Your top-20 personal favorite superstars ever?

[The Assassin]

I know this topic has been done a million times, but I always enjoy reading people's picks and deciding on mine:

Who are your top-20 (or whatever number you want) personal favorite wrestling superstars/characters of all time?

Include anyone you want (wrestlers, managers, women, announcers, etc), any era, any promotion, any level of achievement/fame/skill/career-length.

This list is simply the superstars/characters who you love to watch the most and have for whatever reason earned a special place in your heart. The sort of stars who you would watch a show specifically because they were on it, the sort of stars that remind you of how much you love wrestling, the stars that give you chills down your spine and have brought you the most happiness and excitement, and you mark out like crazy whenever you see them.

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I went with top-40 for my list as I couldn't bare to leave any of these guys off:
(in no order)

01) Chris Jericho
02) William Regal
03) The Hurricane/Shane Helms
04) Diamond Dallas Page
05) Eddie Guerrero
06) Ultimo Dragon
07) Bobby Heenan
08) Buff Bagwell
09) Meng/Haku
10) Paul Bearer
11) Sherri Martel
12) Sting
13) Big Vito
14) Chyna
15) Booker T
16) The Big Show/The Giant
17) Eric Bischoff
18) Kane
19) Jimmy Hart
20) Madusa
21) Sonny Onoo
22) La Parka
23) Hugh Morrus
24) Chris Kanyon/Mortis
25) Arn Anderson
26) Stone Cold Steve Austin
27) Rey Mysterio Jr.
28) The One Man Gang
29) Rowdy Roddy Piper
30) Big Bubba Rogers (wasn't a fan of any of his other gimmicks though)
31) Dean Malenko
32) Scott Steiner
33) Ric Flair
34) Hollywood Hogan (NWO era only, I wasn't a Hulkamania fan)
35) Scott Hall
36) Kevin Nash
37) The Rock
38) Disco Inferno
39 + 40) The Nasty Boys: Brian Knobs & Jerry Sags

[gordon]

1. Chris Jericho
2. The Rock
3. Steve Austin
4. Edge
5. Hulk Hogan
6. Kurt Angle
7. Rob Van Dam
8. Ric Flair
9. Big Show
10. Shawn Michaels
11. Bret Hart
12. Eddie Guerrero
13. William Regal
14. Christian
15. Triple H
16. Big Boss Man
17. Mick Foley
18. Owen Hart
19. John Cena
20. Mr. Perfect
21. CM Punk
22. British Bulldog
23. Jeff Jarrett
24. Roddy Piper
25. The Undertaker

I struggled to come up with 25 tbh.

[Infinite]

it has no order after number 1, but oh well:

1. Shawn Michaels
2. Edge
3. Jericho
4. Eddie
5. Punk
6. Rock
7. Lesnar
8. Jeff Hardy
9. Undertaker
10. Regal
11. Finlay
12. Angle
13. AJ Styles
14. RVD
15. Kane
16.Triple H
17. Foley/Mankind/Cactus/Dude Love
18. Christian
19. Miz
20. Cena (one of about 20 I could've put here)

[tnafan17: The Total Package]

This is my list but know it could change on a week to week basis lol:

1. Sting
2. Stone Cold
3. Rob Van Dam
4. Shawn Michaels
5. The Rock
6. Lex Luger
7. Ric Flair
8. Hulk Hogan
9. Macho Man
10. Kurt Angle
11. Bret Hart
12. Brock Lesnar
13. Jeff Hardy
14. AJ Styles
15. John Cena
16. The Road Warriors
17. The Undertaker
18. Scott Steiner
19. Kevin Nash
20. Scott Hall
21. Booker T

--Sorry had to throw in an extra one

[hbkjason]

This is really hard to do and while these no doubt are my top 20 if I were to do this list again in a few months the order would probably be different lol except for the top 3.

1. Shawn Michaels
2. The Rock
3. Bret Hart
4. Steve Austin
5. Randy Savage
6. British Bulldog
7. Owen Hart
8. Undertaker
9. Scott Hall
10. Chris Jericho
11. Roddy Piper
12. Mick Foley
13. Kerry Von Erich
14. Tito Santana
15. Mr Perfect
16. Jake Robberts
17. Edge
18. Kurt Angle
19. John Cena
20. Ted Dibiase

[twinn]

01. The Ultimate Warrior
02. Ravishing Rick Rude
03. Mr. Perfect
04. The Rock
05. Sting (Surfer Era, not Crow Era)
06. Bret Hart
07. Randy Savage
08. Demolition (Ax and Smash)
09. The Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty)
10. The Brain Busters (Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard)
11. The Twin Towers (Akeem and Big Bossman)
12. Big Van Vader
13. Jake Roberts
14. Goldust
15. Ric Flair
16. Undertaker (Grey Glove and Purple Glove Era)
17. The Fabulous Rougeaus (Jacques & Raymond Rougeau)
18. Steve Austin (Stunning and Stone Cold)
19. Nikita Koloff
20. The Great Muta

That's probably what my list would look like (for the most part). I cheated a little by including tag teams as 1 spot, but oh well. The order isn't necessarily exact, except for the Top 4.

[jbarqu88]

Triple H
Eddie Guerrero
Christian
Monty Brown
Mr. Anderson
Big Show
The Miz
Ricky Steamboat
Ric Flair
Dolph Ziggler
Drew McIntyre
Christopher Daniels
MCMG
Robert Roode
Matt Morgan
Ted Dibiase Jr.
Brutus Magnus
Douglas Williams
Zack Ryder
Curt Hawkins
Trent Barreta


Those are all the people that come to mind, right now.

[Grumpyoldman]

In no particular order:


1. Ric Flair
2. Roddy Piper
3. Arn Anderson
4. Dusty Rhodes
5. Tully Blanchard
6. Gino Hernandez
7. The Great Muta
8. Tiger Mask
9. Stan Hansen
10. Bruiser Brody
11. Kevin Von Erich
12. Terry Gordy
13. Chris Benoit
14. William Regal
15. Gordon Solie
16. Michael Hayes
17. Jimmy Valiant
18. Dean Malenko
19. Taz
20. Don Muraco

[Deleted]

Mine is in order from 1 being my favorite

1.Macho Man Randy Savage
2. The Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels
3. The Charismatic Enigma Jeff Hardy
4. The Big Boss Man
5. Hulk Hogan
6. The Ultimate Warrior
7. Jake "The Snake" Roberts
8. Andre "The Giant"
9. Rowdy Roddy Piper
10. Bret "The Hitman" Hart
11. The Undertaker ( however for me it's only taker pre attitude era )
12. Sid Justice
13. Brittish Bulldog Davey Boy Smith
14. Ric Flair
15. Yokozuna
16. Mr. Perfect
17. Kane
18. Chris Jericho
19. Rugged Ronnie Garvin
20. John Cena

[Deleted]

i would also like to point out from this thread you can totally see who is old and who is young lol. Meaning i saw people putting Tully Blanchard and then someone putting Trent Barretta. I love how wrestling spans generations!

[Jack.]

Edge
John Morrison
Stone Cold
Jeff Hardy
Matt Hardy
Christian
Rey Mysterio
Triple H
Rob Van Dam
Shawn Michaels
Chris Jericho
Kurt Angle

They are a few people that come to mind.

[tnafan17: The Total Package]

May 11, 2011 10:21:36 GMT -5 Apocalypse said:

i would also like to point out from this thread you can totally see who is old and who is young lol. Meaning i saw people putting Tully Blanchard and then someone putting Trent Barretta. I love how wrestling spans generations!

Lol most definitely. I'm only 21 so I did not start watching til around 1995

[Deleted]

(In No Order)

1 Hulk Hogan
2 Jake "The Snake" Roberts
3 The Undertaker
4 Bret "Hitman" Hart
5 Shawn Michaels
6 "Macho Man" Randy Savage
7 "Stone Cold" Steve Austin"
8 Sid
9 The Warlord
10 Marty Jannetty
11 Brock Lesnar
12 Roddy Piper
13 Chris Jericho
14 Owen Hart
15 Kerry Von Erich
16 Mr Perfect
17 Sherri Martel
18 Mickie James
19 British Bulldog
20 Ricky Steamboat

[marino13]

• Triple H
  
• Randy Savage
  
• Bret Hart
  
• Barry Windham
  
• Christian
  
• Mr. Perfect
  
• Shelton Benjamin
  
• CM Punk
  
• Ricky Steamboat
  
• Lex Luger
  
• Roddy Piper
  
• Bobby Heenan
  
• Nikita Koloff
  
• Jake Roberts
  
• Road Warriors
  
• Steiner Brothers
  
• Midnight Express (Lane & Eaton)
  
• Dr. Death & Terry Gordy
  
• Great Muta
  
• Ultimate Warrior
  
• HBK
  
• Sting
  
• Brutus Beefcake
  
• Owen Hart
  
• Diesel/Nash
  
• Davey Boy
  
• Big Bossman
  
• Million Dollar Man
  
• Demolition
  
• Stunning Steve Austin
  
• Kevin & Kerry Von Erich
  
• Chris Adams
  
• Arn Anderson
  
• Hurricane Helms
  

That was actually tougher than I expected. I'm sure I left off some of my favorites but I've been watching for so long there's just to many.

They started out in order but didn't last past the first couple.


Keep editing as I figure out more.

[Deleted]

May 11, 2011 10:40:45 GMT -5 marino13 said:

• Triple H
  
• Randy Savage
  
• Bret Hart
  
• Barry Windham
  
• Christian
  
• Mr. Perfect
  
• Shelton Benjamin
  
• CM Punk
  
• Ricky Steamboat
  
• Lex Luger
  
• Roddy Piper
  
• Jake Roberts
  
• Road Warriors
  
• Steiner Brothers
  
• Midnight Express (Lane & Eaton)
  
• Great Muta
  
• Ultimate Warrior
  
• HBK
  
• Owen Hart
  
• Diesel/Nash
  
• Davey Boy
  
• Million Dollar Man
  
• Demolition
  
• Stunning Steve Austin
  
• Kevin & Kerry Von Erich
  
• Chris Adams
  
• Arn Anderson
  
  
  
  

That was actually tougher than I expected. I'm sure I left off some of my favorites but I've been watching for so long there's just to many.

LOL same here. Now I see that I left Nash and Warrior off mine and feel like I need to make some changes. Lists like that are always tough for me to put together.

[LA Times]

1) Hulk Hogan
2) Sting
3) Shawn Michaels
4) Ultimo Dragon
5) Goldberg
6) Ultimate Warrior
7) John Cena
8) Randy Orton
9) Chris Benoit
10) Batista
11) Eddy Guerrero
12) Rob Van Dam
13) AJ Styles
14) Tyson Tomko
15) Edge
16) Scott Steiner
17) Lex Luger
18) The Rock
19) Stone Cold
20) Booker T

[lewaldo95]

In no order and doesn't mean i still like them now. Randy Orton for example i only liked for 3 years and no longer like but at that time he was one of my favourites etc.

The Rock
Kurt Angle
Eddie Guerrero
Brock Lesnar
John Cena
Randy Orton
Edge
Christian
Triple H
Shawn Michaels
Chis Jericho
CM Punk
Sheamus
Wade Barrett
The Miz
Batista
Mr Mcmahon
Lita
Trish Stratus
Jim Ross

[The Assassin]

May 11, 2011 10:40:45 GMT -5 marino13 said:

That was actually tougher than I expected. I'm sure I left off some of my favorites but I've been watching for so long there's just to many.

yeh same, i figured it would be a quick fun topic to start, ended up taking me about 2 hours to decide on my picks! and i originally wanted to keep to a top-20, but as soon as i got to 20 i thought of a couple of other people i felt i had to include and didn't want to take anyone off, so i expanded to top 25, then again, i thought of more. obviously i came to the final conclusion that i couldn't list all my absolute favorite superstars with a number any less than 40! lol

i also wanted to make sure i was only putting people on the list who i was/am personally a huge fan of, it was hard to base it on my own opinion alone and avoid automatically putting down legends who everyone thinks are great without actually thinking about it myself.

in the end i think i surprised myself with some of my exclusions and inclusions. like the nasty boys and arn anderson. off the top of my head i'd have told you i wasn't much of a fan, but the more i thought about it, the more fond memories come back to me and i watched a couple of random matches of them on youtube and it made me realize how much i did enjoy watching them. i guess i just didn't realize at the time. so i feel choosing my own picks for this thread has helped me recognise more my appreciation for certain stars. and on the other hand it made me realize some of the guys i thought i liked, actually when i think about it, i'm not as big fan of them as i thought i was.

May 11, 2011 8:30:10 GMT -5 twinn said:

I cheated a little by including tag teams as 1 spot, but oh well.

doesn't matter, like i said, you can choose your own number really. it's not really fair to limit the number anyway, since the more wrestling you've watched, the more stars and the more parts of careers you will see, and therefore the more favorites you will develop. and as you can see i decided I couldn't list all my favorites with less than 40 picks. and thats just from watching wrestling from 1995-2001, especially WCW but lots of WWF too. obviously plenty of fans will have watched wrestling for a lot longer than me.

[Barney Stinson]

1. Chris Jericho
2. Shawn Michaels
3. Owen Hart
4. Tully Blanchard
5. Macho Man Randy Savage

The Rest in no Particular Order

Kofi Kingston
John Morrison
Christian
Gail Kim
Diamond Dallas Page
Paul London
Razor Ramon
Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka
Stone Cold Steve Austin
The Million Dollar Man Ted Dibiase
Rowdy Roddy Piper
Bret "Hitman" Hart
Eddie Guerrero
Val Venis
Mr. Perfect

[fallbrawl]

In no particular order:

1. Triple H
2. Vader
3. Shane Douglas
4. Lance Storm
5. Terry Funk
6. Cactus Jack
7. Bret Hart
8. Raven
9. Chris Jericho
10.Randy Savage
11.Sgt. Slaughter
12.Berry Windham
13.Dusty Rhodes
14.Sabu
15.Steve Austin
16.Undertaker (Grey glove era)
17.Sting (surfer style)
18.Jake Roberts
19.Shawn Michaels
20.Ric Flair