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Legends (well, at least in my view!)

Lets start with my favourite of all time.....

Name: Shawn Michaels                                        
Nickname: The Heartbreak Kid (HBK)              
Height: 6 foot 1
Weight: 225 pounds (Light Heavyweight)
Hometown: San Antonio, Texas
Finishing move: Sweet Chin Music (Superkick)
Show currently on: Raw.
Babyface or Heel?: Babyface.
Reasons for loving him: Well, he was in the first match i ever saw of wrestling (or at least of that i can remember!) at Wrestlemania 12 the famous Iron Man Match vs Bret Hart. I fell in love instantly with the charisma, flamoboyantcy and ability that he possessed. It amazed me, and millions of other fans around the world, that he wrestled one of his finest matches to date after a four year absence from the buisiness. This, to me, solidifies his greatness. One word: LEGEND!
 
Name: Rob Van Dam (RVD)
Nickname: Mr Thursday Night, The whole F'in Show!
Height: 6 foot
Weight: 235 pounds (Light Heavyweight)
Hometown: Battle Creek, Michigan
Finishing move: 5 Star Frog Splash
Show currently on: ECW.
Babyface or Heel?: Babyface
Reasons why i like him: When i first saw him on Raw, you could tell he had an unique ability. I haven't seen any other superstar like him except maybe the Legend Superfly Jimmy Snuka. With an exceptional ring ability and popularity, it doesn't look too long before he has a Chapionship belt back around his waste!
 
Name: Kurt Angle
Nickname: Olympic Hero
Height: 6 foot 2
Weight: 220 pounds (Light Heavyweight)
Hometown: Pittsburg, Pensylvania
Finishing moves: Angle Slam, Ankle Lock
Show currently on: ECW.
Babyface or Heel?: Babyface.
Reasons why I like him: The best ammature wrestler, in my mind, to enter the world of Pro-Wrestling. He did more than any other wrestler in the first 11 months of his career in the WWE including winning the Intercontinental Championship, King of the Ring and the Undisputed championship. With the fans chanting 'You Suck!' at him everytime he enters the arena, it just proves that the crowd love to hate him!
 
Name: Paul London
Nickname: ???
Height: 5 foot 10
Weight: 205 pounds (Cruiserweight)
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Finishing moves: London Calling
Show currently on: Smackdown!
Babyface or Heel?: Babyface
Reasons why I like him: He reminds me a lot of a very young HBK with a RVD's dare devil personality thrown in for good measure. I'm so glad he has finally become the WWE Cruiserweight Champion!
 
Name: Brian Kendrick
Nickname: 'Spanky'
Height: 5 foot 7
Weight: 172 pounds (Cruiserweight)
Hometown: Olympia, Washington
Finishing moves: Sliced Bread Number 2
Show Currently on: Smackdown!
Babyface or Heel?: Babyface
Reasons why I like him: A very confident worker who we should expect great things out of!
 
Name: Matt Hardy
Nickname: Version 1, Sensi of Mattitude.
Height: 6 foot
Weight: 236 Pounds (Heavyweight)
Hometown: Cameton, NC.
Finishing move: Twist of Fate, Hardy Boyz Leg Drop.
Show Currently on: Raw.
Babyface or Heel: Babyface
Reasons why I like him: I think he has unlimited potential both as a performer and wrestler and sincerly hope that after the story line with Edge has finsihed that he doesn't return to midcard status. Unfortunatly, it seems to have happened...
 
Name: Shelton Benjamin
Nickname:???
Height: 6 foot 2
Weight: 245 Pounds (Heavyweight)
Hometown: Orangeburg, S.C.
Finishing move: T-bone Suplex.
Show Currently On: Raw.
Babyface or Heel: Babyface.
Reasons why I like him: I adore the pure athletic ability and ring presence that he has. A World Champion for sure!
 
Now for the Women.....
 
Name: Lita
Hometown: Sanford, N.C
Show currently on: Raw.
Babyface or Heel?: Heel.
Reason's why I like her: Cool dress sense (Most of the time!) She has a unique ability in the ring. I respect her for having the courage to compete again after her neck injury. As many of you probably know, I HATE what happened between Matt/her/Edge but I am blaming the WWE for the majority of blatant and downright rubbish that is being put over through the storyline. Her and Edge have made the best of it and work as a good team.
 
Name: Victoria
 (Now a picture for my brother to perv over!)
Hometown: San Bernardio, Calif.
Show currently on: Raw.
Babyface or Heel?: Heel.
Reason's why I like her: Very athletic and unusual (Plus my brother would get mad if i didn't include her!!!)
 
Honorable mentions...
Rey Mysterio - Pure athlete. Shame about the sham of a title run...
Chris Benoit - Great intensity.
Eugene - Needs to turn heel for a hope of survival.
William Regal - Great chain wrestler.
Chavo Guerrero - Hope he returns to wrestling soon!
Gregory Helms - Better than the Hurricane!
Paul Birchill - Needs to be a little less clumsy though!
Triple H - Better live than on the TV. DX IS BACK!!!
Undertaker - If against the right person, he is great!
Kane - Love the sadistic personality!
Chris Jericho - It's sad to see such a great entertainer take a hiatus...I hope he returns better than ever!
Carlito - The cabana is showing off his real talent and that is his microphone work. Plus, his wrestling is starting to pick up, IMO.
Steve Austin - Took personality and charisma to a whole new level!
Mr. Kennedy - someone new and exciting IMO.
Mickie James - Help stepping the womens roster up!
 
Gone but not forgotten...from the WWE but to TNA!
Rhyno - Very intense although I do question whether he would have ever reached the top card...
Christian - farewell to those fantastic, arrogant yet sarcastic promo's and Peep Shows!
X-Pac - He put on some great matches. Shame about the 'X-Pac Heat'!
 
TNA...
Michael Shane (Matt Bently) - Apart from being the cousin of HBK, he has developed himself nicely.
AJ Styles - Just awesome to watch.

Now for two Superstars that are no longer with us.....

Name: Owen Hart

I like Owen a lot more then I EVER liked Bret. To me Owen was the stronger of the two, with a great technical ability as well as the power to make the crowd despise him. In my opinion, if his untimely, unnecessary death had never occured, The King of Hearts would have been a legendary champion by now. RIP.

Name: Eddie Guerreo

I was in utter shock when I first read of his passing. Its a great shame, and the Smackdown! roster surely has missed him. RIP.

Heres a chance to laugh at the 'wrestlers' that have not been blessed with ability.....

Name: Hulk Hogan

Reasons why he sucks: His wrestling is DIRE! I cannot stand anything about the man! I really can't understand why people go crazy over the guy...yes, he might have put wrestling on the map but his wrestlings appauling. It's just tedious rubbish BROTHER!!!

Name:Torrie Wilson

Reasons why I think she sucks: I'm sorry there is no other words for her than AWFUL! This goes to the majority of the divas though! All she does is sit there posing half naked on a beach, performing at a sloppier level then Leonardo DiCaprio's and Kate Winslets love scenes in the Titanic. Did you see her trying to act in the skit between the Bigshow, herself and Kurt Angle? I rest my case!

Name: Rosey

Reason why I think he sucks: The word on the t-shirt says it all doesn't it? S.H.I.T! Thank God he's no longer on TV!

Names: Michael Cole & Tazz

 

Reasons why they suck: One word to describe both of them: Morons! Shame they spilt them up though; they were good for a laugh!

Names: Ivory & Todd Grisham (AKA The Geek Patrol)

 

Reasons why they suck: Have you ever seen the WWE 'Experience'? Well, that basically involves these two idiots walking around New York, trying to be charasmatic and telling us why we HAVE to see both Smackdown! & Raw. What a load of rubbish!

Name: Scotty 2 Hotty.

Reasons why he sucks: Well, his gimmick is just plain annoying and his finishing move is the worst in WWF/E History!

Name: Gene Snitsky

Reasons why he sucks: Talk about charisma bypass, it's just so boring to watch him attempt a big boot...but it's not his fault, right?

Name: The 'Great' Khali

Reasons why he sucks: Just one look at him is enough to put you off wrestling for life!

(Un)honorable mentions...

Chris Masters - Unbearable.

Big Show - Take his initials and you'll get my oppinion...

No longer in the WWE but we shall laugh at them for years to come...

Ivory - read above.

Sable - The easy, blonde bimbo thing...*shudders*.

Bubba Ray Dudley - Nothing more than a curtain jerking tag team wrestler in bad shorts.

Tysom Tomko -Thank Vince that he's gone!

Here's a man that, in my view, the WWE are now better off without!

Name: Bret Hart

 Here is a picture of Bret trying to convince a passer by that he has been screwed over a dozen times!

Reasons why I think he sucks: Lets just see, it's gonna be a long list:

* Will he ever stop complaining about Montreal?

*On his website, he has a whole section about Montreal (Depressed?)

*On a Shoot style interview, he sat there and moaned CONSTANTLY for 2 HOURS!

*In the same interview, he said that wrestling wasn't his life. In articles on the Internet, he clearly states that wrestling WAS his life!

*In the same interview he said that Vince McMahon had hired a Swat Team for when they met in a park, shortly after Owen's death.

*In the same interview, he said that people still called him bitter and then he tuted [Just goes to show he cannot handle constructive critism]

*He called Cruiserweight 'Ballerinas'

* Before Montreal, he used to go around backstage telling people how HBK & Vince were bad and all the rest of it.

* After Wrestlemania, the people in the main event were meant to stay behind after the show and say congratulations to the opponent. After WM 12, Bret left straight after it never congratulating HBK.

*He wouldn't put HBK over at Survivor Series 1997. It was a time honour tradition that if you were leaving the company and you had a belt you had to give it up. He refused to do this so that is the reason why Vince came out during the match. Addmitingly, it maybe wasn't the correct way to go about this but I think something had to give that night coz the next day, Eric Bishoff, at WCW, was going to announce that Bret had willingly sighned a contract to go to WCW. Although Bret could do whatever he liked in the last 30 days of his WWF contract, wouldn't it have made more sense to show compasion to the company that helped make you who you were?

*He blamed Montreal for the reason that he didn't get  a decent push in WCW!

*During a fight backstage with Shawn, he pulled some of his hair out! (HBK was/is still gorgeous though ;) )

* He said that the NWA Title was never a 'proper' title to Ric Flair. Didn't his family wrestle in that company?

* He called Earl Hebner cowardly for his actions at Montreal, just for doing what his boss said.

Yes, I do feel sorry that Bret can no longer wrestler because of the Stroke he suffered and I think it is a great shame. However I do feel that some of the acusations made from Bret were uncalled for and pety. Even at the funeral of his own brother , Owen, Bret decided to have a go at Vince saying that he had ruined his marriage and career. I used to have a lot of respect for him, but I think it has ran dry. Yes some may call him 'The best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be' but i'm afraid I am not one of them people. To me, he doesn't have charisma, talent or the ability to hold a crowd anymore because of  his actions after Montreal. He doesn't have any repect to legends such as HBK and Ric Flair and coz his career's over he goes and complains about it on live T.V. A personal message to Bret: Grow Up! 

PS: I realise that many of you will think this section is motivated on the fact that I am a HUGE HBK FAN, but it is not. The point of this section was to display some of the pathetic back stabbing that occurs backstage. Shawn has NEVER slagged Bret off in an interview and states that he is not gonna start. Sure he played his part in Montreal; He did EXACTLY what his boss wanted him to do. Is that such a crime? Is being loyal to a company that you love and respect a crime? In my books it isn't, then again Bret Hart fans may have a different outlook on the event leading up to, during and after Montreal, which I respect, but I'm just telling it how I see it.