Peoples, try to take this easy.
First and foremost, so as long as Chris Jericho remains in WWE and does the good fight, he'll get a sure ticket to the Hall of Fame. Not just for being the first Undisputed Champ, but because of his resume itself (not just WWE and WCW, but also Mexico which is a hot wrestling spot, believe it or not)
HHH will go to the Hall of Fame, not because he's the owner's son, but mostly because of his time as The Game and his time with DX. The HHH of this moment is a pale shadow of what the ol' HHH was, if only because he's always with a championship, and barely seems to lose in a way it's reasonable enough. You barely see him lose on championship matches (much like Cena), but he's gotten repetitive. His Pedigree was awesome once, but he deserves a refreshment of moves. For example, Undertaker has improved his repertoire by not only having the Boot, the Tombstone, the Chokeslam and the set of punches, but also having the Old School, the Last Ride powerbomb and the Gogoplata (or however it is called). Those last three have been developed over the years, with each new remake of his gimmick, so he always feels fresh despite his 16+ years of wrestling.
Jericho is a better wrestler, although his heel gimmick has sucked big time. When he returned as the "savior" of WWE, and began losing his matches (not necessarily because he sucks, but because of storylines), his gimmick fell into disaster, and right now he must attempt a "Legend Killer" gimmick to make a reasonable fight with Orton who got famous because of it. Don't blame Jericho for his losses (he's a fast wrestler, good with the microphone, his submission moves are simple yet effective and credible, for example), blame the story writers who seem to be unable to make better stories than a monkey.
Sure, HHH has shown that he knows more moves. But he has gotten predictable, to the point that you KNOW that after around 3 minutes, he's going to win with the Pedigree. If he changed his finisher, perhaps using a bit more the Figure 4 leglock instead of going straight to Pedigree, if he begins making more credible lead-up moves (not just groin kick -> Pedigree), and he would be a more credible champ. I can't say he's not a real and true champ, but he's not being credible enough.
The Rock had essentially mic skills and charisma, but his signature moves and finishers weren't that surprising actually. His Rock Bottom barely seems an effective damage dealer (basically it's a slam + facebuster, nothing spectacular), and for goodness sakes, the People's Elbow is just an elbow strike!! But why do people love him? Because he's charismatic, because he won the favor of the people. Same with Austin, although he had some pretty amazing moves aside from spamming the Stunner (he knows the Cobra Clutch, which it's pretty dangerous, or at least dangerous looking)
You can't really judge people by how many TIMES have they won championships, but actually how credible were their runs. Let's be serious; you could say that Honky-Tonk Man was one of the best wrestlers because he kept the Intercontinental Championship for over 60 weeks or something, but with one show per week, you can be sure not all of them were clean OR credible victories (sadly, I ain't from that era so I can't say if he was a clean or dirty wrestler). However, you can determine Undertaker's championship run as credible because he really made his battles look spectacular. Same with Shawn Michaels; whenever he became a champion, he got a good and credible run.
Also, just in case...
Grand Slam Champ > Undisputed Champ > World Heavyweight OR WWE Heavyweight.
And at least Jericho's run as UChamp was credible...
Also, wrestling's not that fake. Part of a successful fall is KNOWING how to fall; a bad move, and you could get hurt; a wrong move, and you could risk making the move look fake. It's pretty evident that most moves that cause the opponent to lift are pretty fake, but presses ain't fake; they are falling with all the weight of their bodies, and they train enough so that the presses don't harm the user NOR the victim. Most aerial moves are pretty hard to be considered fake. They train to make their moves more believable, but they sweat for real, and they fall for real, and they take part of the lifts for real. What you can say is that wrestling isn't entirely real, but not entirely fake
Also...
Go ahead. Being of either gender doesn't prevent you from enjoying wrestling. Quite the contrary; that makes you originalOriginally Posted by final fantacy_tifa
If any person, no matter who, says that you can't see wrestling because you're a girl, either ignore them or pick on them on something someone of their gender shouldn't be watching, or just "embarrass" them (if they say you shouldn't be seeing wrestling, whenever they are with their friends, go and speak about WWE and how you like HHH and so on) No one, not even parents, should prevent people from enjoying what they wanna see (they can advice, but not prohibit)
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