Grimmas

See my above edit. There is no set criteria, one person's selling is another person's punch is another's person's moonsault.

If you are comfortable watching and properly evaluating someone you find disgusting as a human you can. We are humans, that can be difficult for some of us to do. EDIT: To clarify it is the greatest wrestlers you have watched and want to rank based on what you think makes a great wrestler. It's more akin to ranking movies, where it's about the actual movie, not how it did financially. But, no, no set critiera.

Which wrestlers are the best ones to look at that will give you the biggest look into many candidates? For example, if you were to watch a bunch of Kobashi, you'd get your AJPW folks in, then some NOAH candidates. He's not a bad person to pick as a hub to explore with, but who are really the best? If you were to pick one person to watch that would give you a glimpse into so many other great candidates, who would that be?

Okay, I am seeing this kind of comment a lot and I am baffled. It's a personal line, some people are comfortable with some things, some people are not. It's also getting too close to people defending slave owners, because it was common at the time. No, you owned a slave you were garbage, regardless of when.

Should be fixed.

Austin is a good case, because, like you said, he has receipts showing he is a new person.

I think you could make a checklist of every situation a wrestler can be in (main event, undercard tag, monster vs small worker, etc...) and give an out of 5 in each category and how well you think they would perform in those, then formula that all up? If you wanted to do some kind of real system. I doubt I do that, but I do look at it as how great a worker is in any situation, not necessarily looking at how great the matches are, but more how great the worker is in the match. Also care more about how they work, then the output exactly.

I rather like Gresham and as a technician, he's one of the best (if not the best) of this generation. I would need to watch a bunch more, but I am willing with him.

Good matches/amount of matches on tape = RMT Rank wrestlers by RMT Easy rankings! EDIT: You might need to add in some modifier to favour those with more matches.

I'm not sure yet. Murder is a clear line I am not passing. The rest I am not sure and I have a lot of uncomfort for the thing you listed. Will I vote for a racist? I'm glad I have 5 years to think about it.

I wanted to highlight this point, because it is important.

Oh, I will. Legit one of my favourite wrestlers since 2016.

I am all for people running as many podcasts, writing as many articles, etc.. as possible!

A wrestler who played their role PERFECTLY. Every move they made in a match was exactly what a big man monster would do. Very smart in that aspect. Plus, some killer offense stuff like his amazing powerslam, one of the best elbow drops, and the rare killer dropkick. One of the wrestlers I most enjoy watching, because it may not be an all time great match, but you will enjoy it and see a true artist at work. Tenta may move up from my #100 last time.

Sasha is really making a top 10 challenge. Just insanely great matches when put into a big spot, plus really good matches against not good workers too. It's only been 6 years now, so we'll see if she can continue this into 2026, but if she does top 10 is pretty reasonable.

If someone is known as a scum, it hurts my view of them for sure. If I don't know, then I don't know. I'm not going to assume anything about anyone. I'm not going to go into individual cases here. Yes, though, if someone is an abuser it hurts and it might hurt their standing on my list and/or take them off my list. I can't look at two people, 1 a known abuser and 1 with no accusations, and not feel bad about putting the abuser above the one with no reputation for that. I REALLY have a hard time separating the art from the person, so I'm not saying anyone else should follow this.

I have no problem with others that want to vote for horrible people. I may end up voting for some, but I am sure uncomfortable with it. It's a struggle for me personally. How am I naïve or ignorant in that case?

I think that is one aspect, but the other aspect is "are you comfortable ranking the wrestler" as well. A GWE list is basically honouring wrestlers, do I want to honour a rapist or a murder or a racist? I don't know, it's a struggle for me.

2 posts for someone who is on the upper half of my list this time is odd. A super worker in the 80s in one of the greatest tag teams of all-time. Great matches in brawls and technical matches in her prime. Yes, she wasn't Chigusa, but nobody was. Her return in the 90s, had her just add to her case. Great fire, amazing kicks and toughness. I love how she makes everything a struggle. Plus, I'm a sucker for a giant swing.

A lot of wrestlers are scumbugs and a lot of wrestlers have done some horrible things. How is that going to affect your ability to rank a wrestler? Last time, people had issues with ranking Benoit but were pretty much okay with everyone else. After speaking out and social movements, I don't know if that he will be the only one this time? There is two ways this could really affect your rankings, in my view. 1) You don't want to watch this person, so you can't really rank them due to that. 2) You already know the wrestler well enough, so now you have a choice. I have a hard time separating the art and the human, but I don't know where this will go from me. Will it just eliminate them from my list or just hurt how high I can put them? It's a struggle. Where do you stand?

Yes... However it's hard to separate the art from being a shitty person. I am not voting Benoit, for example. Probably not the thread for it, but separating the art from the person is a topic and I have a hard struggle with it.

As discussed on the podcast, Lawler will be my biggest dropper from 2016 and it has nothing to do with his in ring work.

Years of being in one of the greatest tag teams in WWE history, amazing Rumble performances, a real good title run, and the title victory is one of the greatest matches in WM history. Is Kofi a contender now? Really he may be for me.

Mercedes Martinez From 2017-19 (when I started to really focus on women's indies) Mercedes was the best wrestler in the world (any gender/promotion). A great technician, who can have a technical match, but also with deadly strikes and brutal suplexes. She can brawl, be a heel, be a babyface, or whatever you need. Going through Shimmer she rules in 2005-06 before the injury, that was 15 years ago. She's still really great when chances arise in the WWE. I have some gaps to fill outside of Shimmer and before 2017, but she's making herself a top ten case in my view. Recommended Matches: Mercedes Martinez vs Kyle Rae (RISE Legendary, No Ropes Submission) Mercedes Martinez vs Kris Statlander (Beyond, 2019-11-14) Mercedes Martinez vs Tessa Blanchard (RISE 10, 75 minute Iron Man)

The BEST is the Hell in the Cell with Sasha, which was my MOTY.