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Sgt. Slaughter I hated the Iraq angle, but it got Slaughter incredible heel heat. Slaughter's run there, and Venis' career as a whole are apples and oranges.

Tully Blanchard Had a fun run in 1988-89 and is a better worker. Sid's run wasn't bad, but it wasn't as good as it could've been, and he was involved in many duds, including headlining one of the worst WrestleManias of all time, and headlining other dud PPVs.

Rey Mysterio Better matches, better seller of merch, very over. I like Rude a lot, but his best stuff was with WCW.

Mike Rotundo I'm including his work with Barry Windham here, as they were a fun team in 1985. He had some good stuff with Ted Dibiase too. Jannetty's had some good stuff too, but I consider Rotundo's career to be slightly better. Tough call this one.

Bob Backlund Got over quicker with the Mr. Bob Backlund gimmick than all the different attempts at gimmicks that Jarrett's had. Backlund was still fairly good in the ring in 1994, too.

Demolition Smash Part of a memorable tag team in the late 80s. Orton? Hardly anything memorable...yet.

Chris Jericho No real contest here. It's even possible that Taka's a better in-ring performer, but Jericho's outdone him in everything else.

Ultimate Warrior Neither guy had a "great" WWF career, but Warrior wins here due to better matches, a WWF title reign and a more distinguished history.

I thought Barry Windham was always Dusty's protege? Didn't he say so in his (Dusty's) shoot interview?

Steve Austin Both guys drew big money, but Austin's the better worker, completely reenergized the WWF and still has a following today. Andre really began to deteriorate in the mid-to-late 80s and was overshadowed as a draw by Hulk Hogan anyway.

Mr. Perfect Both guys are superb workers, but Hennig's had the better success as far as the upper card goes. DK had a great run in the tag division, but Hennig had a run in the main event, even if it never drew. He was also great as Ric Flair's Executive Consultant, and wasn't too bad a commentator in 1996 as well. It's too bad injuries cut both careers short.

Rob Van Dam Neither of these guys had great careers, and while Matt may be a better worker, RVD was pushed immediately when he was over, albeit briefly. Hardy never was when Mattitude started taking off. RVD also had a cup of coffee with the main event. RVD wins here.

Kurt Angle Pains me to vote Angle over Steamboat, but Steamer, while he had a solid career from 1985-88, never reached the heights Angle did, although Angle had the luxury of a McMahon push, something other babyfaces not named Hogan never really had a shot at until Randy Savage in 1988. Steamboat had a bad brief run in 1991 under the silly Dragon gimmick. Really, Steamboat's greatest stuff is the NWA, and while he good stuff in the WWF, in the big picture, Angle had the better career.

Ric Flair Had an incredibly fun run in 1991-93. Still entertaining to an extent today, although he probably shouldn't even be around today. Kane's career, like Big Show's, has been way too inconsistent.

Jeff Hardy Ramon hit a higher card status than Hardy, thanks to good matches with guys like Michaels and Bret Hart (what a surprise!). Scott Hall's career went into the sunset quickly due to personal issues, which is the same as Hardy, but Jeff, in his own ladder matches, never needed to be carried and created his own presence, unlike Hall. Going with Jeff here.

Randy Savage Better worker, better matches, more titles won, had a taste of the main event scene, etc. No real contest here.

Owen Hart Owen had a longer WWF career, won more titles, was just as good a worker as Goldust, and had a taste of the main event in 1994. Rhodes' best work was in WCW in the early-mid 90s. His WWF stuff ain't bad, but not enough to top Owen.

The Anarchy Rulz match is moreless a carbon copy of the Heatwave match. It also had Taz in it, and with Taz, a more defined story: Taz sold out, so let's have the two heavyweights eliminate him. The Awesome-Tanaka portions seemed like your classic ECW "let's respect these two guys in the ring" match. And of course, the ECW crowd was, well, your typical hypocritical ECW crowd, who went from "Fuck you Taz" to "Ohhh, thank you Taz for the last 5 or so years of hard work." In other words, don't bother with the Anarchy Rulz match. Albeit, that probably should've been the main event of that show, rather than RVD-Balls Mahoney.

Heatwave 98 had its own VHS and DVD release by Pioneer. So did Anarchy Rulz 99, which had the other released Awesome-Tanaka match. So neither match was on any of their comps.

It was $750,000. Jeebus! (Thanks for the correction, but damn, that's depressing to hear!)

Edge Valentine was past his prime after 1985 and wound up hitting rock bottom eventually with Rhythm and Blues, a team nowhere near as good as Edge and Christian. Edge, while not the greatest worker out there, is very much a household name, has had memorable matches, and hopefully will hit main event status soon, which, if it happens, will probably be on Smackdown.

Demolition Ax There's no way I'm voting for the lowest-drawing champion in company history, and the guy who had a trillion injuries on a $600,000 salary in his second run. On the other hand, Demolition had a memorable run as a tag team and while Eadie was well in the twilight of his career, his raspy voiced interviews are a fine memory. The Masked Superstar era is not as good (in my opinion), but still above a guy who as champ damn near brought the company to the ground.

Christian Christian's been in the company longer, been in far more memorable matches, has had many a successful run in tag teams, and has been a better worker (since Funk's prime was in the 1970s). If we're talking full careers, Funk is clearly better, but Christian gets the nod upon a WWF-only focus. Also, as far as Attitude era goes, the TLC matches were more memorable than the Dumpster matches.

Chris Benoit Benoit's held one of the top titles, held numerous other titles, including the ones Santana's had, and has been generally higher up the card. Benoit also contributed to a change of style in the WWF, something, AFAIK, Santana never had the same effect of. Santana's best feud was before 1985 too, whereas afterwards, he was partly on the way to the downswing of his career. This would be a fun match if it actually happened.

Undertaker Apples and oranges. Undertaker's been a long-time main eventer. Chavo's been a midcarder around for a relatively shorter time. Chavo's a better worker obviously, but that's also cancelled out by Undertaker's merchandising success and his part in the biggest drawing segment in RAW history.