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Inspired by a discussion on the last episode of the Working A Reslo podcast, in which they talk about the career of Marty Jones, and who he has shared a ring with.

He has wrestled: 
Bret Hart
Owen Hart
Antonio Inoki
Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Tatsumi Fujinami
Akira Maeda
Nobuhiko Takada
Riki Choshu
Bad News Brown
Perro Aguayo
Ulf Herman
Kamala
Satoshi Kojima
PCO
UK Undertaker
 

And he has teamed with:
El Santo
Blue Demon
Andre The Giant
Tony Garea
Big Daddy
The Original Tiger Mask
Bob Orton Jr
Davey Boy Smith


Who else has had a much madder career than you'd think, a weirder range of opponents than you'd expect, or even just a one-off match between people you wouldn't in a million years thought would have crossed paths?

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Sean Waltman comes to me straight away purely because he's wrestled in most places. After the passing of Sabu I watched a match of him and Sabu back in 1993 together and didn't realise that could have been a thing

 

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Bryan Danielson has to have one of the most varied list of opponents for a "modern" wrestler I'd imagine.

From every big star of WWE and AEW and then the not so big stars of WWE and AEW to the variety of opponents that came from being in WWE developmental in the early 00s, to every big name in Japan, to all the big stars of Ring of Honor in the mid 00s, to big UK indy names to several lengthy UK tours with All Star and the European indies and then all over the US indies.

Some of the names outside of the expected indy/Japan names and typical ones from WWE and AEW:

The Mean Street Posse
Jerry Lynn
Spike Dudley

Umaga
Sean O'Haire
James Mason
PN Neuz
Dean 2 Xtreme
X-Pac
Flatliner
Jimmy Wang Yang
Kamala
Billy Kidman
Finn Balor
Necro Butcher
Antonio (from the Heart Throbs)
El Phantasmo
PCO
Rene Dupree
Gangrel
Johnny Saint
D-Lo Brown
Sylvan Grenier
Wade Fitzgerald
Aleister Black
Johnny Moss
Savio Vega
Shelton Benjamin
 

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It's too hot for me to think, but I do love that Scott Hall worked against Superstar Billy Graham. It just feels like such a niche generational cross stream with the guy who ended a world title reign of Bruno Sammartino and a founding member of the nWo.

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Jeff Jarrett has to be the person to beat here, surely - with opponents including:

Hangman Page

The Outrunners

Eddie Kingston

Bryan Danielson

Elias

Brian Pillman Jr

Dr Wagner Jr

Rockstar Spud

Ken Anderson

Crimson

Hulk Hogan

Monty Brown

Shark Boy

Dory Funk Jr

Ken Shamrock

Jimmy Snuka

Nathan Jones

Crowbar

Rey Mysterio

Chyna

David Arquette

Hector Garza

Bret Hart

Kurt Angle

Norman Smiley

Ric Flair

Jacqueline

Edge

Triple H

Doink

Rick Martel

Bob Backlund

Austin Idol

Bill Dundee

Kane

Giant Gonzalez

Moondog Spot

Big Bossman

Doug & Eddie Gilbert

EDIT: Sorry for the weird line spacing, my phone isn’t really playing ball today)

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Jarrett is really up there as someone to play "Six Degrees Of Separation" with, for sure.

On a similar note, on one end of the spectrum Jerry Lawler has wrestled Cody Rhodes, Kevin Owens, CM Punk, Bryan Danielson, and on the other end he's teamed with Lou Thesz. He also wrestled Eddie Marlin, Jerry Jarrett, and Jeff Jarrett, so three generations of the same family - I'm sure others can boast of the same, but I can't think of any off the top of my head.

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2 hours ago, BomberPat said:

Inspired by a discussion on the last episode of the Working A Reslo podcast, in which they talk about the career of Marty Jones, and who he has shared a ring with.

He has wrestled: 
Bret Hart
Owen Hart
Antonio Inoki
Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Tatsumi Fujinami
Akira Maeda
Nobuhiko Takada
Riki Choshu
Bad News Brown
Perro Aguayo
Ulf Herman
Kamala
Satoshi Kojima
PCO
UK Undertaker
 

And he has teamed with:
El Santo
Blue Demon
Andre The Giant
Tony Garea
Big Daddy
The Original Tiger Mask
Bob Orton Jr
Davey Boy Smith


Who else has had a much madder career than you'd think, a weirder range of opponents than you'd expect, or even just a one-off match between people you wouldn't in a million years thought would have crossed paths?

Even I've been in the ring with Marty Jones!

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As mentioned PN News aka Cannonball Grizzly aka American Avalanche is a pretty good one for his random career. Only started in 1987 and had singles matches with Inoki, Fujinami, and tags with Fujiwara, and Choshu.

Vader and Gunther. Fit Finlay and Dave Finlay Jr. Danielson and Jay White. Ric and David Flair. Austin.

Plenty of genuine stars and randoms. 

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Actually, never mind Jeff Jarrett - the Brooklyn Brawler has wrestled quite the assortment of wrestlers. He’s faced:

Bruno Sammartino, The Rock, Drew McIntyre, Jinder Mahal, Ryback, Jerry Lawler, Ezekiel Jackson, The Great Khali, Kurt Angle, Vito (in his dress), Ron Waterman, Shawn Michaels, Jimmy Snuka, Scott D’Amore, Flash Funk, Bobo Brazil, Doink the Clown (while also occasionally wrestling as Doink the Clown…), The Undertaker, Bret Hart, Tatanka, Mabel, Kevin Nash, Kamala, Pat Patterson, Tonga Kid, David Schultz and Mr Fuji among many, many others.

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For someone a bit more obscure, Horace Hogan has got a good run of people:

Spoiler

Wrestled:
Batista
El Hijo del Santo
The Sheik
Mark Henry
Terry Funk
Robbie Brookside
Hulk Hogan
Masahiro Chono
Dustin Rhodes
Drew McDonald
Hector Guerrero
Carlito
The Rock and Roll Express
Goldberg
Chris Benoit
Rey Mysterio Jr
Barry Windham
Ric Flair
Jinsei Shinzaki
Atsushi Onita
Chris Jericho
The Headhunters
Tito Santana
The Brooklyn Brawler
Dr Luther

Teamed with:
John Cena
Balls Mahoney
Earthquake
Dan Severn
Barry Horowitz
Super Leather
Jado
Taka Michinoku
Mike Awesome
Mr Pogo
Jim Neidhart
Tony St Clair
Sabu

 

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4 hours ago, Chili said:

It's too hot for me to think, but I do love that Scott Hall worked against Superstar Billy Graham.

Hey yo, Hall also wrestled Big Sal E Graziano when he briefly appeared in ECW near the end. From Superstar to Big Sal, chico. 

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Onita is another good shout for a wide variety of people.

Wrestled
Ric Flair
Dory Funk Jr.
Terry Funk
The Dudleys
Yoshihiro Takayama
Riki Choshu 
Tiger Mask
Ultimo Dragon
Great Muta
Akebono
KENTA
Kana (WWE's Asuka)
Great Sasuke 
Genichiro Tenryu 
Masahiro Chono 
Cactus Jack
Sabu
The Sheik
Horace Hogan
Leon Spinks 
Toshiaki Kawada 
Hector Guerrero 
Hugo Savinovich
Mitsuharu Misawa 
Ricky Steamboat
Larry Zbyszko
Magnum TA
Jerry Brisco
Jack Brisco
Wahoo McDaniel 
Bill Dundee
Eddie Gilbert

Teamed with
Ricky Steamboat
Tommy Dreamer
Mayumi Ozaki 
Stalker Ichikawa
Great Sasuke
Genichiro Tenryu 
Sandman
Mil Mascaras 
Giant Baba
Mitsuharu Misawa
Jumbo Tsuruta
Terry Funk
David von Erich
 

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To be honest, with the thread title, I thought this was going to be a game of "Six Degrees of Jim Neidhart".

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8 hours ago, BomberPat said:

Inspired by a discussion on the last episode of the Working A Reslo podcast, in which they talk about the career of Marty Jones, and who he has shared a ring with.

He has wrestled: 
Bret Hart
Owen Hart
 

I think Marty wrestled all of the Hart Brothers who wrestled. He worked Smith, Bret, Keith, Ross, Bruce and Owen.

Raven/Scott Levy is an interesting one given the amount of places he worked and how long he worked.

He has wrestled: 
Brian Adams
Mitsuharu Misawa
Austin Idol
Jushin Liger
Ricky Steamboat
William Regal
Dave Taylor
Kaz Hayashi
Larry Zbyszko
Owen Hart
Doink
The Sandman
Masahiro Chono
Superfly Jimmy Snuka
Terry Funk
Virgil
Villano V
Kevin Nash
Johnny B Badd
Steve Williams
Terry Gordy
Bill Goldberg
Typhoon
Haku
Low Ki
AJ Styles
Samoa Joe
Mr Anderson
Brock Lesnar
Alex Shane
Tatanka

Teamed with
Sheamus
Mascarita Sagrada
Sensational Sherri
Mad Man Manson
Disco Inferno
Doug Williams
Norman Smiley
Billy Gunn
Tajiri
Stan Hansen
Col DeBeers

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