Well depending on who you're asking, yes. Obviously younger people are going to have no idea who Dean is and think Punk and Ziggler are the bee's knees. I think most people who've been watching for a couple decades now and really really care about the in-ring work will pick Malenko over either, but that could be just as biased of an opinion since he never had any charisma to distract from his ring work; the only thing anyone is ever going to remember Dean for is how good he was in the ring, whereas Punk's ability on the mic manages to overshadow his ring work pretty soundly.
Like you said earlier, it's highly subjective. I'm not sure you'd get a clear winner if you asked people who've seen both Malenko and Punk/Ziggler, although I do believe Malenko would have the edge.
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