Jim Cornette on the Best Workers for Each Decade

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  • @19580822
    @19580822 4 роки тому +14

    Glad you mentioned Lawler. A great worker and larger than life personality on the mic. He OWNED Mid-South/CWA for years. First saw him when I was stationed in Millington TN in the mid-late '70s and I was impressed, and I'm an old WWF fan from the Boston area. He wasn't called The King for nothing.

  • @denisashby5589
    @denisashby5589 4 роки тому +17

    2000s Sheldon Benjamin, they didn't use him right but boy he could move in the air and on the mat

    • @ANDCFC95
      @ANDCFC95 2 роки тому +1

      Wasn’t a major draw though

    • @denisashby5589
      @denisashby5589 2 роки тому +3

      @@ANDCFC95 because they didn't know how to use him/vince was too busy pushing his son in law

    • @jjpope1113
      @jjpope1113 2 роки тому

      🤣🤣🤣🍒🍆🤡🌈

    • @wereallscrewed9714
      @wereallscrewed9714 2 роки тому

      @@denisashby5589 he couldnt talk or carry a program to save his life

    • @RichardNeal-cj6oy
      @RichardNeal-cj6oy Рік тому

      ​@@wereallscrewed9714He wasn't really given a proper chance to

  • @DeadSurvivor
    @DeadSurvivor 7 років тому +64

    "Double A" Arn Anderson Is Also One Of The Most Under-Rated Top Professional Wrestlers Out There. His Technical Skills Were Up There With The Best Of Them.

    • @RyanDMoore
      @RyanDMoore 5 років тому +1

      Seems like a douche, but a great worker.

    • @russblack443
      @russblack443 4 роки тому +4

      Not only in the ring Arn's promo skills were unreal even early in his career. If it wasn't for him there would have been no horsemen he is the one who coined the phrase

    • @chrischar9428
      @chrischar9428 3 роки тому +1

      Underrated by whom. Who the fuck doesn't know how great he was

    • @DeadSurvivor
      @DeadSurvivor 3 роки тому +2

      @@chrischar9428 I Agree. When I Mention Double A, A Few People Have Mentioned "He's No Ric Flair!" ... And That's True, He Was Better Than Flair (My Opinion). But When Tag-Teaming, His Skills Were Not Under-Rated. I Meant As A Singles Competitor, Being The "Enforcer" Of The Four Horsemen. I Always Had Mad Respect For Arn Anderson.

    • @herzkine
      @herzkine 2 роки тому

      @ chris car ...Well vince mc mahon for example basically used him as a Jobber...

  • @pullupthen5073
    @pullupthen5073 7 років тому +109

    I'm glad they said his name. Dustin Rhodes/Goldust is the most underrated worker in wrestling history

    • @walsh9080
      @walsh9080 5 років тому

      I'd say Mike Awesome or Chris Kanyon are more underrated. Awesome was a beast, I've never understood why WWE never used Awesome, he seems like he would've been tailored made for them. In regards to Kanyon, all I have to say, apart from how innovative he was, is "WHO BETTER THAN KANYON?"

    • @walsh9080
      @walsh9080 5 років тому +3

      @Derek ex Machina Although I do think one of the Radicals is criminally underrated. Perry Saturn.

    • @tigersaint07
      @tigersaint07 5 років тому

      Wooooooo!!!!!!!

    • @barakbalestrery4138
      @barakbalestrery4138 5 років тому +1

      @@walsh9080 I know Mike Awesome had depression issues. Not sure if he had that has early has his time in WWE, or it came later. Also one of things Vince did was burry a lot of good talent in the WCW/ECW invasion angle that Mike was a part of. Mike, Lance, Booker T, Dallas Page and others. Deserved better then they got. I'm not saying give them all the main event spot. But that whole angle was only to make WWE look good and WCW/ECW look like pure trash

    • @troll-fx2zc
      @troll-fx2zc 4 роки тому

      The cat !

  • @kuma1388
    @kuma1388 5 років тому +18

    My favorite Goldust story is Dustin explaining Vince’s idea for the character. Telling him the character was going to be very androgynous and Dustin said “okay that sounds great Vince. “ then he had to go home and look in the dictionary to see what the definition of androgynous was. 🤣😂🤣

  • @grantorino2009
    @grantorino2009 4 роки тому +8

    Thank you for giving Lawler props. He deserves it.

  • @andrewhoward1811
    @andrewhoward1811 7 років тому +59

    I don't think you can talk about best workers from the 80's without talking about Ricky Steamboat and Savage. And also 90's/00's without mentioning Chris Jericho's name. Just my opinion though.

    • @rolltide9547
      @rolltide9547 4 роки тому +2

      Flair alone in 1989 makes him the best of the 80's.

    • @LordSathar
      @LordSathar 3 роки тому +3

      For sheer work, he was never a star, i'd say Al Snow for the 90's.

    • @LimaKiloRomeo
      @LimaKiloRomeo 2 роки тому

      He was one of the best, but his peaks were 2000 (when he was amongst the best), 2001 (where he should've been the best, but wasn't booked to be), & 2008 (where I feel he was truly able to show he was the best)

    • @kjguidry839
      @kjguidry839 2 роки тому +1

      Love Jericho but as a worker you can go without mentioning jericho

  • @andrewswwgroleau1459
    @andrewswwgroleau1459 3 роки тому +12

    The way Dustin leans into the ropes is amazing. Really distributes his weight well. Great flow in the ring. And Golddust always had my sides splitting with laughter. One of the best characters ever. HHH Golddust feud was hilarious, with great wrestling

  • @jeremyjohnson1265
    @jeremyjohnson1265 6 років тому +19

    I’ll go top 3 from 70s onward:
    1970s: Harley Race, Jack Brisco, Bockwinkel
    1980s: Ric Flair, Ricky Steamboat, Randy Savage
    1990s: Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Misawa
    2000s: Kurt Angle, Edge, Eddie Guerrero
    2010s: Daniel Bryan, Okada, AJ Styles

    • @jeremyjohnson1265
      @jeremyjohnson1265 6 років тому +6

      Honorable Mentions: The Undertaker, Chris Jericho, Jerry Lawler, Barry Windham, Curt Hennig, Chris Benoit, Samoa Joe, Bobby Eaton, CM Punk, The Great Muta

    • @BishopM1
      @BishopM1 3 роки тому

      Take out Edge and put Benoit there for sure. And what about Kobashi and Manami Toyota as well

  • @Jblews75
    @Jblews75 7 років тому +46

    Jim Cornette is a legend

  • @TripleRp
    @TripleRp 7 років тому +21

    I agree, Jerry Lawler was a seriously effective heel.

    • @num1shinfan
      @num1shinfan 4 роки тому +4

      I don't understand why he feels the need to apologize for that. I always thought Jerry was great

  • @briancoffey4581
    @briancoffey4581 7 років тому +11

    No list of all-time great workers can be complete without Nick Bockwinkel and Curt Hennig. In 1986-87, with the rest of the AWA crumbling around them, the matches between those two, with Nick in his early '50's and winding down and Hennig entering his glory days, were phenomenal. Particularly the hour-long bloodbath that aired on ESPN.

  • @MrCodystewie
    @MrCodystewie 6 років тому +9

    70's Harley Race
    80's Flair, Savage, Steamboat, Dynamite
    90' Bret Hart, HBK
    2000's Benoit, Angle, HBK
    2010's Daniel Bryan, AJ Styles.

    • @youngtiq4704
      @youngtiq4704 4 роки тому

      No stone cold or Rock

    • @MrCodystewie
      @MrCodystewie 4 роки тому

      @@youngtiq4704 I liked Stone cold as a worker but he was never the best maybe top 5 and The Rock wasn't a great worker.

  • @davidholzer4155
    @davidholzer4155 5 років тому +5

    Actually that match that Orton and Dustin had in 2013 when Dustin was trying to get Cody's job back was amazing

  • @marcusstanley96
    @marcusstanley96 6 років тому +5

    Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard two of my favorites from the 80’s

  • @danielhudson5424
    @danielhudson5424 7 років тому +139

    AJ Styles Is Currently Leading The 2010-2019 Best Worker Of The Decade To Me.

    • @beau9956
      @beau9956 7 років тому +21

      Okada is also up there, he is very underrated. but AJ Styles right now is second to none. His the best wrestler on the planet

    • @Visionarymindstudios
      @Visionarymindstudios 7 років тому +3

      *2009

    • @Chinaboatman
      @Chinaboatman 7 років тому +4

      If the conversation is only about US wrestling then yes.

    • @MrGhostVI
      @MrGhostVI 7 років тому +12

      Chinaboatman even in Japan. he's over everywhere and has bomb matches with any style any where

    • @johnnyskinwalker4095
      @johnnyskinwalker4095 7 років тому +3

      AJ Styles is Great but I will say his stuff pre-2010 was better. He is pretty beat up now. There's a lot of things he cannot do.

  • @austinha11
    @austinha11 6 років тому +12

    Orton's wrestling ability is always underrated.

  • @josephmatthews7698
    @josephmatthews7698 5 років тому +49

    Shawn Michael's could get himself over.
    Bret Hart could get anyone over. We wouldn't have Steve frickin' Austin without Bret. Remember the blood from the I quit match? Bret gave Steve that color.
    He knicked Steve perfectly so it wasn't gory or gross and just created this iconic image that will hang in the halls of wrestling imagery forever. You notice Steve never had a scar or a nasty gash - everything Bret did was perfection personified in the ring.

    • @ferox965
      @ferox965 5 років тому +3

      Exactly. Bret could have a match of a grubworm and make it awesome.

    • @george9822
      @george9822 4 роки тому +6

      Shawn’s matches were better. Even into the 2000’s. Also Bret was terrible on the mic.

    • @rolltide9547
      @rolltide9547 4 роки тому +7

      Steve Austin did not need Bret Hart. He just needed a stepping stone and that was Bret.

    • @knowyourroleboulevard7119
      @knowyourroleboulevard7119 4 роки тому +2

      G Puppy Bret was awesome on the mic.

    • @GangstaSparkleFairy
      @GangstaSparkleFairy 4 роки тому +1

      I love Bret, but I think you are letting your personal feelings taint the truth. Shawn Michael's helped get Razor over in the first ladder match on WWE. Whatever problems you have with HBK's personal character (And there are alot to have) He was an amazing performer that can't be denied. Bret was also a massive tool at time, who took himself so serious that it harmed others. So lets not pretend that this was some white hat vs black hat john wayne movie. There is nuance to every conflict. Also: Bret Hart could get anyone over...unless it was in Canada...then nobody gets over but Bret! lol.

  • @jwpdsrp693
    @jwpdsrp693 5 років тому +5

    60s - Bruno
    70s - Race
    80s - Flair
    90s - HBK
    00s - Angle
    10s - Styles

    • @CollegeBallYouknow
      @CollegeBallYouknow 5 років тому +2

      Great list but I’d put Bret over Shawn for the 90’s or at the very least on par.

    • @MTRZ97
      @MTRZ97 4 роки тому

      Ridley Shawn vs Bret is easily the most difficult of the bunch. If anything, it depends on how you like your wrestling

    • @george9822
      @george9822 4 роки тому

      You are either a Bret Hart fan or a Shawn Michaels fan. You can’t be both equally.

  • @somerandomguy3011
    @somerandomguy3011 2 роки тому +2

    It’s crazy listening to this in 2021 cause I wonder how they feel about these people right now.

  • @YoungGrizzly82
    @YoungGrizzly82 5 років тому +14

    80s: Flair/Savage/Steamboat
    90s: Bret/HBK
    00s: Benoit/Angle/Jericho

  • @gras1hoppa420
    @gras1hoppa420 2 роки тому +2

    I Love how Cornette puts over Jerry Lawler!!! 80s were so Awesome.. Dusty, Flair, Hogan, Mach Man, just awesome all around...

  • @tankwfw
    @tankwfw 3 роки тому +3

    Really surprised Jim didn't even consider Bobby Eaton for the 80's

  • @thedoncrazephaze5375
    @thedoncrazephaze5375 7 років тому +7

    Bobby Eaton deserves 2b in the conversation for the 80s...very well respected...a lot of his peers would agree he's one of the best workers of all time, man if he only could have worked the mic!!!...so many good workers to choose from - famous, obscure, or in - between.

    • @dannyolsen5543
      @dannyolsen5543 3 роки тому +2

      He was the best

    • @slabbusterrtr7690
      @slabbusterrtr7690 2 роки тому +1

      I agree Bobby Eaton nobody uve ever seen has got a bad word to say about Bobby Eaton

  • @TheRomundus
    @TheRomundus 5 років тому +9

    In the 70s it was Nick Bockwinkel, hands down.

    • @pumpkinsdontcry
      @pumpkinsdontcry 5 років тому

      Harley Race: Am I a joke to you?

    • @DixiePokerAce
      @DixiePokerAce 4 роки тому

      Bockwinkel is definitely towards the top. He could make anyone look great and he did it for a long time.

  • @southstar6208
    @southstar6208 4 роки тому +2

    1980's: Barry Windham @ 240-260 fighting weight, beautiful worker.

  • @fmthebaron
    @fmthebaron 7 років тому +22

    70's Harley Race, 80's Ric Flair, 90's and 00's Shawn Michaels, 2010's AJ Styles.

  • @BrittneyStarling
    @BrittneyStarling 4 роки тому +4

    I think Bret was premier worker of the 90s imo

  • @BEARDEDGOAT
    @BEARDEDGOAT 7 років тому +67

    70s: Harley Race
    80s: Ric Flair
    90s: Bret Hart
    00s: Kurt Angle
    10s: AJ Styles

    • @Tur1883
      @Tur1883 5 років тому +1

      MMA THROWDOWN fuck AJ Styles. Boring & overrated zzzz

    • @RealFuckingReviews
      @RealFuckingReviews 5 років тому +1

      I would say funk over race, but other than that, this is pretty much my list.

    • @sinceremaverick7081
      @sinceremaverick7081 5 років тому +5

      No way Flair was better than Randy Savage or Rick Steamboat as far as in ring performance. Ric Flair is the Pete Rose of Wrestling # Legend

    • @tommyhallum2015
      @tommyhallum2015 5 років тому

      I don't necessarily agree with that but that's damn hard to argue with.

    • @henrylansky4177
      @henrylansky4177 5 років тому +2

      70s Bruno
      80s Hulk Hogan
      90s Bret Hart- Austin-
      00s- Rock
      10s-Brock

  • @melmaciandissenter2324
    @melmaciandissenter2324 4 роки тому +3

    80's : Koko B. Ware & TugBoat
    90's : Doink the Clown & the Genius Lanny Poffo !

  • @chrischar9428
    @chrischar9428 3 роки тому +1

    DiBiase in 80s was gold

  • @bizil100
    @bizil100 5 років тому +5

    For me, I'm going with the guys who had the best blends of technical ability and main event box office credibility in the US. I'm going to try to keep guys in one era for most of these. But of course many of these guys were great for a long ass time of course and crossed over into other decades. Some great guys like a Windham, Steamboat, are going to miss out by a bit for my criteria for box office reasons in the US.
    70's - Bockwinkel Silver: Terry Funk Bronze: Harley Race
    80's - Flair Silver: Macho Man Bronze: Dibiase
    90's - Bret Silver: HBK Bronze: Flair
    2000's- HBK Silver: Angle Bronze: Eddie
    2010s AJ Silver: Daniel Bryan Bronze: CM Punk

  • @OldSchoolRasslin
    @OldSchoolRasslin 7 років тому +48

    Nick Bockwinkel was the best worker of the 70s.

    • @gahlblah5649
      @gahlblah5649 7 років тому +1

      I'd say a tie between him, the briscoes, and the funk brothers.

    • @blacquesjacques7239
      @blacquesjacques7239 7 років тому +2

      Chavo Guerrero ? The Spoiler ? The Masked Superstar ? Scott Irwin ?

    • @chuckcape7248
      @chuckcape7248 7 років тому +1

      Bill Eadie, AKA The Masked Superstar, Bolo Mongol and Ax of Demolition was one the best ever.

    • @douglaspatrick868
      @douglaspatrick868 6 років тому +1

      These are all great shouts goes to show how fantastic being a wrestling fan then must have been. I love watching that old stuff. Dick Murdoch and Killer Karl Kox were great workers too, and what about Archie Gouldie? I haven't got to see as much of him as I would like but I love his stuff, such a believable and mega over heel in Stampede and the Tennessee territories, though I gues he had some 80's runs too that were memorable, and Jim used him as an old guy in SMW. Nick was as good as anybody, and for me personally he's in a tie as my favorite talker of the era with Harley, Ernie Ladd, and Ron Wright, who is another guy I'd love to see more of.

    • @johngallagher72
      @johngallagher72 5 років тому

      He'd be on a short list with Race Jack Brisco and the Funks

  • @beauclark1650
    @beauclark1650 4 роки тому +4

    I like how Dustin was considered his peak self 6-7 years ago
    Look at him now

  • @azapro911
    @azapro911 6 років тому +10

    '80s: Flair. '90s: Michaels. '00s: Angle. '10s: Oooohhhh, let's have a best-of-five series between AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan to settle it once and for all.

  • @paulk6399
    @paulk6399 4 роки тому +1

    Dolph Ziggler's ring psychology 😂😂😂

  • @adamirishconundrum851
    @adamirishconundrum851 2 роки тому +1

    80's Brooklyn Brawler
    90's Barry Horowitz
    00's Lenny Lane.

  • @leescammell9988
    @leescammell9988 5 років тому +3

    Race 70s, Steamboat 80s, Austin 90s, Benoit 00s
    Austin in WCW was UNBELIEVABLE but even beaten up, bigger and slower he went move for move with Michaels and Hart in 96/97

  • @graydomn
    @graydomn Рік тому +1

    Nick Bockwinkle, Vern Gagne, and Billy Robinson.

  • @Schmuddel
    @Schmuddel 7 років тому +12

    Like Jim said, you can't really pick between the best chicken and the best beef. Like, the Undertaker wasn't really mentioned here because he wasn't good in one decade, he's been good in three, so which one do you pick?

    • @vinayseth1114
      @vinayseth1114 7 років тому +2

      On a side note though, what would you say about someone like Chris Jericho? I mean he did have some good moves in the ring. Is he one of the 'chickens' to you or one of the 'beefs'?

    • @Makron5
      @Makron5 6 років тому +3

      Undertaker is weird isn't he? He wasn't great at promos, he wasn't great at mat work, but he's some how over because of aura and the entrance.

    • @fightsports66
      @fightsports66 3 роки тому

      @@Makron5 It's like what somebody said about Arn Anderson. He is not great at anything but he is pretty good at everything.

  • @jroberts2nd
    @jroberts2nd 4 роки тому +8

    Best worker of the 80s and the early 90s: Jumbo Tsuruta. No question. His work in All Japan was off the charts and he didn’t just keep up with the times, he innovated and made others better. Best worker in the rest of the 90s was Mitsuharu Misawa, but even he couldn’t get people over like Jumbo.

    • @dawson6196
      @dawson6196 3 роки тому +2

      Jumbo over Ric Flair?
      Misawa over hbk?

    • @quik1515
      @quik1515 2 роки тому

      Are you high?

    • @mr.mr.4772
      @mr.mr.4772 2 роки тому +1

      No one watched All Japan in the 80’s and 90’s.

    • @arthurdaffos1490
      @arthurdaffos1490 Рік тому

      ​@@mr.mr.4772 ajpw was really Big in the 80's the downfall started in the 90's but they still had great talents, like Misawa, Kobashi, Kawada, Hansen who could still go, dr death, they had some great matches but suffered the departure of a lot of great talents that really hurt them. But when you watch the Misawa matches from the mid 90's where He was at his prime, it was incredible, and Kobashi with his physique and charisma and body language could have been a star in the US if he could cut promos in english.

    • @mr.mr.4772
      @mr.mr.4772 Рік тому

      @@arthurdaffos1490 they were big in Japan. Unless you were able to get tapes of those matches, no one ever seen them. I’ve been watching wrestling since the late seventies.

  • @js09js09
    @js09js09 4 роки тому +2

    I prefer Bret's matches more than Shawn's. They looked more realistic and credible. Shawn definitely had more athleticism and high-flying moves, but some of this looked more like acrobatics than wrestling.

  • @phustravel2239
    @phustravel2239 7 років тому +2

    I love Jim Cornette. He and I really agree on so many things.

  • @schmoeschlomo6972
    @schmoeschlomo6972 3 роки тому +1

    Dynamite Kid was top dog at least till the mid 80's

  • @ARNRF67
    @ARNRF67 2 роки тому +1

    When you're talking about the best workers of the 90's, you have to mention The Shockmaster.

  • @hardrightturn7502
    @hardrightturn7502 4 роки тому +1

    Jerry Brisco
    Dory Funk
    Terry Funk
    Harley Race
    Dusty Rhodes
    Here's the 70's name you forgot Jim, Superstar Billy Graham

  • @johnjarnac6507
    @johnjarnac6507 2 роки тому +2

    Another underated wrestler and he's probably one of the best hi flyers and moves very well in the ring the whole f'n show Rob Van Dam !!! Bad ass

  • @ricosalvaje5802
    @ricosalvaje5802 5 років тому +6

    The best of the
    80's - Ric Flair
    90's Bret Hart
    00's Shawn Michaels
    10's A.J Styles

    • @RheemQ
      @RheemQ 4 роки тому

      You obviously didn't watch the 2000's if you think Michaels is over Angle or Benoit

    • @ricosalvaje5802
      @ricosalvaje5802 4 роки тому

      @@RheemQ Angle is awesome but so many of his matches turn into ankle lock fests where it's ankle lock - reversal - ankle lock reversal etc, etc. Benoit is great but didnt have many big matches after his world title loss in 04 .he died in 07 so it's hard to say he's better than a guy who had more time in the ring.

    • @RheemQ
      @RheemQ 4 роки тому

      @@ricosalvaje5802 and what was Michaels he just had great matches with the best performer of the time Jericho Angle Benoit. Angle always consistently had the best matches of the 2000's people overrate Michaels he does one big move in his matches and they act like its all him name me anything he did besides that move over the top rope onto Angle at 21 that was stand out what did he do that great at 20 in the triple threat aside from the moonsault onto HHH and Benoit the match was pretty much carried by Benoit

    • @dawson6196
      @dawson6196 3 роки тому

      @@RheemQ Have you even seen any hbk match or you just speaking from your ass?

    • @RheemQ
      @RheemQ 3 роки тому

      @@dawson6196 I watched his matches and I stand by what I said. What's the big deal? He does one big move off the top rope and everybody thinks all his matches are five stars. I mean people call his match against Flair and Vince at Mania 22 and 24 five stars even though both aren't even that good. But I'm crazy just because I don't think he's as good as people say he is. I mean I'm not gonna say he's never put on any classics. I mean his matches against Taker, Angle, Jericho, and the triple threat at Mania.

  • @TheEnzyme94
    @TheEnzyme94 5 років тому +12

    Who ever this Lady is she knows her stuff and makes some great observations. She should be a comentator for the NWA or MLW OR even AEW!

    • @GangstaSparkleFairy
      @GangstaSparkleFairy 4 роки тому +8

      @@chainsoar Most wrestling fans are intimidated by women...neckbeards fear that which they do not understand.

    • @adamirishconundrum851
      @adamirishconundrum851 Рік тому

      Alice Radley is smart and beautiful.

  • @shizzle5150
    @shizzle5150 4 роки тому +3

    I think it's kinda sad that Ted Debiase always gets overlooked in these conversations. I can't recall seeing him in a bad match. The dude never made it to superstar status but was easily one of the best heels ever. I don't think I have ever seen heat like the basketball skit... I mean you could just feel that every respectable person there wanted to kill the man!
    Any rate, one of the best technical guys there ever was in the ring and he made for some of the best rivalries.
    To this day I still think it's a shame he never ended up in the 4 horsemen. Would have fit like a glove!

    • @mr.mr.4772
      @mr.mr.4772 2 роки тому

      Vince killed his career.

  • @mr.triplecrown9911
    @mr.triplecrown9911 2 роки тому

    50's - Lou Thesz
    60's - Gene Kiniski
    70's - Billy Robinson
    80's - Dynamite Kid
    90's - Mitsuharu Misawa
    00's - Kurt Angle

  • @henrylansky4177
    @henrylansky4177 5 років тому +2

    70s Bruno
    80s Hulk Hogan
    90s Bret Hart- Austin-
    00s- Rock
    10s-Brock

  • @josephbuono5487
    @josephbuono5487 5 років тому +4

    Dustin Runnels ( Goldust ) and Scott Hall ... Both of these guys shouldve had lengthy world title runs. They had the size. The talent. They were over. Missed opportunities

  • @mthom0861
    @mthom0861 7 років тому +1

    Curt Henning; Nick Bockwinkel, Harley Race, Lou Thesz, Rick Rude, Pat Patterson; Ricky Steamboat just off the top of my head.

    • @bdr113080
      @bdr113080 7 років тому

      You and I have almost the list but I add Scott Hall to mine. Curt Henning was just as good in the ring as Bret and Shawn.

  • @theferryman4916
    @theferryman4916 5 років тому +23

    90s: Bret Hart is ten times the worker HBK ever was....

    • @TheeCoachg
      @TheeCoachg 5 років тому

      What also made Bret a better worker to me was that he made guys. Stone Cold,Shawn,Diesel,Yoko, even Taker to a degree. Shawn had great matches but he only ever made himself or his friends truly shine.

    • @Hugh_Morris
      @Hugh_Morris 5 років тому

      Most would disagree with you

    • @theferryman4916
      @theferryman4916 5 років тому +2

      @@Hugh_Morris Most people are idiots, so...

    • @JonBap42680
      @JonBap42680 5 років тому

      Ten times I don't know. I just think Bret had a different mindset than Shawn to actually work. When Shawn returned in 2002, he was easily one of the best workers.

    • @tigersaint07
      @tigersaint07 5 років тому

      Wooooooo!!!!!!!

  • @obersveyourmind
    @obersveyourmind 4 роки тому +3

    In 2000s : Kurt Angle. I'll put Benoît there too! Kurt is probably the most complete wrestler in my eyes. Perfect in the ring. Perfect on the mic. Charismatic as hell. He knew how to entertain and at the same time he was a believable athlete that could be a threat to anyone in that damn ring.
    2010s : Aj Styles. Okada. Daniel Bryan! Brock Lesnar! Those 4 gentlemen are up right there. Tahanashi and Chris Jericho are not far from the top list too.

  • @mikemurphy3820
    @mikemurphy3820 7 років тому +1

    60s: Bruno Sammartino
    70s: Tiger Mask
    80s: Ric Flair
    90s: HBK
    2000s: CM Punk

  • @Winnie122459
    @Winnie122459 2 роки тому +1

    Don't forget the Indianapolis territory and the AWA territory also

  • @Jazzman2476
    @Jazzman2476 7 років тому +2

    The 2000s could include Chris Daniels, Benoit, Angle, Styles, Cena, Taker

  • @dbrownjr.1410
    @dbrownjr.1410 7 років тому +1

    when it comes to heels, Dick Slater, Kevin Sullivan, Buzz Sawyer

  • @sjames4738
    @sjames4738 7 років тому +48

    1970s - Nick Bockwinkel
    1980s - Ric Flair
    1990s - HBK
    2000s - Angle / Guerrero
    2010s - AJ Styles

    • @pikkon899
      @pikkon899 6 років тому +7

      The 2000's was a toss up between Benoit and Angle. Guerrero had more personalty but his best work was in WCW before he gained all that muscle and before the 2000's. Benoit and Angle were more intense, more believable, more technical and more physical. They worked like Wrestlers. When Guerrero got bigger, he was slower & less athletic. Still good but it didn't compare to his WCW/Mexico work. Angle and Benoit for the 2000's.

    • @aarnault5297
      @aarnault5297 6 років тому +2

      I think you can throw in Daniel Bryan/Brian Danyelson in the mix for either the 2000s or 2010s.

    • @joselopez2117
      @joselopez2117 6 років тому +1

      Scott James styles or okada but a damn fine list

    • @junegiovanni6475
      @junegiovanni6475 6 років тому +1

      I think Bruno Sammertino was the best of the 1960s.

    • @Blazin_Tundra
      @Blazin_Tundra 6 років тому

      Scott James hornswaggle is absolutely the most talented ring performer

  • @thedoncrazephaze5375
    @thedoncrazephaze5375 7 років тому +5

    as every1 knows...this is subjective, no way near objective. even when regarding the best worker, never cut & dry.
    w/that said, my favorite "worker" of all time is...Nick Bockwinkel...technical, sound, never boring, he learned how2 wrestle from his Dad, had fellow great workers like Ray Stevens at his side, & when they feuded it was classic - not2 mention, arguably, he is the most underrated pro wrestling world champion of all time..my completely subjective opinion, of course, yet 100% correct dammit!!!

  • @CounterCultureCantCount
    @CounterCultureCantCount 4 роки тому +2

    70s : Harley Race
    80s : Jumbo Tsuruta
    90s : Mitsuharu Misawa
    2000s :
    Naomichi Marufuji
    2010s : AJ Styles

  • @owenkelly9793
    @owenkelly9793 6 років тому +2

    I think one person who I don't think has gotten the credit he deserved not only for in ring ability but also making some of the biggest names the in ring performers they were was Billy Robinson in the AWA. When Verne Gange was credited as being the one who made the who's who of Pro Wrestling in the 70's Flair and CO, actually it was Billy who made them the wrestlers in the ring that they turned out to be. In my opinion Billy is one of the best of all time.

  • @dinozerilli5104
    @dinozerilli5104 6 років тому +16

    70s Dusty
    80s Flair
    90s THE YETAY!!!

    • @littlehobo261
      @littlehobo261 5 років тому

      Flair best of the 80's? You obviously didn't see much did you

    • @hardluckwoman3448
      @hardluckwoman3448 5 років тому

      Heck yes he and the dungeon of doom were the best

    • @Rocker5593
      @Rocker5593 5 років тому

      for the 90s U mean Tatanka?? lol

    • @Kfowlkes09
      @Kfowlkes09 5 років тому

      Dusty the best of the 70's? lmao

    • @bigfightfan6658
      @bigfightfan6658 5 років тому

      70s - Jumpin Jeff Farmer
      80s - Virgil
      90s - Shockmaster
      00s - David Arquette

  • @85futureshock
    @85futureshock 7 років тому +11

    50's: Thesz, Gagne,
    60's: Stevens
    70's: Bockwinkel, Funk Brothers, Brisco, Slater, Bob Orton Jr, Race.
    80's: Flair (#1), Lawler, Savage, Dynamite Kid, Steamboat, Jumbo Tsuruta, Fujinami, Hansen, Dibiase, Windham, Toyota.
    90's: Bret, HBK, Misawa, Kobashi, Mysterio, Guerrero, Benoit, Liger, Williams, Owen, Foley.
    2000's: Daniels, Joe, Punk, Danielson, Styles, Angle, Michaels.
    2010's: Styles, Okada, Omega, Cena (in big matches), Tanahashi (like Cena).

    • @peterora3190
      @peterora3190 5 років тому

      Would you put koloff in the 70's?

  • @littlehobo261
    @littlehobo261 5 років тому +1

    I'd say Dynamite Kid for the 80's for sure

    • @doug.navarone2037
      @doug.navarone2037 5 років тому +1

      Got injured too early, but from 80-84? Absolutely

  • @hardluckwoman3448
    @hardluckwoman3448 5 років тому +1

    I forgot Erik Watts was the greatest 90s wrestler along with David Flair lol.

  • @athousandpins
    @athousandpins 7 років тому +3

    Goldust and Piper's street fight match was anything but silly. Those were some stiff punches. Also, why no mention of Stone Cold? Austin is highly respected across the board and was an incredible worker.

    • @ricosalvaje8131
      @ricosalvaje8131 6 років тому +1

      Kilokahn austins run was 97-02 so its tricky to put him over some other guys. I would put austin top 10 in the 90s though. Bret,hbk,flair,mick foley,undertaker,austin,owen,x pac,eddie,benoit and vader would be my picks.

  • @num1shinfan
    @num1shinfan 4 роки тому +2

    Why does he have to apologize for Jerry Lawler? I didn't realize Jerry had that kind of heat. I always thought he was good

  • @BSE1320
    @BSE1320 6 років тому +1

    60s - Ray Stevens
    70s - Ricky Steamboat
    80s - Ric Flair
    90s - Bret Hart
    00s - Chris Benoit
    10s - Dolph Ziggler

  • @Winston0Boogie
    @Winston0Boogie 6 років тому +2

    70s Nick Bockwinkel
    80s Mr. Perfect
    90s Bret Hart
    00s Benoit/Angle/Jericho
    10s Daniel Bryan
    For me

  • @howardgriffen7187
    @howardgriffen7187 5 років тому +4

    I can't believe he didn't mention *Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, & Mick "Cactus Jack/Mankind/Dude Love" Foley!* Definitely, *Benoit, Dean Malenko, & "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair,* as mentioned. But, you can't talk "great workers" without Austin, Foley, & Johnson. Oh, and Randy "Macho Man" Savage! Sorry, two more: *"The Enforcer" Arn Anderson & Barry Windham.*

  • @qgill778
    @qgill778 3 роки тому +1

    Never was too hot on Goldust but Dustin Rhodes definitely should’ve got more shine and a couple title runs always loved watching him work in the ring.

  • @bagser1
    @bagser1 7 років тому +17

    I haven't watched a whole lot of 60s and 70s stuff so I can't speak on that. But for me:
    1980s: Randy Savage
    1990s: Bret Hart
    2000s: Kurt Angle
    This decade: AJ Styles
    By no means a comprehensive list and I could well be wrong about a few or all of them. I'm just basing it on the stuff I've watched and the guys that really impressed me over the years

  • @soulserrated
    @soulserrated 2 роки тому

    She asks Jim his thoughts and then proceeds to "If I may" more than he does lol.

  • @fellovr
    @fellovr 7 років тому +8

    Glad he mentioned Jerry Lawler in the 70's--no doubt.

  • @tyclone32
    @tyclone32 4 роки тому +2

    Technically nobody comes close to Bret Hart & Chris Benoit. That being said this really isn't based on skill.

    • @dannyolsen5543
      @dannyolsen5543 3 роки тому +1

      Bobby Eaton, Dynmite kid, Curt Henning and Kurt Angle

  • @t.adamcollins2162
    @t.adamcollins2162 6 років тому +1

    1980s: Lioness Asuka
    1990s: Bull Nakano
    2000s: LuFisto
    2010s: Kana / Asuka

    • @kbuselmeier69
      @kbuselmeier69 5 років тому

      Great list!!!!! But I’d have to put lo up over Kana/Asuka. I think she is one of the three best of all-time with Bull and Manami Toyota. Happy to see someone admire real talent.

    • @axeman6598
      @axeman6598 5 років тому

      I ' m in love with Asuka

  • @iago1616
    @iago1616 4 роки тому

    Bobby Eaton and Barry Windham. Heard they had a spectacular match before a show while wrestling on their knees.

  • @jamesweikel2594
    @jamesweikel2594 2 роки тому +1

    For each decade are we going all the way back or only what him considers

  • @patrickray5692
    @patrickray5692 6 років тому +1

    1970's Harley race.
    1980's Dusty Rhodes.
    1990's undertaker.
    00's y2j.
    2010's aj styles

  • @PatkaBoy831
    @PatkaBoy831 7 років тому +6

    In the 2000s.. a name that never comes up is Jun Akiyama. Be it singles, tag team or trios matches. He added to, and carried, pointless tags and trios.

  • @Sweeptheleg83
    @Sweeptheleg83 5 років тому +2

    2000s is definitely kurt angle. In his prime he was awesome. But I agree with the rest of Jim's picks.

  • @Hatemoth
    @Hatemoth 6 років тому +1

    Randy Savage best of the 80s & 90s

  • @navdan73
    @navdan73 5 років тому

    I got to go with Wahoo McDaniels as an addition to the list for 70's and early 80's. Ricky Morton was a great worker. Ooof. There is so many that could tote the mail.

  • @maxfrost5016
    @maxfrost5016 7 років тому +3

    Has Ziggler ever been in a great, and I mean great match?

  • @USHARDY
    @USHARDY 7 років тому +12

    Who's the computer lady talking to him?

    • @retronerdlife4292
      @retronerdlife4292 7 років тому +3

      Alice Radley. She was his old co host before she went postal on the wrestling fans, and quit.

    • @joselopez2117
      @joselopez2117 6 років тому +1

      RetroNerdLife if i recall she quit because cornette made some islamphobic comments

    • @europeanamerican379
      @europeanamerican379 6 років тому +3

      Some anti white jew who never deserved the job

  • @dustinmyers3257
    @dustinmyers3257 7 років тому +2

    Bobby Eaton was incredible in the 80's and so was dynamite kid. Dynamite even though he was obviously a lying prick he was still such an amazing worker in the 80's. Just watch his matches with tiger mask in Japan and his matches in Canada and even his work with the bulldogs

    • @dannyolsen5543
      @dannyolsen5543 3 роки тому

      Bobby and Dynamtie 2 of the top 4/5 ever in my book

  • @redneck400m3
    @redneck400m3 5 років тому +1

    Austin should of atleast been in this discussion. Before his neck injury he was a damn good technician and he showed his versatility when he became a brawler. I doubt bret hart could have made a transition like that. Not to mention austin could talk circles around anyone.

  • @adamdavis2760
    @adamdavis2760 7 років тому +10

    Any list that doesn't include Barry Windham and Ricky Steamboat or incomplete.

    • @paulbledsoe3392
      @paulbledsoe3392 7 років тому +2

      Windham was. He was the greatest to never hold a legit world title!!

    • @blacquesjacques7239
      @blacquesjacques7239 7 років тому +3

      Or Terry Gordy

    • @blacquesjacques7239
      @blacquesjacques7239 7 років тому +1

      +Paul Bledsoe Barry didn't want it bad enough . He was like Terry Gordy ; a savant . It came too easily to him . Unlike Gordy , I don't believe he really loved the business . It was a job not a passion .

    • @barakbalestrery4138
      @barakbalestrery4138 5 років тому

      @@blacquesjacques7239 I heard the same about Barry Windham. I also heard he would get made and refused to lose to certain people, even when it was by cheating. So they were afraid to give him the title. He was essentially his own worst enemy.

  • @Exodus-sb8so
    @Exodus-sb8so 4 роки тому

    That beautiful fast drive slam.

  • @harrygreb3457
    @harrygreb3457 7 років тому +1

    Dynamite kid is the best worker of the 80s

  • @gregdrawson8193
    @gregdrawson8193 2 роки тому

    I think Nick Bockwinkel in the 70s deserves a mention

  • @sketchstevens5859
    @sketchstevens5859 5 років тому +3

    Hogan. He actually managed to do the same song and dance for 20 plus years but still get paid

  • @warrenward6294
    @warrenward6294 6 років тому +1

    I put to you that as far as in ring work goes, curt Henning was the best worker of the 90s

  • @Exodus-sb8so
    @Exodus-sb8so 4 роки тому

    Randy and Dustin know where they are in that ring blindfolded.

  • @KiloMafia9
    @KiloMafia9 5 років тому +1

    Ranking ppl in decades is stupid. What about from 1995-2005??? That’s 10 years right there.. that would be Austin. But Austin wouldn’t be it for strictly 90s or 00s

  • @feartheblazer
    @feartheblazer 6 років тому +1

    I agree, Ziggler is a beast in the ring

  • @JoshToksPop85
    @JoshToksPop85 4 роки тому

    Dont know much about the host, but she said how Orton reminds her of Golddust. Thats exactly who Orton reminded of me when i first saw him in 09 when i returned to wrestling from a break from 02.