I know there's a lot, but who do you think are the all time greatest pure athletes in the ring?

I'd go with so many. Here's a few (in no order).
Ric Flair
Bret Hart
Shawn Michaels
Most puroresu and joshi wrestlers
Chris Benoit
Bryan Danielson
Nigel McGuinness
William Regal
Spanky
Paul London
Kurt Angle
Shelton Benjamin
Kenny Omega
Briscoe Brothers
Matt Sydal (he will always be Sydal to me)
Brock Lesnar
AJ Styles
Samoa Joe
Rob Van Dam
Teddy Hart
Ultimo Dragon
Jay Lethal (his indie stuff is great)
and of course Scott Hall

How could you forget LANCE STORM!

Other than that, the only omissions I can find from your list are:
Roderick Strong
Austin Aries
Tyler Black
Davey Richards

Every one of these people I thought of right after I posted this, not even gonna lie.

Paul Roma - Slick mover,I liked him in The Young Stallions
Curt Hennig - Great worker in all aspects,Just Mr Perfect.
Owen Hart - Blue Blazer,Young Owen Hart was a great high flyer/athlete
Rick Martel - Strike force with Tito,super quick dropkick
Eddie Guerrero - From Crusierweight extraordinare to Latino Heat,naturally gifted athlete
Ricky The Dragon Steamboat - Great matches V Flair,showcased his athleticism
Randy Savage - Late 80s early 90s,quick agile athlete
Brady Boon - Not much might know him,but he was a good athlete
Dynamite Kid - Fast,action packed athlete who wrestled at high pace
Brock Lesnar - Super agile,Super power,super wrestler,Super athlete
Tajiri - Typical cunning asian athlete with natural athleticism,mixed with aggression,good package
Mike Awesome - One of the very few big men capable of pulling off high flyer moves,tremendously gifted,size of Kane & athleticism of Eddie Guerrero


Kurt Angle - Olympic Gold Medalist,Natural athlete,mean streak,Angle is the All Time Best Athlete in Pro Wrestling History,IMO.

You guys forgot the best atlete today, Shelton Benjamin. I think that his lack of mic skills, and the lack of a couple of really spectacular moves are the reasons he is being held down, and not geting a real push. But a hell of an athlete.

I agree with much of this post, Angle as the greatest, well he is great, but as far as fitness goes I feel there are better. Intensity wise Angle would take it.

I also have to take a shot at Paul Roma, now this is going to sound harsh but I never thought he was any good at being a wrestler. In my opinion he had mid range talent at best, I almost cried when he became a horseman.

[quote="The Great Khali"]

I agree with much of this post, Angle as the greatest, well he is great, but as far as fitness goes I feel there are better. Intensity wise Angle would take it.

I also have to take a shot at Paul Roma, now this is going to sound harsh but I never thought he was any good at being a wrestler. In my opinion he had mid range talent at best, I almost cried when he became a horseman.

no worries

Roma:I liked him as a 'Young Stallion' with Jim Powers,super quick & agile,remember his off the top rope dropkick & big splash the most,probably because I liked 'the goodies' not 'the baddies' as well didn't see him as a 'Horseman'

I pretty much base my opinion of Kurt as the all time best athlete in WWE because I haven't seen his TNA matches....
I absolutely loved watching Kurt Angle's matches,you always knew that he would put the 'Wrestling' aspect into the show,tremendously aggressive competitor,clinical,accurate,sharp timing,Kurt had it all,a dream match would have been Kurt Angle VS Bret Hart IMO.

i will agree with kurt,hew has to be thew best there ever was,but you betterr keep your eyes open for that Benjamin!

i totally agree with your list, but i would like to make a few additions
And the rest of the list will be:
Bobby Eaton(one of the most underrated wrestlers of all time IMO)
Stan Lane
Dennis Condrey
Prince Devitt
Terry Funk(has seen some of his matches as NWA Champ.. and they are great)
Harley Race

could list a few japanese wrestlers, but you allready listed Most puroresu wrestlers, so i'm gonna go with that.

Vader. You cant move a 400+ lb frame around like he did without being a top athlete.

A few guys that haven't been mentioned :

Steve Williams
Danny Hodge
Bill Miller
Bill Watts
Tully Blanchard
Nick Bockwinkel
Stan Hansen
Doug Furnas
Jim Brunzell

Kurt Freaking Angle he is a BEAST and can do some highflying when he needs to

I forgot to mention Jack Brisco and the Great Muta.