The Ultimate GOAT Thread

[AgSurfer]

Whenever I see GOAT discussions on message boards, they are always restricted to US wrestlers. How about a discussion that includes everyone? There are some great wrestlers from other countries that have wins over some of our best guys, yet they never get mentioned in these discussions. So who was the Ultimate GOAT? Here are a few names, (lots of Russians) but there are probably a lot more that should be considered.

Alexander Medved
Mijain Lopez
Yojiro Uetake
Sergei Belaglazov
Cael Sanderson
Alexander Karelin
Valentin Jordanov
John Smith
Buvaisar Saitev
Dan Gable
Arsen Fadzaev
Osamu Watanabe
Ivan Yarygin
Jordan Burroughs

 

[kingslayer_85]

Whenever I see GOAT discussions on message boards, they are always restricted to US wrestlers. How about a discussion that includes everyone? There are some great wrestlers from other countries that have wins over some of our best guys, yet they never get mentioned in these discussions. So who was the Ultimate GOAT? Here are a few names, (lots of Russians) but there are probably a lot more that should be considered.

Alexander Medved
Mijain Lopez
Yojiro Uetake
Sergei Belaglazov
Cael Sanderson
Alexander Karelin
Valentin Jordanov
John Smith
Buvaisar Saitev
Dan Gable
Arsen Fadzaev
Osamu Watanabe
Ivan Yarygin
Jordan Burroughs

Rowdy Roddy Piper

 

[matter7172]

In the future, Amit Elor.

 

[vhsalum]

Even though its Greco... what Mijain did is absolutely unconscionable. And nary an illicit drug to do it.

 

[lookleft goright]

Whenever I see GOAT discussions on message boards, they are always restricted to US wrestlers. How about a discussion that includes everyone? There are some great wrestlers from other countries that have wins over some of our best guys, yet they never get mentioned in these discussions. So who was the Ultimate GOAT? Here are a few names, (lots of Russians) but there are probably a lot more that should be considered.

Alexander Medved
Mijain Lopez
Yojiro Uetake
Sergei Belaglazov
Cael Sanderson
Alexander Karelin
Valentin Jordanov
John Smith
Buvaisar Saitev
Dan Gable
Arsen Fadzaev
Osamu Watanabe
Ivan Yarygin
Jordan Burroughs

The best in their prime or the best over a number of years? Gable may have been the best in his prime, but Buroughs and John Smith were better over a period of many years.

I know this is going to be an unpopular thing to say, but Cael does not belong on that list if we are talking international GOAT. If we are talking domestic folk style, then yes he is on it and probably at the top.

 

[jrod65]

Saitiev - talent goat
Mijain - Olympic goat
Karelin - scariest goat
Saori Yoshida - reign of dominance goat

 

[zzs006]

Saitiev. Hands down for me. Lots of great talents over the years but he stood out even among the best

 

[Chickenman Testa]

The best in their prime or the best over a number of years? Gable may have been the best in his prime, but Buroughs and John Smith were better over a period of many years.

I know this is going to be an unpopular thing to say, but Cael does not belong on that list if we are talking international GOAT. If we are talking domestic folk style, then yes he is on it and probably at the top.

Re: folkstyle and Cael. No “probably” about it. Undefeated and 4 Time OW at Nationals are the trump cards

 

[mcpat]

Other countries have wrestling?

 

[Sleepylion]

Other countries have wrestling?

Yes, but not before 2009.

 

[El-Jefe]

Rowdy Roddy Piper