Better Overall Wrestler: Rey Mysterio vs Rob Van Dam

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i agree with rey being a top baby face and idk why niggas act like being popular amongst kids is a detriment, they are a big part of it.

but ur trippin if u think rvd wasnt the face of ecw, idc if he didnt have a heavyweight title reign, that "whole fuckin show" shit was no gimmick. maybe them guys main evented more, but from 1997 til the end rvd was the main draw, and isnt that ecw's most popular period? it led to rvd being one of the most over when he came in to wwe, nobody was thinkin bout a tommy dreamer or raven by then. theres a slim chance ecw could have lasted years longer if rvd didnt break his leg that year and faced mike awesome, he made the tv title more important than the whc, i understand niggas who call rvd a spot monkey but i disagree, i feel he displayed great technical wrestling in ecw especially. and lets not act like he didnt have good rivalries and matches in wwe also. plus the 619 itself is worse than any cena or rvd punch. when it comes to rey being more of a main eventer than rvd i mean of course, this is wwe we talkin about. they watered down rvd style and he didnt fully adjust for 1, also just like with db no matter how good of a wrestler he is, its clear to see they saw him as a b+, rvd should have easily had runs in 2001-2004 imo. with rey, he's a hit with kids, a top draw especially for hispanics, shit id argue on the level of hardy and maybe cena, no brainer there. the only thing rey has over rvd is more classic feuds as u stated. rvd could adapt to any style as well and it shouldnt be looked against him that he came into wwe in a higher status. if they had the same confidence in him he could easily main event the same events rey did imo. as many great matches as rey may have, ill still slightly take rvd/lynn over it.
 
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The Coast 2 Coast is the best move either of them use.

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Pure Athleticism? RVD all day. Dude was wild. I wouldnt go so far as to say WWE cut the legs off him. Its obvious he works a fast paced style. Little emphasis on selling and storytelling but more emphasis on action.

He never changed up anything or tried to adapt. Stylistically, RVD enjoyed that hardcore element too much.

Vince could have tried to put the belt on RVD in 2002/2003 when the brand split happened but he was on RAW with HBK, Goldberg, HHH, Nash, Steiner, Rock and all those guys. If he were on SD...maybe.

He got to SD just after Heyman left IIRC.
 
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Rey worked exclusively as a face for over 10 years. IIRC he never turned heel. There was a dark patch when he was unmasked where I think WCW wanted him to work heel but i wasnt watching WCW then so I can't be sure.

Nobody outside outside of maybe Ricky Steamboat (who NEVER worked heel), Sting, Hulk Hogan and Bruno Sammartino have done that. Cena just crossed the 10 year mark last year.

Everyone else flip flopped characters to prevent from getting boring but never Rey never got boring and as long as he was physically capable he could work that same gimmick forever.

Dude is 5'6" less than 200lbs and a bigger draw than RVD. There is a reason theres been WWE big budget PPVs main evented by Rey Mysterio Theres a reason he won the rumble and won multiple world titles. Hes one of the most famous luchadors on the planet, if not the most famous by now. Rey is still main eventing shows as we speak.

Lol @ you thinking Hulkamaniacs were grown men or that the Little Stingers were adults. You really don't know shit. And weren't you just shitting on Jeff Hardy? You clowning yourself...yet again.

RVD was never even ECW world champion until they resurrected the title in 2006. Also your assertion that RVD was the "face of ECW" is also false, that's clearly Tommy Dreamer and has been forever. RVD top 5 ECW acts for sure, he should be #1 but Taz, Douglas, Raven, Sandman, Sabu, the Dudleys etc all main evented more than him.

That's the sad truth. RVD came into the WWE as a main event dude while Rey had to start over from the Cruiserweight Championship and Rey still won a World title before Rob did. Rey was a focal point of Wrestlemania, Rob was never really even in a highlighted match until he won MITB.

No matter how you slice it Rey is a bigger star than most people you think are big stars. Rey is money, period.

Eddie died

that was the reason

anyway I think RVD was better but mysterio great as well

I have much respect for both. something a few of you niggas (blu) refuse to give
 
It was nice of them to give rey and chavo the pushes they did but I never liked how they whored out vickie.

Like damn, did Eddie leave no money behind?

Got his widow on tv gettin smutted and shit on weekly.

The angle where Stephanie embarrassed her every week was too over the top
 
only time i found chavo tolerable was in a tag team with eddie, other than that when i seen chavo it was "that dude who carried a toy horse in wcw"
 

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