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What they f*ck happened in the thread section here
Okay A.) Modern era wrestlers don't have to worry about protecting the kayfabe side of pro wrestling anymore. They just have to worry about entertaining fans. And are afforded way more freedom of expression then Kiniski would have. But that didn't stop fans from all over the country from going wild for wrestlers in the 60's. Or in his case, booing the crap out of the guy. B.) Less people out of the total population of the country followed wrestling in the 90's than the 60's. The total population pool may have been larger in the 90's, but a far less percentage of them were wrestling fans. So as a household name that people would actually know a much less percent would recognize Scott Hall in the 90's than NWA champion for 3 years Gene Kiniski in the 60's. Wrestling back then resonates like boxing does today. The average person knows Mike Tyson, and Evander Holyfield, and Floyd Mayweather. The average person in the 60's would have known Gene Kiniski. So, no. The "top 6" argument that MojoRisin is using is not bullcrap.
In an era where TV ran rampant, you had to have something to stand out. Razor was a part of many gimmicks in that pre AE era and he stood out. He was upper mid right below the top contender and the champ. Razor was popular, Scott in the nWo were over!
The problem is Scott Hall's win loss is just a mess. Kiniski takes this coz he was a dominant CHAMPION and should but Razor did his part and got to a place where thousands of wrestlers aspire to be. He was part of something that in itself was as hot as anything ever in pro wrestling. Individually, he was upper mid.
The Top 6 is crap because TV just exposes everybody. The card and posters must have had Kiniski on them as the marquee, with TV you don't know who the people latch onto. It was easier to control people back then. Bookers could book themselves to win and people wouldn't know any better. Kayfabe was alive.