Posted April 3, 20169 yr comment_5737101 No not Mack and Maff but the highly regarded guys that missed your list due to lack of viewing, footage, etc. I haven't seen a lot of footage on any of the World of Sport guys, decent Japan and small amount of lucha. The guys I'm excited to explore that didn't make my list because I've seen only a handful of their matches are El Hijo Del Santo Negro Casas Shinya Hashimoto Akira Taue Tatsumi Fujinami Yoshiaki Fujiwara Jim Breaks Jun Akiyama El Satanico Riki Choshu Ron Garvin Billy Robinson Atlantis
April 3, 20169 yr comment_5737132 Kawada Misawa Taue Kobashi I hate you. Seriously. Well, I would, but you put up that Hansen vs. Colon glory. On my ballot, Casas and Dandy are likely the only pure lucha names. That likely leaves out quite a few top candidates on other ballots. Terry Funk and Riki Choshu are on the bubble.
April 3, 20169 yr comment_5737142 Kawada Misawa Taue Kobashi I hate you. Seriously. Well, I would, but you put up that Hansen vs. Colon glory. On my ballot, Casas and Dandy are likely the only pure lucha names. That likely leaves out quite a few top candidates on other ballots. Terry Funk and Riki Choshu are on the bubble. This is why I feel justified in my ballot. Because there are a whole lot more people who snubbed the lucha guys than the puro guys. I had 15 luchadores on the ballot and I think maybe 5 guys from Japan. I did rank Fujinami and Onita really high though.
April 3, 20169 yr comment_5737147 I may also not rank Savage or Lawler. Is that allowed if I'm the high man on Cena?
April 3, 20169 yr comment_5737148 I may also not rank Savage or Lawler. Is that allowed if I'm the high man on Cena? No because I find it too difficult to fathom how one could like Cena enough to claim they might be the high vote on him but not even rank Lawler. I had Lawler at #1 and Cena at #12 and their strengths seem REALLY similar to me.
April 3, 20169 yr comment_5737158 A number of 80s guys that didn't have strong runs in Japan. Didn't watch as much territory stuff as I would've liked but whatever. The only lucha guy I ranked was Casas, so anyone ranked purely off of Mexico work besides him didn't rank for me. No Lawler, no Inoki, no Onita, no Andre.
April 3, 20169 yr comment_5737162 No Stan Hansen World of Sport is my biggest blindspot so no Jim Breaks (seen like 1 match of his) No Virus, seen extremely little of him for some reason
April 3, 20169 yr comment_5737167 No Joshi workers for me. I've seen so little partially because I haven't enjoyed most of what I've seen. Wanted to do one last push for joshi just before the deadline but didn't have enough time to get a grasp of the landscape. Also Volk Han and Bret Hart.
April 3, 20169 yr comment_5737178 I'll explain why later, but I left off Billy Robinson and The Destroyer. No Race, Shawn, Murdoch, Dibiase, Hase, Takada, Marty Jones, Atlantis, or Tully either. Maybe more I'm forgetting.
April 3, 20169 yr comment_5737180 HBK, Murdoch, Takada, Perro Aguayo, Colon, Fuerza,Tommy Rich,Tracey Smothers, CM Punk, Harley, MS1 none made my ballot. Colon, Takada and MS1 were 101, 102, 103 respectively. HBK and Punk I just don't rate as top 100 workers. The rest I just haven't seen enough footage of or am only getting round to now and could well make my ballot in a decades time. The only real oversight was Smothers, who I love, but for some reason which I put down to lack of sleep and putting together my ballot in the midst of illness, was neglected. Plus I'm still working through Smoky Mountain.
April 3, 20169 yr comment_5737214 Lawler - Tried to watch a Dundee match from Youtube three times. Failed as I couldn't get over the constant punching. Decided to invest my time in other wrestlers I was already familiar with. Rose - Lack of time. Any of the luchadores - Not interested in the style.
April 3, 20169 yr comment_5737217 I'll explain why later, but I left off Billy Robinson and The Destroyer. No Race, Shawn, Murdoch, Dibiase, Hase, Takada, Marty Jones, Atlantis, or Tully either. Maybe more I'm forgetting.
April 3, 20169 yr comment_5737228 The main guys who I think would have made my list had I been able to invest the time in them are Hashimoto, Breaks, Tenryu, Han and Akiyama. There are a bunch of guys who might have done better had I seen more. Probably the biggest name I didn't rank just because I don't think he's good enough is John Cena.
April 3, 20169 yr comment_5737238 Buddy Rose and Ted Dibiase, those were issues of me just not having enough time to get to them.
April 3, 20169 yr comment_5737242 The more the rest of you reveal, the more convinced I am that my list is the best list 😎
April 3, 20169 yr comment_5737271 Not sure if they are considered heavy hitters or not... but, NOT on my list are: Jim Breaks Virus Volk Han John Cena CM Punk Billy Robinson The Destroyer Verne Gagne Nobuhiko Takada Bill Dundee Marty Jones Hiroshi Hase Tracey Smothers MS-1 Blue Panther Antonio Inoki Michael Hayes Dory Funk Jr. Triple H Adrian Adonis EDIT: Also, NOT on my list are Daniel Bryan and Finlay. Edited April 3, 20169 yr by stunning_grover
April 3, 20169 yr comment_5737289 Is Takada considered a heavy hitter? He's someone that I easily passed on. Didn't give him much thought at all.
April 3, 20169 yr comment_5737290 Is Takada considered a heavy hitter? He's someone that I easily passed on. Didn't give him much thought at all. He was considered one 10 years ago. I guess nowadays not so much anymore.
April 3, 20169 yr comment_5737292 Lawler made it, and in fact, did so quite comfortably. Rey Rey and Finlay were casualties.
April 3, 20169 yr Author comment_5737293 I actually love the fact that there are some greats and highly rated guys that I couldn't place. Just means I have plenty of great wrestling to watch and a lot of guys to invest in. I'll probably redo my own personal list ever mania or two
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