as to criteria... I chose performance and selling to the crowd and fan charisma
since we all know results are pre-determined.
If results were not pre-determined my top three choices based on mere wrestling skills would be: bruno sammartino, bob buckland or a real olympic wrestling champ like kurt angle.
but since pro wrestling in recent history turned into sports entertainment/ and results pre-determined it is hard to say who is the best so I will just list those I enjoy watching= besides women wrestling, I enjoy watching the following: ultimate warrior, hulk hogan, terry taylor (before being called the red rooster which I think is lame) since he was a perrenial underdog, old school undertaker, the old Kane, shawn michaels just to name a few of the recent ones, john cena is pretty entertaining as well as a fan fave.