So I am reading Bret Hart's autobiography and in it he presents his wrestler rating system:
Physical presence/look ("its more important to look tough than be tough especially for a heel") on a Scale 1-10
Mic Skills ("ability to talk, sell yourself") on a scale of 1-10
In ring ability ("wrestling talent, abilty to work") on a scale of 1-10
Add those 3 up and a score in high 20s is a great wrestler.
For context, he provides scores for himself and Hulk Hogan in 1989
Bret Hart:
Look: 7 ("good muscular frame")
Mic- 4 ("lucky to be a 4")
In ring- 10 (no justification given)
Hulk Hogan:
Look: 10 ("awesome specimen")
Mic: 10
In ring: 2
He also gave a partial rating of the Dynamite Kid
Mic- 2
In ring- 10
So with this in mind, let us use this system to rate current wrestlers. I will start:
CM PUNK
Look: 6 (he looks about the same as Bret Hart, maybe a bit less muscular. But the tatoos mitigate that.)
Mic: 10 (is there any argument against this?)
In-ring: 9 (seems fair)
Total: 25
John Cena
Look: 8 (looks the part of a wresltler, maybe a bit short)
Mic: 8 (as annoying as he is, he has the abilty to work a crowd)
In ring: 6 ( he is a good worker, but not the best)
Total: 22
So what do you think? How does Daniel Bryan score? Randy Orton? Dolph Ziggler? Discuss