The end of the tournament I started months ago comes to an end, as the Finals are upon us; and it was voted by you that two familiar foes will duke it out one last time for the B/R Wrestling Community title of "Greatest Wrestler Ever."
The Semi-Finals were very successful. We had 107 people who voted, and here are the final standings:
HBK-Hart—33.6 percent
HBK-Undertaker—30.8 percent
Flair-Hart—18.7 percent
Undertaker-Flair—16.8 percent
At the end of the voting, it was close, but some more than others agreed with me that HBK-Hart would match-up once again.
I will make a case for each one and you will decide who is truly the "Greatest Wrestler Ever."
Shawn Michaels
Shawn Michaels is the "Heart Break Kid," the "Show-stopper," the "Headliner," the "Main Event," the "Icon," and, most importantly, "Mr. WrestleMania" himself. He is arguably the greatest wrestler in history.
Shawn has made a career out of how he says, "Kicking your teeth right down your throat."
Michaels is arguably the greatest wrestler, entertainer, and to me "Commissioner." You can say he has the best finisher, is one of the best talkers, and greatest WWE Superstar.
He carried the load of a company which it could have felt like the world when WCW was beating WWE back in 1995-97. He did something not any other wrestler could do, Shawn stuck with the company when his friends were leaving and carried that company on his back and to me made it better than WCW was.
Shawn making his return after leaving after WrestleMania 14 and returning in 2002 at SummerSlam was a highlight in my life because it marked a great return of Shawn Michaels and the moments he has left after risking injury again to come back and done what he has done is amazing.
Shawn Michaels career will be 25 years in the making on Oct. 16, 2009.
Shawn is a four time Tag Team Champion with Marty Jannetty with the AWA and NWA Tag titles, he has one the Texas Tag and World title, and in the WWE he has one four Tag Team titles, three Intercontinental titles, one European title, three WWE Championship titles, and one World Heavyweight title.
He also is a two-time Royal Rumble winner, in '95 and '96, the fourth Triple Crown Winner, the first Grand Slam winner, and he holds the record for most Slammy Award wins in 1996 with six wins. He also won two in '97 and Match of the Year in 2008 with Ric Flair.
If you thought I was finished then you might want to take a break and come back what else he has done.
Shawn, on top of all that, has had, from Pro Wrestling Illustrated, nine Match of the Year awards: 1993-1996 and 2004-2008; and it might be 10 after his match with the Undertaker at WrestleMania 25. PWI has also had him in Feud of the Year in 2008 with Chris Jericho, Most Popular Wrestler back-to-back in 1995 and 96, ranked No. 1 in 1996, No. 10 in PWI Years in 2003, and is No. 33 with Marty Jannetty in Top 100 Tag Teams of the PWI Years in 2003.
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