. You gotta do that one in the future @2 Cold Taurus
I’m over here brainstorming names for who could be in this and it’s
Savage, Bruno, Dusty, Andre, Hennig, Guerrero, Rude, Owen, Davey Boy Smith, Dynamite Kid, shyt Rikidozan and El Santo even. You gotta do that one in the future @2 Cold Taurus
No love for Pegasus Kid
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kidding of course)
Cartier Murphy
Apathy’s a Tragedy & Boredom is a Crime
No love for Pegasus Kid
FooFighters
Superstar
*Sees thread title*
Oh
Oh no...
Oh
Oh no...
Even worse, a lot of the Kliq groupies stick up for a white supremacist troll.Kliq stans so emotional.
Wait... didn’t a lot of you brehs repping The Kliq form like voltron to fukk up a few scores in the rate a wrestler series thread so certain wrestlers (mainly The Rock) didn’t get a higher score than Michaels?How y’all gonna call rigging???
Francis White
i been away to long, my feeling died.
Shut you fraud.
Francis White
i been away to long, my feeling died.
I love the Rock. I will call it down the line. Unlike @mrken12
How y’all gonna call rigging???
Breh the HitMang
Thank You Kobe
Vader, Misawa, Haybusa, Hashimoto, Pillman, Benoit, UndertakerI’m over here brainstorming names for who could be in this and it’s
Savage, Bruno, Dusty, Andre, Hennig, Guerrero, Rude, Owen, Davey Boy Smith, Dynamite Kid, shyt Rikidozan and El Santo even. You gotta do that one in the future @2 Cold Taurus
How many fake accounts are voting for gay ass Michaels? No way any legit black or Latino man is gonna say this c0cksucker is a top performer in history when he's bombed his ENTIRE career. Bombed as top face, was a nobody as top heel, has no matches that are of replay value except when Bret Hart got screwed over, tanked ratings, copied the nwo in a comedy makeover group, kissing men as segments in his prime for NO REASON, getting beat up bars by civilians..this guy has less heart than Carmella dtom the Diva Search...even she was able to beat bytches up in bars despite being prissy and bratty.
Shawn Michaels isnt in the same goddamn league as Bryan...his WM XXX and post WM 28 Raw situation puts him way ahead of a joke like Shawn Michaels.
Shawn Michaels isnt in the same goddamn league as Bryan...his WM XXX and post WM 28 Raw situation puts him way ahead of a joke like Shawn Michaels.
They be using that gay ass "playfighting"language too...yet rep this phony ass goofy over selling ass bytch
SCUST. fukk them as a label, company, and as a crew.