A tornado elite would be ideal, or it's older chrome rod equiv the cyclone II. I'm not a table snob by any means, I prefer the fireball myself in a few ways but there is issues with parts and distribution in north america and no significant network of players.
The warrior is the greatest budget table possible, allows for fun flashy ball control with solid banking and back pins for a very vintage style of highly controlled deceptive game play; it does have some well funded tournaments as well.
Most players will tell you to focus on the mid to high range tornados with split bearings at this time due to the hall of fame tournament IFP tour, regional dyp tournaments, and it being moreless the only quality coin op in bars / defacto standard across tech lunch rooms in North America.