What's your favorite type of wrestler, an entertainer or athlete?

[Womb Raider]

Entertainers. The Rock is my personal GOAT and I love wrestlers like Y2J and Scott Steiner.

Rob Van Dam is my second GOAT tho, he was ok on the mic but the athleticism was off the charts

 

[Jmare007]

Terry Funk is more of an entertainer I guess.

Misawa more of an athlete? Not really?


Not sure I have an answer. As long as the wrestler makes me be engaged on what's he's doing and makes it make sense, I'm all in

 

[Jmare007]

I gotta disagree with you about Bret and Bryan. The knock on them was that they were great technicians but terrible promos. Also, they're somewhat known outside of wrestling

Bryan has become an incredible promo and has been one for half a decade. That can't be a knock on him anymore.

 

[Tanahashi Coates]

Bryan has become an incredible promo and has been one for half a decade. That can't be a knock on him anymore.

I agree about him being a great promo but I disagree about them not being superstars. He's probably one of the most recognizable wrestlers of the past decade

 

[Chris Cool]

how about top-notch wrestler and average entertainer??

That could work too.

 

[Mʀ2ᴋDᴇᴇᴢ]

Average wrestler and top notch entertainer can be a goat. Top notch wrestler and nothing else is straight to midcard.

Facts lol

 

[Superkick Party]

A combination of both, somebody who can bring it in the ring and on the mic. You don't have to be an in-ring technician but as long as you can be entertaining in the ring like The Rock it's cool cause some wrestlers have these big complex characters but when the bell rings I could care less cause their matches are horrible, like Bray Wyatt.

Elias' character isn't complex but he fits this description, entertaining in promos but when he has a match you're like

 

[BrehWyatt]

An athlete/someone whose offense makes me believe he's actually fukking somebody up.

 

[Tha_Mac]

Back in the attitude era it was entertainers. But now I'm about that hard hitting, athletic, competitive match that's grueling and dramatic.

 

[puppetmaster]

Entertainers. Alter egos, face paint and such will always lure me in. The comic book nerd in me tends to bleed over into wrestling.



like the Fiend just doesn’t have good matches outside of the cinema realm but I find the character so fascinating the matches are an after thought for me

 

[DANJ!]

Somebody that can do both is what I mostly prefer but I lean further toward entertainers/characters.

Sometimes, I've gone on the Network or Youtube just to watch promos or angles that led up to feuds or heel/face turns... the matches would be cool in many cases but the gold was in the promos nshyt- i.e. Macho Man, Rock, Flair, Punk, Austin...

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

there's a lot of performers who can be both...

 

[Cartier Murphy]

You need to have a character that you embody that talks, functions, and carries itself in a way that makes sense. Too gimmick heavy and you tend to be a shyt worker, too workrate heavy and you tend to have no personality. It’s important to strike the right chord in the middle

 

[Hey_zeus]

I'll take an unathletic entertainer as long as he can work. Good workers don't have to be great athletes.

 

[R=G]

I've never given a fukk about promos, i enjoy them when they are good but its not why i watch wrestling at all

I watch wrestling on mute 90% of the time anyway


If you cant go in the ring, You aint shyt


Im just here for the Simulated/Choreographed Violence

You missed out then because Jake the Snake was dropping heat
Hogans heel turn was point except the botched new world organization stuff