Just wondering. Which wrestlers were hardcore before ECW made hardcore wrestling famous?
I know the original Sheik, Abdullah The Butcher, the Vachon Brothers, Blackjack Mulligan, and the Funk's are largely considered this (because of how bloody most of their matches were) but is there anyone else anybody here can think of that would fit?
it really depends on what you're thinking of when you say "hardcore."
Randy Savage piledrove Ricky Morton through a table in 1985. early hardcore? that's four years before Funk did it to Flair, and Flair didn't even go through the table when Funk did it.
Killer Kowalski kneedropped Yukon Eric in the 60's and ripped his ear off. pretty hardcore. . .
Vader in Japan and especially his first two years in WCW.
Great Kabuki and his "son" Muta (props to SoM).
Atsushi Onita and his FMW pretty much developed the style that ECW later adopted.
Steve Williams and Terry Gordy.
The Road Warriors.
Kevin Sullivan.
