Yoshi Okami could of been on this list. He went to the New Japan tryouts but Yugi Nagata turned him down as he didnt think he had what it takes to get in the New Japan dojo.
Scott Steiner is apparently pretty tough. Bart Gunn won WWE's attempt at legit fighting tournament but was KOed by Butterbean in the finals. Goldberg seemed like he could have probably done well.
It did happen. There are enough other guys who were there who have confirmed that Jericho controlled Goldberg [SIZE=-1] completely.[/SIZE]
Check out this footage of Bob Roop. http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?p=5701050#post5701050 You should watch the WWE Legends of Wrestling episode on Bad Asses. They discuss wrestlers that could really fight - maybe not necessarily all MMA type fighting - but they were legitimate tough as nails bad asses.
I've heard the story about Jericho whooping goldberg behind closed doors as well. I've heard tales of a Rob Van Dam and Taz encounter from ECW as well as a WWE behind the scenes scuffle with Booker T beating on Batista. Too bad there's no actual footage of any of these encounters.
Yeah I heard Booker got the better of Batista... ****ing right, Booker used to be a bit of a gangsta!
Mate just a bloke from Downunder who couldnt handle the hustle and bustle of the states.. The U.S is very different then here in oz...Not in a bad way but just not the place for certain types of ozzies..Maybe to fast paced and fullon.. We are a pretty laidback breed.. I played pro rugby in England (lived in London) and i even struggled with that... But as you mentioned Jones did look the goods as a pro wrestler.. He had the natural god given atributes for the world of WWE.
Also heard that Scott Hall was known to be abit of a scrapper in his day..Probably due to his drinking. Was my favourite wrestler in his hey day.was very mobile for a bloke over 6ft6..
[ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Medved[/ame] [ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Karelin[/ame] [ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Gable[/ame] hate that vince mcmahon soap opera ****, its for 7 year olds and the mentally ******ed ! *incoming '**** yeah' and chair wrapped in barbed wire*
Regal wasnt really 'shooting' it was more of Regal making Goldberg see some reality. Goldberg couldnt keep up with Regal's chain wrestling and just looked pretty silly. Regal is a legit 'shooter'. That guy used to wrestle at carnivals and stuff.