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In this episode of the Double Dropkick Show, Heath Mullikin and Mark Whitman discuss the Mount Rushmore of Wrestling. Which superstars from the 80’s, 90’s, 00’s, and today belong as the greatest? At the end we talk about our Mount Rushmore covering all the years we have been watching wrestling. Some of our picks even surprised us! Who did we leave off? Who do you think belongs on the Mount Rushmore of Wrestling?
I absolutely could not be happier with the way you handled this podcast. When I saw the topic line, I though this could be a very subjective episode. The thought in my head was, what if Mt Rushmore had been made today as opposed to when it was. Would Reagan or even Obama have a place for their significance in presidential history. The way yall broke it up by decade and then a final total picture was the PERFECT way to do it. I am a little surprised that Mark never mentioned Vader as at least an idea seed, and I would also throw in Mick Foley as a potential 90’s candidate. If you go back and listen, you subconsciously made a case for him to be on there. The majority of the wrestlers you shot down from his period were done because “Except for his angle with Foley…” Therein lies the catalyst. Just saying.
Foley winning the title causing over half a million people to turn from Nitro straight to Raw was one of the biggest backfires in WCW’s squash tactics. Foley’s work with Undertaker, Michaels, HBK, Austin, and the Rock were some of the best bits in the business. His persona(s) of that era were a major draw and flex of angles that brought in a lot of fans and viewership. Just saying, I’d carve him instead of Lex Luger any day…