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Post by mvz on Feb 15, 2023 10:34:25 GMT -5
Great list Matt, I’m happy to see some people on there like Greg the Hammer and Steve Grey that I worry will be forgotten. Nice.
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Post by mrjmml on Apr 20, 2023 16:55:09 GMT -5
1) Bryan Danielson
2) Ric Flair
3) Jumbo Tsuruta
4) Mitsuharu Misawa
5) Kenta Kobashi
6) Jerry Lawler
7) Toshiaki Kawada
8) Terry Funk
9) Akira Hokuto
10) Atlantis
11) Nick Bockwinkel
12) Lou Thesz
13) Stan Hansen
14) Genichiro Tenryu
15) Bret Hart
16) Randy Savage
17) Ricky Steamboat
18) Arn Anderson
19) Negro Casas
20) Aja Kong
21) Jun Akiyama
22) Akira Taue
23) Vader
24) El Hijo del Santo
25) Bobby Eaton
26) Ricky Morton
27) Tatsumi Fujinami
28) Shinya Hashimoto
29) Yoshiaki Fujiwara
30) Rey Mysterio Jr
31) Buddy Rose
32) Barry Windham
33) Shawn Michaels
34) Andre The Giant
35) Jim Breaks
36) El Satánico
37) Ted Dibiase
38) Riki Choshu
39) Rick Martel
40) CM Punk
41) Volk Han
42) Billy Robinson
43) Finlay
44) Samoa Joe
45) Yuki Ishikawa
46) Owen Hart
47) Johnny Saint
48) Jaguar Yokota
49) Curt Hennig
50) Dick Murdoch
51) Hiroshi Tanahashi
52) Jack Brisco
53) Bill Dundee
54) Steve Williams
55) The Destroyer
56) Antonio Inoki
57) Sgt Slaughter
58) Manami Toyota
59) Sting
60) Kiyoshi Tamura
61) Steve Austin
62) Eddie Guerrero
63) Bull Nakano
64) El Dandy
65) Terry Rudge
66) Jushin Thunder Liger
67) Franz Van Buyten
68) Daisuke Ikeda
69) Blue Panther
70) Minoru Suzuki
71) Fuerza Guerrera
72) Walter
73) Claudio Castagnoli
74) Eddie Kingston
75) Dynamite Kid
76) Greg Valentine
77) Rick Rude
78) Atsushi Onita
79) Hiroshi Hase
80) LA Park
81) Sean Waltman
82) Pirata Morgan
83) Yoshihiro Takayama
84) Necro Butcher
85) Sangre Chicana
86) Dynamite Kansai
87) Shinsuke Nakamura
88) Satoru Sayama ( Tiger Mask I)
89) Roddy Piper
90) Ron Garvin
91) Dutch Mantell
92) Harley Race
93) Dusty Rhodes
94) Chris Benoit
95) Tully Blanchard
96) Brock Lesnar
97) Chigusa Nagayo
98) Katsuyori Shibata
99) Black Terry
100) Terry Gordy
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Post by mrjmml on Apr 20, 2023 16:58:15 GMT -5
I think Rey Mysterio Jr is maybe too high and the bottom of the list will eventually change in a few weeks.
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Post by mvz on Apr 20, 2023 17:34:15 GMT -5
This is a cool list I expect the bottom of my list to be fluid.
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Post by puroraisedme on Jun 8, 2023 20:22:17 GMT -5
SUPER SUPER Rough Draft of my Top 100 GWE, No order but I’ll be tweaking that soon, but a lot of this list is what I'm most comfortable with right now:
1. Bryan Danielson
2. LA Park
3. Necro Butcher
4. Black Terry
5. Terry Funk
6. Chuck Taylor
7. Roderick Strong
8. Eddie Kingston
9. Claudio Castagnoli
10. Dick Togo
11. HARASHIMA
12. Chris Hero
13. Orange Cassidy
14. Mick Foley
15. CM Punk
16. El Satanico
17. Negro Casas
18. Tatsumi Fujinami
19. Jun Akiyama
20. Akira Taue
21. Rey Mysterio Jr
22. Genichiro Tenryu
23. Dustin Rhodes
24. John Cena
25. Ric Flair
26. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
27. Villano IV
28. Blue Panther
29. Atlantis
30. Villano III
31. El Hijo del Santo
32. Virus
33. Eddie Guerrero
34. Stan Hansen
35. Shinya Hashimoto
36. Brock Lesnar
37. Hiroshi Tanahashi
38. Daisuke Ikeda
39. Minoru Suzuki
40. Vader
41. Antonio Inoki
42. WALTER
43. Yoshihiro Tajiri
44. Yoshihiro Takayama
45. Andre the Giant
46. Yuji Nagata
47. Mitsuharu Misawa
48. Bret Hart
49. Bob Backlund
50. Steve Austin
51. Katsuyori Shibata
52. Chris Benoit
53. Dusty Rhodes
54. Atsushi Onita
55. El Dandy
56. Samoa Joe
57. Finlay
58. Toshiaki Kawada
59. El Mesias
60. Io Shirai
61. Kota Ibushi
62. Randy Savage
63. William Regal
64. Roddy Piper
65. Jerry Lawler
66. Daisuke Sekimoto
67. Goldberg
68. Sami Zayn
69. Jon Moxley
70. Aja Kong
71. Timothy Thatcher
72. Kenta Kobashi
73. Low Ki
74. Kenny Omega
75. Sting
76. Ricky Steamboat
77. Jay Briscoe
78. Biff Busick
79. Kazushi Sakuraba
80. Jun Kasai
81. Kazuchika Okada
82. Nick Gage
83. Kevin Owens/Steen
84. Steve Williams
85. Kurt Angle
86. Sabu
87. Super Dragon
88. JBL
89. Mike Quackenbush
90. Rush
91. Kazuyuki Fujita
92. Shinsuke Nakamura
93. Mistico
94. Ultimo Guerrero
95. Christian Cage
96. Mark Henry
97. Big Show
98. Jerry Lynn
99. Asuka
100. Shingo Takagi
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Post by elliott on Jun 8, 2023 20:57:49 GMT -5
LA Park #2 and then Orange Cassidy #13 are the greaatest things ever. Awesome list.
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Post by [Darren] on Jun 8, 2023 22:16:25 GMT -5
I can’t tell what I’m more bothered by. Chuck Taylor being higher than OC or #6.
It’s an honest list. I love it.
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Post by puroraisedme on Jun 8, 2023 22:46:14 GMT -5
I can’t tell what I’m more bothered by. Chuck Taylor being higher than OC or #6. It’s an honest list. I love it. It's not in order really. If I were to have it in order I know Chuck Taylor would comfortably be in the bottom 10.
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Post by [Darren] on Jun 8, 2023 23:09:28 GMT -5
I should’ve read it
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Post by tetsujin on Jun 9, 2023 12:21:25 GMT -5
I would really like to read a case for Chuck Taylor in a top 100, because a decade ago or so he was one of the wrestlers that interested me the most. Quite bizarre in most of his stuff, and a top tier comedy wrestler. But since then I can't remember a single good thing about him, and his current AEW run is mediocre. I haven't rewatched that old stuff either so who knows, but when I was a teenager he was one of my favourites at the indies.
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Post by mrjmml on Jun 9, 2023 17:49:06 GMT -5
Your list is so unique, I love it.
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Post by puroraisedme on Jun 9, 2023 18:06:43 GMT -5
I would really like to read a case for Chuck Taylor in a top 100, because a decade ago or so he was one of the wrestlers that interested me the most. Quite bizarre in most of his stuff, and a top tier comedy wrestler. But since then I can't remember a single good thing about him, and his current AEW run is mediocre. I haven't rewatched that old stuff either so who knows, but when I was a teenager he was one of my favourites at the indies. His Chikara and PWG stuff is amazing. He has 2 of the best comedy matches of the decade for my money with Archibald Peck in 2012 Chikara and Kikutaro in 2015 PWG. His AEW run has been quite the letdown honestly yea, I do think if he had proper booking he would have made for a great TNT champion.
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Post by makaiclub on Jun 10, 2023 11:07:28 GMT -5
- Toshiaki Kawada
- Kenta Kobashi
- Genichiro Tenryu
- Mitsuharu Misawa
- Tatsumi Fujinami
- Stan Hansen
- Shinya Hashimoto
- Kiyoshi Tamura
- Ric Flair
- Kazuchika Okada
- Riki Choshu
- Bret Hart
- Brock Lesnar
- Terry Funk
- Hiroshi Tanahashi
- Stone Cold Steve Austin
- Volk Han
- Akira Maeda
- Ricky Steamboat
- Yoshiaki Fujiwara
- Antonio Inoki
- Nick Bockwinkel
- Jun Akiyama
- Akira Taue
- Hiroshi Hase
- Kota Ibushi
- Rey Mysterio
- Chris Benoit
- Masaaki Mochizuki
- Jushin Thunder Liger
I'm comfortable with this top 30. Placements may change but the names will likely stay. Crafted a new version (well I'm half way through) and thought I'd compare the top 30s, changes in parenthesis - Toshiaki Kawada (1 -> 1)
- Kenta Kobashi (2 -> 2)
- Genichiro Tenryu (3 -> 3)
- Mitsuharu Misawa (4 -> 4)
- Tatsumi Fujinami (5 -> 5)
- Stan Hansen (6 - > 6)
- Kiyoshi Tamura (8 -> 7)
- Riki Choshu (12 -> 8)
- Ric Flair (9 -> 9)
- Volk Han (10 -> 10)
- Bret Hart (11 -> 12)
- Kazuchika Okada (10 -> 12)
- Stone Cold Steve Austin (16 -> 13)
- Ricky Steamboat (19 -> 14)
- Hiroshi Tanahashi (15 -> 15)
- Yoshiaki Fujiwara (20 -> 16)
- Shinya Hashimoto (7 -> 17)
- Brock Lesnar (13 -> 18)
- Terry Funk (14 -> 19)
- Akira Maeda (18 -> 20)
- Hiroshi Hase (25 -> 21)
- Nick Bockwinkel (22 -> 22)
- Kota Ibushi (26 -> 23)
- Chris Benoit (28 -> 24)
- William Regal (New)
- Antonio Inoki (21 -> 26)
- Akira Taue (24 -> 27)
- Jerry Lawler (New)
- Rey Mysterio (27 -> 29)
- Jumbo Tsuruta (New)
People dropped completely: Jushin Thunder Liger - no particular reason other than the New Japan Juniors rep gets worse and worse the more I watch it. Masaaki Mochizuki - Awesome wrestler but he would drop more and more when compared to others.
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Post by elliott on Jun 10, 2023 12:46:55 GMT -5
Neat to see Hase so high. Great list.
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Post by makaiclub on Jun 11, 2023 10:03:09 GMT -5
Thanks. It's easy to forget Hase was a world class worker when the Four Pillars are there, and many more in the same era, but he's one of the best.
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