Could any WWF guys have did better than Brock, Ken, Severn etc ?

[Sgt Smith]

Kurt Angle

Kurt was my first thought. He was quite an athlete with an incredible wrestling pedigree.

 

[Buffmeister]

Not WWE but...



According to 99% of the wrestler doing shoot interviews...this is the biggest bad ass ever:

 

[Bruce Lee666]

I know not every wrestler wants to try it but is there any of them you think if you give them MMA training and they wanted to to fight could one of Vince's boys become champion on become a contender?

Prime Goldberg!!

 

[Literally Bricked]

Realistically no. Each of these guys won a title, something you cannot improve upon outside of defending additional times. Brock not only won the title but he defended it.

Ken won the UFC title that was available at the time, defended it. Dan is the weakest in that he could not defend his title when it came to unify the super with the HW title.

 

[Buffmeister]

A little bit surprised nobody has mentioned
The best there is
The best there was
and the best there ever will be

 

[ookii]

The Shieky would have been using his olympic wrestling and put people in the camel clutch back in his days

 

[KeiranMc]

If you can rephrase this question in English, maybe someone can help you.

Look guys, someone has an underlying issue and his way of hiding it is acting tough on an internet forum. Good luck little boy.

 

[CedricBee]

Daniel puder almost made kurt tap if it wasnt for the refs

But Kurt thought they were just wrestling, right?

 

[BB in Crazy!!!!]

Steve Blackman

Rod Van Dam

Steve Blackman ran an MMA school, not sure if he still does. Decent school at the time.

 

[mahavishnunj]

Look guys, someone has an underlying issue and his way of hiding it is acting tough on an internet forum. Good luck little boy.

So not being stupid is "acting tough"? Good one champ, lol.

 

[KeiranMc]

So not being stupid is "acting tough"? Good one champ, lol.

Hey little lad. Chill out.

 

[BB in Crazy!!!!]

I will also say some guys may have, but will always be a mystery due to not having actual fight experience. Some of the more athletic guys may have had a lot of success had they went the MMA route. Guys like Styles for example has every bit of athletics he needed plus some, also helps that guys like him and Eddie were also fantastic at thinking on the fly in matches. But we never know just how they would take it. Chin, reaction to getting hit (who would have guessed Brock would react so poorly to getting punched), heart in a real fight, ko power. Those are all things you really find out when you are pushed in a fight.

CM Punk was a funny case because he proved he has heart and at least an ok chin. But being one of the least athletic guys in pro wrestling to begin with wasn't a good start.

 

[Blastbeat]

0-4 in K1 and 4-2 in MMA. Ironically in ck text to the thread he and Brock shared an opponent in Kim Min-soo, Sean was submitted by him and Brock TKO’ed him.

So far it seems like MMA fighters are having more success as wrestler than wrestlers as MMA fighters.

that would make sense because pro wrestling is a lot easier to do than MMA

 

[Kforcer]

But Kurt thought they were just wrestling, right?

Yep. For sure.

 

[SuperHoss]

No. What Brock did will never be done again. If you are looking for the next big WWE star who could be great at MMA, the answer is Gable Steveson. Dude is a legit amateur wrestling stud with athleticism and agility unusual for his size.

Kurt Angle was a great amateur wrestler and could have definitely made some waves in MMA. Steveson is better. Tougher field and greater dominance on route to his Olympic gold medal.

 

[Ripp0ntare]

Iron Sheik was allegedly legit and competed in some greco-wrestling tournes. I bet prime Sheik would break some backs, make them humble.

 

[Bruce Lee666]

that would make sense because pro wrestling is a lot easier to do than MMA

Takayama fighting MMA - never had a Serious injury.
Takayama fighting Pro Wrestling - ...

 

[Bruce Lee666]

I don't like to compare different sports, MMA is difficult but Pro Wrestling is also very hard.

every sport has its dangers, Absolutely nothing is easy in this world every high level sport has its degree of Difficulty and danger.

 

[Bruce Lee666]

No. What Brock did will never be done again. If you are looking for the next big WWE star who could be great at MMA, the answer is Gable Steveson. Dude is a legit amateur wrestling stud with athleticism and agility unusual for his size.

Kurt Angle was a great amateur wrestler and could have definitely made some waves in MMA. Steveson is better. Tougher field and greater dominance on route to his Olympic gold medal.

Kurt is an Olympic Gold Medalist, He Absolutely in his Prime would do well in MMA he was a monster.

even Brock Lesnar said that Kurt was a guy he respected.

 

[Blastbeat]

Takayama fighting MMA - never had a Serious injury.
Takayama fighting Pro Wrestling - ...

should get my bias out of the way and say that i think pro wrestling sucks. that being said, even though the injuries can be gruesome (such as the example you gave with Yoshihiro) or even life ending (RIP Owen Hart), the fact remains that actual fighting takes more skill. being able to fake getting hit is a lot easier than actually absorbing a hit.