Posted December 16, 200519 yr comment_4147602 Not a hate post thread, but I don't want to clog up any good posts with this. But if you are bored. DEAN MALENKO. #1 TECHNICAL WRESTLER EVER. http://www.oratoryweb.net/oforums/index.ph...60entry716472 Tim
December 16, 200519 yr comment_4147652 Just curious, what does it mean to be the "best pure wrestler"? Don't mention ROH.
December 16, 200519 yr comment_4147685 Least they could do is say REGAL. That's someone they've all likely seen who blows away Malenko on the mat. Then again, I think their definition of a "technical" wrestler needs some explanation. I've always hated that term anyway.
December 16, 200519 yr Author comment_4147689 I think it means when you are in a promotion that is almost exclusivly washed up guys on top (WCW) or kick/punch style (WWF), using a few holds on the mat makes you a "pure" wrestler. Justin T hating on worked shoots is always something that makes me laugh.
December 16, 200519 yr comment_4147734 When I think of a technical wrestler, I think of someone who could perform lots of wrestling holds, and perform them fluidly and convincingly... aka, with "technique". Dean Malenko was one of the smoothest wrestlers I've seen in wrestling, the execution of the moves he did was near-flawless. Granted, I haven't seen a Malenko match in some time, but that was the impression I got from watching them at the time. Someone like Regal is more rough around the edges, and that's part of his charm. But I wouldn't really call it great technical ability. I'd categorize it as something else... what that something else is, I don't know.
December 16, 200519 yr comment_4147816 If that's the case, I think technical wrestling tends to suck. I prefer Destroyer and Regal.
December 16, 200519 yr comment_4147842 I'm baffled as to why anyone would even remotely consider Malenko being better than Benoit or Guerrero. And I like Dean.
December 16, 200519 yr comment_4147928 A more frustrating link might be this one: http://www.oratoryweb.net/oforums/index.ph...showtopic=28036 I really have to wonder how many of the people who voted Michaels have actually seen a fair amount of Misawa/Kawada/Kobashi.
December 16, 200519 yr comment_4147970 While it seems strange based on what they're famous for, Rey Misterio Jr, famous high-flyer, is a better mat worker than Dean Malenko. And PSICOSIS may be better than both.
