Tim Cooke Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 Not a hate post thread, but I don't want to clog up any good posts with this. But if you are bored. DEAN MALENKO. #1 TECHNICAL WRESTLER EVER. http://www.oratoryweb.net/oforums/index.ph...60entry716472 Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 Just curious, what does it mean to be the "best pure wrestler"? Don't mention ROH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 Dean Malenko? Bizarre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 Least they could do is say REGAL. That's someone they've all likely seen who blows away Malenko on the mat. Then again, I think their definition of a "technical" wrestler needs some explanation. I've always hated that term anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Cooke Posted December 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 I think it means when you are in a promotion that is almost exclusivly washed up guys on top (WCW) or kick/punch style (WWF), using a few holds on the mat makes you a "pure" wrestler. Justin T hating on worked shoots is always something that makes me laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheShawshankRudotion Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 When I think of a technical wrestler, I think of someone who could perform lots of wrestling holds, and perform them fluidly and convincingly... aka, with "technique". Dean Malenko was one of the smoothest wrestlers I've seen in wrestling, the execution of the moves he did was near-flawless. Granted, I haven't seen a Malenko match in some time, but that was the impression I got from watching them at the time. Someone like Regal is more rough around the edges, and that's part of his charm. But I wouldn't really call it great technical ability. I'd categorize it as something else... what that something else is, I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 If that's the case, I think technical wrestling tends to suck. I prefer Destroyer and Regal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 I'm baffled as to why anyone would even remotely consider Malenko being better than Benoit or Guerrero. And I like Dean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 A more frustrating link might be this one: http://www.oratoryweb.net/oforums/index.ph...showtopic=28036 I really have to wonder how many of the people who voted Michaels have actually seen a fair amount of Misawa/Kawada/Kobashi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 While it seems strange based on what they're famous for, Rey Misterio Jr, famous high-flyer, is a better mat worker than Dean Malenko. And PSICOSIS may be better than both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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