BET ranks the 15 GOAT Black pro-wrestlers

[CROM]

No Ernie Ladd? No Soulman Rocky Johnson? Butch Reed? KoKo B Ware? Bad News Brown?

JYD drew huge money and was a beloved face, being ranked below Mark Henry and Kofi Kingston is crazy.

JYD, Simmons, Reed, Booker, and Rock should be top 5 in whatever order. No mention of big Abdullah the Butcher, Kamala, or Ladd…. Not a credible list at all.

 

[Novembruh]

List ain't got Ron Killings - it's a pointless list.
Off longevity alone he just outside the top 10.
Off keeping his athleticism throughout that longevity, he easily top 10.
Him being the godking of making chicken salad out of chicken shyt... I'd say there's an argument Ron the motherfukking Truth Killings is top 5

 

[The Amerikkkan Idol]

Agreed. I crowned Bianca as the GOAT (women's wrestler) after she won her first wrestlemania title. She definitely deserves to be at least top 3 on this list, I'll even accept top 5. But her still being active shouldn't work against her because if she retired today she's already solidified.

People tend to put on Rose colored nostalgia glasses unfortunately. as you can see people asking for the likes of Rocky Johnson, 2 cold scorpio, ernie ladd, butch reed, koko beware, bad news brown, new jack..... if these dudes were added to the top 15 the list would be 15 old ass wrestlers from the 80s and 90s. Which would make no sense considering the sport/business has evolved. Wanting JYD ranked above Kofi Kingston is absolute madness. Paying homage is cool and all but the whole "you wouldn't be here if it wasn't for so and so" is detrimental to growth

Sometimes it be your own people unfortunately. There were people giving props to liv Morgan in the chamber for making Bianca "look good" and "carrying" the match. people always talk about her opponents and how they helped "make her" You don't hear these takes with anyone else. I always hear about how good sasha made her look, how becky gave her the rub, how asuka should've won because shes the veteran, dudes were foaming at the mouth for her to lose to iyo at the puerto rico PLE. And they say her and iyo have good chemistry when they wrestle. None of this gives props to her individual greatness. The way some posters talk you would think Bianca Belair is Tom Macgee and all of her opponents are Bret Hart.

The business has evolved for the worst, mostly.

Doing a bunch of finishing moves & not selling isn't "evolving", it's the indyfing of the business.

I love Bianca, but to just argue she's better because she's the most pushed is really a bad way of defining who's the "best".

It's like arguing Goldberg's the "best" or something, not that I'm saying she's Goldberg, but just saying, being pushed for your physicality doesn't mean you're the "best wrestler".

Can she call a match?

Can she draw as a face & a heel?

Who has she made look better?

She's extremely talented, but let's not go crazy, now.

we don't claim Dwayne 'me no black, uce' Anoa'i

Rock absolutely claims his Black side, what are you talking about.

He bought his pops a truck right before he died.

Bianca has had a better career than Sasha.

Hate to say it but she's been out the spotlight for several years

She's been more pushed, that's about it.

That's like arguing Ultimate Warrior or Goldberg are better wrestlers than Eddie Guerrero because they "accomplished more"

Man, c'mon. Jackie ain't what it is.

Plus she was staunch member of team when it comes to black men

Not true, she dated R-Truth

JYD, Simmons, Reed, Booker, and Rock should be top 5 in whatever order. No mention of big Abdullah the Butcher, Kamala, or Ladd…. Not a credible list at all.

This.

Dudes have zero sense of history

 

[LocRocket80]

One Deep out here thinking I'm a c00n when his bytch made punk ass out here simpin for a teather Jamaican. You just a laptop gangster on here just trying to get attention when everybody knows you been on here c00ning for Triple K since for ever
Eat monkey balls and FOH

 

[OneDeep]

One Deep out here thinking I'm a c00n when his bytch made punk ass out here simpin for a teather Jamaican. You just a laptop gangster on here just trying to get attention when everybody knows you been on here c00ning for Triple K since for ever
Eat monkey balls and FOH

I don’t crash out over females online c00n

The fact that you even address Jade like that proves my point

And nobody but a few AEW Stans care that I’m a Triple H Stan

Coli don’t fukk with you

 

[The Amerikkkan Idol]

Who's Jamaican?

 

[OneDeep]

Who's Jamaican?

Jade’s Father & Mother is of Jamaican descent her father is a first generation immigrant

She was born in the U.S.

But that c00n trying to use FBA talking points like he posts in the Higher Learning/The Root or even TLR trying to down her

Weirdo just hates Jade for no reason

 

[Hey_zeus]

She's not a tether. People just throw that word around not understanding it's meaning.

 

[The Amerikkkan Idol]

She's not a tether. People just throw that word around not understanding it's meaning.

Yeah, I saw some idiot call the president of Burkina Faso a tether & I'm like

 

[br82186]

Yeah, I saw some idiot call the president of Burkina Faso a tether & I'm like

Between Tariq and Umar's being a shyty ass father, both need the beats ending in a trip to the hospital

 

[Neuromancer]

This list isn't well researched.

 

[Neuromancer]

 

[dh86]

That womens list a joke with the Jacqueline disrespect. How you gonna leave out the first black WWE women's champion..

No Black woman with self respect wanted to follow in those footsteps. Todays young women grew up watching Sasha Banks

 

[dh86]

Bianca has had a better career than Sasha.

Hate to say it but she's been out the spotlight for several years

Sasha has a long list of women who’s become bigger stars after working with her. Bianca is in that role now, is she making stars?

 

[dh86]

The business has evolved for the worst, mostly.

Doing a bunch of finishing moves & not selling isn't "evolving", it's the indyfing of the business.

I love Bianca, but to just argue she's better because she's the most pushed is really a bad way of defining who's the "best".

It's like arguing Goldberg's the "best" or something, not that I'm saying she's Goldberg, but just saying, being pushed for your physicality doesn't mean you're the "best wrestler".

Can she call a match?

Can she draw as a face & a heel?

Who has she made look better?

She's extremely talented, but let's not go crazy, now.




Rock absolutely claims his Black side, what are you talking about.

He bought his pops a truck right before he died.

She's been more pushed, that's about it.

That's like arguing Ultimate Warrior or Goldberg are better wrestlers than Eddie Guerrero because they "accomplished more"

Not true, she dated R-Truth

This.

Dudes have zero sense of history

Rock badly ghosted his Black brothers and sisters Rocky had on the side.

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