Mount Rushmores

[Shaun Hewitt]

Heyoo

I often see wrestlers getting asked for their Mt Rushmore's. So I pose the following questions

Who is on your Mt Rushmore (overall mens)?

Who is your Mt Rushmore (overall womens)?

Who is on your 'big man' Mt Rushmore?

Who is on your tag team Mt Rushmore?

Who is your Cruiserweight Mt Rushmore?

Who is your Manager Mt Rushmore?

Who is your commentator Mt Rushmore?

Who is your stables Mt Rushmore?

 

[shiznit]

I’ve been in and out of pro wrestling for periods over the years so this is just my opinion based on the era’s i watched which was the 90’s with a big emphasis on the mid to late 90s and the Monday night Wars and sporadically since then…

Who is on your Mt Rushmore (overall mens)? Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Steve Austin & The Rock.

Who is your Mt Rushmore (overall womens)? Chyna, Sable, Becky Lynch & Rhea Ripley

Who is on your 'big man' Mt Rushmore? Andre, The Undertaker, Kevin Nash & Yokozuna. Was gonna add Big Show based on his WWE run AND his work before that in WCW as the giant.)

Who is on your tag team Mt Rushmore? The Outsiders, Edge & Christian, Usos & The New Age Outlaws - My original first pick was The Road Warriors/LOD but if I’m honest they were chosen due to their pre-WWF stuff which I based on word of mouth because I didn’t really see them myself. I saw them in WWF and they were largely miss handled by Vince.

Who is your Cruiserweight Mt Rushmore? Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio Jr, Chris Jericho & Ultimo Dragon - Was considering Benoit but f**k him.

Who is your Manager Mt Rushmore? Heyman, Heenan, Chyna & Mr Fuji - Was gonna go with Cornett but I remembered I hate hearing his voice now that he has a podcast.

Who is your commentator Mt Rushmore? JR, King, Michael Cole & Vince.

Who is your stables Mt Rushmore? The nWo, DX, The Shield & The Bloodline.

Who is your Mount Rushmore of Feuds? The Rock v Austin, Bret Hart v HBK, Austin v Vince & Undertaker v Mankind - was tempted to add Hogan/nWo v Sting but the Starcade ending was botched so badly I couldn’t put it ahead of all these others which all contained verified all time classic wrestling matches bar the Austin v Vince… but that changed the industry. If I’m honest, to me… Bret Hart v Steve Austin was closer to making it than Hogan v Sting because they had arguably the greatest match in Wrestlemania history at Wrestlemania 13 in Chicago.

just my opinion…. I reckon I’ll probably remember heaps of names after I post this…

EDIT- switched out Big Show for Yoko and added an extra categor

 

[pennywisealfie]

Who is on your Mt Rushmore (overall mens)? Austin, Michaels, Hogan, Rock

Who is your Mt Rushmore (overall womens)? Trish, Charlotte, Becky, Rhea

Who is on your 'big man' Mt Rushmore? Andre, Undertaker, Kane, Nash

Who is on your tag team Mt Rushmore? Edge & Christian, New Age Outlaws, The Usos, Hardy Boyz

Who is your Cruiserweight Mt Rushmore? Rey, Eddy, Jericho, AJ Styles

Who is your Manager Mt Rushmore? Heenan, Heyman, Sherri, I dunno Colonel Adnan?

Who is your commentator Mt Rushmore? JR, Michael Cole, Heenan, King

Who is your stables Mt Rushmore? nWo, DX, The Corporation, The Bloodline

 

[Marshall_magic]

Based on my time watching wrestling

Men’s: austin rock taker Cena

Women’s: Trish Lita Becky charlotte

big man: undertaker big show kane brock (does he count - only ever seen clips of Andre)

tag teams: edge/Christian usos Hardys new day

Cruiserweights: Rey eddie aj jericho (would have Benoit but well)

managers: Heyman Heenan Cornette steph (tough one)

commentators: jr lawler cole heyman

stable: dx nwo bloodline evolution

 

[Shaun Hewitt]

I'm loving these answers!

I'm gonna go similar to a previous poster, and only put in answers from when I really watched (96 onwards, but did see quite a few of the PPVs from earlier years)

Who is on your Mt Rushmore (overall mens)? This one is incredibly hard.. Austin, Taker, Triple H and Hogan

Who is your Mt Rushmore (overall womens)? Chyna, Trish, Lita and Charlotte. - Becky, Rhea and potentially Bayley could weasel themselves there before they finish up.

Who is on your 'big man' Mt Rushmore? Taker, Nash, Kane and Show

Who is on your tag team Mt Rushmore? Edge and Christian, Hardy Boys, Dudley Boys and Outsiders.

Who is your Cruiserweight Mt Rushmore? Rey Mysterio, AJ Styles, Chris Jericho and Billy Kidman. Eddy VERY marginal, and on any other given day, probably would be there over Kidman.

Who is your Manager Mt Rushmore? Heyman, Heenan, Jimmy Hart and Jim Cornette

Who is your commentator Mt Rushmore? JR, Vince, Tenay and Shiavone. Lawler honourable mention

Who is your stables Mt Rushmore? DX, nWo, Evolution and 4 Horsemen

Feuds? WCW v nWo, Edge vs Matt Hardy, Kane vs Taker and Austin Vs Vince. (Honourable mention to HBK and Hart, and also the Bloodline angle)

 

[___]

Who is on your Mt Rushmore (overall mens)? The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Undertaker, Hulk Hogan

Who is your Mt Rushmore (overall womens)? Chyna, Trish Stratus, Mickie James, Sasha Banks

Who is on your 'big man' Mt Rushmore? The Undertaker, Kane, Big Show, Kevin Nash

Who is on your tag team Mt Rushmore? Edge & Christian, The Hardy Boys, New Age Outlaws, The Usos (pre-bloodline)

Who is your Cruiserweight Mt Rushmore? Rey Mysterio, Eddie Guerrero, X-Pac, Billy Kidman

Who is your Manager Mt Rushmore? Bobby Heenan, Paul Heyman, Paul Bearer, Jimmy Hart

Who is your commentator Mt Rushmore? Jim Ross, Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler, Vince McMahon

Who is your stables Mt Rushmore? The Corporation, D-Generation X, nWo, Evolution

Fueds: The Corporation vs D-Generation X, Austin vs McMahon, The Rock vs Mankind, The Undertaker vs Kane

 

[Hoggmaster]

Who is on your Mt Rushmore (overall mens)? Macho Man Randy Savage, Ric Flair, Bret Hart, Kurt Angle

Who is your Mt Rushmore (overall womens)? Sherri Martel, Becky Lynch, Rhea Ripley, Charlotte Flair

Who is on your 'big man' Mt Rushmore? Undertaker, Andre the Giant, Bam Bam Bigelow, Kane

Who is on your tag team Mt Rushmore? British Bulldogs, Midnight Express, Hart Foundation, Road Warriors (Legion of Doom)

Who is your Cruiserweight Mt Rushmore? Tiger Mask I, Rey Mysterio, Eddie Guerrero, AJ Styles (If he counts)

Who is your Manager Mt Rushmore? Jim Cornette, Paul Heyman, Bobby Heenan, Jimmy Hart

Who is your commentator Mt Rushmore? Jim Ross, Jim Cornette, Bobby Heenan, Jesse Ventura

Who is your stables Mt Rushmore? Four Horsemen, nWo, Evolution, The SHIELD

Feuds? Austin vs McMahon, Hogan vs Savage, Dusty Rhodes vs Ric Flair, WCW vs nWo (the beginning anyway),

 

[Marshall_magic]

What about Mount Rushmore’s by the era, I broke this up along era lines as well and the PG years being separated by milestone moments which fundamentally changed the company

Pre-Mania
Bruno, Graham, Sheik, Morales (a little tough as I was not around nor so I know much about it beyond the broadest strokes)

Golden Era
Hogan, Savage, Piper, Warrior

New Era
Hart, Michaels, Yokozuna, Undertaker

Attitude Era
Austin, Rock, HHH, Vince

Ruthless Aggression Era
Lesnar, Angle, Guerrero, HHH

PG Era (when WWE went PG until MITB 2011)
Cena, Orton, Edge, Batista

MITB 2011 - WM 2014
Cena, Punk, Bryan, Sheamus

WM 2014 - Pandemic starting
Roman, Seth, Styles, Lesnar

Vinces final years (empty arena shows until Vince left in 2022)
Drew, Roman, Lashley, Bray

Paul Levesque Era (starting Summerslam 2022)
Cody, Roman, Rollins, Gunther

 

[Bobby DIGital]

Who is on your Mt Rushmore (overall mens)?
HBK, Rock, Bret & Macho Man Randy Savage

Who is your Mt Rushmore (overall womens)?
Trish, Sasha, Becky & Lita

Who is on your 'big man' Mt Rushmore?
Undertaker, Andre, Yokozuna & Kane

Who is on your tag team Mt Rushmore?
The Rockers, The Hart Foundation, LOD & The New Age Outlawz

Who is your Cruiserweight Mt Rushmore?
Rey, Pac, Eddie & Y2J

Who is your Manager Mt Rushmore?
Heenan, Heyman, Hart & The Slickster!

Who is your commentator Mt Rushmore?
JR, King, Heenan & Jesse Ventura

Who is your stables Mt Rushmore?
DX, NWO, Hart Foundation (97) & Evolution

 

[Valheru]

What about Mount Rushmore’s by the era, I broke this up along era lines as well and the PG years being separated by milestone moments which fundamentally changed the company

Pre-Mania
Bruno, Graham, Sheik, Morales (a little tough as I was not around nor so I know much about it beyond the broadest strokes)

Golden Era
Hogan, Savage, Piper, Warrior

New Era
Hart, Michaels, Yokozuna, Undertaker

Attitude Era
Austin, Rock, HHH, Vince

Ruthless Aggression Era
Lesnar, Angle, Guerrero, HHH

PG Era (when WWE went PG until MITB 2011)
Cena, Orton, Edge, Batista

MITB 2011 - WM 2014
Cena, Punk, Bryan, Sheamus

WM 2014 - Pandemic starting
Roman, Seth, Styles, Lesnar

Vinces final years (empty arena shows until Vince left in 2022)
Drew, Roman, Lashley, Bray

Paul Levesque Era (starting Summerslam 2022)
Cody, Roman, Rollins, Gunther

I know the eras are WWF/E specific but extending the associated time periods to the wider North American industry I would go with.....

Pre-Mania (I will limit this to 1980-1985 as that's really all I've had exposure to)
Bruno, Andre, Ric Flair, Harley Race

Golden Era
Hogan, Flair, Savage, Steamboat

New Generation
Flair, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Sting

Attitude/Monday Night Wars
Austin, Rock, Undertaker, Mick Foley

Ruthless Aggression
Cena, HHH, Edge, Benoit (I'm purely going on wrestling ability here)

PG Era
Cena, CM Punk, Bryan, Chris Jericho

Reality/New Era (Combining these)
Roman Reigns, Brock Lesnar, Cody Rhodes, Kenny Omega

Post COVID
Roman Reigns, Cody Rhodes, Seth Rollins, Will Ospreay

Flair being in three of them is telling and he had a good case for the attitude era too.

 

[Big Pete]

Who is on your Mt Rushmore (overall mens)?

Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Andre The Giant, Steve Austin

Who is your Mt Rushmore (overall womens)?

Sable, Trish Stratus, Mercedes Mone, Becky Lynch

Who is on your 'big man' Mt Rushmore?

Andre The Giant, The Undertaker, Vader, Bruiser Brody

Who is on your tag team Mt Rushmore?

The Rock N Roll Express, The Midnight Express, Arn & Tully, The Steiner Bros.

Who is your Cruiserweight Mt Rushmore?

Tiger Mask, Dynamite Kid, Jushin Liger, Rey Mysterio

Who is your Manager Mt Rushmore?

Bobby Heenan, Lou Albano, Jimmy Hart, Paul Heyman

Who is your commentator Mt Rushmore?

Gordon Solie, Gorilla Monsoon, Jim Ross, Bobby Heenan

Who is your stables Mt Rushmore?

The Four Horsemen, nWo, D-Generation X, The Bloodline

 

[Valheru]

Andre The Giant, The Undertaker, Vader, Bruiser Brody

Love the Vader pick and he would be in mine for big men too.

His WCW work in the first half of the 90s beats any run in terms of quality that any of the others had IMO. I would argue he is one of the most underrated workers in general of all time.

Bruiser Brody is an interesting one. By all reports you are right but I just haven't seen enough of his work as he never worked for one of the majors. His death is another of those truth is stranger than fiction stories of professional wrestling.

 

[nick87]

Who is on your Mt Rushmore (overall mens)?
Hulk Hogan, Stone Cold, The Rock, Bret Hart

Who is your Mt Rushmore (overall womens)?
Chyna, Trish, Becky and Rhea

Who is on your 'big man' Mt Rushmore?
Andre, Undertaker, Kane and Kevin Nash

Who is on your tag team Mt Rushmore?
Road Warriors, Outsiders, Edge and Christian, Hardy Boyz

Who is your Cruiserweight Mt Rushmore?
Rey Mysterio, Jushin Liger, AJ Styles, Tiger Mask

Who is your Manager Mt Rushmore?
Paul Heyman, Paul Bearer, Jimmy Hart, Bobby the Brain Heenan

Who is your commentator Mt Rushmore?
JR, Cole, Monsoon and Heenan

Who is your stables Mt Rushmore?
NWO, DX, Bloodline, 4 horseman

 

[Pippen94]

This is like if people were asked what are their favourite songs & 100% of the responses were just Taylor Swift songs. Lots of flavours & styles out there. Not just most mainstream.

 

[Shaun Hewitt]

This is like if people were asked what are their favourite songs & 100% of the responses were just Taylor Swift songs. Lots of flavours & styles out there. Not just most mainstream.

Go on then, hit us with your answers

FWIW, I've only ever watched mainstream. WWF/E, WCW (huge WCW fan growing up), very limited MLW, TNA, NWA and AEW. I watched WSX when that was a thing. Never watched the likes of AAA, New Japan, ROH or any other indy promotion.

I've been casually re-watching 90s WWF and WCW here and there, but I think Binge has ECW so I could watch that as a first time watch (my personal life means I don't get much time to watch alot)

 

[The Teach]

Who is on your Mt Rushmore (overall mens)?
Austin, Taker, Flair, Randy (for sheer longevity and consistency)

Who is your Mt Rushmore (overall womens)?
Trish, Lita, Mickie, Charlotte

Who is on your 'big man' Mt Rushmore?
Taker, Kane, Vader, Andre

Who is on your tag team Mt Rushmore?
Dudleyz, Edge and Christian, new age outlaws, LOD/ Road Warriors

Who is your Cruiserweight Mt Rushmore?
Rey, Eddie, Jericho, AJ

Who is your Manager Mt Rushmore?
Jimmy Hart, Heyman, Bobby heenan, Paul Bearer

Who is your Valet/female manager Mt Rushmore? (New category)
Elizabeth, Sherri Martel, Sunny, Missy Hyatt

Who is your commentator Mt Rushmore?
JR, Cole, Lawler, Ventura

Who is your stables Mt Rushmore?
DX, NWO, Horsemen, Bloodline

 

[Bobby DIGital]

This is like if people were asked what are their favourite songs & 100% of the responses were just Taylor Swift songs. Lots of flavours & styles out there. Not just most mainstream.

Does Taylor Swift have a discography that spans 50 years like the names in this thread?

 

[Pippen94]

Does Taylor Swift have a discography that spans 50 years like the names in this thread?

Yes

 

[Wheeled Warrior]

Who is on your Mt Rushmore (overall mens)?
Undertaker, Rock, Austin & Hogan.

Who is your Mt Rushmore (overall women's)?
Lita, Stratus, Charlotte, Paige.

Who is on your 'big man' Mt Rushmore?
Undertaker, Kane, Andre, Big Show (HM: Bam Bam and Yoko)

Who is on your tag team Mt Rushmore?
Legion of Doom, Demolition, The Rockers, The Hardy Boyz

Who is your Cruiserweight Mt Rushmore?
Benoit, Benoit, Benoit, Benoit.

Who is your Manager Mt Rushmore?
Heenan, Bearer, Mr Fuji, Heyman.

Who is your Valet/female manager Mt Rushmore? (New category)
Elizabeth, Sherri, Charlotte, Paige.

Who is your commentator Mt Rushmore?
Monzoon, Heenan, J.R & King.

Who is your stables Mt Rushmore?
DX, NWO, Nation, Wolfpac.