Best Wrestler Alive Tourney 1st Round --- Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Rob Van Dam

[2CT]

Cast your vote for the best wrestler alive using the following metrics

Ring work (10)
Mic work/promos (10)
Personality/gimmicks (10)
Overall rating (10)
Number of matches you like from each person

The poll closes after 7 days and if there's a tie the poll extends for an additional 24 hours

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Shinsuke Nakamura

Championships and accomplishments

Inoki Genome Federation
IWGP Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

New Japan Pro Wrestling
IWGP Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
IWGP Intercontinental Championship (5 times)
IWGP Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Hiroshi Tanahashi
IWGP U-30 Openweight Championship (1 time)
NWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
10,000,000 Yin Tag Tournament (2004) – with Hiroyoshi Tenzan
G1 Climax (2011)
G1 Tag League (2006) – with Masahiro Chono
National District Tournament (2006) – with Koji Kanemoto
New Japan Cup (2014)
Teisen Hall Cup Six Man Tag Team Tournament (2003) – with Hiro Saito and Tatsutoshi Goto
Yuko Six Man Tag Team Tournament (2004) – with Blue Wolf and Katsuhiko Nakajima
Heavyweight Tag MVP Award (2005) with Hiroshi Tanahashi
New Wave Award (2003)
Tag Team Best Bout (2004) with Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Katsuyori Shibata and Masahiro Chono on October 24
Technique Award (2004)

Nikkan Sports
Match of the Year Award (2009) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi on November 8
Match of the Year Award (2013) vs. Kazushi Sakuraba on January 4
Match of the Year Award (2014) vs. Kazuchika Okada on August 10
Match of the Year Award (2015) vs. Kota Ibushi on January 4
Outstanding Performance Award (2003)
Technique Award (2012)

NXT
NXT Championship (2 times)
NXT Year-End Award (2 times)
Male Competitor of the Year (2016)
Overall Competitor of the Year (2016)

Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year (2016)
PWI ranked him #5 of the best 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2015

Tokyo Sports
Best Bout Award (2013) vs. Kota Ibushi on August 4
Best Bout Award (2014) vs. Kazuchika Okada on August 10
Rookie of the Year Award (2003)
Technique Award (2012)

Wrestling Observer Newsletter
5 Star Match (2015) vs. Kota Ibushi on January 4
5 Star Match (2015) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi on August 16
Most Charismatic (2014, 2015)
Pro Wrestling Match of the Year (2015) vs. Kota Ibushi on January 4
Wrestler of the Year (2014)
Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2015)

World Wrestling Entertainment
2018 Royal Rumble Winner
WWE Intercontinental Championship (1 time, Current)
WWE United States Championship (2 times)

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Rob Van Dam

Championships and accomplishments

Extreme Championship Wrestling
ECW World Television Championship (1 time)
ECW World Tag Team Championship (2 time) - with Sabu
Fifth ECW Triple Crown champion

National Wrestling Conference
NWC Tag Team Champion (1 time) - with Bobby Bradley

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
TNA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
TNA X-Division Championship (1 time)

World Stars of Wrestling
WSW World Championship (1 time)

World Wrestling Entertainment
WWE Championship (1 time)
ECW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
WWF/E Intercontinental Championship (6 time)
WWF/E Hardcore Championship (4 time)
WWE European Championship (1 time)
World Tag Team Championship (2 time) - with Kane (1), Booker T (1)
WWE Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Rey Mysterio
16th Triple Crown Champion
8th WWE Grand Slam Champion

Pacific Coast Wrestling
Pacific Coast Wrestling Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

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[Superkick Party]

This is a really good one, but Nak just barely gets the win for me

Nak vs RVD would be

 

[mannyrs13]

Tough matchup and I'm missing some content from both wrestlers. Gotta give the slight edge to Nak based on accolades but RVD sure had some memorable matches in his ECW days where I saw most of his work. Especially his work with Sabu. Nak does have better ring work tho but like them both.

 

[Novembruh]

Nak vs Ibushi > RVD's whole in-ring career. Don't care, that's how it is.
Plus, the entrance for that match... swag was on a thousand, trillion.

 

[Metal Face]

RVD's ECW Work >>>>

And Pornstar Van Dam >>> Current Nak

 

[OmegaK2099]

Nak feels he doesn't need to work as hard as he used to because of that fat wwe check especially now since they hardly use him, he can surf all he wants and sit in catering

 

[2CT]

Nak vs Ibushi > RVD's whole in-ring career. Don't care, that's how it is.

you deserve to get negged for disrespecting that man's TV title run like this

 

[Novembruh]

you deserve to get negged for disrespecting that man's TV title run like this

Pssh.
I guess I should contextualize: I'd been lightweight purogang before WK9. Nak/Ibushi had me running to youtube digging through the crates for days looking at past classics; Kobayashi, Misawa, Inoki. As good as RVD mighta been in ECW and all, dude has never had a match that made me look at wrestling any different than I did going in.

Plus. Nakamura got his eye sockets fukked in an MMA match and then cuh still worked his expected wrestling date right after. Rob cool, but Shin just different

Put it this way: I could see wrestling having another RVD-type. I cannot fathom anyone being another Shinsuke Nakamura.

 

[The Great One]

Is this some sort of joke thread?

RVD>>>>

 

[Playaz Eyez]

Pssh.
I guess I should contextualize: I'd been lightweight purogang before WK9. Nak/Ibushi had me running to youtube digging through the crates for days looking at past classics; Kobayashi, Misawa, Inoki. As good as RVD mighta been in ECW and all, dude has never had a match that made me look at wrestling any different than I did going in.

Plus. Nakamura got his eye sockets fukked in an MMA match and then cuh still worked his expected wrestling date right after. Rob cool, but Shin just different

Put it this way: I could see wrestling having another RVD-type. I cannot fathom anyone being another Shinsuke Nakamura.

RVD’s sons are permeated all through wrestling.

Ain’t nobody trying to be Nak’s sons

 

[RobertoDuran]

Gotta go with Nakamura, Nakamura is one of the best of his generation. RVD was never that great in the ring (hated all his matches in Japan), the only match that I liked of his where he wasn't getting carried was with Jeff Hardy.

 

[ALTRUISM]

Both have unique looks, movesets, and the ability to have you engaged in whatever they're doing.

Leaning towards RVD for being an innovator and a stand-out of his time

 

[OmegaK2099]

Remember how epic nakamuras first entrances in nxt used to be?

 

[Tj Bronson]

Nakamura

 

[PharaohAtem]

Remember how epic nakamuras first entrances in nxt used to be?