Hello

 

I was looking for some good examples of wrestlers that would be worth looking at in terms of a diachronic look (over time) and a more synchronic look (same time), with perhaps different territories/regions/promotions instead.

 

What I was looking for is maybe some examples of wrestlers who would not only fit nicely within either way of analysing, but would actively be interesting to look at.

 

I was thinking someone like a Shinjiro Ohtani might be worth a look - Dr Wagner Jr, perhaps? Looking at older lucha, his NJPW stuff and modern brawls.

 

Any other good ideas?

Cheers

Chris Hero honestly fits both buckets as he has done a variety of roles for a variety of different promotions.

Abdullah would be really interesting, he worked absolutely everywhere from Australia to Japan and Puerto Rico and most of the territories and , later, indies for over 30 years.

Timothy Thatcher and all the other grapple-fuckers in RINGS/UWFI/BattleArts and vice-versa Volk Han in Evolve

 

Matt Tremont or Necro Butcher in FMW

 

And the real fun could Ric Flair get over in modern WWE?

My potential concept would be a person who I could watch every five years, or in four to five different places over a five year window. Something along those lines I think.

I'm thinking of guys who could be modified Eddie Gilberts: manage and work, but up and down the card including big main events. Punk is pretty obvious. It has to be someone who seems right as a manager at a fairly young age and doesn't seem bigger/like a better athlete than their charges.