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View Poll Results: Who is the better wrestler? | |||
Terry Funk | 14 | 48.28% | |
Jerry "The King" Lawler | 15 | 51.72% | |
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08-04-2017, 03:50 PM | #1 |
I am the cheese
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Better Wrestler #71
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08-04-2017, 03:54 PM | #2 |
boop/bop/beep
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So hard but lawler
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08-04-2017, 03:56 PM | #3 |
Hey Mister!
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I dunno. Angelfire is a hell of a talent.
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08-04-2017, 03:56 PM | #4 |
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Funk is the GOAT. Lawler is top 3. Funk gets my vote over anybody
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08-04-2017, 04:35 PM | #5 |
I am the cheese
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Funk reached a higher point in the business as the NWA champion.
Lawler's Q rating is much higher though. The Kaufman deal alone. Plus his pioneering of the "memphis" style is still the prodiminant style across the country. The style that Dtuch, Dundee and himself refined is the hard blue print of the western product. Im trying to decide who is better...I will think on it. |
08-04-2017, 07:00 PM | #6 |
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Lawler found a way to constantly be over in a territory, to stay over and stay popular and not get stale. He became a legend cause he is great at professional wrestling. All aspects of it. Great promo and really creative mind.
I think he was the better performer between him and Funk. He was naturally charismatic and carried himself like a champ. Going to have to go for Lawler here. Incredibly underrated. |
08-04-2017, 07:07 PM | #7 |
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Angelfire vs. King? Hmmmm...gotta go with Angelfire here.
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08-04-2017, 07:09 PM | #8 |
boop/bop/beep
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Destor really fucking BLEW IT on the imaging here. What a sorry excuse for a motherfucker
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08-04-2017, 07:12 PM | #9 |
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Seriously, though...King is one of the most legit decorated wrestlers in the history of the industry and his feud with Andy Kaufman helped lay the foundation for professional wrestling to go from regional to national exposure.
Funk is no doubt great in his own right, but it just seems to me Lawler has contributed a bit more to the industry as a whole and for that reason along with all the others I've given, made it a no-brainer to vote for him. |
08-04-2017, 07:13 PM | #10 |
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08-04-2017, 07:18 PM | #11 |
I am the cheese
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Is it only showing up for me? Ive checked it on 5 devices...
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08-04-2017, 07:20 PM | #12 |
I am the cheese
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How about now
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08-04-2017, 07:20 PM | #13 |
I am the cheese
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(Ill fix it in a second ftr)
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08-04-2017, 07:23 PM | #14 |
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08-04-2017, 07:26 PM | #15 |
I am the cheese
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It should be g2g now
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08-04-2017, 07:27 PM | #16 |
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08-04-2017, 08:02 PM | #17 |
Fire up Chips!
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08-04-2017, 08:32 PM | #18 |
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Lawler mainly for watching more of his career and playing a role in Memphis style become very influential in wrestling.
Also for the one time he feuded with Batman which is something Funk never did. |
08-04-2017, 08:40 PM | #19 | |
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08-04-2017, 08:50 PM | #20 |
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08-05-2017, 12:28 AM | #21 |
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08-05-2017, 12:31 AM | #22 | |
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08-05-2017, 12:47 AM | #23 |
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Damn. I think I'm gonna give Lawler the slight edge for having the bigger impact. Outside of that, they're pretty much neck and neck. Mid-90's Lawler might be my favorite heel ever and it's not even remotely his best work.
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08-05-2017, 12:59 AM | #24 |
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I went with Funk. I think this is a difficult match up but Funks ability to stay in the game on multiple continents while completely overhauling his style so drastically over the course of 40 years is just too hard to trump.
Lawlers legacy isnt a small blurb though. |
08-05-2017, 01:05 AM | #25 |
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Went with Funk because he is the defending champion. NWA World Title is his high point and Lawler's high point is the AWA Title. Being the King fish in Memphis Pond was great but it's not the same as being the NWA World Champion when it meant something.
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08-05-2017, 01:18 AM | #26 | |
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Terry Funk is literally better in every way, including announcing. Plus he's given more back to wrestling than probably any other wrestler in history. |
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08-05-2017, 01:24 AM | #27 |
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And I wasn't high when I made that post. I am now, but that's besides the point.
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08-05-2017, 08:04 AM | #28 | |
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08-05-2017, 10:23 AM | #29 |
boop/bop/beep
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08-05-2017, 04:09 PM | #30 |
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Gotta go with Lawler for all the reasons Maluco stated.
Also for the puppies. |
08-06-2017, 02:40 AM | #31 |
b/c 5 is better than 4
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Lawler. He could do it all and ran his own territory successfully for years. Hard to top that.
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08-06-2017, 02:41 PM | #32 |
I am the cheese
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Low turn out. Traffic on the site has been low tho
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08-06-2017, 03:59 PM | #33 |
Loque Ja
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I would vote for Lawler if I had to choose. That's with not really seeing too much of Terry Funk in his heyday or Lawler before the 90s...............
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08-06-2017, 04:06 PM | #34 |
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08-06-2017, 04:27 PM | #35 |
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Ok, then I will place my vote.
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08-06-2017, 04:29 PM | #36 |
Quark is Less Impressed.
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Not voting is a valid option. It's like the reverse of our elections. The best of the best instead of the lesser of two evils.
King fish better win enshrinment or its all a waste. |
08-06-2017, 05:10 PM | #37 |
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I know he came into the WWE at the end of his career....but you know I'm honestly shocked that Vince never put the big strap on Lawler, even if it was part of a gimmick feud with a quick turnaround.
Could have put it on him after he started commentating, too. Have him develop a huge ego from it and constantly talk about himself being champion and being better than all these other guys in the ring. Then get his comeuppance from some unexpected up and comer. Could have worked way back when. |
08-06-2017, 06:08 PM | #38 |
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When Lawler smashed Tiny Tim's ukulele on The King's Court, I wanted him to die a slow death.
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08-06-2017, 06:15 PM | #39 |
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Vote for the Funker
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08-06-2017, 06:17 PM | #40 | |
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