Vote for the wrestler that you think had the better career in WWE (whether you base that on impact or match quality is your decision), from 1985 to 2005. Voting will end Tuesday morning. Please give the wrestler's name first and any explanation thereafter. Thanks.

Davey Boy Smith

 

Taka is a great worker, but he has never really been allowed to strut his stuff on a regular basis, while Davey Boy always delivered, be in in tags with the Bulldog and Owen, or in top matches against Bret and Shawn. A little inconsistent, but he had a great run.

Davey Boy Smith

 

Headlined a major PPV in 1992 at a stadium show, had a great tag team career, solid enough singles career where he at least had a presence, and is known via casual WWF fans. TAKA has none of those upsides, with the closest taste he had to a main event being the TV match with HHH.

Davey Boy Smith.

 

Several main events and tag team championships. Taka had little impact after 1998.

Man, I am all hyped up about TAKA in '97 right now but there is no way he had the impact or as many great matches as Davey

 

Davey Boy Smith

If this matchup were Tajiri v. Taka, the decision would be tougher.

Davey Boy Smith. Pretty straightforward really.

Davey Boy Smith

 

Not as strong a career as some might believe (try to imagine a list of his best matches without Bret, Owen, or Shawn being involved), but he easily outpaces TAKA's contributions to the company.

Davey Boy Smith, for reasons previously stated.

Davey Boy Smith

 

Not as strong a career as some might believe (try to imagine a list of his best matches without Bret, Owen, or Shawn being involved), but he easily outpaces TAKA's contributions to the company.

You gotta remember this time period also covers the British Bulldogs era.

Davey Boy Smith

DBS

 

I much prefer Taka at his best, but we almost never saw Taka at his best in the WWF.

Davey Boy Smith.

 

Taka never really did much in the WWF while Davey was in two of my favorite tag teams of all time (with DK and Owen)

Davey Boy Smith, for the above reasons.

Davey Boy Smith

Davey Boy Smith wins because of his vast body of work.

 

 

I personally feel that TAKA is a better worker but TAKA's WWE career was all downhill from Canadian Stampede, while Bulldog got over as a tag guy and in two singles runs.

Davey Boy, it's not even close. TAKA outside of a handful of good matches had no impact on WWF and almost nobody remembers him outside of smark marks. DBS was around so long and had a pretty good aray of good/great matches that he takes this one in a landslide.

Davey Boy Smith

 

That's really a no-brainer.