Frankie Kazarian

[4.0] "He's ok. He has a passion for wrestling and is slightly above average with his ring work but his promos are about as bog standard as it gets. He was never anything special and was never going to main event ppvs because his charisma is lacking but he's a solid talent. He seems to be caught up in his perception of what a "manly" wrestler is. Sorry, Kaz, it's not 1978 anymore. He also was only able to finally be a world champion when he's pushing 50 because the current TNA roster is VERY lean."

[7.0] "Very underrated wrestler that doesn't get talked about enough. Solid in-ring and has always maintained a good character throughout his career. Able to put on good matches but seemed to miss the final thing that would've main him a top star in a promotion. Either way, had a solid career in TNA & ROH and had a good, well deserved stint in AEW. Won't go down as the greatest but true wrestling fans will appreciate his work throughout the years."

[8.0] "Kazarian has had a long, steady, and often underappreciated career. He's the kind of guy who always delivers a solid match, works hard, and can hang with just about anyone in the ring. From his early days in TNA to his later work in Ring of Honor and AEW, Kazarian has been a dependable hand -- athletic, smooth, and technically sound. His chemistry with Christopher Daniels as part of Bad Influence and later SCU helped anchor multiple tag team divisions and gave fans genuinely entertaining matches and promos"

[8.0] "Frankie Kazarian is solid wrestler and his technique is really good. Frankie never lost in matches and always do what he should, but the only problem is he never reached his real potential"

[10.0] "It might seem odd, but after 20 years on TV, Frankie Kazarian seems like he's going to be the world champion of a TV promotion. He's as important to the 2000s and 2010s era as Amazing Red and Christopher Daniels and that crowd. He was a cornerstone of the X-Division, became a tag specialist and is the first AEW tag champ, and now in TNA it feels like he's put it together where he's going to be the dastardly heel who dashes our dreams and takes the title off of Joe Hendry."

[6.0] "Carved out a very nice career as a mid carder. Wrestling needs folks like Kazarian. He doesn't really pull up any trees but does his job and does it well"

[7.0] "Frankie Kazarian is an outstanding performer in the ring, renowned for his versatility and ability to adapt his wrestling style to complement various opponents. As a fan, I deeply appreciate how Kazarian consistently delivers engaging matches, showcasing his technical prowess, agility, and in-ring psychology. His ability to seamlessly transition between high-flying maneuvers and ground-based techniques enables him to create captivating bouts that resonate with audiences, regardless of who he is facing. Over his more than 20-year career, Kazarian has honed his craft to a remarkable degree, making him a reliable and exciting presence in any wrestling promotion. While Kazarian's microphone skills have sometimes been viewed as a weaker aspect of his repertoire, his performances when motivated are memorable and impactful. His promos can convey intensity and passion, enhancing his character and storylines. One of the highlights of Kazarian's career is his partnership with Christopher Daniels. Together, they formed one of the best heel tag teams of the past decade. Their chemistry, teamwork, and charisma made their run as a duo particularly notable, leaving a lasting impression on fans and solidifying their place as one of the top teams since 2010."

[9.0] "A journeyman who has been everywhere. He was one of the stars of the x-division in early TNA and his tag team with Daniels is one of the best tag teams you will ever see."

"A super solid talent. He's been wrestling for over 20 years now and can still go! He's wrestled in all the big promotion; WWE, TNA, AEW, ROH, and NXT. He's not very charismatic but can hold his own on the mic. A long time mid-up mid card wrestler."

[10.0] "Outrageusly underrated performer. Great moveset, great selling, great ring psychology, and a solid promo to boot. Hoping he gets his roses in his current Impact run, if at least for a short sentimental run. He's absolutely earned it."

[8.0] "Legend. Very underated. Member of one of the funniest groups in pro wrestling. Legit Hall of Famer. Should have been World Champion."

[8.0] "An underrated talent that has only gotten better over the years. A good wrestler through the 2000s and really found more of his personality from teaming with Christopher Daniels in the very talented Bad Influence team that later went on to be The Addiction and eventually SCU. Toward the late 2010s, he got into arguably the best shape of his career and became one of the more consistent acts in the latter time of his ROH run as well as the earlier years of his AEW run including winning the first AEW Tag Team Title. After SCU split, he was poorly utilized in AEW being largely relegated to the YouTube AEW shows rarely given anything of substance to work with. His 2022 return to Impact really showed just how talented and underrated he is as a talent with matches like the ones with Sabin, Bailey, and Alexander which ultimately led to him departing AEW and re-signing with the company that he helped build up in the earlier portion of his career. The World Title has eluded him through his time there and Id look forward to seeing him get one world title run there before he eventually retires. A hard worker and an underrated promo, Im looking forward to seeing what Impact gets out of him in this run where he will be showcased more effectively than he was in AEW."

[7.0] "Lots of excellent work in TNA and ROH over the years in various roles. A very reliable and very accomplished wrestler for a long time, he'd never let you down even if he wasn't quite at that top level in any facet."

[8.0] "Reliable, consistent, and extremely talented worker. Always dependable to have a good match with whoever/ whenever whether it's a singles or a tag. One of the constants of the X-Division in the early years of TNA and arguably one of the pillars of that company ( along with AJ, Abyss, and Storm). However, he falls kinda in the same realm Chris Daniels does in that regardless of how talented he is or respected he is as a worker, I don't think in his prime years he was ever going to championed by the higher ups to be a main eventer or world champion."

"In my opinion, Kazarian is a great wrestler (easily a top tier tag wrestler) who I always thought could've been a top guy had he not been such a versatile utility worker and therefore used more to help get other wrestlers over and such."

[8.0] "Excellent worker and one of the best workhorses of the modern generation. We'll mostly remember him for the Addiction with Daniels. Still has had some great matches though."

[7.0] "Kaz is still a great worker in his mid 40s and has cut out quite a great career for himself being a consistent worker in any promotion."

[7.0] "Kazarian is just not cut out for being a singles wrestler. Breaking him and Daniels was a mistake, but Daniels is a shell of his former self due to his age catching up with him, and that tag team had also sort of run his course. But now, he's the 'Elite' hunter apparently. So, anytime anyone feuds with the Elite he will be a part of it. Pretty crappy gig and it sucks AEW can't come up with anything better for him. Literally just pair him up with any of he young guys on the roster with potential but also need some direction like Brock Anderson or the Varsity Blondes."

[7.0] "There is not a single wrestler on the planet who encapsulates the sentiment of "This guy is a rock-solid wrestler, and that's it, " better than Kaz. Nothing against the guy at all, he's been doing this for almost as long as I've been alive and he's as good now as he was in the early 00s, but that level has always been "solid hand midcard guy" because there just wasn't anything spectacular about him compared to any roster he ever mixed with. Most of his best matches involve his long-standing tag team with Christoper Daniels to boot, rather than singles matches. Again, nothing about Kaz is bad, even his promos are passable, he just doesn't stand out at all (even his tagline, "The Heavy Metal Rebel" has no bite to it). The most I ever liked watching Kaz was the angle in ROH where he pretended to turn on Daniels and join Bullet Club to neutralize the numbers advantage when he challenged Cole for the title."

[6.0] "Kazarian was a amazing ring worker in his prime years in TNA and whatnot: people really forget the kind of agile stunts he was pulling off that we'd just not seen before in Western promotions. The issues are, naturally, what plagued many a talent during that era: he had no character or charisma to talk about. Nothing about the guy was interesting, despite being given push after push to see if he'd be able to be even a rare main event level talent to use. Much like his tag partner, Christopher Daniels, who also suffered from a issue of being good in ring but nothing beyond it: the natural solution was to shove them together and see what came of it. What we got was probably one of the best tag teams of the mid 2010's in Bad Influence/Addiction, which allowed both of them to come out of their shell while having some of the best chemistry a tag team could possibly have. It's here that Kaz really started to improve and show that he had more to give beyond ring work, showing actual character work and great promos. While he's a bit too old and battered to perhaps have a long stint in the main event, I'd like to at least see him give it a good try in AEW: he's one of their most consistent workers and could potentially be a boon for them if booked correctly. Solid tag specialist and is, again, a amazing worker, but he's untested in the upper leagues."

[7.0] "Kazarian feels like he was destined to be a solid upper midcard wrestler. He's a classic example of somebody who's above average at everything, but not quite elite. He's not out of place as a champion, especially in the tag division, as he's shown in AEW. He's legit enough to put over other talent. He can be a credible challenger for a world championship. He doesn't quite have the "it" factor to be a main eventer, but he's very good at just about everything."

[9.0] "Kazarian is stupid underrated. Everything he touches is great. He is a good wrestler, he can talk, he looks good, and he has bags of charisma that are just not seen to TV, but on BTE. I personally think Kazarian deserves a TNT Title reign before he retires."

[7.0] "Kazarian for me is the perfect gateway midcarder: competent at anything he does in the ring or on a microphone, decent charisma (more often shown on BTE than television, I must add), good timing and always dependable to be part of a good match. However, like both Scorpio Sky and Christopher Daniels, to me, he is lacking something that really puts him over the top. It is hard to explain and maybe a bit unfair, because Kazarian is obviously good, but I am usually more interested in whoever his opponent is."

[8.0] "I was always a fan of Kazarian's ring work from his earliest days in TNA. Once he tagged up with Christopher Daniels (the first time, in TNA), his charisma really started to come through on a whole new level. Even though the team was booked into some awful angles, notably the Claire Lynch debacle, he and Daniels were at least always entertaining and always delivered in the ring. In ROH and now AEW, Kazarian, despite getting up there in the years, has continued to be a strong in-ring performer, and now there's less bad booking to get in the way of his charisma and character work."

[7.0] "I really was not much of a Kazarian fan throughout the majority of his TNA run. I saw the talent in the ring, but he never connected with me. But in SCU, I feel like Kazarian has really hit a homerun. I love the act and am very sold, thanks in part to the ability of all three members."

[7.0] "Followed kazarian's career since his TNA days and he has constantly improved. First teaming with Bentley when I first saw him to his brief run in Serotonin and more recently in ROH teaming with Daniels. Kazarian is always a talent that gives his all."

[8.0] "Kazarian's not quite up to the legendary status of his tag team partner Christopher Daniels, but he's an excellent worker, does well as a tag team or singles wrestler, and has solid charisma. His character has never been quite as developed or defined as Daniels, though, which holds him back a bit."

[6.0] "Kazarian is very good in-ring worker, who's go to is high flying ability. Kazarian can work a fast paced style and also a sports entertainment style (as evidenced his brief run in WWE). The struggle though, is he lacks a character or any defining personality. His partnership with Daniels, helped show a connectable personality, and made him super over in their last run in TNA. While a good in-ring hand, his lack of personality and mic skill has always made him a great guy to stick in a tag team."

[8.0] "A skilled high-flyer, Kaz had a lengthy run in TNA's X-Division marked by numerous strong performances and several title reigns, both under his own name and as the original portrayer of the Suicide character. His best work, though, may be as a tag team wrestler. Earlier in his TNA run he formed a memorable team with Michael Shane/Matt Bentley, with whom he co-held the X-Division strap on one occasion, and over the last several years he has settled into another tag team role as half of Bad Influence/The Addiction with Christopher Daniels, which has propelled him to several Tag Team Title reigns in both TNA and ROH and has produced perhaps his career-best work. His time with Daniels has also allowed him to grow as a performer outside the ring, gaining more confidence on the mic and a certain charisma of his own."

[6.0] "Kaz knows his craft and his a good high-flyer, but never seems to rise above a certain level. He is a versatile support player, but probbly won't get any higher than that, no matter how many attempts are made."

[9.0] "Kaz has always been a very solid wrestler, but one that I have struggled to find interesting throughout his career. That's why I've been so happy with the way he's matured in that regard since the Bad Influence team began. Working underneath Christopher Daniels, he's become an able comedy partner and a very entertaining half of the greatest tag team in the biz-a-ness (3 syllables! )."

[6.0] "Was always a good but heatless/uninteresting wrestler (even on smaller shows like PWG). His heel turn and subsequent work with Daniels throughout 2012 really helped his personality emerge, so now he definitely deserves an above-average rating."