Iafeta said:
I would have gone Kanoyn easily... The Kanyon Cutter angle was awesome, and he was exceptionally creative in the ring. I was a mad mark for him. Surprised to see Vampiro win anything, very interesting reading Chris Jericho's first book on how much of a hack and fraud Vampiro was.
Kanyon/Lynn would actually be a toss up for me. Lynn played a big role in keeping ECW alive just that little bit longer, helped pioneer the X-Division and was one of the bigger names on the ROH roster. Suppose it's a matter of quality vs. quantity.
Vampiro is a hack who basically got over in Mexico due to being a teenage heart-throb but just about anybody beats Gangrel. All he had was an entrance, everything else about him absolutely sucked. I watched through Smackdown 99 recently and they had him cut a promo with the Brood and it was down right one of the worst I've heard...up until Edge saved it.
Regal or Bryan? Both are really well respected around the IWC but only one for me has a bunch of 'classic' matches worth bragging about - and that's Bryan. Regal was very consistent and has the odd gem here or there but I can't point to a match of his that can place him right up there on GOAT lists like I can with Bryan.
Mind you, I always appreciate wrestlers who prove me wrong and Bryan is certainly on that list.
EDIT: Tatsu. Kahli is always going to figure into heavyweight calculations but there's no doubt Tatsu is the better in-ring performer. His work on NXT & Superstars is really under-appreciated in the grand scheme of things.
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