Just because Wolverine respects him doesn't mean he thinks hes inferior to cap. Cap simply couldn't hurt Wolverine enough to hurt him. While Cap was busy trying to do some fancy fighting moves on WOlverine, Wolverine would kill him - Nuff Said.

Lets look at it style wise Wolverine is a brawler sure he might know some martial arts but he rarely uses them he is all about slashing. Cap incorperates many differnt martial art stlyes into his own. plus Cap rarley gets a beat down Wolveine gets a beatdown much more frequently in his own comic no less. "thumbs up soilder"