The GOAT of Every Wrestling Promotion! 

WWWF- Bruno Sammartino (The Overall GOAT) WWF-Stone Cold Steve Austin (What?) WWE-John Cena (sorry) NWA- Ric Flair (Woo) WCW- Sting (ITS STINGGGGGGGGGG) ECW- Rob VAN DAMN TNA- The Phenomenal AJ Styles AEW- MJF (Better than Mox) ROH- Bryan Danielson (YGGYFHKI) NXT- Johnny Gargano (you convinced me)

WWWF: Bruno Sammartino WWF: Stone Cold Steve Austin WWE: John Cena NWA: Ric Flair WCW: Sting ECW: RVD/Tommy Dreamer TNA: AJ Styles AEW: MJF/Jon Moxley ROH: Samoa Joe/Bryan Danielson NXT: Adam Cole/Finn Balor

WWWF: Sammartino WWF: The Rock WWE: John Cena NWA: Ric Flair WCW: Sting ECW: Rob Van Damn TNA: AJ Styles AEW: Chris Jericho ROH: CM Punk NXT: Ciampa WWC: Carlito

@@jaxonjaxoff3291 great pick with MJF. Definitely a future GOAT

I really think that an argument could be made for Sting in TNA as well. He held that promotion together with his grit and guts, especially when AJ was being underutilized.

The older days of wrestling had to have people that actually drew money. In the WWE era, it’s more about who the company chooses

I agree. I like how it was divided up by organization, but you have to look at basically the time period. Do you talk to some older people they're going to talk about Vern Ghana and a lot of others probably from the late '70s and early to mid '80s. But if you will get the mid to late '80s, you can't deny that hulkamania brought wrestling to the forefront. I personally started watching in the mid '90s, and for me it was Sting, Steve Austin, the rock, The undertaker, Hall, Nash, Mick Foley, etc. So it's kind of hard to really name exactly just one person. Like do you look at the overall body of work and longevity? Do you work at the entire influence of the industry? I mean I'm surprised the undertaker wasn't on the list, since he's been going for 30 years before retirement; which is a hard thing to do in the business as injury, addiction, etc take a lot of them out in the late '30s and early '40s

YES. I AGREE. I commented about the Cena shit but that was WWE LMAO. I completely agree with how he had it all seperated.

It's not wwwf it was just wwf

@@Jetup24 It was known as the WWWF until 1979. It then became the WWF until 2002, when it was renamed to WWE.

definitely agree with you on that!

Goldberg was the face of WCW.

@@Jetup24 for 1 year

As problematic as it may be, the face off WCW during the monday night wars was the NWO. The Outsiders taking over was the most compelling reason for viewers to tune in. Don't get me wrong, WCW was brimming with talent, but the plot development was lacking until the NWO came to town. the people really dug the whole foreign takeover. it explains why the majority of the people even cheered for the heel organization (nwo) vs the good company (wcw).

@@pleaseshutup7053 from 1998 til the end it wqsa goldberg. His peak was 1998 though.

All 7 stunners made this moment truly legendary

That's literally my favorite wrestling moment lol

It was like Optimus Prime in the 80s transformers movie

Oh he's walking! He's talking! Love when he pulls up in the truck and just start opening cans of whoop ass. Edge getting thrown around backstage is peak wrestling.

@@DavidxBoyd this is so accurate 🤣😭

more WCW, imo, his best work is mainly at TNA, he was pretty much the top guy there

@@chrisgaleana6215 no his best work was new Japan and ring of honor

@@shoeplayisbad1I don’t agree. He was already established when he went to those places and he joined an already established faction that he kinda felt out of place in

@@georgelaflare he wasn't really established in ring of honor He was established when he was in Tna though

I agree with you mjf is the real goat of AEW

Not Kenny Omega?

@@igortroy kenny is good but I think that mjf is more recognazible ( sorry for my english )

@@igortroy ok

He is the upcoming star of AEW just like how theory is for wwe,you cannot ignore the work jon put throughout to carry aew for some years now

AJ and samoe joe were great. Still don't get it why samoa joe was in X division though

Chikara

Waste of time

NWA (Assosiation): Bill Longson

Myke Newman, Exactly!!! I was just about to type this. As a native Memphian, who used to wake up every Saturday morning in the 80's to watch the local wrestling, people simply don't realize how big the AWA,, CWA and USWA were during those territory days. I remember Sting's and the Ultimate Warrior's first match in Memphis as part of the AWA when they were called the Freedom Fighters/ Blade Runners and were nothing more than big, buff, and stiff muscle bound freaks with no personalities or in ring skills. Then I remember Hulk Hogan in Memphis as part of the AWA when he was called Terry Boulder and simply not famous at all. I remember the Undertaker as the Master of Pain somewhere during the late 80's in Memphis as part of the CWA and the Rock later being introduced as Flex Kavana in the USWA. All of this to say that despite all of those future legends and potential near GOATs of other promotions coming through the AWA, CWA and USWA in Memphis, Jerry Lawler was easily the GOAT of the CWA and USWA. You're right about Kerry Von Erich in the WCCW, and to show how big Jerry Lawler was at that time, he defeated Kerry Von Erich in a match which basically brought the WCCW to an end and unified the title.

GCW: Nick Gage

AWA: Nick Bochwinkel WCCW: David Von Erich Stampede: Bret Hart CWA: Jerry Lawler Pacific Northwest: Roddy Piper

@@AceGoodheartlucha underground pentagon dark AAA blue deamon Jr njpw Jushin ligher

Yes, Taker should have been listed as GOAT for WWF/E

As good as Undertaker is he is not the goat he deserves to be in the conversation but he wasnt as over as Stone Cold was in the Attitude era

@@nicholausbell2749 3 years of being over doesn't make you the goat. Sure, he accomplished a lot in a short time, but contrary to this video and popular belief among fanboys, the Rock was more over after 2001.

@@resulnaki No offense, but Austin did more for the WWF/E then The Rock. Not to take anything away from The Rock; he might have been more over, but Austin's success was a major influence on the entire Attitude Era.

@@islandclubtech hogan was a bigger star during the wwf era

Man agree, I was 8 years old when I first saw Austin in 97 on tv, you had to watch it live to see it! Goat!

in terms of popularity yes sami won but in achievements imma go with gargano and gargano is kinda popular too

I’d was thinking the same, Sami or Finn were the nxt goats

One could’ve said him or Kevin owens.. when KO faced cens it really legitimized NXT

While Sami was popular, Gargano was the goat of NXT from his story with Ciampa to him turning heel to the creation of the Way..Gargano was the man!

Coulda made a solid argument for Seth or Finn too

I mean the last Wrestlemania against Kevin Owens, that glass shattered and everybody freaked out.

Antonio Inoki says hello.

If his run dident get cut short by the broken neck, then Maybe. But when it comes down to it he was only the "stone cold" of legend for like 4 or 5 years? That shit can't even come close to comparing to the legendary careers of undertaker, Bret hart, Shawn Michael's ect ect.

@@sporkinstien6571 you got the last sentence backwards. Lol

@@sporkinstien6571 Undertaker was never the face of the franchise, due in large part to the other two clowns you mentioned, who just about sunk the whole company because they forgot they were performers.

I agree.

It’s cool to hate on hogan now. This video is 27 minutes too long having not given Hogan his due.

Bill Eadie as AX is my all time favorite, but Hulk Hogan may just very well be the GOAT of all time, universally.

@@derekandkaty4593 - He must hate Hogan.

Casual take

Solid list, except Austin owned 2001.

From 2007 to 2010 the Undertaker was the top one

Nwa it was harley

@@shoeplayisbad1 Not Thesz? Five years straight with the title, plus another 2 years after dropping it to Whipper Watson, then another 2-3 years after Rogers. I'll grant how many reigns Harley had -- and he was terrific, no doubt about it -- but a good argument can be had that Lou's total run (not including the NWAssociation reigns during the 30s and early 40s) puts him into some serious contention. At the same time, gotta think Rogers, who was a serious serious DRAW, because EVERYBODY wanted to see him get beat....

@@Travlr013 you have a point

I disagree since someone like Jeff hardy who was so famous at the time and took tna wrestling to incredible hights

raven

Agreed.. I didn't have Tommy Dreamer on my list though

@@NateNizzle Tommy dreamer was more of a “heart and soul/glue guy/company guy” but I would have thought Raven or RVD.

I agree w/RVD. Because Andy said whenever TNA had to count on someone to have a good match they looked to AJ,, same with ECW. When Heyman needed a good match he would count on RVD. But I could also throw Raven in there for ECW Goat as well.

“What about Raven?” 🤣

You lost me with the ring work 🤣

Hell yeah. Lucha Underground had a great couple of years and Penta was on fire after it.

Flair should have retired 20 years ago, he did nothing good for the business but show it up since the 2000s

I thought Ric was cutting a passionate promo when he said one time that he wants to die in the ring. Now, I'm not so sure he wasn't being completely serious.

To be the man you have to beat the man and all I'm saying is champaign and cocaine are clearly not the man

Facts

Ruthless aggression is. Shawn Michaels

Ruthless Aggression is definitely Cena, Batista, Orton, Undertaker. that era had too many stars, but cena is #1.

@@KingJadInfiniteHope You must have missed RA era if you put Cena over Batista and Undertaker.

@@IStevenSeagal that’s my favorite era, i grew up watching it, cena was champion for over a year for a reason. Batista even made an entire fued with cena, over the fact that wwe chose him instead of Batista to be the face of the company. i know what i’m talking about.

Post ecw career he definitely was not the goat of the ecw run. He wasn’t even ecw champion

@@pleaseshutup7053 Dreamer didn't even want the world title. He held it for like 10 minutes. RVD elevated the TV title, and was main eventing pay-per-views with the TV title. And an RVD didn't break his leg he probably would have beat Mike Awesome for the world title.

@@hankhenshaw619 if he didn’t break his leg he probably would have been the goat. I would go with sandman as the goat of ecw

Such a casual take lmao

Absolutely

well its hard to compare the popularity of pro wrestling before and after everyone knowing wrestling is not real... also ain't those ratings based on how many people are watching tv? very different back then and also those ratings are not considered important anymore with the internet...

@@alanmacdonald1457 It's not hard at all given that you just gave another reason why pro-wrestling was more popular back in the 80s by pointing out that many thought it was real. TV ratings were the main focal point of the Monday Night Wars as Raw & Nitro competed for viewership back when the internet was at its infancy. And nobody considers any time period after the Attitude Era to be another boom for wrestling's popularity.

all i wanted to say was that if you consider pre and post kayfabe as being different things, then the attitude era was the high point. i don't disagree with what you said in general @@jp3813

Definitely not single handily macho man was right there with him. Flair and dusty was huge and wrestling was already known to the main stream. That’s just a lie wwe tells you. Macho man is so well known when people think of what a wrestle is suppose to be the imitate macho man. Your comment is disgraceful

Hogan didn't main event Wrestlemania 4 although he was a peripheral part of it.

@@pleaseshutup7053 lol disgraceful?? It’s factual... without Hogan, wrestling does not boom in the 80s on a national stage .. end of story.. Macho Man did not become a main event guy until Wrestlemania 4.. by that time, Hulkamania was already running wild and selling out arenas across the country.. BROTHER!!!

Hold up. You got played. Remember that a lot of shade was played in building Hogan. Give an example, at WM3 Hogan was the main event with Andre but the crowd waited to talk with Savage and Ricky when the show was over. The fued with Jake Roberts was scrapped because when he did the ddt on Hogan in the snake out the crowd cheered. The jeering of Hogan was hidden for a long time till WcW started showing it prior to the heel turn

@@2682shark You literally just seen this happen with Roman. For 5 years most of us couldn't stand him but Vince pushed it so hard people started cheering him. Who is the goat isn't always determined by the fans at that time.

MJF

Antonio Inoki

The bloodline

Besides individual wrestling careers so maybe Baba or Inoki in that regard. Or a video like this talking about groups of wrestlers so maybe the wrestlers with the most reigns of terror. So basically the early 2000’s triple h, late 2000’s early 2010’s John cena, hulk Hogan, the single wrestlers that dominated a certain point of time and often made people look bad to further their own career

Njpw retrospective would be cool after the death of Antonio inoki it will be a fitting tribute I think

Yes very true especially if you started watching in 1999 or remember more of 1999. That’s how I was. Watched 1997 and 98 but remember 99 and so on much more.

Kinda surprised the AWA wasn't mentioned.

@@kevinpayton2664 i know considering at one point it was the number 1 promotion in North America

@@markjackson6431 Yep

Internet smarks often aren’t very knowledgeable about AWA. They repeat and parrot certain common narratives, and they generally revolve around companies other than the AWA. As in, it’s WWE, WCW, some surface level Crockett, ECW, and AEW. No AWA, no Florida, Memphis, Mid South…

during that time, hogan was becoming more popular, but verne gagne repressed him & denied him the title twice against bockwinkel. and this is where vince jr capitalised on hulkamania.

Such a casual take lmao

@@dylanmulroe9978 Yeah, except I was actually watching 90’s ECW live and you only watched 90’s ECW on RU-vid, but you watched WWE’s ECW live…..so congratulations to you and your other fellow fake ECW fans. 🤫🤫🤫 Lol

Austin was a product of what was already laid by DX. His time was short and was with the times AND came with the Monday night wars which gave more attention to wrestling in general . Hogan literally carried all of wrestling for a decade. The goat for wwf is easily hogan

And there would not have been a Hulk Hogan if Bruno hadn't carried wwwf for a decade. Different names and geographical market, but still the same company. They have to split the McMahon family promotion into eras or you get into that cyclical thinking. Hogan carried the golden era. He was at wcw for the attitude era.

tremendous oversight

@@3tp indeed, he and Heenan were great together

Dude he is overrated. His matches are boring, his promos all sound the same and he bleeds in every match. I am surprised he died of blood loss at this point.

@@zemox2534 Guess you haven't read his memoir or watched any of his NJPW ya mark.

Jon Moxley is the worst wrestler in the world

@@carter3369 How??

MJF

RVD should have been GOAT for ECW honestly. I know Dreamer was like heartbeat of the company, but RVD was the whole f'n show and brought a level of quality that few others in ECW could bring.

RVD is most definitely the 🐐 of ECW only part of the vid that lost me

If we're looking mostly at crowd interaction and reactions/pops I think it's hard to put someone over sandman

You're correct. The match from 2005 is the better of the two.

@@goryj2248 thanks. I was starting to wonder if I was remembering wrong, but I stuck to my memory and commented it anyone. This is the first mistake I ever seen him make tho. I guess he's just not that into TNA in its glory days.

Agreed

Yes very true! I think Sting just has longevity on him and longer period on top. Similar to comparing Hogan Vs Stone Cold for WWF goat because both Stone Cold and Goldberg popularity felt overall louder in there short runs on top.

@@midsectionmark8956 Very true!

It’s Hogan or Cena for me. Stone Cold run was just too short.

@@moereese34 That's fair, man. I respect that.

Antonio Inoki was probably bigger than all of the ones talked about added together..

@@moereese34 Hogan was on top for longer, but Austin got to a slightly higher peak. It’s a close call no matter who you go with.

@@fingersTitan And Rikidozan was probably bigger than Inoki at one point.

Cena deserves respect. Classic storylines with Edge and Randy Orton, Styles, Brock.

Cena is well respected in th Biz and desearvingly so! dude was a workhorse for WWE and was extremely talented cutting promos in and out of the ring.

@Joseph Snider II sounds like ur trying to compare him to Hogan. Can u name 1 wrestler he's accused of buying? Big Show, CM Punk, JBL & Batista have all given him credit for his work ethic. Plz tell me who exactly has talked shit about him besides Kenny Dykstra & Ken Anderson. Orton had more to do with Anderson being fired than Cena & Dyksta buried himself with "the boys" & the fans simply didn't give a damn about him.

Wrestling died around him. It's his fault, and the people booking him, that wrestling is not what it used to be and will never reach those heights again. Basically.. fark John cena

Everyone worked hard not just cena…. Ppl work harder than cena but Vince only cares about pushing cena.

Gay

hahah damn

AWF - American Wrestling Federation Goat: Tito Santana

Mmhmm nope, No.

Shawn was excellent but he had too many vacated title runs

Nah

HBK was popular but was not the greatest. He had too many flaws due to his Klick issues. He lie Hogan spent too much time cheating the system in the locker room to really be the greatest. He was great in the ring and on the mic but as I said he cheated the system too much.

Cena was the last best wrestler for promos

Gay

@@pleaseshutup7053 I’m a girl & he’s cute🤷‍♀️

@@bigstillow91 ok? He was enthusiastic and good looking…

@@MsTinkerbelle87 That’s why you like him so nothing to do with his wrestling makes sense.

That doesn't make him the G.O.A.T. He is kinda overrated.

@@bootydaddy555 sorry, this is my favorite wrestler of all my time on earth! I'm sure that was the question!

@@bootydaddy555 he definitely wasnt overrated. If anything I think he should have been given a few more title pushes but I remember Vince saying his character was so strong and legendary that he didn't need a title

@danielmccaughey2861 When I say overrated. I mean overrated in the eyes of some fans. Fans who put him in the Mount Rushmore conversation, which he has no business being in. There were more important, more impactful stars in the history of that company. They just didn't have the longevity of Undertaker.

You can’t be the goat if you never the world champion and Cody never would have been

I was hoping to see Memphis on the list.

@@kevinpayton2664 Well we know who Memphis would be. None other than Jerry 'The King' Lawler.

@@AceGoodheart True

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CM punk?? Bryan danielson is the GOAT od ROH.

@@ronaldogoat1924 MY GOATS.. Daniel is YOUR goat. But you see how MY is mine?

Same

Undertaker over the Rock any day

Agree!

Lol please

@@DERRTYCHYBO yes

Undeniably. Flair is the only competition to Jericho in this, and even his achievements fall flat to those of Jericho. Jericho by miles. People disagreeing are just haters who's favorite wrestler put Jericho over and they are salty about it, every fucking one of them.

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That’s actually an interesting point.

@@StraightEdgeJunkie except.it isn't

Except that is complete horse sheet. Austin won king of the ring and uttered his famous "Austin 3:16 says I just whupped your ass" June 23rd 1996. The Nwo wasnt formed until July 7th 1996. Austin made himself cool enough to cheer as a bad guy, has piss all to do with fricking Hulk Hogan. Nice try though

Lol no. Bret Hart, the Undertaker and HBK "failed spectacularly"? Hogan fanboys are the absolute worst

@@brianl2483 83 weeks, bro. Bret Hart and HBK made WWF basically unwatchable for years with their little ego battle playing out on camera. I love how the pink tight army thinks that it's just a coincidence that the WWF came back to prominence after Montreal 97 (and HBK's back injury). Sorry buddy. Neither one of those guys were main event players, and they both knew it, which is why they were so chronically insecure that they couldn't even work with each other by the end. What pros. As for Undertaker, he should have been the monster heel who held the belt for basically that whole time. But the WWF was so obsessed with recreating Hulkamania they didn't see the landscape shifting until the NWO came along. Maybe Taker should have been more insistent that he wear the belt backstage, I don't know. I do know that he wasn't the star the WWF needed at the time, and the company almost went belly up during his prime.

Literally any famous wrestler back then and today can enter the movie business anytime they want to. Stupid argument. Stone Cold had as much of a fanbase outside of wrestling as Hogan did if not moreso. He also had a much bigger impact on the WWE than Hogan did. In what way do you think Hogan “influenced” the big time wrestlers from the attitude era lmao? Hogan was a cartoon character, the attitude era was the complete opposite.

Hulk Hogan himself said he opened the door , but the rock blew it off.

@@bobbybravo123 Hogan said that about Hollywood movies

Austin was a greater star.

@@bootydaddy555 hulk lasted longer then austin

@@DTVisDISNEY1984 doesn't mean anything. Austin drew more money than Hogan. And Austin is more beloved. Hogan even in his peak had fans who hated him. Austin is still loved till this day.

He definitely built the sport and made it house hold, but he was an average wrestler and been surpassed. Hogan made vince a millionaire, austin made him a billionaire. Austin is the GOAT, but no hogan, no austin. Both should equally be respected with WWE

@@manbearpig3231 Hogan was the face of wrestling when Austin was " Stunning Steve Austin" , " The Ring Master" and whatever iteration you want to think of. Arguably the best Babyface and arguably the best Heal as Hollywood Hogan. Hogan turning heal and joining the NWO set the wrestling world on fire! Saying Austin made him billions is like saying a basketball player in this era is greater than MJ just because they're pulling in more revenue for the NBA than what MJ did in his career.

I was waiting for this comment like Hulk Hogan made wrestling what it is today wasn’t for him WWE probably wouldn’t have made it to Hollywood status

Hogan was forced down everyone’s throat when wrestling was undergoing a national expansion. Stone cold developed organically when WWE was almost bankrupt. Stone cold greater then Hogan and it’s not even a question.

Trash

Man said billy gunn

Austin was a greater star.

Jon Moxley is so untalented yet so over with these smart marks he looks like a drunk the average guy at the gym can kick his ass Stone Cold looked like a bad MF

Yeah that was some mark shit

Appreciate the support man 👊🏻🤟🏻💪🏻🤘🏻

yep one of the best gaijin wrestler in njpw right now along with will ospreay... njpw have a great roster and factions its hard for me to pick a favorite

He's been on fire for a half decade and had a match with Claudio Castagnoli(who you may know as Cesaro) at Forbidden Door.