Welcome to another edition of "The Hawk's Nest with Tito".  This week I am going to look in no particular order of my top 5 favorite "sports entertainers" in TNA & WWE.  For WWE some of their talent won't get a fair shake as it has been months since I have watched Smackdown, so anyone on that show won't make my top 5.  Anyway as Casey Kaseum would say (I guess Ryan Seacrest these days) lets get the countdown underway.

5. The Pope - This is one of my favorite characters right now across all of wrestling.  When the Pope first debuted this gimick I will admit I was not a fan but ever since Bischoff/Hogan took over some of the creative standpoints of TNA this is clearly a winner.  He is decent in the ring and cuts one of the best promo's in all of wrestling.  Not to mention he is clearly over in the Impact Zone, a place where there are probably as many non-wrestling fans as wrestling fans in the building due to the way TNA and Universal Studios hands out the free tickets.  He is quickly becoming one of my favorites.

4. Ken Anderson - Another one of my favorites dating back to his days in WWE.  He at one point in WWE was heading to be a main eventer though when he failed their drug testing after being one of the mouth pieces to the mainstream media after the Chris Benoit incident, he never seemed to get a push again.  (Maybe some of the NXT guys should take notice).  That said his current fued with Kurt Angle is being done very well and his "Total Non-stop Anderson" line was classic.

3. Triple H - At least the DX version.  Now that they seemed to yet again break up DX it will be interesting to see where they take his character.  Hopefully he remains the wisecracking guy he is in DX and not the "King of Kings" angry guy they have him recently when he is away from DX.  Also what happens to Hornswoggle now that DX is broken up...more importantly why do I care?

2. Randy Orton - From Bad Blood 2003 he began his journey to being one of the better guys in the business of sports entertainment.  I was at that PPV and the promo he cut that night took him to a completly new level not to mention put some life into a what was a dead crowd to that point.  Today his character is one of the most interesting in the WWE, especially now that it seems they have finally broken up Legacy.  Unfortunatley WWE missed the opportunity to switch him and Cena last year when they had a chance. Orton is ready to become one of the biggest faces in the WWE, to a level not seen since The Rock & Stone Cold. 

1. Kurt Angle - He is one of the main reasons TNA is where it is today.  He was one of the biggest signings the company had made at the time and possibly still is (even bigger than the Hogan deal).  Not only that he has reinvinted himself once again.  From the Angle Aliance to the Main Event Mafia no other version of Kurt Angle is as compelling as his current storyline and character.  The promo he cut two weeks ago is one of the best and most realistic I've seen in wrestling in a long time.  It was done in a way that was not too over the top and seemed genuine, which is what wreslting is needing.  Also it seems to have all but dropped the who screwed me angle between him and Hogan now that Mr. Anderson has him involved in a fued that can go someplace.  

Please let me know what you think by leaving a comment below.  In the next Hawk's Nest I will look at 5 wrestlers on each brand that I would cut from the company.  Also coming up in a couple of weeks will be the debut of our weekly live podcast, Wrestling Classics with myself and Dave as hosts.  Keep checking out the website for more details.  Until next time...