January 20, 20169 yr comment_5721906 Yeah, but then you have to write at least three match writeups per person. I don't feel like doing that a couple dozen times for the various people on my list whom nobody else has nominated.
January 20, 20169 yr comment_5721908 There are 25 people who would make your top 100 who haven't been nominated?!?
January 20, 20169 yr comment_5721936 Yeah, probably. Mostly indy guys who are relatively obscure, but also a few Divas and others that nobody else on here would even consider.
January 20, 20169 yr comment_5721961 Why bother? Most of them are small-timer local workers whom I've known personally that nobody else has ever heard of, some of whom might not even have enough matches online to rate. And the rest of it runs into "trying to justify why I'm so fond of Daffney, and Sakura Hirota" sort of territory, which is a tough argument to make beyond resorting to plain old they-entertain-me-and-make-me-laugh-a-lot vagueness.
January 20, 20169 yr comment_5721989 PM me Jingus. If some of the guys in question are Certain TN indie workers we both like I'd be willing to watch and review the matches if I know who they are
January 20, 20169 yr comment_5722086 You serious think Daffney is one of the 100 hundred greatest wrestlers of all time?
January 20, 20169 yr comment_5722092 Daffney once did the impossible and actually entertained me during one of those fuckin' creepy empty-room "custom" matches; I've refereed a few of those and absolutely hate them, they're the most unnatural and awkward things you can possibly do. But she saved this one by basically treating the entire thing as a parody of itself and being a never-ending chatterbox of hilariously cheesy lines. ("No, don't give me a hip toss!!!" she shrieks... a solid five seconds before said hiptoss is applied.) For me, yeah, managing to make a silk purse out of THAT level of nasty rotten sow's ear is worth a vote.
January 20, 20169 yr Author comment_5722097 Daffney once did the impossible and actually entertained me during one of those fuckin' creepy empty-room "custom" matches; I've refereed a few of those and absolutely hate them, they're the most unnatural and awkward things you can possibly do. But she saved this one by basically treating the entire thing as a parody of itself and being a never-ending chatterbox of hilariously cheesy lines. ("No, don't give me a hip toss!!!" she shrieks... a solid five seconds before said hiptoss is applied.) For me, yeah, managing to make a silk purse out of THAT level of nasty rotten sow's ear is worth a vote. Top 100 wrestlers in the history of the world?
January 20, 20169 yr Author comment_5722100 Phil Grimmas in quickly to prove Jingus right. She entertained you in a shitty situation. Heck Al Snow entertained me in the Kennel from Hell match, should I vote for him?
January 20, 20169 yr comment_5722105 Heck Al Snow entertained me in the Kennel from Hell match, should I vote for him?If he entertained you that much and it wasn't by you laughing at how bad he was, then yes.
January 20, 20169 yr Author comment_5722110 Heck Al Snow entertained me in the Kennel from Hell match, should I vote for him?If he entertained you that much and it wasn't by you laughing at how bad he was, then yes. That's a high bar to become one of the 100 greatest wrestlers ever. One entertaining performance in a shitty situation should not be even close to enough.
January 20, 20169 yr comment_5722116 One entertaining performance in a shitty situation should not be even close to enough. Oh, that's far from the only time I was thoroughly amused by her enlivening a cold-dead-corpse of a situation. When I first saw her at a WCW house show, she was working way harder as a manager than most of the then-indifferent wrestlers were even trying to do in the ring, and I've seen her succeed in various other situations where nobody had any business being any good at all (remember Nise Sarah Palin in TNA?). The empty-room bullshit just came immediately to mind first because it was such a clear example, since I've been there and done that and it's damn near impossible for that stuff to ever be anything but an embarrassing clusterfuck.
January 20, 20169 yr Author comment_5722120 One entertaining performance in a shitty situation should not be even close to enough. Oh, that's far from the only time I was thoroughly amused by her enlivening a cold-dead-corpse of a situation. When I first saw her at a WCW house show, she was working way harder as a manager than most of the then-indifferent wrestlers were even trying to do in the ring, and I've seen her succeed in various other situations where nobody had any business being any good at all (remember Nise Sarah Palin in TNA?). The empty-room bullshit just came immediately to mind first because it was such a clear example, since I've been there and done that and it's damn near impossible for that stuff to ever be anything but an embarrassing clusterfuck. A great character, ok. Is she a better wrestler than Ricky Steamboat? Little Guido? Earthquake? Triple H? Taz? Where does she rank as a worker? What are her strengths as a wrestler? We are talking about the 100 best wrestlers of all-time, make a case for her. None of what you are saying is anything more than enjoying a manager/wrestler who made the most out of shit. Is Prince Nana on your list?
January 20, 20169 yr comment_5722122 Which is why she should be nominated, so we can talk about this.
January 20, 20169 yr comment_5722123 FWIW i don't recall us giving nearly this much shit to the guy who has ultimate warrior in his top 100
January 21, 20169 yr comment_5722131 One entertaining performance in a shitty situation should not be even close to enough. Oh, that's far from the only time I was thoroughly amused by her enlivening a cold-dead-corpse of a situation. When I first saw her at a WCW house show, she was working way harder as a manager than most of the then-indifferent wrestlers were even trying to do in the ring, and I've seen her succeed in various other situations where nobody had any business being any good at all (remember Nise Sarah Palin in TNA?). The empty-room bullshit just came immediately to mind first because it was such a clear example, since I've been there and done that and it's damn near impossible for that stuff to ever be anything but an embarrassing clusterfuck. A great character, ok. Is she a better wrestler than Ricky Steamboat? Little Guido? Earthquake? Triple H? Taz? Where does she rank as a worker? What are her strengths as a wrestler? We are talking about the 100 best wrestlers of all-time, make a case for her. None of what you are saying is anything more than enjoying a manager/wrestler who made the most out of shit. Is Prince Nana on your list? She...she is literally not nominated so I'm not sure why you are pressuring anyone into a discussion.
January 21, 20169 yr Author comment_5722132 FWIW i don't recall us giving nearly this much shit to the guy who has ultimate warrior in his top 100 Warrior had a **** 3/4 star match in his career. At least one more **** 1/2 and some **** ones as well.
January 21, 20169 yr Author comment_5722133 One entertaining performance in a shitty situation should not be even close to enough. Oh, that's far from the only time I was thoroughly amused by her enlivening a cold-dead-corpse of a situation. When I first saw her at a WCW house show, she was working way harder as a manager than most of the then-indifferent wrestlers were even trying to do in the ring, and I've seen her succeed in various other situations where nobody had any business being any good at all (remember Nise Sarah Palin in TNA?). The empty-room bullshit just came immediately to mind first because it was such a clear example, since I've been there and done that and it's damn near impossible for that stuff to ever be anything but an embarrassing clusterfuck. A great character, ok. Is she a better wrestler than Ricky Steamboat? Little Guido? Earthquake? Triple H? Taz? Where does she rank as a worker? What are her strengths as a wrestler? We are talking about the 100 best wrestlers of all-time, make a case for her. None of what you are saying is anything more than enjoying a manager/wrestler who made the most out of shit. Is Prince Nana on your list? She...she is literally not nominated so I'm not sure why you are pressuring anyone into a discussion. Ok. Jingus, review three of her matches and nominate her.
January 21, 20169 yr comment_5722166 I want to make my stance clear once. If there are people who will vote, want to vote, or are thinking about voting and are considering wrestlers that haven't been nominated please nominate them. Don't let a couple of match reviews set you back. Don't even let the fear of people overreacting to your nominee stop you. I don't give a fuck if Kofi Kingston, Buck Zumhofe, Torrie Wilson, or Logan Alvey are nominated. I don't want to read back handed posts about people claiming they would have voted if so and so had been nominated or any other excuse.
January 21, 20169 yr comment_5722214 To back up Exposer's point, I nominated (and will rank) Tom Zenk, who almost everyone except me seems to hate. If I hadn't, then I wouldn't be submitting a list I felt entirely happy with.
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