>on every single legend's Mt Rushmore>had two primes>worked circles around the roster in three different eras>started the Attitude Era>out-books Triple Nose and Tony Kwab>still has the best Wrestlemania and Summerslam matches of all time>still best look & attire of all time>wrestling style still being replicated poorly 30 years laterClose the polls, this guy is the one actual singular GOAT of the wrestling industry.
>has gay sex
>>19702855ran this through a facts machines, it’s all true
>>19702855He is indeed the undisputed GOAT, despite all the seethe this board have for him
>>19702855Unfortunately he never drew a dime
>>19702855Bret Hart was better
he do be the gayest of all time
>>19702855>never headlined the Tokyo Dome>never won a G1 or the equivalentHBK ain't shit.
i just lost respect for him when he decided to behave like a butthurt bitch towards Danny Burch in 2022 when Burch got released from the WWE.
even if you only watch WWE, danielson is far better
>>19702885I don't think either Bret or Shawn belong on a Rushmore.
>>19702855>Becomes champ because he sucks off Vince>Almost bankrupts the WWF>Real draws in Rock, Austin, Foley, and Kane show up>Fakes a back injury and fucks off to take pills rather than get BTFOd and exposed as the glorified midcarder he isGOAT? Yeah sure, gayest of all time and that’s a shoot.
>>19702855>entire gimmick he's an in the closet faggot who thinks he's a womanizer but is obsessed with dick'BASED
>>19703040let's be real, i really can't give Foley and Kane credit for being real draws. only Austin and Rock deserve credit for being the real draws of the Attitude Era. Foley and Kane are just role players, just like Undertaker was just a role player throughout Attitude who just happened to be the only holdover from the New Generation era.
>>19702855>Shawn Michaels tribute video "Tell Me a Lie"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NBVn6Ns84I
I never got it.His 2000s work is solid. Jannetty was clearly the Michaels when the rockers were a thing. But his 90s work is such dog shit. He wrestled like a drug addict who knew he could get away with being lazy cause he was getting gay fucked by the boss. There's not a single shared opponent between Bret and Shawn that Bret didn't do a significantly better job with.
>>19703019Danielson is the 2nd greatest rape victim of all time
>>1970382090s face Shawn Michaels was so lame that I remember rooting for Dean Douglas at the time and being upset that I couldn't see Michaels lose to him
When did people start saying Shawn was great because I feel like he only had a few really good years and then he had his second run with WWE, is Shawn overrated?
>>19702855>wrestling style still being replicated poorly 30 years laterYou have to know what you're doing if you want to emulate Shawn fucking Michaels, and no one has the talent or charisma to replicate his work. Side note, ever notice no one says their favorite wrestler is Rocky or Stone Cold? Is it because you have to have insane levels to charisma to try to replicate their work? They always say Shawn or Bret or something, as if they can work like these people.
>>19703019>Kurt exists>Benoit exists>Bret exists>Shawn exists>You choose Danielson as your wrestler
>>19703029At this point the mount is locked, it's Hogan, Rock, Austin and Cena. Only other face that deserves being there is Flair. The difference of what these 4 (or 5) did to wrestling and the rest is too extreme.
>>19702855Was a giant shit backstage to vader.Ruined Vader's wwf run.Was a shit to bret.Was a shit to Nash and turned him into a jobber.Was a shit to bulldog and refused to lose a title match 10 minutes before an event.Theres tons of stories of him being a dick but because hes Vince's boy he got away with so much
>>19705451>Hogan, Rock, AustinHow pedestrian.
>>19702855I’m a big HBK mark, but the actual wrestling GOATs are Misawa and Kobashi. I don’t think a single WWE guy has a better catalog of matches than them.
>>19705451Why is Cena there when he drove away millions of viewers?
>>19702932that's true. It's coincidental timing that Triple H and his married men are starting to crumble like dominoes.> 1: Road Dogg is about to lose his top spot as head creative writer of SmackDown to Ryan Ward by decree of TKO management higher up than Triple H and Nick Khan> 2: Danny Burch comes out with a call-out interview over Shawn Michaels being vile and nasty towards him when he got released from the WWE in 2022, not long after Ryan Ward is on the verge of bringing back cool shit for SmackDown> 3: and now Triple H is starting to lose his creative power, as his handpicked favorites are starting to fall out of their top spots for Vince's people being put back in place.
>>19705451>CenaDidn't mean shit to wrestling
>>19705522Ari Emmanuel is just another Jack Tunney.>It was me, Hunter!
>>19705519Attitude era is what ran off fans. People grew up and didn't want to watch the choppy your pee pee and eat dog show.
>>19703029I agree. Only presidents should be on it. I don’t know why people are saying wrestlers should be there
>>19705736The Invasion angle killed off wrestling. The ratings were still high and by 2001 WWE had moved beyond Attitude era Russoisms and started pushing guys like Angle, Jericho, Edge, Christian, and the Hardyz. Then they fucked up the Invasion angle with dumb shit like turning DDP into a stalker and turning Austin heel and they never fully recovered.
>Never the guy>Ran away during the biggest boom period>Not even in top 10 of biggest draws of all timeCan't possibly be the GOAT.
>>19705736Yup, but so did Cena.
>>19702885in Bret Hart's mind
>>19703019>Gayniel Fryanus>Better
>>19702932>>19705522Any faggot by the name of Burch deserves no respectIt is enough that Ashley and her retarded brother shares the same planet with us.
>>19705964just accept that Shawn Michaels is starting to crack again, just like the rest of his friends Hunter and Road Dogg are starting to fall like dominoes by losing creative power.Now you can stop blaming Danny Burch for Shawn Michaels being rude, cold and dismissive towards him on his way out of the WWE in 2022.Burch needed help with his alcohol addictions, and he thought maybe Michaels would be more understanding and could relate to his situation, except Michaels didn't give a fuck to even take 5 seconds of his time to help him stay in touch even after getting released.
>>19706112Cry to someone else Burch
>>19706131perhaps Burch picked the right time to call out HBK around the same time Road Dogg and Triple H are about to lose their creative power. Dog is about to lose his to Ryan Ward, and Hunter and his favorites are about to lose their cushy top spots back to Vince and his favorites
>>19705451It’s a fucking shame The Undertaker isn’t an obvious choice for these lists. Like, okay, I get that the “Rushmore” is supposed to be 4 guys, but we need to abandon that foolishness and make it five, because outside of Hogan (who obviously belongs on the list for putting pro-wrestling on the mainstream international map), the 4 ear-shatteringly loudest pops on earth are:>glass shatters>if ya smellllll>u can’t see meand>that fucking dead man’s bell gongIf The Undertaker isn’t on your GOAT list, it’s not a real list. Also, Shawn Michaels can sit at #6 with Ric Flair at #7.Also, fuck Bret Hart.
>>19706193>he doesnt knowShawn is still one of Vince's henchmen
>>19706193If you didn't pass by NXT, you're a Vince guy, which is basically the entire part of the roster that draws the money.
>>19702918>never won a G1 or the equivalentI hate to break it to you, but wrestling is fake.
>>19706272The problem is that most of Taker's career sucks in hindsight. He was monster over at different points, but he was never the guy, and he was constantly in shit programs. Even during the Attitude Era, he was in dogshit tag team main events on RAW and Smackdown so many weeks out of the year.Besides maybe being the most reliable guy Vince ever had, and a few high points with some good programs here and there, his biggest achievements were being one of the few gimmicks that got over in the New Gen, and being a symbol of Wrestlemania. But the former is a near backhanded compliment and the latter was very late into his run.