Message #14583

[Gnrfan]

IMO i think as a name he was extremely well know but i think talk of him being in a top 5 is off the mark.

I understand that everyone has their opinions but on relevance to the Wrestling world not many would be placed ahead of him. He is 9th on the all time combined days as WWE champion and but only had the two reigns, but then he was the stand in face for Hogan at the time, at a time when WWF's attitude was Hogan wins the world title at Mania! In fact the majority of Savage's first title run, still had Hogan involved in the top matches with him if i remember correctly The Mega-Powers storyline was one of the greatest IMO and with Elizabeth they played it brilliantly and Savages heel turn was performed perfectly.... But hogan was still the focus of the company.

In WCW he won the title 4 times although never really got the chance to have a sustained run. Its interesting that on every world title run he had he lost to Hogan or Flair... if you are gonna lose, lose to the best.

I think saying that he is more important to wrestling than Bret, HBK & Taker is wide of the mark. I think that Hogan and Austin are the most important of all time, then you have people like HBK, Rock, Bret, Taker, Flair & Sting. I'd say "Macho" had it all and you probably couldn't argue with him being either side of the top ten (sort of 8-12 region)

Wherever people place him matters little at times like these. He was one of the greatest, he could wrestle, he could talk and he oozed charisma.

R.I.P