The Bret Hart scale...Let's rate random wrestlers.

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Virgil
Wrestling Superstar​

Physical Appearance / Look / Character - 4/10. He could look rather menacing standing behind Ted Dibiase, grinding his paws to the bone with a snarl...but behind it all, you knew he was a weakling.
Ability to Talk/Sell Yourself - 0/10. Virgil could talk?
In-Ring Work - 2/10. All I know is he could take bumps as The Million Dollar Man's designated bump taker.

TOTAL - 6/30

 

[SHOGUN]

Gedo​

Physical Appearance / Look / Character - 7/10. Tough guy heel. Nothing special, but I buy it and the missing tooth adds to it.

Ability to Talk/Sell Yourself - 5/10. Broken engrish with loads of expletives throughout. I find it hilarious and compliments his tough guy persona.

In-Ring Work - 7/10. Doesn't have the flashiest moveset. He's more of a brawler and works good matches.

Total - 19/30

 

[SHOGUN]

Abyss​

Physical Appearance / Look / Character - 5/10. Has the monster look down, but loses points for looking really similar to the old Mankind.

Ability to Talk/Sell Yourself - 4/10. When he's not given shit to work with, he can do pretty good.

In-Ring Work - 3/10. He's fallen off here. All he's good for now is looking scary and harming himself through stupid spots.

Total - 12/30

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Gedo​

Physical Appearance / Look / Character - 7/10. Tough guy heel. Nothing special, but I buy it and the missing tooth adds to it.

Ability to Talk/Sell Yourself - 5/10. Broken engrish with loads of expletives throughout. I find it hilarious and compliments his tough guy persona.

In-Ring Work - 7/10. Doesn't have the flashiest moveset. He's more of a brawler and works good matches.

Total - 19/30

His broken english profanity laced rants are indeed fantastic.

'Fuck-a you refareeeee. One two three mothafocka!'

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Mr. Kennedy / Anderson


























Kenn-uh-daaaaayyyyy / Aaaaaan-derrrrrr-sooooooooon.​

Physical Appearance / Look / Character - 4/10. Not in shape. Horrible tattoos.
Ability to Talk/Sell Yourself - 7/10. He's pretty good, but he comes off like a dollar store obnoxious Rock all of the time. No change...ever.
In-Ring Work - 4/10. I've seen maybe 3 matches by Ken Anderson that I enjoyed, and they were all with Kurt Angle. Sloppy and injures fools.

TOTAL - 15/30

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Sting
A Man Called...​

Physical Appearance / Look / Character - 9/10. When he was younger, was the definition of what you wanted your top guys to look like. Great body, great look. Docked a point simply because in later incarnations took dated pop culture references and ran with them (mainly the Crow gimmick) for fuckin 15 years.
Ability to Talk/Sell Yourself - 7/10. When he was young, had a great ability to sell himself as that young, confident, hot shot babyface. Then he barely spoke for a decade. Now, he's a dated version of the Joker. I guess I'll just grade him on the early stuff.
In-Ring Work - 6.5/10. When he was in the ring with better overall workers, he really could compliment them and put on classic matches. Worked really well with Ric Flair (who couldn't?) and Vader, but also had some real gems with Barry Windham, The Great Muta, Mick Foley had some strong tag matches and was a stud in the War Games environment. The late 80's and early 90's, Sting was a really really strong performer in-ring. After...not so much...if I were to grade him at his peak I'd give him a strong 7. I'll dock him for his later work, but it was tough to put on a good match in the main event nWo era WCW, to be fair.

TOTAL - 22.5/30

 

[EmpireWF]

Sting
The Crow (Specifically Late '96-End of '97​

Physical Appearance / Look / Character - 9/10. Here, Sting had one of the best storylines in WCW history and definitely the best slow build ones. Being accused by everyone (including best friend Luger and the Steiners) of turning to the nWo, he never was going to. So he said screw all of you and became the loner. He did not talk for a year beyond "Hogan" or stuff like that. He had a great look with the black/white gimmick after years of the surfer style. The big trenchcoat and the bat added to the shtick.
Ability to Talk/Sell Yourself - 8/10. He rarely talked but damn did he get himself over even more because of it.
In-Ring Work - 6/10. Sting only wrestled once on TV during this span and it left something to be desired. Not his fault was the fucked up finish because Nick Patrick did a regular count instead of a fast one so in the end, it looked like Hogan was getting screwed when Bret restarted the match and Sting won. Plus, most of that match was Hogan kicking his ass. :smh:

TOTAL - 23/30

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Brian Pillman
The Loose Cannon​

Physical Appearance / Look / Character - 6/10. Small, but ripped to shreds. Had a good look for the lightweights...had a really good heel look for his later main event and faction runs. Looked like a guy you wanted to beat the shit out of. Had this smile you wanted to slap right off his face.
Ability to Talk/Sell Yourself - 9.5/10. Had the entire industry fooled for a long time in regards to his loose cannon gimmick. Was a great heel promo. You'd want to kill him if you heard him speak. All this despite a raspy voice from a throat issue he had as a kid. Gave him a .5 deduction simply because I just don't see him on a Flair/Jericho level on the mic.
In-Ring Work - 8/10 (pre-injury). One of the best lightweights in a pre-Nitro era in America. Had classic all-time great matches with Jushin Liger. Took Lex Luger to some good matches late in the 80's. Good tag worker with Tom Zenk and Steve Austin. The last really good match I remember seeing him in was against Marc Mero of all people at a Fall Brawl in the mid-90's. Not going to recognize his work in-ring post injury...you just have to dismiss that.

TOTAL - 23.5/30

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Big Van Vader​

Physical Appearance / Look / Character - 9/10. Are you fucking kidding me, its Vader. Big, mean, intimidating. Ridiculous, yet scarey aisle attire and a timeless mask.
Ability to Talk/Sell Yourself - 6/10. Not really a talker, but sold himself as a big man beast.
In-Ring Work - 8/10. Like I said with the Undertaker, I'll max out a big man at an 8. So, Vader gets an 8. In Japan, he was a monster in-ring. His first run in the 'States was really strong. His work later on was rather shit. Probably the best big man in-ring ever.

TOTAL - 23/30

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

We need the Vader smiley back..

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

"The Crippler" Chris Benoit

Physical Appearance / Look / Character - 6/10 Gritty lookin dude that looked good for a lightweight. Intense character throughout his career.

Ability to Talk/Sell Yourself - 6/10 Not very good on the sticks but was over due to his style in the ring.

In-Ring Work - 10/10 Because he got a low score in other areas I HAD to give Benoit the 10 here, one of the best workers ive ever seen.

Total - 22/30

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[EmpireWF]

Bam Bam Bigelow​

Physical Appearance / Look / Character - 9/10. The man was dressed in fire and had flames tattooed on his fucking skull. Even when he was a young babyface, he looked like a guy you did not want to mess with.
Ability to Talk/Sell Yourself - 5/10. I don't remember any real productive promos from the guy outside of maybe the stuff with LT :smug:
In-Ring Work - 7/10. Damn, for a big guy he could do some amazing things. Beyond the big guy moveset, he could also have a damn good technical match all things considered. And after all, he got a decent match out of Lawrence Taylor~!

TOTAL - 21/30

 

[Acesuper]

Dean Malenko
"Man of a Thousand Holds"​

Physical Appearance / Look / Character - 6. For his angle, weight class and build, Dean Malenko looked the part of a focused technician. Did not look like a rock but looked fit enough for how he approached wrestling. Technical, versatile and fluid.

Ability to Talk/Sell Yourself - 5. His mic skills were lackluster at best. However, if someone were to ask me to name some of the top technical wrestlers in wrestling history, I would definitely include Dean Malenko in that list. He sold me on his wrestling.

In-Ring Work - 7. I believe his in ring work was a thing of art. He was fast enough to be elusive, strong enough to flip around the likes of Rey Mysterio and smart enough to execute the small things like drop kicks and suplexes. Not flashy, but hardly ever dull. His matches with Rey Mysterio and Chris Jericho at the start of the WCW/NWO vs. WWF I feel was Dean Malenko in his prime.

18

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

Only a 7 in the ring for Dean, Ace? I cant agree with that.

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

Mick Foley

Physical Appearance / Look / Character - 8/10 Despite being a fat, out of shape slob, he had a unique look that fit well with any character he was performing as.

Ability to Talk/Sell Yourself - 7/10 Pretty good on the sticks and was able to get over well with any character due to the big hardcore spots and especially as the sympathetic style Mankind that was over big time when he won the belt.

In-Ring Work - 6/10 Lets be honest, without the high risk stunts this guy doesnt really make it as a top guy. Despite being a slob he wasnt bad by any means, but nothing pretty here.

Total - 21/30

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[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

"The Crippler" Chris Benoit

Physical Appearance / Look / Character - 6/10 Gritty lookin dude that looked good for a lightweight. Intense character throughout his career.

Ability to Talk/Sell Yourself - 6/10 Not very good on the sticks but was over due to his style in the ring.

In-Ring Work - 10/10 Because he got a low score in other areas I HAD to give Benoit the 10 here, one of the best workers ive ever seen.

Total - 22/30

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Chris Benoit, for me...

Appearance - 6/10. His appearance actually holds up post-killing his family and might be boosted because of it.

Ability to sell yourself - 4/10. He couldn't, really.

In-Ring Work - 10/10. One of the best.

Overall 20/30.

One of those guys that is kind of bland, doesn't have a great look overall, but could really go in the ring. Would rate higher overall if I could give bonus points for in-ring ability.

 

[EmpireWF]

In-Ring Work - 5/10 Lets be honest, without the high risk stunts this guy doesnt really make it as a top guy. Despite being a slob he wasnt bad by any means, but nothing pretty here.

I wouldn't agree there. He made it as a top guy because he could talk, regardless of his in-ring work.

Past that, he was a pretty good worker when you look at the fact that he wasn't the best athlete by any means. He had some great matches with Michaels, Undertaker (not the HIAC) and HHH without any highrisk stunt (unless you consider thumbtacks).

Didn't see enough of his ECW stuff (past the tags with Mikey) or WCW beyond the Nasty Boys feud.

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

Im not sure Foley is able to get over the way he did early in his career without being a stunt monkey.. and carrying that on throughout his career. Im probably being a little harsh in my sentiments but that is my opinion.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Mick Foley had some strong work as Cactus Jack in WCW before he was known as a "spot monkey"...strong work with Sting, Vader, etc.

Watch his match v. Sting at Beach Blast 92. Great match.

Foley is probably the best "hardcore" wrestler of all time. You get points for that.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAFG6bqVEGI[/ame]

Awful quality. Check dailymotion, there is a better quality video of this match, just can't access dailymotion from work.

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

Sabu

Physical Appearance / Look / Character - 8/10 Distinct look as a bat shit crazy Arab, complete with body scars to fit the part. Shame he cut the hair off late in his career.

Ability to Talk/Sell Yourself - 5/10 Never really spoke but had Bill Alphonso as a mouth piece (aka whistle blower) in ECW, and was still able to get over pretty well despite not talking.

In-Ring Work - 7/10 Maybe not the most "technically sound" guy, but maybe the most athletic stunt wrestler out there, has tons of memorable spots and always puts on crazy entertaining matches.

Total - 20/30

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