funkystudent
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That would be Simon Gotch:
That was Enzo's fault.
Dude has a Kelly Kelly skill level when it comes to hitting the ropes.
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Was Undertaker the all-time greatest striker in WWF/WWE?
- Thread starter MrOogieBoogie
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That was Enzo's fault.
Dude has a Kelly Kelly skill level when it comes to hitting the ropes.
My man.
I wonder where the Sha-
Yessss lol.
It's not being a great striker if you're actually hitting people. Even the Shane McMahon gif is seriously better for wrestling and less embarrassing than that headbutt gif.
Kurt Angle
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Imperfected
Member
People don't seem to get that it's actually very easy to hit people, and instead very hard to look like you're hitting people when you're not.
Bruce Springsteen
Member
IWC would be chanting "you can't wrestle" to Austin and Rock in the late 90's
Thankfully the casuals were the majority audience then
Sir_Crocodile
Member
No, Jerry Lawler wrestled in the wwf.
bootsthecat
Banned
Coming from someone that stopped watching in ~1992 because well...adulthood, I guess? I say yes. I would otherwise say Ultimate Warrior, he had the cooler costume. Both were awesome, of course Untertaker had more longevity (I was always under the impression there were multiple Undertakers over the decades, I guess not)
disappeared
Banned
Kairi Hojo
Goddamn
Bruce Springsteen
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Kairi Hojo
Aja Kong
This is unbelievably stupid, let's hit each other as hard as we can in a fake fight for mark pops!!
Sir_Crocodile
Member
If we're talking forearms, Minoru Suzuki is the best.
Lawler's the best puncher for sure though.
Lawler's the best puncher for sure though.
What? You supposed to People especially in Japan
Never change WWE <3
Bruce Springsteen
Member
Thank you, marks forget wrasslin is a WORK. Nothing impressive with real hits looking real. Bret Hart had the most realistic strikes and he hurt no one
Mighty Chin
Banned
Absolutely. Look at the Shinbata strikes. Those look great because he's actually striking his opponent. It should be about making it look as real as possible. Bret had that technique down pat. Lawler was just perfect though. Kane could make that upper cut of his a thing of beauty.
MrOogieBoogie
BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination
Yeah, I agree. I don't think guys who are actually hurting other guys with strikes are impressive.
Hurting guys? No one is getting hurt.
You're getting worked.
That's kind of my thought from seeing gifs of japanese matches. Seeing idiots drop each other right on their heads. That's why I've never sought it out.
Bruce Springsteen
Member
But the 6 star ratings made it all worth it!
Googling "Katsuyori Shibata" and headbutt says you're very very very very wrong about that.
He had to be hospitalized. Reports say he may never wrestle again.
A Pretty Panda
fuckin' called it, man
He's the best pure striker in the WWE
PHOENIXZERO
Member
No one with any knowledge of Austin's history would say that and whenever I did hear it, it was from people who were people who started watching during the peak of the Attitude Era.
Kairi Hojo
Aja Kong
Arisa Hoshiki
Marvel
could never
Love this.Undertaker is GOAT
That was a freak accident And that like one out the 100s of wreslter doing strong stlye in Japan and across the world . Like strong stlye isn't any less dangerous then other stlyes.
Bruce Springsteen
Member
You work for the NFL?
Nocturnowl
Member
It's all about the sound effects behind the punches, an attitude era classic
Taker was all about "DOW!"
Foley is like "HAAAJAA"
Trips hitting them with the triple "DOOSH"
Taker was all about "DOW!"
Foley is like "HAAAJAA"
Trips hitting them with the triple "DOOSH"
Shawn Michaels, hands down.
And let's not forget the timeless classic of when Hulk Hogan refused to let him win a match even though Shawn let him win the last one and that was their deal, resulting in the most comically awesome overselling of all time:
When were these? Always seen the Michaels and Hogan gif, but haven't seen the match.
Accident? He didn't mean to really hit him in the head with his head?
The injury was a freak accident. Like doing head to head headbutt is super dumb but like the career ending injury was a freak accident.
Shibata is easily my favorite wrestler on the planet, but that headbutt was clearly just the straw that broke the camel's back.
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British Monsoon
Member
Terry Funk;
Hogan/Michaels is Summerslam 2005. It's a weird show overall with The Custody of Dominick ladder match and Orton killing Taker. I'll need to look up the Rey spot, but I know it's a remake of an older spot with Shelton Benjamin instead.
Edit: Rey spot is the January 29th 2010 Smackdown
Dirtyshubb
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How anyone can look at those strong style gifs and say it's not that bad or accuse others of getting worked I really don't know.
Safe wrestling recks the body, to say taking full hits and headbutts is just as safe you must be deluded or more fittingly you took a shoot for a work and worked yourself.
Safe wrestling recks the body, to say taking full hits and headbutts is just as safe you must be deluded or more fittingly you took a shoot for a work and worked yourself.
Well yeah, but the actual head ijury was a freak accident that could have killed him.
A time comes in every man's life where they have to make a choice: Do I want my health, or do I want STARS?
SkyMasterson
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What I would go with. Also, he apparently never connected/hurt anyone doing so either.
It's not even surprising, considering how much he put into wrestling and wanting to the be the best. Say what you will about his character, but he was so damn smooth in the ring.
Put me in the camp of strong style gifs shouldn't be here. Saying that actually hitting your opponment makes your strikes look good is kind of "Well duh". The skill comes in making work punches look painful and look real, plus I don't think we should be glorifying Strong Style after you know what happened.
friskykillface
Banned
Mick Foley talks about Funk in his book, how when he was coming up, he always wanted to know how Terry made his hits look so good. And then he got in the ring with him for the first time and Funk "hit me in the face as hard as he could", and that's that.Terry Funk;
I think Funk is out to the aforementioned Foley stuff, but his punches are pretty beautiful. I think the type of strike matters a lot here. Kanes strikes look good but they are usually throat thrusts or slaps that he can make look good without hurting someone. That's different from a worked 'punch' in my eyes. Abdullah the Butcher had good looking strikes that were effective, but they didn't require the same skill as a good working punch.
For me, this is a Jerry Lawler and Bobby Eaton conversation primarily. Although, as some have mentioned, Bret Hart hat some great looking punches too. Jim Duggan and Dr. Death also had good looking worked punches.
Wrestling is a work. You aren't supposed to actually hurt people. If we are talking about Japanese guys who were stiff, I'd prefer to look at the ones who didn't injure other people or just legit flat out hit other people. So I'd say Suzuki, Mutoh or even Chono had better worked strikes than Shibata.
For me, this is a Jerry Lawler and Bobby Eaton conversation primarily. Although, as some have mentioned, Bret Hart hat some great looking punches too. Jim Duggan and Dr. Death also had good looking worked punches.
Wrestling is a work. You aren't supposed to actually hurt people. If we are talking about Japanese guys who were stiff, I'd prefer to look at the ones who didn't injure other people or just legit flat out hit other people. So I'd say Suzuki, Mutoh or even Chono had better worked strikes than Shibata.
DeaconKnowledge
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Summerslam 98. Look it up.