Tiger Mask (Satoru Sayama) is a legendary Japanese junior heavyweight (cruiserweight) who is the only person to hold the WWF and NWA junior heavyweight championships.

Though primarily a star in Japan, Tiger Mask made a huge impact in the WWF in the early 1980s, wowing audiences with a style not seen before. I may have first seen Tiger Mask in this match from the WWF’s weekly syndicated show. He gets a polite ovation at the introductions but three minutes later, the crowd is going crazy for him.

He won several of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter’s earliest awards including Best Technical Wrestler (1982, 1983), Best Flying Wrestler (1982, 1983), and a five star Match of the Year (1983).

Verne Gagne is a ten time AWA world heavyweight champion. Verne has the third longest world title reign in any promotion (behind Bruno Sammartino and Lou Thesz) and is first in most combined days as world champion.

Gagne spent the first decade of his career wrestling in the NWA, winning many titles. He had some support to win the NWA title from Thesz but political/business reasons prevented it.

Eventually, Gagne formed his own promotion, the American Wrestling Association, with himself as the top draw. He owned and operated the AWA from 1960 to 1991. Operating mostly in the Midwest, it was one of the most successful wrestling promotions in the U.S. for more than a quarter century.

Gagne’s legacy extends beyond his own wrestling and business career. He is perhaps the most successful trainer in wrestling history. The graduates of his school include Ric Flair, Bob Backlund, and Ricky Steamboat among other world champions.

I choose Eric Young and Ron Killings. Will do a more detailed write-up later as I'm not at my crib right now, but these guys strike me as workers who could be pretty damn good under Paul Heyman's writing/booking