Best Young/Up and Comer Wrestlers Ever

[elliott]

I've been thinking about this watching all the young Kiyoshi Tamura matches. Who are some of your favorite/the best young wrestlers ever? I'm thinking first 2-3 years of their career?

 

Gut reaction is Tamura, Kobashi, and Akiyama.

 

Who else was a great rookie/youngster?

[Jimmy Redman]

Brock Lesnar.

[BigBadMick]

Windham.

[NotJayTabb]

It's arguable that the first 2-3 years were the best years of Angle's career, always enjoyed him then. Danielson was pretty great a year or two into his career.

 

Too early to say for sure at the moment, but isn't Chad Gable only a year into his career? He could be an answer when we run this process again in 10yrs

[Childs]

Jumbo, Funaki, Juventud Guerrera, Dynamite Kid, Sean Waltman, Curt Henning.

[JerryvonKramer]

Ricky Steamboat is the slam dunk answer, if you've ever seen the stuff from 78, you'd now why I say that.

[KrisZ]

Terry Gordy

[InYourCase]

Katsuhiko Nakajima and Milano Collection A.T. are two modern-ish candidates. Nakajima was hanging with Kobashi and Sasaki at age 17, a year after his debut, and Milano was legitimately very good when he debuted with the T2P class. Better than YOSSINO or Ryo Saito.

[Slasher]

It's arguable that the first 2-3 years were the best years of Angle's career, always enjoyed him then. Danielson was pretty great a year or two into his career.

 

Too early to say for sure at the moment, but isn't Chad Gable only a year into his career? He could be an answer when we run this process again in 10yrs

Why would we wait 10 years? He would be eligible in only 2 years from now if he was worthy of it.

[soup23]

Danielson was pretty amazing by 2002 when he was three years in. Arguably top ten in the world level good.

[Timbo Slice]

Ohtani always gets overlooked. Was really good as early as 22-23 years old.

[NotJayTabb]

 

It's arguable that the first 2-3 years were the best years of Angle's career, always enjoyed him then. Danielson was pretty great a year or two into his career.

Too early to say for sure at the moment, but isn't Chad Gable only a year into his career? He could be an answer when we run this process again in 10yrs

Why would we wait 10 years? He would be eligible in only 2 years from now if he was worthy of it.

Only because this is in the GWE folder, and I believe the plan is to create another list in 10yrs, so I linked it to that. Certainly we'll be able to make a judgement on him in general in a couple of years

[DR Ackermann]

Dustin Rhodes

[Cap]

I haven't rewatched the early stuff in quite some time, but I always remember the Briscoe Brothers (especially Jay) being pretty good right off the bat, especially if you focus on them in the context of the indy boom and the style that was being developed there.

[Grimmas]

Sean Waltman?? He debuted in late 89 and was having great matches in 90/91. Complete natural.

[joeg]

Volk Han, Dragon Lee, Jerry Lawler. Lee is only 19. Lawler went from setting up the ring, to being a ref, to wrestling in a matter of weeks. He had his first main event feud like 2 years in.

[ohtani's jacket]

Volk was 30 when he debut in RINGS so that may disqualify him.

[elliott]

I see OJ is reading this thread and I want to steal his thunder and say Young Davey Boy Smith