Building a Promotion Top 3 Picks By Year:

[elliott]

You're building a promotion from scratch and you can pick any 3 wrestlers to build around. Who are you picking for:

1975

1985

1995

2005

2015

2025

Feel free to pick whatever years you like honestly . 

[Boss Rock]

1985: Stan Hansen, Ric Flair, Ricky Steamboat

1995: Kenta Kobashi, Jushin Liger, Mitsuharu Misawa

2005: John Cena, CM Punk, Bryan Danielson

2015: Daniel Bryan, Sasha Banks, Kazuchika Okada

2025: Hook, Jade Cargill, Bron Breakker

[KawadaSmile]

2005: Umaga, John Cena, CM Punk

2015: Roman, Okada, Sasha Banks. 

[Al]

1975: Terry Funk, Nick Bockwinkel, Andre the Giant

1985: Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Ricky Steamboat

1995: Bret Hart, Cactus Jack, Sabu

2005: John Cena, Eddie Guerrero (ugh), Rey Mysterio

2015: Daniel Bryan, Brock Lesnar, Sasha Banks

2025: MJF, Bron Breakker, Bianca Belair

[Tenese Sarwieh]

1996: Shinya Hashimoto, Mitsuharu Misawa, Jushin Liger

2005: Samoa Joe, John Cena, Bryan Danielson 

 

[Tetsujin]

1985: Nick Bockwinkel, Rick Martel, Tatsumi Fujinami

1995: Kenta Kobashi, Bret Hart, Aja Kong

2005: Samoa Joe, Eddie Guerrero, Meiko Satomura

2015: AJ Styles, Tetsuya Naito, Sami Zayn

2025: Bianca Belair, MJF, Shota Umino.

[Troyvang]

1985: Stan Hansen, Terry Funk, Jerry Lawler

1995: Kenta Kobashi, Mitsuhara Misawa, Manami Toyota

2005: Bryan Danielson, Samoa Joe, CM Punk

I haven’t seen enough of the other time periods in a critical eye.

[MoS]

1975: Bruno, Andre, Patterson 

1985: Flair, Lawler, Hansen

1995: Aja, Hash, Misawa

2005: Joe, Cena, Mysterio

2015: Danielson, Big E, Sasha Banks 

[Laz]

1985: Ric Flair, Randy Savage, Roddy Piper

1995: Bret Hart, Toshiaki Kawada, Cactus Jack

2005: Bryan Danielson, Samoa Joe, AJ Styles

2015: John Cena, Tommy End, Ricochet

2025: Jade Cargill, MJF, Danny Rivera

[Perfectly Straightedge]

1985 - Randy Savage, Roddy Piper, Hulk Hogan

1995 - Bret Hart, Sting, Steve Austin

2005 - Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe, CM Punk

2015 - Bryan Danielson, AJ Styles, Chris Jericho

2025 - MJF, Darby Allin, Bron Breakker

[Boss Rock]

On 3/9/2022 at 12:08 AM, Boss Rock said:

1985: Stan Hansen, Ric Flair, Ricky Steamboat

1995: Kenta Kobashi, Jushin Liger, Mitsuharu Misawa

2005: John Cena, CM Punk, Bryan Danielson

2015: Daniel Bryan, Sasha Banks, Kazuchika Okada

2025: Hook, Jade Cargill, Bron Breakker

I totally forgot to do this, but for 1985 I'm switching Steamboat for Funk.

[LowBlowPodcast]

1975  - Terry Funk - Bobby Heenan - Randy Savage

1985 - Terry Funk - Flair -  Tully

1995 - Shawn - Bret - Eddie Guerrero

2005 - CM Punk - Randy Orton - Bryan Danielson

2015 - AJ Styles - Bryan Danielson - Seth Rollins

2025 - Danielson - Breakker - Ricochet

[Octopus]

1975 - Andre the Giant, Terry Funk, Nick Bockwinkel 

1985 - Ric Flair, Stan Hansen, El Satanico

1995 - Bret Hart, Kenta Kobashi, Rey Mysterio Jr

2005 - Samoa Joe, Bryan Danielson, John Cena

2015 - Daniel Bryan, Sasha Banks, AJ Styles

2025 - Daniel Garcia, Jade Cargill, Bianca Belair

 

[Control21]

1975 - Antonio Inoki (or Jack Brisco, hard choice here), Billy Robinson, Nick Bockwinkel

1985 - Akira Maeda, Nobuhiko Takada, Yoshiaki Fujiwara

1995 - Volk Han, Kiyoshi Tamura, Kazushi Sakuraba

2005 - Kevin Randleman (of HUSTLE fame!), Tsuyoshi Kohsaka, Frank Shamrock (He wrestled in U-STYLE in 2005!)

2015 - Shinsuke Nakamura, KUSHIDA, Katsuyori Shibata

2022 - Yu Iizuka, Daisuke Nakamura, Takuya Nomura