The Mount Rushmore of Wrestling - Who is the 4th Man?

[DC 536]

At WrestleMania XXX, when Rock makes his entrance and poses at the corner, JBL comments that "the Mount Rushmore of Wrestling has come to life".

 

Now, as we know, Mount Rushmore has four faces carved into it, so that made me think of who would be included alongside Austin, Hogan and Rock if they really did create a wrestling version of the famous monument.

 

After a lot of thought (and Vince McMahon was excluded as it was for full-time WWE in-ring performers and their WWE performances only), I settled on Bruno Sammartino.

 

Who would you have as the fourth man?

[etz 78]

It should be Vince, but by those criteria, it's got to be John Cena, he's this generations equivalent of those guys.

 

Though equally, I'd argue by those criteria it should be Bruno, Hogan, Austin, John Cena because they were all clearly "the man" during their tenure. The Rock was obviously very popular and is one of the greats, but he was a half-step behind Austin.

Edited May 26, 2014 by etz

[Guest Edgehead]

I think I'd go with Undertaker

[Guest Magic]

Bruno, Hogan, Austin and Cena.

[Evil Gringo 279]

If it was an all WWE version then yes, it would go Bruno, Hogan, Austin and then Rock.

 

If it was American Wrestling as a whole it would go Flair, Hogan, Austin and then Rock

 

If it was all of wrestling in the World it would go Thesz, Inoki, Misawa, Hogan

[King 277]

Bruno

Hogan

Austin

Taker

 

For me personally I wouldn't put The Rock in there.

[Shaun2J 127]

It would be Triple H, Triple H, Triple H and Triple H.

[Guest Ciaran The King]

Hogan

Flair

Austin

Rock

[Maxximus 353]

The correct answer is Keven Steen, The Bucks, and Adam Cole.

 

 

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[Guest pheadley]

has to be the undertaker

[Guest Fatherof10minis]

Again going by WWE only for me it would be austin, hogan, taker, hbk

[Guest Magic]

For me, Undertaker and HBK shouldn't be in, mainly because they didn't transcend into main stream media or become as huge as the the others did. As good as they were, and HBK is my favourite of all time so it's not like I'm not a fan of them, but they never got to the heights in terms of star power the way the other guys mentioned did, and for me that's what I think of when I think of a Rushmore, ie: The four biggest stars of their generations.

[Guest The Beltster]

No Taker or HBK, no Rock.

 

Bruno, Hulk, Flair, Austin....seems about right to me.

[etz 78]

No Taker or HBK, no Rock.

 

Bruno, Hulk, Flair, Austin....seems about right to me.

 

If we're counting outside WWE, then that would be my list.

[Guest The Beltster]

It was never specified in the first post that this was WWE-only so I'm assuming its just American pro wrestling overall.

[DC 536]

It was never specified in the first post that this was WWE-only so I'm assuming its just American pro wrestling overall.

I was asking in relation to it being WWE only and, more specifically (since JBL had stated Austin, Hogan and Rock were the part of the fictional monument), who the fourth guy should be.

it was for full-time WWE in-ring performers and their WWE performances only

However, things evolve and that's cool.

[Guest sanJmaru]

Cena.

[Guest The Beltster]

Well, Flair was in WWE even though his prime was already over so. If we are going on WWE-only primes its hard for me to not put the Warrior or Savage on the WWE Mount Rushmore. Hogan aside, there was no bigger star in the WWF from 89-91 than the Warrior. People who weren't watching at the time and have only seen his run retroactively just cant comprehend how big of a name he was at that time. Andre certainly deserves a mention if its WWE-specific too, as does Piper.

[Guest Ciaran The King]

When discussing this are we talking longevity or the impact certain superstars had?

[Dead Crow 370]

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[Guest BeorimJ]

I am a bit torn. I personally think that the Undertaker would have earned this space, looking at how long he has been one of the pillars of their biggest PPV. And you cannot say he was not known n mainstream. He was on numerous talk shows, the breaking of the streak made headlines all over the world (really, i even found national german newspapers having articles about it). But as for general importance to the company and american wrestling, it would have to be Sammartino, Hogan Austin and Cena.

[Maxximus 353]

This entire thread is an affront to PWG and the REAL Mount Rushmore of Wrestling.