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Wrestlings greatests champs? (Edited 05/22/07 03:10PM by Seth)

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When you think of the sport of wrestling you either think of WWE or Olympics. Which brings me to this question. Who is the greatest champion in each style? Is it longevity or is it being an underdog defying all odds?

Here is a quick Bio on both styles to help you answer the question below:

US OLYMPIC:

Rulon Gardner- defeated Alexander Karelin, a three time Olympic champion, hadn't lost a match in 13 years, hadn't lost a point in a decade. This win is called the "Miracle on the Mat". He also won a Bronze in 2004.

Cael Sanderson- Four-time high school champion. Four-time NCAA champion at Iowa State and Olympic Champion. He is also the only undefeated four time NCAA champion.

Steve Fraser - The first U.S. Olympic gold medal winner in 1984 and All American wrestler at Michigan. Fraser has served as coach of the US Greco Roman team since 1997. Rulon Gardner credits Fraser's instruction as a large part of his wrestling success.

Kurt Angle - Angle captured the gold medal in freestyle wrestling at the 1996 Olympic Games. He also was a six time WWE champion as well. As an ameteur he won 2 NCAA titles and he won a gold medal at the World Championships in Atlanta.

WWE:

Bob Backlund- WWE champion for just under six years from 2/78 to 12/83 (2,135 days). Backlund's second reign, lasted a mere three days in November 1994.

Hulk Hogan - WWE champion for four straight years from 1/84 to 2/88 (1,474 days). The Hulkster has won the WWE and WCW Championships an unprecedented six times each, with a near 20-year span between his first and last title victory. He has also held the World Tag Team Championship with Edge, and won back-to-back Royal Rumbles in 1990 and 1991.

Bruno Sammartino- Bruno had two long title runs. He also has the record for the longest reigning WWE champion as well. From 5/63 to 1/71 a record 2,803 days and from 12/73 to 4/77 1,237 days which earned him the nickname the "Italian Superman"

Fabulous Moolah - Moolah was the Womens champion almost 28 years. From 9/56 to 7/84 she held the title like no other ever has. A champion from the 50's to the 80's!

| Closed on 08/22/07 at 05:00PM
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Team Breakout:

57 Fans
	1. Who is the greatest Olympic Champion? (0 points)
19%	a. Rulon Gardner
35%	b. Cael Sanderson
2%	c. Steve Fraser
40%	d. Kurt Angle
4%	e. other?
	2. Who is the greatest WWE champion (0 points)
5%	a. Bob Backlund
63%	b. Hulk Hogan
11%	c. Bruno Sammartino
4%	d. Fabulous Moolah
18%	e. other?


19 Comments \| Sorted by Most Recent First \| Red = You Disagreed
Vote for your favorite comments. Fans decide the Top Comment (3+ votes) and also hide poor quality comments (4+ votes).
#1 \| 995 days ago Soxfest (+)	Ric Flair Hands down! 1. Rulon Gardner 2. other?
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#2 \| 995 days ago $Big BANK Bob$ (+)	(Edited by $Big BANK Bob$) Soxfest wrote: Ric Flair Hands down! The 16 time heavyweight Champion is a great pick. I left him off the list because he never had a long title run like the others did. 1. Cael Sanderson 2. Bruno Sammartino

#3 \| 994 days ago Aceraison (+)	Flair was a better technical wrestler than Hogan but he wasn't a better champion. 1. Cael Sanderson 2. Hulk Hogan
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#4 \| 993 days ago JagerLlama (+)	While not being a real fan of Hogan's, I believe by charisma, he was the best on that list... Hate to say it, but wrestling wouldn't be where it is today without Hogan, I give him credit for that... ask even non-fans of wrestling who Hogan is, and they can answer correctly! My fav champ of all-time Bret Hart, he's the reason I started watching wrestling! 1. Kurt Angle 2. Hulk Hogan
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#5 \| 992 days ago Dirtydan (+)	Cael Sanderson is awesome... 1. Cael Sanderson 2. Hulk Hogan
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#6 \| 992 days ago maroon&gold4eve (+)	(Edited by maroon&gold4eve) I would have said Flair,but the majority of his titles were with the NWA and the question ask for WWE. 1. Kurt Angle 2. Bruno Sammartino
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#7 \| 991 days ago kz (+)	Backland was not the talker or comic book hero Hulk was but was a better wrestler 1. Kurt Angle 2. Bob Backlund
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#8 \| 988 days ago Anthonyg7575 (+)	Soxfest wrote: Ric Flair Hands down! Wooooooooo!!! 1. Kurt Angle 2. other?

#9 \| 985 days ago DJMagicMike (+)	Bret Hart was the best champ there was, best champ there is, and best champ there ever will be. 1. Cael Sanderson 2. other?
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#10 \| 985 days ago Sicknessfl (+)	(Edited by Sicknessfl) Ric Flair by leaps and bounds over anyone mentioned. And that's supposed to be other, not Moolah. Moolah btw, lost the title on 3 occassions during her reign. However, she actually owned the title and did what she wanted with it, but her title changes were not recognized by the WWWF/WWF. 1. Cael Sanderson 2. Fabulous Moolah
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#11 \| 966 days ago dlaylo (+)	$Big BANK Bob$ wrote: The 16 time heavyweight Champion is a great pick. I left him off the list because he never had a long title run like the others did. fro Sept of 1984 until july of 91 Flair was never without his belt for longer than 3 months. He had two title reigns of two years in legnth. He comletely dominated the 80's as world heavyweight champion. What do you mean he didn't have a long title reign? 1. Kurt Angle 2. Hulk Hogan
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#12 \| 966 days ago sportsnut27 (+)	kz wrote: Backland was not the talker or comic book hero Hulk was but was a better wrestler and that why WWE had him lose the belt to Kevin Nash in 8 seconds. 1. Rulon Gardner 2. other?
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#13 \| 964 days ago Stoned Cold (+)	You said better WWE champion,my opinion the best champion of all time in all wrestling is Ric Flair.And just to let you know they say he's a16 time world champion,the truth to the matter is its about 21 times. 1. Rulon Gardner 2. Bruno Sammartino

#14 \| 960 days ago $Big BANK Bob$ (+)	Stoned Cold wrote: You said better WWE champion,my opinion the best champion of all time in all wrestling is Ric Flair.And just to let you know they say he's a16 time world champion,the truth to the matter is its about 21 times. what is the longest he ever held a title? egg Zachery Flair is great though 1. Cael Sanderson 2. Bruno Sammartino

#15 \| 960 days ago Aceraison (+)	$Big BANK Bob$ wrote: what is the longest he ever held a title? egg Zachery Flair is great though What is the longest he ever went without cheating to win a match? Or had the other horsemen take out his rivals? 1. Cael Sanderson 2. Hulk Hogan
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#16 \| 608 days ago DJMagicMike (+)	(Edited by Scott) The fact that you have ANYTHING negative to say about the excellence of execution, a wrestler who could succeed in the "80's" style and then come back and form the "New" Hart Foundation with his in laws during the 90's wrestling boom and come off as credible and successful in both eras, shows your lack of intellegence. edited for language 1. Cael Sanderson 2. other?

#17 \| 608 days ago ItalianStrongman (+)	(Edited by Scott) DJMagicMike wrote: The fact that you have ANYTHING negative to say about the excellence of execution, a wrestler who could succeed in the "80's" style and then come back and form the "New" Hart Foundation with his in laws during the 90's wrestling boom and come off as credible and successful in both eras, shows your lack of intellegence. edited for language You do not know wristlock from wristwatch. Liking a punk ass like this Hart is as ignorant as it gets. edited for language

#18 \| 608 days ago ItalianStrongman (+)	DJMagicMike wrote: The fact that you have ANYTHING negative to say about the excellence of execution, a wrestler who could succeed in the "80's" style and then come back and form the "New" Hart Foundation with his in laws during the 90's wrestling boom and come off as credible and successful in both eras, shows your lack of intellegence. edited for language By the way, REAL hook & shoot wrestlers like Danny Hodges, Lou Thesz, Verne Gagne, Billy Robinson, Kurt Angle would twist this guy into a pretzel.
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#19 \| 607 days ago DJMagicMike (+)	Bring any of the above mentioned dinosaurs into the old Stu Hart dungeon, and it would be THEM getting twisted into a pretzel. Bret wouldnt even have to get on his gear, Owen Hart could take care of that bunch. 1. Cael Sanderson 2. other?

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Answer Breakdown

Answers are sorted in reverse chronological order

			0 pts	0 pts
#	Name	FanIQ	Q1	Q2
57	Cardsfan5 08/20/2007 10:04AM		Kurt Angle	other?
56	cbreezylvr 08/07/2007 09:11PM		Cael Sanderson	Hulk Hogan
55	Shippen 08/05/2007 09:15AM		Rulon Gardner	Bob Backlund
54	TTTYYYLLLEEERRR 08/04/2007 02:09PM		Kurt Angle	Hulk Hogan
53	trishtis 07/29/2007 11:35PM		Kurt Angle	Hulk Hogan
52	DGarcia879 07/27/2007 01:49AM		Rulon Gardner	Hulk Hogan
51	peytonhurrle 07/26/2007 09:08AM		Kurt Angle	Hulk Hogan
50	sportsfreak008 07/26/2007 02:45AM		other?	other?
49	ThaChad 07/26/2007 01:52AM		Kurt Angle	Hulk Hogan
48	mrmickeys46 07/26/2007 01:38AM		Rulon Gardner	Hulk Hogan
47	Bluson90 07/25/2007 05:01PM		Kurt Angle	Hulk Hogan
46	lilsoldier 07/25/2007 10:12AM		Kurt Angle	Hulk Hogan
45	dark9th 07/10/2007 01:48AM		Kurt Angle	Hulk Hogan
44	MrPinkFreezy 07/09/2007 11:25AM		Rulon Gardner	Hulk Hogan
43	WhoDey 06/30/2007 03:31PM		Cael Sanderson	Fabulous Moolah
42	steelers91 06/26/2007 01:22AM		Kurt Angle	Hulk Hogan
41	Nick S 06/25/2007 11:27PM		Kurt Angle	Hulk Hogan
40	borchers76 06/25/2007 09:49PM		Cael Sanderson	Hulk Hogan
39	Gus3World 06/25/2007 03:01PM		Kurt Angle	Hulk Hogan
38	Jengirrl 06/21/2007 01:09PM		Cael Sanderson	Hulk Hogan
37	Stoned Cold 06/21/2007 01:01PM		Rulon Gardner	Bruno Sammartino
36	sportsnut27 06/19/2007 08:53AM		Rulon Gardner	other?
35	dlaylo 06/19/2007 07:00AM		Kurt Angle	Hulk Hogan
34	Janse 06/15/2007 08:56AM		other?	other?
33	Pat 06/15/2007 08:36AM		Cael Sanderson	other?
32	mavsoccer23 06/15/2007 08:16AM		Kurt Angle	Hulk Hogan
31	bigbird 06/14/2007 02:52PM		Cael Sanderson	Hulk Hogan
30	Sicknessfl 05/31/2007 01:35AM		Cael Sanderson	Fabulous Moolah
29	DJMagicMike 05/31/2007 01:29AM		Cael Sanderson	other?
28	hassah316 05/29/2007 03:18PM		Cael Sanderson	Hulk Hogan
27	Anthonyg7575 05/28/2007 12:48PM		Kurt Angle	other?
26	Redwingswin 05/26/2007 04:08PM		Kurt Angle	Hulk Hogan
25	Damondogg31 05/25/2007 11:57AM		Kurt Angle	Hulk Hogan
24	kz 05/25/2007 11:39AM		Kurt Angle	Bob Backlund
23	KingSean 05/25/2007 10:18AM		Kurt Angle	other?
22	Dirtydan 05/24/2007 04:49PM		Cael Sanderson	Hulk Hogan
21	maroon&gold4eve 05/24/2007 04:49PM		Kurt Angle	Bruno Sammartino
20	greatone519 05/24/2007 04:29PM		Kurt Angle	Bruno Sammartino
19	Mutedfaith07 05/24/2007 03:01PM		Cael Sanderson	Hulk Hogan
18	Charmed99 05/24/2007 03:04AM		Kurt Angle	Hulk Hogan
17	JagerLlama 05/23/2007 12:57PM		Kurt Angle	Hulk Hogan
16	Dodge#9 05/23/2007 09:08AM		Cael Sanderson	Hulk Hogan
15	JBrenn 05/22/2007 11:59PM		Cael Sanderson	Bruno Sammartino
14	Noah_Hurrle 05/22/2007 03:31PM		Rulon Gardner	Hulk Hogan
13	Aceraison 05/22/2007 11:12AM		Cael Sanderson	Hulk Hogan
12	Justamania 05/22/2007 07:31AM		Kurt Angle	Hulk Hogan
11	G Money 05/22/2007 01:55AM		Cael Sanderson	Hulk Hogan
10	KSbengals 05/21/2007 04:26PM		Rulon Gardner	other?
9	Seth 05/21/2007 03:44PM		Rulon Gardner	Bruno Sammartino
8	Flea_jm14 05/21/2007 02:49PM		Rulon Gardner	Hulk Hogan
7	Scott N 05/21/2007 02:24PM		Steve Fraser	Hulk Hogan
6	Bearcub 05/21/2007 02:07PM		Cael Sanderson	Hulk Hogan
5	Soxfest 05/21/2007 01:49PM		Rulon Gardner	other?
4	imsports2002 05/21/2007 11:48AM		Cael Sanderson	Hulk Hogan
3	Shawner 05/21/2007 10:50AM		Cael Sanderson	Bob Backlund
2	ilovecy 05/21/2007 12:58AM		Cael Sanderson	Hulk Hogan
1	$Big BANK Bob$ 05/21/2007 12:39AM		Cael Sanderson	Bruno Sammartino