If I could live to learn 15% of Cornette’s wrestling knowledge, I’d have a 166 2/3% chance of being happy. Cornette is literally an encyclopedia of wrestling and nobody can possess the amount of knowledge he has. Love ya Corny.
Kurt Angle (considering ALL eras of Wrestling) lands a spot in my eyes. I dont know what it is, but HE was always my GOAT. His intensity, legitimacy in amateur wrestling, the dude just knew what he was doing. If were talking late 90's to mid 2000's, no one comes close to the Gold Medalist. Glad Jim gave him a mention here
Don't forget "Perc" Angle in TNA. Guy was wrestling like his life depended on it. Doing flips off the stage, and moonsaults off the cage. Guy was on another level
William Regal, when given time, was a PHENOMENAL technical wrestler. A lot of his matches in WCW/WWF/WWE were short though. He had some good ones with Benoit and one with Cesaro.
Shawn Michaels Early Or Stunning Steve Austin Kurt Angle Hate to say it but Cena is actually a well rounded wrestler period, his technical skills ain’t nothing to sneeze at cuz we dislike him 1-2-3 Kid. Seriously. Xpac as a kid was all over the place getting crazy holds and bending all over the place lol Bret Hart without saying. I dislike his wrestling and character, and as a person he’s a bitter old man, but there is no denying his legendary skills. And before people start, HBK kept up and the only hiccup I saw with him against hart was when he tried to apply the sharpshooter. Beyond the Hart Family and others trained by Stu, seeing a guy like HBK come in and keep up with Bret so well Bret rarely had to carry is a thing of beauty. And shows HBK might of been a prick, but the kid had tons of talent
@@erikurizita6702 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 dude .....I hear you big time with the Hit Man... but Cena??? He had 5 MOVES!! Great sports entertainer, not even in the top 80% of wrestling technicians
@@Inequities yeah his 5 moves of doom and all, but back before the stupid wigger gimmick abs what not, sadly basically more in his OVW days, he was a solid technician
I think Danielson deserves a shout too. Especially in an era where wrestlers like him are so rare. His work in rn is one of the best (and only) flawless things anywhere in wrestling today.
When I was a kid, my favorite wrestlers were Hulk Hogan and Ultimate Warrior *sigh* Dean Malenko taught me to love technicians. He is one of my very favorites of all time now. The chain wrestling of moves, holds, reversals... If only he had had an ounce of stage presence.
I'm glad he mentioned Angle. His goofball character was so good that you'd forget that he could stretch you into a balloon animal. It also sucks that they don't do this kind of wrestling anymore. It's why I only tune into PPV's..... Sorry, Premium live events.
Its why l watch some classic stuff. But l have to admit that at times a headlock into a hip toss into a headlock on the mat for ten minutes can get a little boring. But when every single move now is a finisher 20 years ago with endless 2 3/4 count its beyond ridiculous.
@@moffjerjerrod1579 I cant stand the finisher spam nowadays. Sometimes match should end with just a big move, now it takes like 3 finishers to get a win. its dumb
His legacy will always be a tragedy. One of THE BEST ever, mixed with depression and head injuries, and a horrific end, he was my favorite as a kid and it still hurts to know how he is remembered now
Jim realizes that just 4, it's nearly impossible. This from a guy who's forgotten more wrestling history than I'll ever know if I started today and learned a new fact everyday till I died.
Farmer Burns, Frank Gotch, Karl Gotch, Lou Thesz, Billy Robinson, Verne Gagne, Strangler Lewis, Roland Bock, Volk Han, Jack Brisco, Kurt Angle, Dean Malenko, Chris Benoit, Antonio Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Kazushi Sakuraba, Josh Barnett...Dan Severn, and it goes on and on...Cornette is right...no way...
He's right on. With the greats he mentioned there's still plenty of incredible technical wrestlers he didn't name. Bret, Hennig, Danielson, Regal, Finley. And of course Daniel Garcia would have to be mentioned since the booker of the year puts him in main event after main event 😉
@@ZBR_ProXP Daniel Garcia is not oh wait... his called Danielson now... well yeah his not a proper technical wrestler, has a lot of submissions and high flying, has charisma, not so much a technical wrestler in my eyes... Finley had some more rough brute force style mixed in with some technical wrestling, Bret Hart was also an Amateur Wrestler like Kurt Angle, though he got into the Wrestling business and went further there through his father, rather than go further down the route, then again a lot of the dungeon wrestlers learned Amateur Wrestling among other things, so everyone from the dungeon had the capacity to actually wrestle and fight to some degree.
Wish Cornette was like this more these days he sounds so relaxed and not much of a gimmick of "old man yells at cloud" "modern wrestling is bad" he provided a great history in pro wrestling and I appreciate that version of Jim Cornette
What a brilliant answer. He would have been paid exactly the same amount of money to make a short video simply giving his 4 choices. Yet Jim gives a lengthy and considered answer. Cornette is awesome.
I’m back !!! You know your command of the English language is 100% spot on . Your words are just perfect to describe any situation. Your truly outstanding!! Your truly talented!!
Cornett is so knowledgeable about wrestling more people should listen to him about a lot of his points cuz they really could learn a lot but I will admit there is a name that he left out if you want technical wrestler you want Bret Hart end of the story at least in the '90s maybe even in the '80s or even in the early 2000s you probably won't see nobody like Bret Hart again so that's who I would have said
I think the omission of Hart could have been intentional. He did mention a graduate of the Hart family dungeon, and it wasn't Bret. It was he who shall not be named.
@Nigel I agree with you. I enjoy technical wrestling, and I have always thought Bret Hart was overrated. He was a good tag team wrestler, but he was more of a good marketing campaign as a single. It is why he flopped as soon as he went to WCW. He really was just an upper midcard guy.
Stu, Bret & Owen Hart, The Dynamite Kid, Kurt Angle, George Hackenschmidt, Harley Race, Daniel Bryan, Bill Regal, Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio Jr., and, of course, Kevin Nash
It's a problem with answering this question. No matter whom you say, there are people you leave out who fans will say are worthy. He didn't mention AJ Styles, either.
Billy Robinson has to be the number 1, if we are talking technical ability. No he wasn't the flashiest, but to be able to use techniques that work, and able to transfer that by teaching for as many years as he did, he has to be number 1 or at least top 5
Not exactly a concrete Mt. Rushmore, but four of my personal faves are William Regal, Kurt Angle, Dean Malenko and Bryan Danielson. Chris Benoit, Shelton Benjamin, Bret and Owen Hart, and Curt Hennig would also be high up there.
Realistically, the answer has to be pre TV era. People who could draw 50,000 people on word of mouth and newspaper coverage while holding people's attention for a 3 hour match had to be incredible. Plus they invented the moves we take for granted today.
I think people could say Kurt Angle. He would have fit in as one of the best if not the best in the pre-TV era. Also he has the championships at the NCAA and Olympic level to back up him being the best. He won those by being the best technical wrestler in the world.
@@innocentbystander72 I think Kurt Angle could be on the Mt. Rushmore. He is on my top 10 list of favorite wrestlers. His main "Pros" are that his amateur background is second to none, he is as strong as an ox, he is as fast and smooth as anyone, and his pain threshold is second to none. (He's also funny and can laugh at himself.) His main "Con" is that he is limited in technique beyond amateur wrestling. He never developed the knowledge of hooking, because he never needed to. The old time experts may have been able to incapacitate him if they could have survived the first few minutes of a match. If Angle had started wrestling 10 or 15 years earlier, he would have been more complete. He would have benefited from coming up during the territory system. The original question has been bugging me since it was posted. Mainly because of Kurt Angle. I wish I knew enough about the behind the scenes to answer where Angle belongs on the list.
Bockwinkel is one of my favorite wrestlers, but he wasn’t the technical wrestler that Kurt Angle was… both among my three favorite wrestlers. I loved how heel Bockwinkel would often be more in control of himself in interviews than his face opponent would be. Anyway, not criticizing your comment… definitely shouldn’t forget them. Really though, even though I know of Verne Gagne I don’t think I’ve seen any of his matches. The only Gagne I’ve watched wrestle is Greg.
Man, it's rare that I disagree with this man. So many different eras, and so any different skill sets. Kudos to Jim for acknowledging some of the best legitimate technical wrestlers. What's funny is that even though I'm only 30 and have been watching since roughly the mid 90's, I love hearing Jim talk about the 50-80's and just how different things were back then. He alone makes me want to rewatch the older stuff.
Eh, as much as I love Bryan.. ZSJ seems like he has sort of an edge on Bryan. It’s like you see a thing you have never seen before constantly in his matches. Well, to each their own.
@@Tigerdriver99 i agree, while Bryan perfected his wrestling promos an overall character, Zabre is constantly perfecting his technique. Zabre came to Mexico to work indy shows with some of the legendary grapplers and I was fortunate to see him live there, Bryan himself has always stated that he wants to go the same path and hopefully he will.
My personal 4 since I began watching in the late eighties would be Bret Hart, Bryan Danielson, Dean Malenko and Chris Benoit. This includes mainstream US stuff only as I have not seen a lot outside of this. I have seen my fair share of 90's AJPW sprinkled in with some NOAH and NJPW but not enough to include anyone from there.
I told that to people on Facebook, when they say like Buddy Rogers and his prime versus AJ. It's like come on it's hard to compare, way different styles and so many generations went by that everybody wrestles differently every decade or two
Always enjoyed Ronnnie Garvin & Buzz Sawyer wrestling style.Tag team wise would be Ole & Gene Anderson. Brad armstrog was smooth as silk & fun to watch in action....One more would be Mr. perfect (Curt hennig). Tough topic!
Corny is looking good here. Much better than when he was doing those shoot videos. He's gotta stay healthy so he can piss on the grave of Shitstain. I could, and do, listen to the man talk about wrestling for hours. Even when I have no clue who, or what, is being referenced. The man has forgotten more about wrestling than most in the business today will ever know. Which is saying something because the man has a memory like a bear trap. How he remembers things from before I was alive, like they happened yesterday... Is amazing
WWE signed the best legitimate Shooter and wrestler in the world...former NAACP Champion, 3 times Olympic gold medalist...he just won another Olympic gold medal recently ...his name is Gable Stevenson. They already have 6 legitimate badass shooters and killers now. Brock Lesner Bobby Lashley Chad Gable Matt Riddle Dolph Ziggler Shelton Benjamin Now they have Gable Stevenson. Those are legit wrestlers and shooters.
Everyone crying about Bret Hart, but he couldn't win a technical shoot within his own family. Owen was actually a better legit wrestler. But never mind that, we're talking about guys who could make matches seem athletic, complex and contested. Lou Thesz, Billy Robinson, Kurt Angle ... and the shooter who was the original architect of pro wrestling, Toots Mondt.
Owen was NOT a better legit wrestler than Bret. That's just untrue. But it doesn't really matter. There's never been anyone better (certainly in the colour TV era) than Bret Hart, at making a professional wrestling match look like a legitimate athletic combat contest while physically hurting neither competitor. None. THAT'S the definition (indeed the very blueprint) of a great technical pro wrestler.
@@garymck5181 Yea i was about to say the same thing. Both had average amateur HS & university wrestling careers. Neither stood above the other in that aspect. But to address your last bit there, Kurt Angle comes close maybe even surpasses in legitimacy, can't think of a spot where he injured another, after about 07' I stopped watching wrestling
If I could live to learn 15% of Cornette’s wrestling knowledge, I’d have a 166 2/3% chance of being happy. Cornette is literally an encyclopedia of wrestling and nobody can possess the amount of knowledge he has. Love ya Corny.
Can’t argue with your math. The numbers don’t lie
Those numbers spell disaster for me. *kisses bicep* 💪
But what percent chance would you have of beating S’moa Joe at Sakerfice?
What happens when you add Kurt Angle to the mix?
@@tbawws3975 you chances of learning Cornette’s knowledge drastic go down.
got your money's worth with this one, Huff. gotta dig Corny
"Thank you, fuck you, and bye bye" has got to be the best send off I've ever heard 😂😂
Kurt Angle (considering ALL eras of Wrestling) lands a spot in my eyes. I dont know what it is, but HE was always my GOAT. His intensity, legitimacy in amateur wrestling, the dude just knew what he was doing. If were talking late 90's to mid 2000's, no one comes close to the Gold Medalist. Glad Jim gave him a mention here
Don't forget "Perc" Angle in TNA. Guy was wrestling like his life depended on it. Doing flips off the stage, and moonsaults off the cage. Guy was on another level
Perc Angle hit different...
He could suplex you, submit you, chain wrestle, moonsault (rarely, so it was special). So well-rounded and believable.
I'm sure you meant intensity, intelligence and integrity ?
@@ichneumon2776 he built different.
Jim is a wrestling encyclopedia
Could listen to him all day.
It is the era
William Regal, when given time, was a PHENOMENAL technical wrestler. A lot of his matches in WCW/WWF/WWE were short though. He had some good ones with Benoit and one with Cesaro.
This is 100% true
Fit Finlay top of the top
Regal was pretty good , prefer Finlay or Dynamite Kid. More exciting to watch.
Bret Hart not being mentioned is incomprehensible.
Always has to be someone complaining instead of enjoying the knowledge.
@@Ted_Bell Kinda like yourself?
Bret Hart gets mentioned enough already...
Not everyone feels that way about Bret. Calm down child
When I hear names like Angle, Benoit, and Malenko I immediately think wrestling technicians 💯
Dynamite kid
Bret Hart
Bockwinkel, Hennig
Speaking from my time as a wrestling fan in the 80s and 90s my picks would be:
- Bret Hart
- Dynamite Kid
- Chris Benoit
- Dean Malenko
Bret, Dynamite, even Stu Hart would be my Picks.
Shawn Michaels
Early Or Stunning Steve Austin
Kurt Angle
Hate to say it but Cena is actually a well rounded wrestler period, his technical skills ain’t nothing to sneeze at cuz we dislike him
1-2-3 Kid. Seriously. Xpac as a kid was all over the place getting crazy holds and bending all over the place lol
Bret Hart without saying. I dislike his wrestling and character, and as a person he’s a bitter old man, but there is no denying his legendary skills.
And before people start, HBK kept up and the only hiccup I saw with him against hart was when he tried to apply the sharpshooter. Beyond the Hart Family and others trained by Stu, seeing a guy like HBK come in and keep up with Bret so well Bret rarely had to carry is a thing of beauty. And shows HBK might of been a prick, but the kid had tons of talent
@@erikurizita6702 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 dude .....I hear you big time with the Hit Man... but Cena??? He had 5 MOVES!! Great sports entertainer, not even in the top 80% of wrestling technicians
@@Inequities yeah his 5 moves of doom and all, but back before the stupid wigger gimmick abs what not, sadly basically more in his OVW days, he was a solid technician
@@erikurizita6702 yeah, I can see that 😁
I think Danielson deserves a shout too. Especially in an era where wrestlers like him are so rare. His work in rn is one of the best (and only) flawless things anywhere in wrestling today.
Yeah I agree he is fantastic.
Dean Malenko always glued me to the TV when he came on in WCW. Never really more than a mid-card guy, but he was so, so good.
When I was a kid, my favorite wrestlers were Hulk Hogan and Ultimate Warrior *sigh*
Dean Malenko taught me to love technicians. He is one of my very favorites of all time now. The chain wrestling of moves, holds, reversals... If only he had had an ounce of stage presence.
He was so fluid it was amazing to watch
@Joshua Webster yess and he didn’t draw any money
I'm glad he mentioned Angle. His goofball character was so good that you'd forget that he could stretch you into a balloon animal. It also sucks that they don't do this kind of wrestling anymore. It's why I only tune into PPV's..... Sorry, Premium live events.
Its why l watch some classic stuff. But l have to admit that at times a headlock into a hip toss into a headlock on the mat for ten minutes can get a little boring. But when every single move now is a finisher 20 years ago with endless 2 3/4 count its beyond ridiculous.
I agree 100%
@@moffjerjerrod1579 I cant stand the finisher spam nowadays. Sometimes match should end with just a big move, now it takes like 3 finishers to get a win. its dumb
Gotta put Regal in there
Love seeing jim, not just hearing him
Yes! I would love to see the podcast transition to a video format
Bret Hart, Benoit, Angle, Mr Perfect are the best four technical wrestlers ive seen.
I always enjoyed Al Perez's style in world class and nwa. I used to practice his moves everyday on my friends and sister.
2:49, love that Cornette mentions “ERROR 404”. Respect 👍🏼
I waited to hit this timestamp, and then I heard it. 👍
His legacy will always be a tragedy. One of THE BEST ever, mixed with depression and head injuries, and a horrific end, he was my favorite as a kid and it still hurts to know how he is remembered now
Jim realizes that just 4, it's nearly impossible. This from a guy who's forgotten more wrestling history than I'll ever know if I started today and learned a new fact everyday till I died.
Bret Hart all time great technical wrestlers
Let's not forget Rick Martel, great technical and worker.
The Model is underrated. Good gimmick, good wrestler, deserved more
Randomly had great matches with Booker T in WCW
@@NationOfMasturbation always thought he deserved atleast A run with the Ic belt, I mean they gave the Mountie the belt lol.
And Sherri Martel too
A man I have the ultimate respect for, even on the odd occasion where I don't agree with him. A true legend of the business in every aspect.
Jim is looking trim and healthy
Lets hope he livestreams it for us fans.
Sprite Zero
@Thanos is Retired What if Russo is cremated?
Farmer Burns, Frank Gotch, Karl Gotch, Lou Thesz, Billy Robinson, Verne Gagne, Strangler Lewis, Roland Bock, Volk Han, Jack Brisco, Kurt Angle, Dean Malenko, Chris Benoit, Antonio Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Kazushi Sakuraba, Josh Barnett...Dan Severn, and it goes on and on...Cornette is right...no way...
Good list of Technicians there
He's right on. With the greats he mentioned there's still plenty of incredible technical wrestlers he didn't name. Bret, Hennig, Danielson, Regal, Finley. And of course Daniel Garcia would have to be mentioned since the booker of the year puts him in main event after main event 😉
Did u really just mention daniel bryan amongst those legendary names? Ahaha u indie fans make me laugh
Yea I don’t get the Daniel Bryan technical part. All I ever see him do are kicks.
@@ZBR_ProXP exactly
@@ZBR_ProXP Daniel Garcia is not oh wait... his called Danielson now... well yeah his not a proper technical wrestler, has a lot of submissions and high flying, has charisma, not so much a technical wrestler in my eyes... Finley had some more rough brute force style mixed in with some technical wrestling, Bret Hart was also an Amateur Wrestler like Kurt Angle, though he got into the Wrestling business and went further there through his father, rather than go further down the route, then again a lot of the dungeon wrestlers learned Amateur Wrestling among other things, so everyone from the dungeon had the capacity to actually wrestle and fight to some degree.
Wish Cornette was like this more these days he sounds so relaxed and not much of a gimmick of "old man yells at cloud" "modern wrestling is bad" he provided a great history in pro wrestling and I appreciate that version of Jim Cornette
This is probably the smartest and realistic answer to this kind of question I’ve ever heard.
SMART... would have been to mention British wrestlers, they are the best technical wrestlers.
You are right, British wrestling is awesome!
Danny hodge , Lou thesz , Billy Robinson; Kurt angle and bret hart for me.
You've got good taste
Great list
God bless Jim, such a genius of wrestling and despite popular opinion such a truly nice man.
Eh, watch that "God bless" stuff with Cornette. He's an atheist lol.
@@livewire4519 lol
Corny named Benoit and Malenko, 2 of my favorites to go back and watch. Namely the Jericho/Malenko WCW feud and Benoit v Eddie in WWE.
What a brilliant answer. He would have been paid exactly the same amount of money to make a short video simply giving his 4 choices. Yet Jim gives a lengthy and considered answer. Cornette is awesome.
I’m back !!! You know your command of the English language is 100% spot on . Your words are just perfect to describe any situation. Your truly outstanding!! Your truly talented!!
Bret Hart is at the top. Rest is subjective.
Bruno cited Angle. That’s good enough for me
Benoit is definitely on top 5 of all time.
100%. Dude was intense in the ring.
Agree, intense all the way,.. but the dude had very little to no personally,.. top 10 for sure
Best non-response to a question ever lol.
My picks:
Kurt angle
Bret hart
Crispin Noir
Eddie Guerrero
Cornett is so knowledgeable about wrestling more people should listen to him about a lot of his points cuz they really could learn a lot but I will admit there is a name that he left out if you want technical wrestler you want Bret Hart end of the story at least in the '90s maybe even in the '80s or even in the early 2000s you probably won't see nobody like Bret Hart again so that's who I would have said
I think the omission of Hart could have been intentional. He did mention a graduate of the Hart family dungeon, and it wasn't Bret. It was he who shall not be named.
@Nigel I agree with you. I enjoy technical wrestling, and I have always thought Bret Hart was overrated. He was a good tag team wrestler, but he was more of a good marketing campaign as a single. It is why he flopped as soon as he went to WCW. He really was just an upper midcard guy.
@Nigel I agree.
Stu, Bret & Owen Hart, The Dynamite Kid, Kurt Angle, George Hackenschmidt, Harley Race, Daniel Bryan, Bill Regal, Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio Jr., and, of course, Kevin Nash
I can think of someone who transcends generations. The Excellence of Execution, the best there is, the best there was, the best there ever will be.
You don't mean that overrated Brett Heart do you? lol
@@archaontheeverchosen7980 nah he means Bret Hart, the Hitman himself, not sure who Brett Heart is
Benoit, Danielson, Dynamite, Angle
I'd switch either Danielson or Dynamite for Hart
Not one mention of Bret Hart is sacrilegious
It's a problem with answering this question. No matter whom you say, there are people you leave out who fans will say are worthy. He didn't mention AJ Styles, either.
Good form Jim. 👍🏽 how cool that he went into this detail for the customer.
I'd tell jim all of the darkest and deepest secrets of my life and ask him to bury me on a promo...what a legend.
Billy Robinson has to be the number 1, if we are talking technical ability. No he wasn't the flashiest, but to be able to use techniques that work, and able to transfer that by teaching for as many years as he did, he has to be number 1 or at least top 5
Don't forget Billy Riley and Pop Charnock.
@@i_GiveFRUITS and German shooter Karl Gotch, Bob Backlund and Antonio Inoki.
Hell...the Steiners, Tom Billington and Dave Finlay, So many guys!
One guy Cornette always talks about is Danny Hodge. I gotta look him up. The other is Billy Robinson.
@@shaunmartinell5825 Hodge is the most legit dude ever. Olympic medal in wrestling and won a couple of boxing titles.
Angle, Hodge, Thesz, Gagne, Backlund, Brisco, Malenko, Benoit, Bret Hart, Masa Saito early Scott Steiner, Asuka and Shayna Baszler.
Great way to look at it...it makes a lot of sense
Not exactly a concrete Mt. Rushmore, but four of my personal faves are William Regal, Kurt Angle, Dean Malenko and Bryan Danielson. Chris Benoit, Shelton Benjamin, Bret and Owen Hart, and Curt Hennig would also be high up there.
Jim gives you your money's worth, lol!! ❤🔥May have to get a cameo from him?! "Thank-you. F--k-you. And Bye-bye".🤣🤣
Realistically, the answer has to be pre TV era. People who could draw 50,000 people on word of mouth and newspaper coverage while holding people's attention for a 3 hour match had to be incredible. Plus they invented the moves we take for granted today.
I think people could say Kurt Angle. He would have fit in as one of the best if not the best in the pre-TV era. Also he has the championships at the NCAA and Olympic level to back up him being the best. He won those by being the best technical wrestler in the world.
@@innocentbystander72 I think Kurt Angle could be on the Mt. Rushmore. He is on my top 10 list of favorite wrestlers. His main "Pros" are that his amateur background is second to none, he is as strong as an ox, he is as fast and smooth as anyone, and his pain threshold is second to none. (He's also funny and can laugh at himself.) His main "Con" is that he is limited in technique beyond amateur wrestling. He never developed the knowledge of hooking, because he never needed to. The old time experts may have been able to incapacitate him if they could have survived the first few minutes of a match. If Angle had started wrestling 10 or 15 years earlier, he would have been more complete. He would have benefited from coming up during the territory system. The original question has been bugging me since it was posted. Mainly because of Kurt Angle. I wish I knew enough about the behind the scenes to answer where Angle belongs on the list.
I miss you on TV one of my all time favorites
Can't forget Verne Gagne and Nick Bockwinkel
Bockwinkel is one of my favorite wrestlers, but he wasn’t the technical wrestler that Kurt Angle was… both among my three favorite wrestlers. I loved how heel Bockwinkel would often be more in control of himself in interviews than his face opponent would be. Anyway, not criticizing your comment… definitely shouldn’t forget them. Really though, even though I know of Verne Gagne I don’t think I’ve seen any of his matches. The only Gagne I’ve watched wrestle is Greg.
I’ll give the best I’ve ever seen. Benoit, Angle, Zack Sabre, Guerrero, Malenko, Danielson, Bret. No order.
1. Owen Heart
2. Rey Mysterious
3. Ric Flair
4. Mr Perfect
5. Sean Michaels
6. Brian Pealman
7. Chris Bennoit
8. Marty Jeanety
9. Rick Martel
10. Steamboat
YES RIC GET 3 U DONT HV TO MOONSAULT TO BE TECHNICAL
I would put Steamboat above all of them and then throw Marty Jannetty in the trash.
Are these parody names of actual wrestlers?
Man, it's rare that I disagree with this man. So many different eras, and so any different skill sets. Kudos to Jim for acknowledging some of the best legitimate technical wrestlers. What's funny is that even though I'm only 30 and have been watching since roughly the mid 90's, I love hearing Jim talk about the 50-80's and just how different things were back then. He alone makes me want to rewatch the older stuff.
- Chris Benoit
- Eddie Guerrero
- Kurt Angle
- Bret Hart
I like that he acknowledged Benoit, because what happened does not change the fact that he was one of the best technical wrestler.
You mean how he murdered his wife and son?
@@TheMightyThor83 I said what I said, what's understood, ain't got to be explained
Agreed without condoning what he did which is reprehensible. The man was incredible in the ring.
@@georgesalgado8783 Cool
@@wesmyone9562 exactly, you don’t need to explain he strangled his wife and child, that’s well known.
Bryan Danielson has to be the best in the world right now.
Eh, as much as I love Bryan.. ZSJ seems like he has sort of an edge on Bryan.
It’s like you see a thing you have never seen before constantly in his matches.
Well, to each their own.
@@Tigerdriver99 i agree, while Bryan perfected his wrestling promos an overall character, Zabre is constantly perfecting his technique. Zabre came to Mexico to work indy shows with some of the legendary grapplers and I was fortunate to see him live there, Bryan himself has always stated that he wants to go the same path and hopefully he will.
AJ Styles is the best.
The hitman technique and pace is unmatched , this guy carried a lot of fights with guys who didn’t know how to wrestle
My personal 4 since I began watching in the late eighties would be Bret Hart, Bryan Danielson, Dean Malenko and Chris Benoit. This includes mainstream US stuff only as I have not seen a lot outside of this. I have seen my fair share of 90's AJPW sprinkled in with some NOAH and NJPW but not enough to include anyone from there.
Top 3 ever:
1. Chris Benoit
2. Kurt Angle
3. Bret hart
Shallow
always been a brett hart fan always wil be hes the best
From when i was watching ill say(no order) Bret Hart, Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko and Kurt Angle
Love how he mentioned Benoit, also love the ending lol
I told that to people on Facebook, when they say like Buddy Rogers and his prime versus AJ. It's like come on it's hard to compare, way different styles and so many generations went by that everybody wrestles differently every decade or two
Always enjoyed Ronnnie Garvin & Buzz Sawyer wrestling style.Tag team wise would be Ole & Gene Anderson. Brad armstrog was smooth as silk & fun to watch in action....One more would be Mr. perfect (Curt hennig). Tough topic!
Jim Cornett is so knowledgable and well spoken when he is calm and not angry.
Look at Jim, so trim and slim.
The best cameo deliverer!
Cornette is bang on here. This Mans a wrestling computer just firing information! Big fan!
Kurt Angle, Stu Hart, William Regal, and Dos Caras
my rushmore list....remember rushmore is 4 heads... so the top four.... kurt angle, chris benoit, dean malenko, bret hart
Was waiting to hear Tatanka's name to come up.
I’d put Dave Finlay waaaay up there too
Excellent bud!!👍👍
Brilliantly explained 🧠
You have to quote Karl Gotch, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Billy Robinson
Bret Hart,mr.perfect,Sean waltman and aj styles
Nobody mentioned the legend Barry Horowitz. That guy could work !
Beniot and melenko are the 2 wrestlers I wanted to watch in wcw
Lou Thesz, Jack Brisco, Bret Hart, Bryan Danielson
Refused to put Bret over.
Tom R. . Ron Saunders, A J Petruzzi, Johnny Carr, the Mighty Ursus,
Corny is looking good here. Much better than when he was doing those shoot videos. He's gotta stay healthy so he can piss on the grave of Shitstain.
I could, and do, listen to the man talk about wrestling for hours. Even when I have no clue who, or what, is being referenced.
The man has forgotten more about wrestling than most in the business today will ever know. Which is saying something because the man has a memory like a bear trap. How he remembers things from before I was alive, like they happened yesterday... Is amazing
Jim's Mt. Rushmore would be The Young Bucks, Kenny Omega, Adam Page and Vince Russo.
Huffman you legend 🐐
Dean Malenko. Imagine if he was 6 inches taller and 40lbs heavier. Damn!!
It’s actually an easy answer for no 1 a wrestler that surprisingly he didn’t mention
Bret the hitman Hart
Bret and Perfect would get spots on my list for sure.
Hitman, Brian Danielson, Kurt Angle, Chris Benoit for me
Asking JC that question with all his wrestling knowledge, this is the only answer that makes sense.
How do not at least mention The Hitman?..
The Excellence of Execution
Hay, that's that one guy!
Bret , shawn, Kurt, Mr perfect , cris Benoit
WWE signed the best legitimate Shooter and wrestler in the world...former NAACP Champion, 3 times Olympic gold medalist...he just won another Olympic gold medal recently ...his name is Gable Stevenson.
They already have 6 legitimate badass shooters and killers now.
Brock Lesner
Bobby Lashley
Chad Gable
Matt Riddle
Dolph Ziggler
Shelton Benjamin
Now they have Gable Stevenson.
Those are legit wrestlers and shooters.
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Everyone crying about Bret Hart, but he couldn't win a technical shoot within his own family. Owen was actually a better legit wrestler. But never mind that, we're talking about guys who could make matches seem athletic, complex and contested.
Lou Thesz, Billy Robinson, Kurt Angle ... and the shooter who was the original architect of pro wrestling, Toots Mondt.
Owen was NOT a better legit wrestler than Bret. That's just untrue.
But it doesn't really matter. There's never been anyone better (certainly in the colour TV era) than Bret Hart, at making a professional wrestling match look like a legitimate athletic combat contest while physically hurting neither competitor. None.
THAT'S the definition (indeed the very blueprint) of a great technical pro wrestler.
@@garymck5181 Yea i was about to say the same thing. Both had average amateur HS & university wrestling careers. Neither stood above the other in that aspect. But to address your last bit there, Kurt Angle comes close maybe even surpasses in legitimacy, can't think of a spot where he injured another, after about 07' I stopped watching wrestling
Jim Cornette is the best talker in all of Wrestling 💯
Dynamite kid pre back injury is the greatest of all time
The Dungeon of wrestling
lol... Gotta love Cornette: @4:05 "Thank you.... fuck you and bye-bye"