Top 5 old school wrestlers

Verne Gagne
The Crusher
The Iron Sheik
Billy Wahoo McDaniels
Ivan Koloff
Baron Von Raschke
Sgt. Slaughter

Old school enough?

Rat, the Bonger is still a kid, cut him some slack.

Here are a few I remember in the ol' days.

Dusty Rhodes
Abdullah the Butcher
'Mr Wonderful' Paul Orndorff
Buddy Roberts
Terry Funk
'Captain' Lou Albano
The Von Erick Brothers
Killer Kowalski
Larry Zbyszko
Dick The Bruiser
Gorilla Monsoon
"Classy" Freddie Blassie
Lord Alfred Hayes
Angelo Poffo
Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka
Moose Cholak
Gorgeous George
Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan
Nick Bockwinkel
Fabulous Moolah
Freebirds, Michael Hayes and Barry Gordy
Haystack Calhoun
Billy 'Superstar' Graham
Larry 'The Ax' Hennig
Rick 'The Model' Martel
Blackjack Mulligan
Dick Murdock
Cowboy Bob Orton
'Leaping' Lanny Poffo
'Diamond' Dallas Page
Ivan Putski
Harley Race
'Playboy' Buddy Rhodes
Antonio Rocca
Bruno Sanmartino
Tito Santana
'Chief' Jay Strongbow
Big John Studd
The Valient Brothers
Jesse 'The Body' Ventura
Luna Vachon
Nikoli Volkoff

and don't forget the announcer 'Mean' Gene Okerlund

very few unfamiliar names on either list. If it makes you happier tuna, next time I'll start a "name every wrestler you can think of off the top of your head list" rather than a top 5.

I just thought by listing a bunch of ol' wraslers, it would bring back some long lost memories for folks.

It would be extremely hard to for me to pick out my 'top 5'. I would have to go by era's. I mean look at the recent past:

Hogan
Andre The Giant
Macho Man Savage
Road Warriors
'Ravishing' Rick Rude
Jesse 'The Body' Ventura



Even Aaron Rodgers would approve of these lists.

J Y D aka Junk Yard Dog
Pat O'Conner
Danny Littlebear

Tuna, you need rehab.

That list made me feel old.

So how man of their girl friend/female companions can you name?

Rat, I would assume these 2 would have been girlfriends to most of the old wraslers.



Lillian 'The Fabulous' Moolah and Mae Young.

Best wrestler of all time George SCRAP IRON Gadaski followed closely by Kenny Jay

Mad Dog Vachon was my favorite.

Best tag-team match-up?

The Crusher and Dick the Bruiser vs. The Vichon Brothers.

Epic.

How those damn refs never saw the "foreign objects' still drives me crazy 40 years later.

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Originally posted by Iowacheese:
Best wrestler of all time George SCRAP IRON Gadaski followed closely by Kenny Jay

Kenny Jay was like 1-242.

Looser.

The "1" was a forfeit.

Dr. X and Wahoo McDaniel and his Tomohawk Chop.

quote:

Originally posted by Blair Kiel:
Best tag-team match-up?

The Crusher and Dick the Bruiser vs. The Vichon Brothers.

Epic.

Right on, brother.

Did somebody mention Rufus R. "Railroad" Jones?

Speaking of tag-teams...

...IC and Kiel:

I call dibs on not being the bald guy.

quote:

Originally posted by Blair Kiel:

quote:

Originally posted by Iowacheese:
Best wrestler of all time George SCRAP IRON Gadaski followed closely by Kenny Jay

Kenny Jay was like 1-242.

Looser.

The "very capable" Kenny Jay.

I remember seeing him wrestle Gadaski once.

It was a draw.

Gene Kiniski

quote:

Originally posted by Blair Kiel:
I call dibs on not being the bald guy.

the bald guys is cool just too much chest hair for me....and not enough for you

Blair Kiel was a wrestler?

Damn, I just remembered Tor Johnson, the best actor in Plan Nine From Outer Space, the Ed Wood classic. And guess who played him in Ed Wood?