WWE.com - Top 10 Submission Specialists

grames_bond

WWE.com compiled another poll, this time of submission specialists, i think its one of the most acurate polls they have done (wouldnt be hard going on the last few but how and ever).

Here is the top 10:

10) Tazz
9) William Regal
8) Sgt Slaughter
7) Daniel Bryan / Brian Danielson
6) Dean Malenko
5) Chris Jericho
4) Ric Flair
3) Bob Backlund
2) Kurt Angle
1) Bret "The Hitman" Hart

fairly good list (for a change), heres a video of the countdown with some interviews!

so....thoughts?

Dancor

No Benoit

:pac:

Lord TSC

Dancor wrote: »

No Benoit

:pac:

As soon as I saw the topic title, I knew he wouldn't be on the list. <_<

gimmick

As much of a Danielson mark that I am, he has no place in any WWE "all time" list.

The Benoit revisionism is not surprising.

D.Q

no?

Bounty Hunter

DieselQueen wrote: »

no?

thought of him myself, think he would be one of the next 1 or 2 on the list and may have missed out on the top 10 as he had the same submission move (finisher atleast, he could obviously do more than 1) as Kurt Angle

arsenallegend

gimmick wrote: »

As much of a Danielson mark that I am, he has no place in any WWE "all time" list.

The Benoit revisionism is not surprising.

i think he does he's bought back the old style of submission wrestling to the WWE which went missing When Benoit passed.

HBK

DieselQueen wrote: »

no?

Exactly what I was thinking?

And erm...didnt they bill Dan Severn as THE submission machine back in the day???(**** as he was)

D.Q

Shamrock legitimately ended fights against top fighters with submissions, and was billed as the most dangerous man in the world. Surely that places him higher on a list of submission specialists than Ric Flair and the figure four. Wooo.

ayatollah

yeah seriously ric flair?!?!? what teh **** - who cant do a figure four??!?!?!?!

why not roddy piper for teh sleeper then?!?!

ridiculous.

alex the pug porteau - scandelous omission

Hannibal

Rick Martel and the Boston Crab no?

irish_stevo815

No John Cena, I mean the STFU is the best ever..................................................................................:p Only playing guys!!!!!!!!!

Good list alright. If Benoit were to be in it, he'd definately be in the top 2!

JP Liz V1

irish_stevo815 wrote: »

No John Cena, I mean the STFU is the best ever..................................................................................:p Only playing guys!!!!!!!!!

Good list alright. If Benoit were to be in it, he'd definately be in the top 2!

I think he would be No. 1

No Masters someone wont be happy

grames_bond

I deflinately think flair shouldnt be on the list.....like bryan said he didnt continuously BEAT people with the f4 (yeah thats what the cool kids call it)

Shamrock should have been there! no question!

jaykhunter

This is a very decent list (minus no Benoit obviously) and since it's WWE they're not gonna put TNA's Kurt Angle at the top of the list.

The best you can ever hope for is that they mention the right people lol.

Shamrock was one of my boys but he was a poor wrestler. He wrestled/was booked like an idiot with one submission hold. I remember watching him wrestle towards the end of his run, and veterans were still outsmarting him easily (go for a test of strength, kick to the stomach asap lol)

the groutch

does it not count sleeper holds?
because there's no mention of it's two best exponents, Ted Diabiase & Brutus Beefcake

flahavaj

ayatollah wrote: »

yeah seriously ric flair?!?!? what teh **** - who cant do a figure four??!?!?!?!

why not roddy piper for teh sleeper then?!?!

For the same reason Angle being as high as two is ridiculous.

flahavaj

the groutch wrote: »

does it not count sleeper holds?
because there's no mention of it's two best exponents, Ted Diabiase & Brutus Beefcake

People usually pass out in a sleeper rather than submit though.

/pedantic pat.

2nd Row Donkey

No Foley, surely the mandible claw is one of the best submisson holds ever

Lord TSC

It strikes me the list should have been...

"Top 10 Technical Specialists"

Rather than what it was actually called....

Reganio 2

Teamshadowclan wrote: »

It strikes me the list should have been...

"Top 10 Technical Specialists"

Rather than what it was actually called....

Nowadays them 2 seem interchangeable tbh.

GTR63

2nd Row Donkey wrote: »

No Foley, surely the mandible claw is one of the best submisson holds ever

Didn't he beat taker with that once too.Bret should be no.1 cause I bet a lot of people were tempted to quit watching wrestling after his Piss poor match with Vince at Mania last year.