Wrestlers who made you truly believe

[jadillac]

And I mean truly suspend your belief as an ADULT. Not like as a kid where kids believe in Cena or Horgan

Like you're saying, okay these other matches are whatever, but this one here feels real

For me.....

Stone Cold - looking back at him talking sht to Shamrock was wild, but I believed it in those moments. All of his promos were real.

Kurt Angle - everything he did in the ring felt real. All the submissions, the suplexes, everything

Lesnar - no explanation needed. Every Brock match from like 03 - 2015 felt

 

[LordDeathwatch]

As an adult? That's a short ass list, only ones off the dome are Chris Benoit, Kurt, Oba, and Goontah.

 

[VegetasHairline]

Hornswoggle

 

[Reality Check]

Joe Hendry

 

[Silkk]

Shamrock
Mark Henry
Ladhley
Benoit
Meng
Bam Bam Bigelow
Steve Blackman
Dan Severn
Angle
Gunther
Ishii (pre aew)
Shibata (pre aew)
Suzuki (pre aew)

 

[Capitol]

 

[Rosecrans]

Eugene

 

[jadillac]

As an adult? That's a short ass list, only ones off the dome are Chris Benoit, Kurt, Oba, and Goontah.

I was gonna say Benoit at first

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Most of the puro guys from circa 2014-2019 looked like legit badass guys with black belts and shyt... I think because of a lot of them were

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

New jack

Dude embodied FAFO levels of wrestling. Mans talk shyt and backs it up, no gimmick to the bodies he may had caught, and quick frankly the only wrestler that lives by the g code of getting in and out.

fukk you pay me.

Him, Brody, Vader, Funk, and Bad News Brown should be the forefathers of getting by in the wrestling business.

Know your worth.

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

Benoit
Lesnar
Angle
Shibata

 

[bear27]

Saying benoit to me is hilarious
Watched a match v Scott Hall recently
He looked like a child next to Scott
Then realised he was much smaller than the ref too


Brock is the only one since I've been grown

 

[Heelish]

Dude embodied FAFO levels of wrestling. Mans talk shyt and backs it up, no gimmick to the bodies he may had caught, and quick frankly the only wrestler that lives by the g code of getting in and out.

I remember Jack had an XPW tee from the early 00s speaking on this, that was probably the wildest merch I ever saw.

EDIT: @The Intergalactic Koala finally found it

Spoiler

 

[Canada Goose]

Random, but mid to late 2000s Taker was GOAT at keeping kayfabe alive In like 05 or 06 WWE dropped a "Best of Undertaker" DVD and other wrestlers gave interviews outside of Kayfabe on it but not Mark Calloway himself


Taker didn't even give his condolences on TV during Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit tribute shows after they died That era of Taker was wild, dude was a complete recluse outside of WWE TV tapings