Greatest Gaijin Of All Time

[OldSchoolFan]

Who would you guys say is the greatest gaijin of all time? Here's a small list of guys I can think of that would possibly have a shot at it.

Terry Gordy (My personal fav, then again it's been noted, I'm a Gordy fan)
Steve Williams
Stan Hansen
Bruiser Brody
Scorpio
Vader
Terry Funk


Any others?

[Peru-Yakuza]

Billy Robinson
Harley Race
Chris Benoit
Black Tiger 1 (Mark Rocco)

This I can tell since Tiger Jeet Singh, Abdullah, and Hogan are plain ***-awful.

[Famine]

How can you forget Mike Barton a.k.a. BART GUNN!!!!!

He won the Brawl for All for ***'s sake!

BEST GAIGIN EVER!

EVER!!!!

[OldSchoolFan]

I guess that crack doesn't smoke it self? heh

[Lariat]

Stan Hansen is the best Gaijin of All Time. Hell, I got my nickname from his vicious Lariat.

[Colin Douglas]

Owen Hart, Dynamite Kid, Dick Beyer, Ric Flair, Lou Thesz, Karl Gotch and Dean Malenko all belong there too.

[Hisaharu Tanabe]

Since we are talking about the greatest gaijin ever, here's an
interesting(?) information.

There was a poll among longtime Japanese fans on one of Showa Puroresu
websites for the "wrestler and tag team that you wanna hand down to
the 21st century". Here's the Top 10 Gaijin Wrestlers:

1: Fritz von Erich
2: Stan Hansen
3: Don Leo Jonathan
4: Andre the Giant
5: Harley Race
Nick Bockwinkel
7: Abdullah the Butcher
Crusher Lisowski
9: Bobo Brazil
10: Tiger Jeet Singh

[Colin Douglas]

Tiger Jeet Singh?!?
He lives about 25 minutes away from me.

[Famine]

Tag Team wise, you can't forget the Funk Brothers. They are one of the biggest reasons gaijins have been considered heels in Japan.

[Ginsaru]

The best? Rather hard to say. I personally love watching the Dynamite Kid, so he would have to be up there.

[Dr Feelgood]

Volk Han and Mil Mascaras should also be mentioned I think as influential foreigners wrestling-stylewise, even if they're probably not as popular as most of the other gaijin listed.
Can anyone provide some info on "Crusher Lisowski"? I've never heard of the guy, I just hope it isn't another name for "Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow"

[Peru-Yakuza]

Reggie "Crusher" Lisowski was the original Crusher from the 50s-70s. After him there was Crusher Blackwell and then Crusher Yurkov, who is Bam Bam Bigelow (the "Crusher" was added by New Japan, remember Japanese promoters can't make sense of English so they can't tell the difference if he has two nicks).

[TALEBOTE_SAN]

There are alot of greats to chose from. But when it comes down to the greatest how can you chose anyone else but "The Unsunk Battle Ship" "The Western Lariat" STAN HANSEN!!!




"The Ultimate Wrestle Fighter NEVER loses!!!

[Tradewynd]

If I had to pick just one, I would probably have to go with Vader. He won more World Titles than any other gaijin, works with the best of them(especially considering he's 450) and has that intangible essence commonly called "it." Vader has been in just about every major in Japan through the 80s and 90s and headlined in them all.

[KingMobb]

1. Terry "Bam Bam" Gordy
2. The Destroyer
3. Lou Thesz
4. Stan Hansen
5. Terry Funk
6. Steve Williams
7. Bruiser Brody
8. Andre the Giant
9. Fritz Von Erich
10.Dory Funk Jr