10 Biggest Lies In Wrestling
1. ...The Greatest Of All Time
If you’re watching a professional sport, and one of the announcers claims that an athlete is perhaps “the greatest of all time” that statement is going to come under a lot of scrutiny. Other analysts will argue for or against that claim, fans will join in and then an entire debate can be had. In professional wrestling, the greatest of all time claim is lobbied about with disturbing frequency. It’s just a big LIE!
The G.O.A.T. factor (not Daniel Bryan) is due to the promoter wanting us believe that what is going on RIGHT NOW is the biggest, best thing that has ever happened in the history of the business. But in reality, it’s just far from accurate. In the past few years alone, we’ve heard that John Cena and Triple H both may be the best to ever step in a ring. From any tangible metric like ratings, tickets sold or quality of matches, that’s not anywhere close to reality. Even if you looked at wrestling from a kayfabe perspective, then you'd have to go with someone like Goldberg or Ultimate Warrior...you know, guys that never, EVER lost cleanly!
The company has also made the G.O.A.T. claim about The Dudleyz, who were never anywhere near as big a draw as The Road Warriors, or Midnight Express, or had the heat created by The Fabulous Kangaroos (gotta love those Kangaroos!). They were just two dudes who won over 20 titles...and then lost those titles over 20 times. Damn good careers, but they wouldn't even be sniffing the Kangaroos' boots in a legitimate ranking system!
It can be hard to really know the history of wrestling, as there's so much shameless self promotion and blatant marketing tactics that get in the way. It would be nice if wrestling companies could be a bit more honest, but unfortunately, they think lying is the easier way to make money. So we’re just kind of stuck.