My 5 favorite wrestlers of all time

I have been a fan of wrestling since the days of intentionally going "over time" during the one-hour weekly broadcast of The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and needing to run to the drugstore to pick up a $2 wrestling mag to keep up with my favorites. I had many that I kind of liked over the years and for the most part I don't really care for the superstars of today. I suppose it is just because I got older because the talent is just as good and certainly a lot more athletic then it was (for the most part) in the 80's.

Anyway, this is my opinion so it is simply isn't possible for me to be wrong :P

# 5: Bray Wyatt

This guy did it for me with a combination of having a completely unorthodox style, great microphone skills, an incredible ring intro and also because of his costumes. I have to admit that the writers kind of lost me when they started projecting gross images onto the ring at Wrestlemania (like maggots and what not) as part of his "powers."

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# 4: Edge

I particularly enjoyed Edge during his days with Christian where they were a Canadian tag-team that would travel around the USA insulting the patriotic nature of certain cities. Of course it was a gimmick but it was lots of fun to see how riled up the crowd would get over this. They were fantastic heels. Also Edge's intro music and the way he would slide under the bottom rope to the center of the ring during his intro was just fantastic. I liked him a bit less at "The Rated-R Superstar" but he was still a cut above most of the rest.

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# 3: Triple H

While he didn't have the microphone promo skills of the first two he was still decent. I think the thing that appealed to me most is his cheating ways and the politics that he manipulated into ring victories. Cheating is a major part of pro wrestling and well, there aren't many that have done that more than "The Game." He also had continually awesome intros including the time he spent with DX, which many would argue was his heyday. I was a bit unhappy when he cut his hair but as someone who once had hair that was several feet long, I can relate to why someone would want to do that.

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# 2:Lex Luger

Luger was the first superstar I can ever recall having the physique that he did. I mean, he was a monster compared to the physicality of his opponents back in the 80's and we all know where a lot of that came from. Apparently Luger was actually a bit of a liability in the ring as he was inexperienced and would frequently botch moves and hurt his opponents for real. He gained skill on the microphone throughout the years but for the most part that was never his thing and he was just happy to be the super muscular guy that let Arn Anderson, Ric Flair, and Tullly Blanchard do the talking (which by the way is my pick for the best ever 4-Horsemen.)

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# 1: Nature Boy Ric Flair

I don't think there are a great many people out there that will contest Flair's reign as the G.O.A.T.. I mean he was truly one of a kind. His microphone skills were completely unparalleled, he LIVED the life of Naitch to the point of spending all of his money on maintaining the persona of the "jet-flyin, limousine ridin... WOO! sonofagun." This unsurprisingly resulted in the destruction of multiple relationships that he had throughout the years.

The figure-four leglock was iconic, even though it wasn't his invention, nor was even his persona. However, he perfected it and added multiple gimmicks that included putting opponents over with his self-deprecating moves such as his hilarious face-planting flop, begging for mercy, or flipping over the turnbuckle only to be clothes-lined hard onto the ground. He certainly had no fear of blood either as it became pretty expected that he would be a cut up mess by the end of pretty much every match until this was banned.

I mean he was completely married to the business. His level of dedication is unmatched and his entertainment factor filled coliseums all around the world. I can think of no other person that could fill the top end of this list and while you are not going to be capable of convincing me otherwise, i would like to hear what your top 5 are, or even your top one.