Top 50 WWF Singles Wrestlers of the 90s

[Valeyard]

You stretch various versions of Piper and the Heenan Family out, too. Give him Perfect at WM, let Brutus figure out how to shave a bald guy.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Even a cheap schmozz win over Piper or hell maybe even a non-finish would have put over Rude. Piper really only had had two WrestleMania matches at that point (I don't count boxing matches as matches but three if you want to include that) and was one of those guys that was over just by being in proximity with him (see Virgil at VII)

 

[Mickey Massuco]

yeah but the thing with piper is that

Spoiler

 

[AA484]

47. Mabel

Televised Debut: 7/4/93 (Wrestling Challenge; w/Mo, defeated Duane Gill & Barry Hardy)
Last Appearance: Post-2000 (Repackaged as "Viscera;" 1/25/99, Monday Night Raw)
1995 King of the Ring
Recommended Match: 6/25/95, vs. Savio Vega (King of the Ring Final)

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

FINALLY SOME TALENT ON THIS LIST!

 

[AA484]

Debut and Tag Team Champion (1993–1994)[edit]
Main article: Men on a Mission
Upon coming to the WWF, The Harlem Knights were given a new gimmick: Nelson became Mabel, Bobby became Mo, and they were given a rapping manager named Oscar.[5] The new team, dubbed Men on a Mission, was introduced to the WWF audience through vignettes portraying them as three African American men trying to make a positive change in inner city neighborhoods. Clad in purple and yellow, they debuted as solid faces.[6]

At WrestleMania X, Men on a Mission defeated the WWF Tag Team champions, The Quebecers, by countout, but did not win the belts. On March 29, 1994, they won the title at a house show in London, England. The Quebecers regained the title two days later in Sheffield, England.[7]

In mid-1994, Mabel began wrestling more singles matches; he was seen as the spectacle of Men on a Mission due to his size, the "special attraction" that got used to make rising stars look good. He competed in the 1994 King of the Ring tournament, defeating Pierre of the Quebecers in the qualifying round before losing to IRS in the quarterfinals.[8] He then had a match that pit "Rap vs. Country" against Jeff Jarrett at Summerslam, which Jarrett won.[9]

 

[AA484]

King of the Ring and departure (1995–1996)[edit]
Frazier as Mabel (center) with Mo (left) and Oscar (right) as Men on a Mission
In 1995, after losing a match against the reigning tag team champion-Smoking Gunns, Mabel and Mo brutally attacked them. Shortly thereafter they did it again and followed that attack up by turning on Oscar and beating him up, turning them both heel.[6] Mabel dropped his fun-loving, positive personality in favor of adopting a more thuggish image and received push as a singles wrestler, winning the King of the Ring tournament in June,[10] After that, Mabel became known as King Mabel, with Mo becoming "Sir Mo", his manager.[6] Mabel was awarded a championship belt, designed and created by belt maker Reggie Parks. The belt, engraved with "King of the Ring", is one of a kind, as the World Wrestling Federation had not before or since created a belt for the King of the Ring. This belt was never seen on WWF TV.[11]

After his victory King Mabel became the top heel in the company and challenged WWF Champion Diesel at August's SummerSlam.[12] However, just before SummerSlam the WWF made a decision to turn Davey Boy Smith, one of the company's more popular wrestlers, against the fans and replace Mabel as the company's top villain. The turn occurred on the August 21, 1995 edition of Monday Night Raw, where Men on a Mission were to wrestle Smith and Lex Luger, who were then known as The Allied Powers. Luger was not at the event, however, and Smith convinced Diesel to be his partner. Smith then attacked Diesel during the match and joined King Mabel and Sir Mo in assaulting him. The attack was called the "Royal Plan" and at least for a period it appeared that Smith, Mabel, Mo, and Jim Cornette were going to be aligned in the future. This never came to pass.

The reason for Frazier's sudden removal from the top of the card was never explained, but Kevin Nash (Diesel) implied it had something to do with his wrestling style. Nash said in an interview with Kayfabe Commentaries that Frazier's style was very reckless and he had little regard for the safety of his fellow wrestlers. Nash said that entering the match at SummerSlam, Frazier had already injured "six or eight" of his colleagues in the ring. Nash said that one of the injuries was to one of the Samoans on the roster (Fatu), which he implied was not easy to do and should have raised a red flag. Nash pointed to Frazier's use of a frequently utilized move by wrestlers of comparable size, the sitdown splash. Most wrestlers who perform this move, like Frazier, tend to be super heavyweights, such as the aforementioned Fatu (who adopted the move later in his career), Yokozuna, and Earthquake. These wrestlers usually do so without incident, as they perform it in such a manner that very little of their body weight actually comes in contact with the opponent's body, which usually results in the wrestler landing on the opponent's chest. Frazier, however, would kick his legs out while performing the move and thus did not allow himself to stop before impact. Nash said that this caused all of Frazier's 500-plus pound mass to shift to his rear end and thus he would drop onto the opponent full force. With this in mind Nash told Frazier to leave the move out of the match, knowing full well the potential for serious injury. Frazier disregarded the request and performed the sitdown splash on Nash anyway, crashing into his lower back with enough force to cause Nash's spine to compress and his core muscles to stretch out. Nash later was diagnosed with a badly strained abdomen that affected his performance the rest of the match, as he could barely feel his legs, and he believed that he had suffered some sort of permanent damage to his spine. Backstage, Nash recounted that a furious Vince McMahon was ready to fire Frazier immediately after the match and was about to hand him his release papers, but Nash stepped in and convinced McMahon otherwise as he did not feel Frazier should lose his job over the incident.

Although he was no longer the main villain in the WWF, the company moved Frazier to another high-profile feud involving The Undertaker. The rivalry started after Mabel helped Yokozuna, another wrestler managed by Jim Cornette, attack a downed Undertaker. During the course of the attack, Mabel was to hit a series of leg drops on the fallen Undertaker. However, he once again found himself in trouble due to his inability to perform the move correctly. Instead of landing his leg across the Undertaker's chest as in a normal leg drop, Mabel repeatedly struck Undertaker in the face; this resulted in Undertaker suffering a legitimate fracture of his orbital bone, which put him out of action for two months.[13][14] Although King Mabel was to wrestle The Undertaker once he returned, Frazier's days in the WWF were numbered after this incident as the company was not happy with him injuring yet another of its top stars.

The Undertaker returned wearing a Phantom of the Opera-style mask and, a month later, defeated King Mabel in a Casket match at In Your House 5: Seasons Beatings.[15] After this match, Frazier's push came to an end and within several weeks both he and Horne were fired. His last three matches were on the New Year's Day edition of Raw when he was buried in an eight-second loss to Diesel, on the January 6, 1996 edition of WWF Superstars when he lost a rematch to The Undertaker in a casket match, and in the 1996 Royal Rumble match where he was the third wrestler eliminated by his former rival Yokozuna.

 

[AA484]

Ministry of Darkness and Corporate Ministry (1998–1999)[edit]
See also: The Ministry of Darkness and The Corporate Ministry
On July 6, 1998, Mabel made a one-night-only surprise return to the WWF to unsuccessfully challenge the new King of the Ring, Ken Shamrock.[19]

On Sunday January 24, 1999, Frazier made his full-time return, first appearing at the pre-show for the Royal Rumble, then on the show itself, where he was kidnapped by The Undertaker, his Acolytes (Bradshaw and Faarooq) and Mideon.[20] The next night on RAW, he was reintroduced as Viscera,[3] he began acting as the Ministry of Darkness' enforcer, adopting a gothic look in the process, including white-out contact lenses, a bleached mohawk and a black bodysuit.[21]

Hardcore Champion and departure (1999–2000)[edit]
After the July 1999 break up of the Ministry, Viscera floated around the mid-card, frequently teaming with fellow former Ministry member Mideon and becoming part of the burgeoning hardcore division.

 

[AA484]

DAMN THIS 10,000 CHARACTER LIMIT

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

MOM winning the Tag Team Titles cause Mabel accidentally fell on Pierre and Pierre was physically unable to kick out is the height of unintentional comedy IMO.

 

[Baby Shoes]

Now I really want to see a Dusty vs Mabel feud

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Man, if MOM were around five years earlier they could've been Sapphire's wayward nephews who Dusty tried to mentor before they turned on him...

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

I looked up the card where MOM accidentally won the titles and it looks like TSM's* dream card
WWF @ London, England - Royal Albert Hall - March 29, 1994 (3,000)
Kwang defeated the 1-2-3 Kid
Diesel defeated Tatanka
IRS defeated Doink the Clown
Earthquake defeated Bam Bam Bigelow
Jeff Jarrett defeated Koko B. Ware
Men on a Mission defeated WWF Tag Team Champions the Quebecers to win the titles when Mabel scored the pin
WWF World Champion Bret Hart defeated Owen Hart

By TSM, I mean me and @Baby Shoes

 

[Valeyard]

Now I really want to see a Dusty vs Mabel feud

Mabel is totally the ultimate tag partner for Dusty. Common Men On A Mission. Dancing vignettes, Dusty learning to rap, Mabel learning to blue collar, and natural enemies to basically every heel.

 

[Baby Shoes]

I looked up the card where MOM accidentally won the titles and it looks like TSM's* dream card
WWF @ London, England - Royal Albert Hall - March 29, 1994 (3,000)
Kwang defeated the 1-2-3 Kid
Diesel defeated Tatanka
IRS defeated Doink the Clown
Earthquake defeated Bam Bam Bigelow
Jeff Jarrett defeated Koko B. Ware
Men on a Mission defeated WWF Tag Team Champions the Quebecers to win the titles when Mabel scored the pin
WWF World Champion Bret Hart defeated Owen Hart

By TSM, I mean me and @Baby Shoes

inject this card in my veins

 

[Hawk 34]

It needs some good Smoking Gunns/Bodies for the full package. A TSM dream card without the GUNN isn’t

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Looked to see the other WWF card that day. Only one GUNN and it's the LESSER ONE! But you make up for it with some sweet sweet Sparky Plugg Vs Adam Bomb and Rick Martel Vs Bastion Booger heel vs heel action.

WWF @ Oldenberg, Germany - Weser-Ems-Halle - March 29, 1994
Bart Gunn defeated Fatu
Sparky Plugg defeated Adam Bomb via disqualification
WWF Women's Champion Alundra Blayze defeated Leilani Kai
WWF IC Champion Razor Ramon defeated Shawn Michaels
Rick Martel defeated Bastion Booger
Lex Luger & Randy Savage defeated Yokozuna & Crush (w/ Mr. Fuji)

 

[Mickey Massuco]

Just a suggestion; you should update the initial post with the list so far, so it's easy to reference.

also, maybe it's good billy gunn didn't make this list because almost everyone is dead so far.

 

[AA484]

Just a suggestion; you should update the initial post with the list so far, so it's easy to reference.

also, maybe it's good billy gunn didn't make this list because almost everyone is dead so far.

Done.

I also edited entrance music into each post.

 

[AA484]

46. Charles Wright (Papa Shango/Kama/The Godfather)

From Place to Be Nation:

As Papa Shango he missed his cue on the run-in to break up pin in the Hulk Hogan/Sid match at Wrestelmania VIII; Cursed Ultimate Warrior causing him to vomit pea soup while also leaving fans a bit queasy (as did his matches); Challenged Bret Hart on a Saturday Night’s Main Event; Was repackaged as Kama “The Supreme Fighting Machine” as part of the Million Dollar Corporation where he stole the Undertaker’s urn (who didn’t?) then melted it down for bling; Morphed into Kama Mustafa who was part of the Nation of Domination; FINALLY hit on a winner gimmick that surely garnered his votes here with wrestling pimp The Godfather who smoked cigars and was escorted to the ring by his hoes procurred from the local “gentlemen’s clubs;” Won the Intercontinental Title as the Godfather; Let’s pretend the Goodfather never happened shall we?

 

[tekcop]

47. Mabel

Like a lot of superheavyweights, he was always a threat despite really only have one huge win in his career in the KotR and even there he didn't really beat anybody of note. Despite that, he was always a legitimate threat even when put in the ring with legit superstars like Diesel and the Undertaker. His late career resurgence was fun, but was mostly buffed by him getting to face local nobodies, washed up guys like Tommy Dreamer, and not-yet primetime CM Punk.

46. Charles Wright (Papa Shango/Kama/The Godfather)

Outside of his short singles run as Kama, Wright never seemed to be as focused on wrestling as he should have been. He went from being obsessed with religion to politics, then debauchery and his small business followed by a short period as a moral scold before returning to his former life. Nevertheless, he attained a decent amount of success in his career. One thing in his favor is that he never completely burned out and went on a long losing streak before being released like a lot of people with similar career paths. He recognized when he could no longer compete at the highest level and dipped out. Even taking his longevity into account, I'm not sure if I'd put him above Dusty or Mero.

 

[Valeyard]

I always thought, pre Godfather, he had an awesome look. By the time he became a superstar, he kinda looked like shit and I couldn't take him seriously as a wrestler against anyone in a singles match. Entertaining as fuck, but just nowhere near the same. He became Duggan with hos instead of a 2x4.

Kama ruled at the time, though. Even then I thought him being stuck with Dibiase and fighting Taker all the time sucked because he didn't need either. Him in the Nation was great and a perfect fit. In a weird way, I think he got derailed twice by Ahmed hurting himself and Owen dying the night he was going to drop the title to him. He bounced back from the former, obviously, but he never seemed the same after the latter. I wouldn't put him before Mero. Or Billy Gunn.

 

[Baby Shoes]

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[cobainwasmurdered]

Truly "The One"

 

[muzzington]

Kama pinned Undertaker clean with a Uranage. Legend.

 

[Mickey Massuco]

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9:59 PM
Billy Gunn is like the Tim Tebow of WWE

yo can we get the pure ass club to tell this guy what's what @Baby Shoes @Brooklyn Zoo @King Kamala

saying that with a toilet av too smfh THE IRONY

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Papa Kama Father making the list over The Ass Man is a bunch of hog wash!

 

[Baby Shoes]

I come to this board to unwind and I see some disparaging words about Kip (Billy Gunn).

I am shaking. LITERALLY shaking.

My fingers FROZE when I tried to respond.

Then bringing Tim Tebow into this like it is an insult? You realize if Tebow got cheated out of baseball he way he got cheated out of football, he could’ve wrestled and teamed with a strong veteran presence like Billy Gunn and they would be the greatest team ever and probably be called ASS JESUS.

Like the omission of Kip on this list, sometimes I just don’t get this place.

 

[AA484]

Papa Kama Father making the list over The Ass Man is a bunch of hog wash!

You're right, Gunn's singles career was so prominent that one month into it he was already relegated to guest reffing a match between Ken Shamrock and Val Venis on a third tier PPV