Jim Cornette on the Best Workers for Each Decade 

You're right!

Seems like a douche, but a great worker.

Not only in the ring Arn's promo skills were unreal even early in his career. If it wasn't for him there would have been no horsemen he is the one who coined the phrase

Underrated by whom. Who the fuck doesn't know how great he was

@@chrischar9428 I Agree. When I Mention Double A, A Few People Have Mentioned "He's No Ric Flair!" ... And That's True, He Was Better Than Flair (My Opinion). But When Tag-Teaming, His Skills Were Not Under-Rated. I Meant As A Singles Competitor, Being The "Enforcer" Of The Four Horsemen. I Always Had Mad Respect For Arn Anderson.

@ chris car ...Well vince mc mahon for example basically used him as a Jobber...

Wasn’t a major draw though

@@ANDCFC95 because they didn't know how to use him/vince was too busy pushing his son in law

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@@denisashby5589 he couldnt talk or carry a program to save his life

​@@wereallscrewed9714He wasn't really given a proper chance to

I'd say Mike Awesome or Chris Kanyon are more underrated. Awesome was a beast, I've never understood why WWE never used Awesome, he seems like he would've been tailored made for them. In regards to Kanyon, all I have to say, apart from how innovative he was, is "WHO BETTER THAN KANYON?"

@Derek ex Machina Although I do think one of the Radicals is criminally underrated. Perry Saturn.

Wooooooo!!!!!!!

@@walsh9080 I know Mike Awesome had depression issues. Not sure if he had that has early has his time in WWE, or it came later. Also one of things Vince did was burry a lot of good talent in the WCW/ECW invasion angle that Mike was a part of. Mike, Lance, Booker T, Dallas Page and others. Deserved better then they got. I'm not saying give them all the main event spot. But that whole angle was only to make WWE look good and WCW/ECW look like pure trash

The cat !

I don't understand why he feels the need to apologize for that. I always thought Jerry was great

Honorable Mentions: The Undertaker, Chris Jericho, Jerry Lawler, Barry Windham, Curt Hennig, Chris Benoit, Samoa Joe, Bobby Eaton, CM Punk, The Great Muta

Take out Edge and put Benoit there for sure. And what about Kobashi and Manami Toyota as well

No stone cold or Rock

@@youngtiq4704 I liked Stone cold as a worker but he was never the best maybe top 5 and The Rock wasn't a great worker.

Flair alone in 1989 makes him the best of the 80's.

For sheer work, he was never a star, i'd say Al Snow for the 90's.

He was one of the best, but his peaks were 2000 (when he was amongst the best), 2001 (where he should've been the best, but wasn't booked to be), & 2008 (where I feel he was truly able to show he was the best)

Love Jericho but as a worker you can go without mentioning jericho

Okada is also up there, he is very underrated. but AJ Styles right now is second to none. His the best wrestler on the planet

*2009

If the conversation is only about US wrestling then yes.

Chinaboatman even in Japan. he's over everywhere and has bomb matches with any style any where

AJ Styles is Great but I will say his stuff pre-2010 was better. He is pretty beat up now. There's a lot of things he cannot do.

Jumbo over Ric Flair? Misawa over hbk?

Are you high?

No one watched All Japan in the 80’s and 90’s.

​@@mr.mr.4772 ajpw was really Big in the 80's the downfall started in the 90's but they still had great talents, like Misawa, Kobashi, Kawada, Hansen who could still go, dr death, they had some great matches but suffered the departure of a lot of great talents that really hurt them. But when you watch the Misawa matches from the mid 90's where He was at his prime, it was incredible, and Kobashi with his physique and charisma and body language could have been a star in the US if he could cut promos in english.

@@arthurdaffos1490 they were big in Japan. Unless you were able to get tapes of those matches, no one ever seen them. I’ve been watching wrestling since the late seventies.

He was the best

I agree Bobby Eaton nobody uve ever seen has got a bad word to say about Bobby Eaton

Harley Race: Am I a joke to you?

Bockwinkel is definitely towards the top. He could make anyone look great and he did it for a long time.

Great list but I’d put Bret over Shawn for the 90’s or at the very least on par.

Ridley Shawn vs Bret is easily the most difficult of the bunch. If anything, it depends on how you like your wrestling

You are either a Bret Hart fan or a Shawn Michaels fan. You can’t be both equally.

He was

I'd say a tie between him, the briscoes, and the funk brothers.

Chavo Guerrero ? The Spoiler ? The Masked Superstar ? Scott Irwin ?

Bill Eadie, AKA The Masked Superstar, Bolo Mongol and Ax of Demolition was one the best ever.

These are all great shouts goes to show how fantastic being a wrestling fan then must have been. I love watching that old stuff. Dick Murdoch and Killer Karl Kox were great workers too, and what about Archie Gouldie? I haven't got to see as much of him as I would like but I love his stuff, such a believable and mega over heel in Stampede and the Tennessee territories, though I gues he had some 80's runs too that were memorable, and Jim used him as an old guy in SMW. Nick was as good as anybody, and for me personally he's in a tie as my favorite talker of the era with Harley, Ernie Ladd, and Ron Wright, who is another guy I'd love to see more of.

He'd be on a short list with Race Jack Brisco and the Funks

Exactly. Bret could have a match of a grubworm and make it awesome.

Shawn’s matches were better. Even into the 2000’s. Also Bret was terrible on the mic.

Steve Austin did not need Bret Hart. He just needed a stepping stone and that was Bret.

G Puppy Bret was awesome on the mic.

I love Bret, but I think you are letting your personal feelings taint the truth. Shawn Michael's helped get Razor over in the first ladder match on WWE. Whatever problems you have with HBK's personal character (And there are alot to have) He was an amazing performer that can't be denied. Bret was also a massive tool at time, who took himself so serious that it harmed others. So lets not pretend that this was some white hat vs black hat john wayne movie. There is nuance to every conflict. Also: Bret Hart could get anyone over...unless it was in Canada...then nobody gets over but Bret! lol.

MMA THROWDOWN fuck AJ Styles. Boring & overrated zzzz

I would say funk over race, but other than that, this is pretty much my list.

No way Flair was better than Randy Savage or Rick Steamboat as far as in ring performance. Ric Flair is the Pete Rose of Wrestling # Legend

I don't necessarily agree with that but that's damn hard to argue with.

70s Bruno 80s Hulk Hogan 90s Bret Hart- Austin- 00s- Rock 10s-Brock

On a side note though, what would you say about someone like Chris Jericho? I mean he did have some good moves in the ring. Is he one of the 'chickens' to you or one of the 'beefs'?

Undertaker is weird isn't he? He wasn't great at promos, he wasn't great at mat work, but he's some how over because of aura and the entrance.

@@Makron5 It's like what somebody said about Arn Anderson. He is not great at anything but he is pretty good at everything.

@@chainsoar Most wrestling fans are intimidated by women...neckbeards fear that which they do not understand.

Alice Radley is smart and beautiful.

You and I have almost the list but I add Scott Hall to mine. Curt Henning was just as good in the ring as Bret and Shawn.

Vince killed his career.

Scott steiner too

Not even close

You obviously didn't watch the 2000's if you think Michaels is over Angle or Benoit

@@RheemQ Angle is awesome but so many of his matches turn into ankle lock fests where it's ankle lock - reversal - ankle lock reversal etc, etc. Benoit is great but didnt have many big matches after his world title loss in 04 .he died in 07 so it's hard to say he's better than a guy who had more time in the ring.

@@ricosalvaje5802 and what was Michaels he just had great matches with the best performer of the time Jericho Angle Benoit. Angle always consistently had the best matches of the 2000's people overrate Michaels he does one big move in his matches and they act like its all him name me anything he did besides that move over the top rope onto Angle at 21 that was stand out what did he do that great at 20 in the triple threat aside from the moonsault onto HHH and Benoit the match was pretty much carried by Benoit

@@RheemQ Have you even seen any hbk match or you just speaking from your ass?

@@dawson6196 I watched his matches and I stand by what I said. What's the big deal? He does one big move off the top rope and everybody thinks all his matches are five stars. I mean people call his match against Flair and Vince at Mania 22 and 24 five stars even though both aren't even that good. But I'm crazy just because I don't think he's as good as people say he is. I mean I'm not gonna say he's never put on any classics. I mean his matches against Taker, Angle, Jericho, and the triple threat at Mania.

Got injured too early, but from 80-84? Absolutely

The 2000's was a toss up between Benoit and Angle. Guerrero had more personalty but his best work was in WCW before he gained all that muscle and before the 2000's. Benoit and Angle were more intense, more believable, more technical and more physical. They worked like Wrestlers. When Guerrero got bigger, he was slower & less athletic. Still good but it didn't compare to his WCW/Mexico work. Angle and Benoit for the 2000's.

I think you can throw in Daniel Bryan/Brian Danyelson in the mix for either the 2000s or 2010s.

Scott James styles or okada but a damn fine list

I think Bruno Sammertino was the best of the 1960s.

Scott James hornswaggle is absolutely the most talented ring performer

Would you put koloff in the 70's?

Kilokahn austins run was 97-02 so its tricky to put him over some other guys. I would put austin top 10 in the 90s though. Bret,hbk,flair,mick foley,undertaker,austin,owen,x pac,eddie,benoit and vader would be my picks.

Flair best of the 80's? You obviously didn't see much did you

Heck yes he and the dungeon of doom were the best

for the 90s U mean Tatanka?? lol

Dusty the best of the 70's? lmao

70s - Jumpin Jeff Farmer 80s - Virgil 90s - Shockmaster 00s - David Arquette

What also made Bret a better worker to me was that he made guys. Stone Cold,Shawn,Diesel,Yoko, even Taker to a degree. Shawn had great matches but he only ever made himself or his friends truly shine.

Most would disagree with you

@@Hugh_Morris Most people are idiots, so...

Ten times I don't know. I just think Bret had a different mindset than Shawn to actually work. When Shawn returned in 2002, he was easily one of the best workers.

Wooooooo!!!!!!!

Mick Foley wasnt a great worker.

Where in the blue hell is Triple HHH, John Cena, Batista, and Brock Lesnar?

What about Booker T, Undertaker, and Kane?