Matt D

Should have we named the podcast Atom Splitters or Drink Spitters?

I'm very happy about Arn's placement. It was about ballots but also, to some degree, about average. I think he's someone that almost everyone saw as great and while he does have great matches, and even a few great singles ones, the broad weight of his case is on a different sort of consistency, one that is special and unique. People are free to disagree, but I think he represents a sort of specialness that expresses itself in every moment, tiny stars lighting up the night sky and adding a color and beauty all their own instead of giant suns turning night into day. Greatness comes in many forms and he's the absolute pinnacle of a certain sort of it. It's nice to see how much people value what he represents.

Whereas someone like Mick Foley just creeps me the fuck out. IDK I can't really vote for a guy taking all these stupid bumps when he's doing pathetic company shilling rants and is working the creepiest white male feminist gimmick ever. I mean I'd totally do it if I truly cared about his work but. Nah. edit: should note triple h being a 4/10 wrestler wouldn't classify under the dumb shit said by bret hart, seem about right really, might be slightly overrating him That 4/10 thing was referring to one of his matches, not him as a wrestler per say. Per se, lad, per se. I feel like that would have been an appropriate place for a Jim Barnett impression.

If nothing else, the fact that we had such a broad sourcing means that you'll at least be able to post it elsewhere without it being completely impenetrable. It goes against so many traditional schools of thought that it can't make anyone happy, in the best way.

Bock still lives.

Go with Haku instead: Casas is so awesome in that match.

I said exceptionally solid. I worded that more carefully than I did my defense of Bret. Man, I hoped Casas would make it to the top 20 but I'm glad that lots of people discovered him and enjoyed him so thoroughly. I just hope Bock doesn't drop next.

grggghhhghhhhhhh.

I'm not 100% sure I've heard an exceptionally solid defense of Bret yet, and that's including my own.

MAYBE, must maybe, my system has a few flaws too.

On mine at least, there's a link at the bottom left of the screen right above "time now" that says "Use Mobile Version"

That Blackjack Windham picture is awesome.

Will be very cool to see what the two of them could put together in 82.

I've liked all the Akiyama I've watched. I just thought that particular argument wasn't super strong. Other arguments are stronger.

If Akiyama was in those tags instead of Taue, would you think he was the weakest worker? (I know some people wouldn't, but you kind of get the point for why that argument is a little silly, right?)

I think Casas and Santo are wildly different wrestlers even though, at one point, they may have been very similar foils.

Bock and Casas survive another day.

As a kid I was so frustrated I got onto the game late and could only get the pink plastic shades things and not the silver ones.

Maybe if someone other than me voted for him? I even made a case for him too. (I know though. I hate that he went so low. At his best, he's just as charismatic as someone like Eddy).

He gets the indies at least. I am praying to the wrestling gods that Casas vs Hech from last night drops soon.

Oh wait, I found this. But you have to put up with the Patriots. Sorry.

Somewhat off-topic, but seeing this made me wonder if Morton ever worked Eaton in 1991 WCW while Morton was heel and Eaton was babyface. There was only about a 5 month or so overlap there to where this could have happened, but that would have been just so weird to watch, I really hope it happened. This is a fun novelty, though not quite what you're looking for: There's a Eaton/Big Josh vs York Foundation match, but it's Taylor/Rich.

I would be far more sympathetic to this argument if the top 25 wasn't shaping up to be filled with Japanese wrestlers who peaked before 2006. Heck, of all of the wrestlers yet to be listed, I thin there's only 5 (maybe 6) where you can argue their active work since 2006 helps their case. Everybody else has not been active or their work since has almost no bearing (IMO) of their case for GWE. The wrestling didn't change. We changed.

I'm excited to explain my bitchy reasons for ranking Cena at 51 right under Fuerza later this week.

I explained Eaton over Morton (just by a couple of spots) on the pod we did today but I don't think I did a great job at it. I think they're the mirror image of each other. A lot of it comes to the variety of partners creating a sort of compelling illusion of variety to me, the fact that I'm higher than most people on Eaton's babyface work (even if I also probably like Morton's heel work more than most), and the fact that frankly, I think Eaton's physical reactions to everything that happen in the match, good and bad, are almost as good as Morton's selling, with Eaton having the stronger offense. Some of it is footage too since Morton was in the wilderness more. I voted before seeing Morton vs Bock and the Lucas tag, but then Eaton's been helped by Houston footage as well. They're very close.