Who are the 5 most important/influential wrestlers of all time?

[TheBigBopper]

Viscera
Al Snow
Barry Horowitz
Hardbody Harrison
Michael Jaxson

 

[Heelish]

Influential

Flair (
Rock (in a bad way)
Mick Foley (spawned a whole genre of wrestling)
Shawn Michaels (Small guy who broke the mold)
Bruno Sanmartino (defined a baby-face for generations to come)

Important

Hogan
Superstar Billy Graham
Flair
Austin
Rock

yep

 

[Riley Escobar]

Hulk Hogan
Steve Austin
Santo
Rikidozan
Maven

 

[85 East]

Hogan
Flair (NWA and WCW)
Austin
Rock
Anoki

 

[Red Omega]

awstin
rawk
hoegan
taker
shawn

I dont know shyt about those old wrestlers, im a young dude

 

[Jello Biafra]

1. Lou Thesz (dudes wouldn't be doing half the movies that are considered staples of pro wrestling without Lou)
2. Gorgeous George (started the flamboyant wrestler gimmick)
3. Hulk Hogan (the face of the first boom period of modern wrestling and still the most recognizable face of the "sport")
4. Andre the Giant (the giant wrestler on who all other giant wrestlers were inspired)
5. Steve Austin (kicked off the Attitude era which was the second boom period for the business)

 

[Miracle Violence]

Santo
Rikidozan

I'm glad someone mentioned these two.

The pioneers are always going to be the most important/influential, if only by default.

 

[Riley Escobar]

I dont know shyt about those old wrestlers, im a young dude

I wasn't alive when Wrestlemania VI happened

 

[seanjohn21276]

Flair
Billy graham
Andre the giant
Hulk hogan
Steve austin

What he said

 

[John_Chimpo]

1. Lou Thesz (dudes wouldn't be doing half the movies that are considered staples of pro wrestling without Lou)
2. Gorgeous George (started the flamboyant wrestler gimmick)
3. Hulk Hogan (the face of the first boom period of modern wrestling and still the most recognizable face of the "sport")
4. Andre the Giant (the giant wrestler on who all other giant wrestlers were inspired)
5. Steve Austin (kicked off the Attitude era which was the second boom period for the business)

yep

 

[R=G]

Billy Graham
Hogan
The Rock
Savage

Those are the ones that matter....

 

[Fellatio]

Hugh morris
Foley
Triple H
Booker T
Batista