TSC Evaluation #22: Sabu

[mrken12]

In the last evaluation, Rick Rude got a score of 9.11.

TSC Evaluation #21: Rick Rude

Sting: 9.03 TSC Evaluation #20: Sting
Rey Mysterio Jr.: 8.78 TSC Evaluation #15: Rey Mysterio Jr
Scott Steiner: 8.59 TSC Evaluation #2: Scott Steiner
Terry Funk: 8.41 TSC Evaluation #11: Terry Funk
Vader: 8.23 TSC Evaluation #12: Vader
Rob Van Dam: 8.14 TSC Evaluation #9: Rob Van Dam
Andre The Giant: 8.08 TSC Evaluation #18: Andre The Giant
DDP: 7.95 TSC Evaluation #16: Diamond Dallas Page
CM Punk: 7.94 TSC Evaluation #7: CM Punk
Raven: 7.64 TSC Evaluation #19: Raven
Roddy Piper: 7.51 TSC Evaluation #6: Roddy Piper
Goldberg: 7.13 TSC Evaluation #3: Goldberg
Sycho Sid: 6.97 TSC Evaluation #4: Sycho Sid / Sid Vicious
Ultimate Warrior: 6.72 TSC Evaluation #10: The Ultimate Warrior
D'Lo Brown: 6.47 TSC Evaluation #13: D'Lo Brown
Lex Luger: 5.97 TSC Evaluation #8: Lex Luger
Tazz: 5.94 TSC Evaluation #5: Tazz
Chyna: 5.63 TSC Evaluation #17: Chyna
Jeff Jarrett: 4.51 TSC Evaluation: Jeff Jarrett
Tommy Dreamer: 3.96 TSC Evaluation #14: Tommy Dreamer

If people have any requests for future wrestlers you want to see evaluated, let me know. I'll have one wrestler evaluated for each week every Monday.

For #23 it will be 2 Cold Scorpio.

Pending requests: Ricky Steamboat, Edge, Ted DiBiase, Jake The Snake Roberts, Bam Bam Bigelow, Kurt Angle, Batista, Booker T, Billy Gunn, X-Pac, Kane, Undertaker, Big Show, Rikishi, Mr. Perfect, Owen Hart, Chris Kanyon, Mike Awesome, The Godfather, Val Venis, Big Boss Man, JBL, Junkyard Dog, Harley Race, Stan Hansen, Sgt. Slaughter, Eddie Guerrero, Christian Cage, Brian Pillman, Goldust, William Regal, Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson, Eddie Gilbert, Bad News Brown, Sandman, Barry Windham
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Major accomplishments

Asylum Championship Wrestling
ACW Heavyweight Championship (1x)

Billtown Championship Wrestling
BCW Heavyweight Championship (1x, current)

Border City Wrestling
BCW Can-Am Heavyweight Championship (1x)

Cutting Edge Wrestling
CEW Newfoundland Heritage Championship (1x)

Hardcore Championship Wrestling
HCW Heavyweight Championship (1x)

Eastern Championship Wrestling / Extreme Championship Wrestling
ECW FTW Heavyweight Championship (1x)
ECW World Heavyweight Championship (2x)
ECW World Television Championship (1x)
ECW World Tag Team Championship (3x) – with Taz (1) and Rob Van Dam (2)
Hardcore Hall of Fame (2009)
Second ECW Triple Crown Champion

Extreme Wrestling Alliance
EWA Junior Heavyweight Championship (1x)

European Wrestling Association
EWA Junior Heavyweight Championship (2x)

Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
FMW World Martial Arts Tag Team Championship (1x) – with Horace Boulder

Insane Wrestling Federation
IWF Heavyweight Championship (2x)

Juggalo Championship Wrestling
JCW Heavyweight Championship (1x)

Main Event Championship Wrestling
MECW Heavyweight Championship (1x)

Motor City Wrestling
MCW Heavyweight Championship (3x)

National Wrestling Alliance
NWA Independent World Heavyweight Championship (1x)

NWA Florida
NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1x)

National Wrestling Conference
NWC Heavyweight Championship (2x)

New Japan Pro Wrestling
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (1x)
UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship (1x)

Pro Wrestling Holland
Pro Wrestling Holland Championship (1x)

Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI ranked him #5 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1995
PWI ranked him #86 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the PWI Years in 2003

Professional Championship Wrestling
PCW Television Championship (1x)

Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling
3PW World Heavyweight Championship (1x)

Stampede Wrestling
Stampede Pacific Heavyweight Championship (1x)

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Match of the Year (2005) vs. Abyss, Barbed Wire Massacre on December 11

Ultimate Championship Wrestling
UCW Heavyweight Championship (1x)

UPW Pro Wrestling
UPW American Championship (2x, current)

United States Xtreme Wrestling
UXW United States Heavyweight Championship (2x)

Universal Wrestling Alliance
UWA Heavyweight Championship (1x)

Wrestling Alliance Revolution
WAR World Extreme Championship (2x, current)

World Wrestling Council
WWC Hardcore Championship (1x)
WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship (1x)

World Wrestling League
WWL Extreme Championship (1x)

Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
Readers' Favorite Wrestler (1994)

Xtreme Intense Championship Wrestling
XICW Xtreme Championship (1x)

Xtreme Latin American Wrestling
X-LAW International Championship (1x)

Xtreme Pro Wrestling
XPW World Heavyweight Championship (1x)

With a scale of 1-10 how would you rate Sabu in these categories:

-Mic work/promos

-Personality/gimmicks

-Ring work (along with some of your favorite matches/feuds)

-Overall rating (which doesn't have to be an average of the above scores)

 

[Cobratron]

Did you close the Rude poll early?

 

[Silkk]

He's a fukking Bum but he was always over. These were 2 of my favorite moments of his





He's a 2/3, so 2.5

 

[mrken12]

Did you close the Rude poll early?

It's still open. I changed it so that the polls would be open all the time for all of the threads. I'll update the scores regularly.

 

[Playaz Eyez]

Sabu is one of those dudes that I know is a legend but never really cared about. He was an innovator, had a distinct character, and I'm sure may even have some classic matches, but he's never really resonated with me, various other guys in ECW were more appealing, and Jeff Hardy took everything Sabu did and made it look better.

 

[jackswstd]

-Mic work/promos: He hardly talked, and when he did I don't think he ever cut a promo I remember: 1

-Personality/gimmicks: 8-His gimmick fit him to a T. Suicidal, Homicidal,Genocidal was exactly what he was.

-Ring work (along with some of your favorite matches/feuds) 5- He could put on a passable match now and then. Feud with Taz was legendary.

-Overall rating: 5, and I'm being very generous.

 

[mrken12]

Sabu is one of those dudes that I know is a legend but never really cared about. He was an innovator, had a distinct character, and I'm sure may even have some classic matches, but he's never really resonated with me, various other guys in ECW were more appealing, and Jeff Hardy took everything Sabu did and made it look better.

My first impression of Sabu was this moment.



It's unfortunate that his legacy (to some people) is being known as the guy who botched a lot but I enjoy these threads because you get to see the other side of his legacy.

He's definitely an innovator but execution is one of the most important parts of wrestling.

 

[Buggsy Mogues]

He was a really good worker early on but relied too much on the trash ECW style.. promos are nil, ring work progressively got worse, but his gimmick was dope af. Always seemed like a legit maniac and probably was/is.

Overall - 4, and that's mainly off the strength of his gimmick

 

[Blessed Koala]

I'm not going to lie. I was a huge Sabu mark and forever will be a fan of dude.He brought that daredevil aspect to wrestling. Dude had the look of a broken soul that will destroy anything in his path. The fact that he never cut a promo, spoke (fukk you Vince), and just let his madness take over in matches makes him on my top ten list. The fukking man taped his torn bicep up during his barbed wire match with Terry Funk. Hell even his botches are godtier because dude did the shyt on purpose to damn near kill a wrestler.

Bottom line a strong 9 from me.

 

[Buggsy Mogues]

I'm not going to lie. I was a huge Sabu mark and forever will be a fan of dude.He brought that daredevil aspect to wrestling. Dude had the look of a broken soul that will destroy anything in his path. The fact that he never cut a promo, spoke (fukk you Vince), and just let his madness take over in matches makes him on my top ten list. The fukking man taped his torn bicep up during his barbed wire match with Terry Funk. Hell even his botches are godtier because dude did the shyt on purpose to damn near kill a wrestler.

Bottom line a strong 9 from me.

That's actually a good point tbh

 

[mrken12]

I'm not going to lie. I was a huge Sabu mark and forever will be a fan of dude.He brought that daredevil aspect to wrestling. Dude had the look of a broken soul that will destroy anything in his path. The fact that he never cut a promo, spoke (fukk you Vince), and just let his madness take over in matches makes him on my top ten list. The fukking man taped his torn bicep up during his barbed wire match with Terry Funk. Hell even his botches are godtier because dude did the shyt on purpose to damn near kill a wrestler.

Bottom line a strong 9 from me.

Lance Storm (or maybe it was Taz) claimed that Sabu would plan botched spots to add realism to the matches. Not sure how true that is though.

 

[Blessed Koala]

Lance Storm (or maybe it was Taz) claimed that Sabu would plan botched spots to add realism to the matches. Not sure how true that is though.

I can see that...but

Dude be too excited sometimes.

 

[Champagne Kudo]

my most fond memory of sabu is when I saw that he got released from wwe in like 07

I guess his gimmick and look were coo but he ran the hardcore daredevil shyt into the ground for me. RVD better in like every way anyway so I never gave a fukk bout Sabu trash ass

didn't he call Tazz a ****** too

0 fukk Sabu that nikka wack

 

[Tide Run This]

9 that cat was an ECW legend he put Benoit crippler gimmick over with the legit broken neck in 94 as well. He came to WCW year too early in 95 Sabu in 96-97 could've been dope.

@mrken12 I got an Eddie Gilbert request

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

4 just off the strength of him having the idea

Of...why dont I just throw the fukkin chair at them