Because Hennig is better than him.
Yes, a national legend is worse than a guy whose peak was that he was a strong midcarder for two years in WWF. That's fucking ridiculous
Quite simply, this is just not true. Being the Intercontinental champion in the WWE for a long period of time is worth more than being the anything in TNA. And then Hennig was the heavyweight champion of the AWA, which was more important and bigger than TNA.
AJ Styles defeated the likes of Kurt Angle, Booker T and Sting for the World Heavyweight Championship in TNA. Curt Hennig defeated the likes of Texas Tornado, Tito Santana and Big Boss Man during his IC title reign. Advantage Styles.
Also, he held the AWA belt when most big stars had already left and it had one foot in the grave. Also, wasn't WCW the second most important company at that point just like TNA is at this point. The gulf may be larger but those are the facts. In fact, I have no proof that AWA was even third. So I am asking you to shed some light on this issue.
Hennig was too. Of a bigger, better secondary company.
Styles, the star of Impact, a show that does ratings comparable to WWE Smackdown versus Hennig, the face of the third( possibly but not yet confirmed) best wrestling company at that point. Yeah, advantage Styles.
Congratulations on this meaningless honor.
Is it meaningless because Hennig had a best of rank#9, that too in his prime?
Henning was the secondary champion in the biggest company in the world during the biggest boom of popularity wrestling has ever seen.
Hennig became IC champ in 1990, a time during which Hulkamania was on the wane. More significantly he defended his belt against nobodies.
And where would Big Daddy rank on this list? Was he ever one of the top...1,000 performers in the US? Top 2,000? How high would I have to make the number to sneak him in? This match takes place in the US, BTW.
Yes, I know that this match is taking place in the US. That does not mean that Big Daddy would lose to just anybody from the States. If this was Hulk Hogan or Cena, I would have easily picked them over Crabtree. But Hennig is just not a big enough star. The only big name he ever defeated was Ric Flair when Flair was leaving WWF. Crabtree is a huge personality and would never be booked to be beaten by someone as insignificant as Hennig.
Hennig is a bigger name in the wrestling industry than Shirley Crabtree. If this match was in England, I'd put Big Daddy over, but in the good ole US of A? Please. Comparing Styles to Hennig is even more misguided.
Hennig is not bigger than Crabtree. Did he have a whole football stadium chanting his name? Did he have TV shows planned after him? Nope. He was a decent wrestler who was just not good enough to be a big name in his company let alone in his country.
Vote for the bigger American star in a match in America. Vote for the better performer. Vote Perfectly. Vote Hennig.
The hometown advantage is pretty moot as Hennig is not a household name even among the American audience. Never was. Crabtree looks like a star even if you have no idea about him.
If Styles could not beat Big Daddy, Hennig has no chance against him. Because Styles was a much bigger star than Hennig.
Vote Big Daddy.
An overrated Bam Bam and a rookie Giant (who kicked out at 1) Yeah you really showed me.