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the best wrestlers at "ring psychology" of all tim

Anonymous Sun 10 Aug 2025 00:25:55 No.18503526 View View Reply Original Report

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>brock
>danielson
>bret
>punk
>gunther
>ilja dragunov
>the briscoes
>hulk hogan
>randy savage
>hiroshi tanahashi
>the miz
>r-truth
>toru yano

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Anonymous Sun 10 Aug 2025 00:27:57 No.18503540 Report

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>>18503526
Yano was WWE's greatest missed opportunity.

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Anonymous Sun 10 Aug 2025 00:55:20 No.18503823 Report

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>>18503526
This is a great list of fantastic workers, but saying "of all time" makes it too contentious. You're gonna leave out a lot of guys like Stone Cold, Flair, Mr. Perfect, etc.

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Anonymous Sun 10 Aug 2025 01:01:08 No.18503875 Report

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>>18503526
Shawn, Austin, Eddie, Edge, Foley, Undertaker, Triple H, Cena, Brock. All belong on there. I could get going super smarky if you wanted to jerk off over workrate. But as far psychology goes and guys understanding how to tell a story in a match and make each part of it count and get the crowd to rise and fall with them then you're remiss to leave out a lot of the names you are

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Anonymous Sun 10 Aug 2025 01:04:16 No.18503902 Report

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>>18503875
i think hhh is actually quite bad at ring psych. he has a really bad time reading the crowd and will do things in his matches that simply get the wrong reaction out of the crowd. i also think edge is quite bad at it, his entire single run was a total snoozefest outside of his spotfests. i will give you edge is one of the best at structuring a spotmonkey match, but ring psychology i disagree with. shawn and austin should definitely be on the list. cena and orton are maybes

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Anonymous Sun 10 Aug 2025 01:06:28 No.18503923 Report

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>>18503875
>deaddie
>cope
>gaytch
lmaoooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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Anonymous Sun 10 Aug 2025 01:07:33 No.18503937 Report

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>>18503526
Good list though I'd question Ilja since he just has high-octane matches, I'm not sure he can make a match of slower space and lesser spots feel big

>>18503875
Austin and Foley are absolute musts

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Anonymous Sun 10 Aug 2025 01:09:41 No.18503963 Report

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>>18503526
Kenny Omega is #1. Edrones really don't know anything outside their own stall.

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Anonymous Sun 10 Aug 2025 01:10:17 No.18503976 Report

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>>18503902
Crazy. HHH is one of the best of all time at psychology.

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Anonymous Sun 10 Aug 2025 01:11:18 No.18503984 Report

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>>18503526
Brie's husband sticks out like a sore thumb
Put my boy Rikidozan there and we're good

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Anonymous Sun 10 Aug 2025 01:11:25 No.18503988 Report

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>>18503976
give me some examples, when i think of hhh i think of his horrible matches with steiner and goldberg and brock

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Anonymous Sun 10 Aug 2025 01:11:59 No.18503993 Report

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>>18503902
>i will give you edge is one of the best at structuring a spotmonkey match, but ring psychology i disagree with
That's exactly what ring psychology is though. Ladder matches are some of my favorites because of just that. The inherent psychology of those is so simple, where as long as someone's trying to climb up the ladder and win then you're golden. If you look back at those original TLCs and the ladder matches those guys did that laid the foundation there really aren't any big moments where no one's trying to win. You'll get the spot or two where guys focus on taking one of the others out, but what you won't see is the retarded shit that you see in so many others since where you'll have guys doing anything but trying to actually climb a ladder and win. Maybe we'll agree to disagree on the rest of his work, but ladder and TLC matches alone support all I need on why his name should be there. Check out his Mania match with Foley again (or for the first time if you haven't seen it) as well if you want an easy example of his solo stuff

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Anonymous Sun 10 Aug 2025 01:13:14 No.18504009 Report

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>>18503993
>That's exactly what ring psychology is though.
This is what meltzerdronies actually believe

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Anonymous Sun 10 Aug 2025 01:13:28 No.18504014 Report

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>>18503526
don't try and shoehorn that little faggot dragunov in with the rest of those alltime greats

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Anonymous Sun 10 Aug 2025 01:14:32 No.18504022 Report

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>>18503963
Ah yes. The WWE greats like the Briscoes, Tanahashi, and Toru fucking Yano

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Anonymous Sun 10 Aug 2025 01:15:32 No.18504032 Report

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>meltzerdronies
I've never been more insulted

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Anonymous Sun 10 Aug 2025 01:16:44 No.18504047 Report

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NTA but HHH/Foley and HHH/Batista though admittedly you can probably posit just as many examples of him being bad at psychology as good at it because his ego overrides a lot of his positive aspects
When he's slotted right he CAN be excellent at it though

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Anonymous Sun 10 Aug 2025 01:16:44 No.18504048 Report

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>>18503963
Kenny is trash

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Anonymous Sun 10 Aug 2025 01:19:46 No.18504068 Report

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>>18503923
Keep coping Peepfag.

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Anonymous Sun 10 Aug 2025 01:24:17 No.18504119 Report

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>>18504014
>rest of those alltime greats
>punk
Kek

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Anonymous Sun 10 Aug 2025 01:26:07 No.18504144 Report

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>>18503526
you didn't mention Benoit because?

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Anonymous Sun 10 Aug 2025 01:28:55 No.18504184 Report

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>>18503976
>Crazy. HHH is one of the best of all time at psychology.
he has like 3 good matches

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Anonymous Sun 10 Aug 2025 01:28:56 No.18504185 Report

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>>18503526
>>The Miz

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Anonymous Sun 10 Aug 2025 01:30:47 No.18504205 Report

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>>18504144
For me, it's Benoit. Christian is a close second.

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Anonymous Sun 10 Aug 2025 01:34:13 No.18504246 Report

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>>18504144
benoit and angle are spot monkeys. the wrestle exactly the same no matter the story or the opponent. the original ospreay

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Anonymous Sun 10 Aug 2025 01:34:38 No.18504253 Report

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It's impossible to say, so we all say Bret or Shawn.

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Anonymous Sun 10 Aug 2025 01:38:09 No.18504299 Report

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>>18504246
Angle yes. Benoit no.

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Anonymous Sun 10 Aug 2025 01:44:54 No.18504382 Report

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>>18504119
Die mad hangtranny

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Anonymous Sun 10 Aug 2025 01:52:18 No.18504470 Report

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>>18504246
Comparing either to Ospreay is insulting because although Angle was a spotmonkey he was one that had it drilled in him to at least do his best and make the actual sequences look authentic and as a struggle, he ducks last second and doesn't feed to obviously
Benoit is a step above either but Angle is at least three above Will as he works now

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Anonymous Sun 10 Aug 2025 01:55:03 No.18504501 Report

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>>18504382
Not an AEW fan. Punk sucks shit though and doesn't belong on any all time list.

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Anonymous Sun 10 Aug 2025 09:19:06 No.18506884 Report

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>>18503526
Maybe

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Anonymous Sun 10 Aug 2025 09:25:25 No.18506896 Report

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Vaquer is on the list but you're not ready for this conversation yet
It will come though

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Anonymous Sun 10 Aug 2025 14:39:11 No.18507823 Report

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>>18504470
benoit is very good at movez that look realistic, but he's too much of a shoot insane retard to adapt his style to his opponent. he wrestled the same vs hhh as he did vs big show

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