Loss Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Vote for the wrestler that you think had the better career in WWE (whether you base that on impact or match quality is your decision), from 1985 to 2005. Voting will end Tuesday morning. Please give the wrestler's name first and any explanation thereafter. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted May 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Davey Boy Smith Taka is a great worker, but he has never really been allowed to strut his stuff on a regular basis, while Davey Boy always delivered, be in in tags with the Bulldog and Owen, or in top matches against Bret and Shawn. A little inconsistent, but he had a great run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Davey Boy Smith Headlined a major PPV in 1992 at a stadium show, had a great tag team career, solid enough singles career where he at least had a presence, and is known via casual WWF fans. TAKA has none of those upsides, with the closest taste he had to a main event being the TV match with HHH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Davey Boy Smith. Several main events and tag team championships. Taka had little impact after 1998. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Man, I am all hyped up about TAKA in '97 right now but there is no way he had the impact or as many great matches as Davey Davey Boy Smith If this matchup were Tajiri v. Taka, the decision would be tougher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mac Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Davey Boy Smith. Pretty straightforward really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Man in Blak Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Davey Boy Smith Not as strong a career as some might believe (try to imagine a list of his best matches without Bret, Owen, or Shawn being involved), but he easily outpaces TAKA's contributions to the company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alfdogg Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Davey Boy Smith, for reasons previously stated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Davey Boy Smith Not as strong a career as some might believe (try to imagine a list of his best matches without Bret, Owen, or Shawn being involved), but he easily outpaces TAKA's contributions to the company. You gotta remember this time period also covers the British Bulldogs era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Davey Boy Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hunter's Torn Quad Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 DBS I much prefer Taka at his best, but we almost never saw Taka at his best in the WWF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyOwnSummer Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Davey Boy Smith. Taka never really did much in the WWF while Davey was in two of my favorite tag teams of all time (with DK and Owen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KingPK Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Davey Boy Smith, for the above reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rob Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Davey Boy Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest teke184 Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Davey Boy Smith wins because of his vast body of work. I personally feel that TAKA is a better worker but TAKA's WWE career was all downhill from Canadian Stampede, while Bulldog got over as a tag guy and in two singles runs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Some Guy Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Davey Boy, it's not even close. TAKA outside of a handful of good matches had no impact on WWF and almost nobody remembers him outside of smark marks. DBS was around so long and had a pretty good aray of good/great matches that he takes this one in a landslide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HungryJack Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Davey Boy Smith That's really a no-brainer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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