Wrestling Six Packs: Wrestlers EVERYONE Should Have a Match Against

EVERYONE SHALL WRESTLE DANIEL BRYAN OR ELSE
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Some wrestlers are limited and only have good matches against limited scope of opponents. That's okay, those wrestlers are fine, especially against the select opponents. Other wrestlers? Yeah, they can have good matches with Jabba the Hutt. Furthermore, even a more select few among those wrestlers can not only have good matches against everyone, they can do so in multiple styles and in different ways. Here are six versatile wrestlers that I think should wrestle against as many opponents as possible.

1. Daniel Bryan

Duh. Okay, maybe this does need some more explanation. Daniel Bryan, or Bryan Danielson, has the rep of being a "technical wizard," and that assumes a certain amount of formula, or at least familiarity in style. Yes, Bryan has a match that he wrestles. However, there are very few wrestlers who do have "their match" who know how to change it up on the smallest levels to make each one look and feel unique. Bryan is the most adaptable guy I know of right now, and it shows. His matches against Mark Henry and Rey Mysterio may have a vibe to them, but there's so much nuance.

2. El Generico

If there's a free spirit or avatar in professional wrestling, it's Generico. Yes, he has his spots and his signposts. You know you're watching an El Generico match when you see it. But behind the ¡Olés! and the frenetic energy is a guy who tailors every match to his opponent. To PAC, he gave a rival who was able to match every astronomically high spot he put down. Against Sara del Rey, he was able to assume the role of the unsure opponent confused by traditional gender roles being dissolved before his eyes. With Ricochet, he faced his own mortality. And against Kevin Steen, he showed he could hate. His name, the Generic Luchador, was a rib, a joke even. But really, it fit him, not in the way that generic meant bland or boring, but that it meant he starts out as a "generic" base, and then whomever wrestles against him adds on the different "fixins" (for lack of a better term) for the optimal, customizable opponent. Now that he's on his way to WWE, he'll be able to show that formula works on the corporate level too. The possibilities are endless, and I hope he gets to show it off to the highest degree.

3. Rachel Summerlyn

Any arguments against intergender wrestling die at her doorstep. Whenever she wrestles, she shows that all modifiers are irrelevant when it comes to what goes on in the ring. But that's not why she's on this list. Summerlyn should wrestle everyone because she's a character who is the ultimate story cog. She can do any angle and bend what she does in the ring to the will of said story. Of course, needing to be in stories might limit the sheer number of matches she'd be involved in, but at the same time, those matches would be more satisfying. A great story always enhances the action in the ring, and in the hands of a master like Summerlyn, the quality just skips up that much more.

4. Sheamus

It's amazing how the mantel of "WWE's designated good match dude" went from Rey Mysterio, a cruiserweight below five-and-a-half feet to at least a share with the drunk Irish brawler standing over nearly every opponent he's had to face. Sheamus' evolution as a wrestler has been so amazing. It's almost disappointing that WWE doesn't honor the "independent" part of the independent contractor label they slap on their employees, because a Sheamus indie tour would be amazing right now, wouldn't it? The guy is the consummate brawler, and he's able not only to draw his opponents into bar fights, but how he's able to make them look so good doing it. He's one of the most giving wrestlers out there, and for a guy his size, that makes the show of the match have so much more drama injected into it.

5. Eddie Kingston

Like Sheamus, Kingston is a consummate brawler. Unlike Sheamus, Kingston is just as likely to be drawn into a technical affair and do it well. The best example of this was his match against Mike Quackenbush at High Noon, where he got Quack to brawl a bit, but Quack got him to trade holds and do some strong style stuff. Kingston spent a good two years as Chikara's special attraction, guest star wrestler before winning the Grand Championship for a reason. The guy is the company's best ambassador of its style, and the style of the promotion is that of adaptability.

6. LuFisto

IF you asked me who the most versatile wrestler in North America is right now, my slam dunk answer would be LuFisto. She made her bones as a death match wrestler, but in the past few years, she's shown her prowess in comedy, technical mat, tag team, strong-style, and cruiserweight milieus. Her desire to go to Impact Wrestling is well-known, and yeah, while she might get paid a bit more there, she'd lose the versatility that she'd have in the indies. For someone who's been around the scene as long as she has, there are still a myriad of wrestlers that she could go up against, so many titles she could win, so many promotions she could storm. If there were any justice in the world, there'd be a national promotion that would pay her handsomely just to wrestle anyone they could throw in front of her, from guys like Rey Mysterio and Sugar Dunkerton all the way up to a bear. Yes, LuFisto should wrestle a bear, and I would have no doubt that she'd not only win, but that we'd all have an ursine meal afterwards.