BrennenYo Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Who do you think are the Current top 5 Wrestlers in WWE as of this moment? Based solely on pure wrestling talent? Curious what others think, mine are... Daniel Bryan Antonio Cesaro CM Punk Dolph Ziggler Alberto Del Rio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxximus Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Daniel Bryan Antonio Cesaro Rob Van Dam CM Punk Sheamus Yeah, I said Sheamus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciaran The King Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 (edited) Antonio Cesaro Daniel Bryan CM Punk Randy Orton Dean Ambrose Edited July 24, 2013 by Ciaran The King Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandnewdaddy Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 My five in no particular order are... Dolph Ziggler - in ring skills, golden Cm Punk - the man has a legion of fans who know him as the best in the world, nuff said Daniel Bryan - is the most over guy on roster now, and has always overcome odds, & often has best match on card Randy Orton - many starting to say he's boring, its his character...when the time calls for a great wrestling match, Orton delivers Antonio Cesaro - very fun style, can't wait to see home really come into his own Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxximus Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 I think Dolph is a bit overrated. He's a good worker; takes bumps like a madman and what not. I just don't quite buy him yet as a top guy. Tons of potential though. Like Mark Henry said in an interview recently he's the poor man's Shawn Michales. I'm sure in 10 15 years we'll be calling some young guy the poor man's Dolph Ziggler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciaran The King Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 I was debating as to wether or not to include Cody in my list, during his run in 2011 he was within the top five in the company Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Daniel Bryan Antonio Cesaro CM Punk Dolph Ziggler Paige Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovingPictures Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 The Miz Ryback Bo Dallas David Otunga Brad Maddox What? No, in all seriousness, I'd go with: Daniel Bryan Chris Jericho CM Punk The Undertaker Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatherof10minis Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 My top 5 go as is Daniel Bryan Antonio Cesaro Randy Orton Seth Rollins Alberto Del Rio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarrettBarrage Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Bryan Cesaro Rollins Rhodes Jericho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Redman Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Bryan Cesaro The Shield (yes as a group. I don't care if that's cheating. Bite me.) Sheamus Alberto Del Rio Bryan is self evident. Dude is on fire, over like gangbusters, and delivers with every single thing they give him - comedy, serious promos, fun tags, serious Shield tags, random TV matches, grudge matches, working with everyone from Ryback to Rollins. He has also perfected the art of the hot tag and it's awesome. Cesaro is the successor of the likes of Chris Masters, Drew Mac and the Usos as the Unheralded King of the C Shows. He has been rocking it on Main Event with everyone under the sun, doing work on NXT, and whenever he gets time on Raw or SD he nails it. His Strongman stuff is great sh*t and adds to any match he's in. He needs 15 minutes to have a strength-off match with Cena pronto. The good thing about the oversaturation of WWE TV and everyone being on every show is that if you are good, more matches means more good matches. The amount of good to great matches the Shield has had, in various combinations, since Mania is simply staggering. Enough to literally fill a comp, and I should know as I just bought said comp. These guys have been absolutely killing it since debuting, they are perfect at working their gimmick, working in the ring, and working their gimmick in the ring. Love them. After about January Sheamus was getting pretty quiet compared to his 2012, but has still been doing good work, and lately has been blowing up again into that top level. The Cesaro matches people. Seriously. But also similarly brutal matches with Barrett, the Sandow brawl, a bunch of Shield tags, and some very 2012esqe TV matches with Dolph and Show. There's still almost nobody I trust more with 13 minutes of TV time. Alberto makes the list for transforming so seamlessly into a babyface worker. Gets me every time. Character problems or not, he always delivered in the ring as a face and had top matches with Show, Swagger, Dolph, etc. And his heel-turn performance at Payback was just awesome. Even had a good match with Orton the other day. Tonnes of people I wish I could name though. Henry and Show are amazing, but for a lack of matches. Cena and Punk had the MOTY, but not enough beyond that. Same with Gail and Taryn and their two matches. Orton has quietly had a good year. Dolph has flashes of brilliance. And so on. Work has been really great this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead Crow Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Daniel Bryan, Antonio Cesaro and Randy Orton are my top three at present. Fourth is probably Jericho and fifth is probably Christian. Purely on in-ring wrestling ability. Ziggler will get there but not yet; there's more to wrestling than bumping like Billy Gunn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The B-Man Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 On wrestling skill which I am guessing means techincal? Bryan Jericho Punk Cesaro Del Rio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Icon Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 obviously any list such as this is subjective to personal opinion but here are my top 5. Bryan top ahead of anybody. Ambrose. Punk. Jericho. Rio when allowed to be. Last hmmm. Maybe a Rollins or Ceasero or Another young gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsrchris Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Are we talking about actual in ring aptitude? If so: 1. Bryan 2. Cesaro 3. Punk 4. Tyson Kidd (no seriously, this dude has some mad skills, and the fact you don't know that says more about you than him) 5. Dean Ambrose On the fringes of my top 5 are: Christian Paige Ziggler (on sheer bumping/working/selling ability, as I haven't seen enough of him getting his own offence in) Kassius Ohno Regal (who would be in my top 5 if he worked more often) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Redman Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 4. Tyson Kidd (no seriously, this dude has some mad skills, and the fact you don't know that says more about you than him) I found it pretty hard to put him on a list of the current best workers when he's injured and hasn't actually...worked in a very long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxximus Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Yeah I kinda thought we were talking about current main roster or my list would have been all nxt guys. :lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandnewdaddy Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 I actually forgot about Tyson Kidd. Because i never see him, but he can go. I wish wwe would utilize him and other lightweight/cruiserweights more. Talented guys with amazing ring work and no personality usually end up future endeavored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciaran The King Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 After watching Raw monday night I think Sheamus belongs in the top 5 of any current WWE list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua7783 Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Punk Bryan Jericho Christain Ambrose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamster26 Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Christian Punk Bryan Orton Jericho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrennenYo Posted July 25, 2013 Author Share Posted July 25, 2013 I was basing my picks on just wrestling skill alone that I have seen on the main roster at this time... The only reason I didn't include Jericho on my list is because he technically isn't on the roster at this time. I also agree that Ambrose, Christian, and Kidd are good in the ring but as just a singles match perspective none of then have made me jaw drop over there matches, not yet anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamster26 Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Watch the Christian / Orton matches from any period and then come back to me. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxximus Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 I like Christian but for me he's just above average. Seth Rollins is a better worker. Christian's really good at diving head first at Orton though, I'll give him that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciaran The King Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Christians good but he will never have 'it' that's why Orton beat him for the world title two days after winning it. Rollins, Ambrose, Sandow, Rhodes and Barrett are all better workers than Christian and younger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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