154 - Matt Hardy

2006 Ranking: honourable mention

Points: 1033

# of Ballots: 31

Average Vote: 67.68

High Vote: 29 (Mrzfn)

Low Vote: 99

"Outstanding babyface worker. Was the better worker in an all-time great babyface tag team, had a nice little heel run, and a tremendous babyface run in the mid-00s. Great seller, great punch, great crowd control and incredible timing. " Jimmy Redman

Recommended Matches:

Matt Hardy v. Edge (WWE, 9/18/2005)

Matt Hardy vs Mr. Kennedy (WWE Smackdown, 5/4/2007)

Matt Hardy vs MVP (WWE Great American Bash 2007)

153 - Tracy Smothers

2006 Ranking: honourable mention

Points: 1046

# of Ballots: 39

Average Vote: 74.18

High Vote: 25 (jackwebb)

Low Vote: 100

152 - "Beast from the East" Bam Bam Bigelow

2006 Ranking: honourable mention

Points: 1049

# of Ballots: 34

Average Vote: 70.15

High Vote: 20

Low Vote: 100

151 - Black Terry

2006 Ranking: honourable mention

Points: 1065

# of Ballots: 25

Average Vote: 58.40

High Vote: 21 (Dan Rice & Dr Ackermann)

Low Vote: 100

"Really good lucha mat worker, excellent brawler. " cubbymark

150 - "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert

2006 Ranking: honourable mention (121)

Points: 1070

# of Ballots: 30

Average Vote: 65.47

High Vote: 6 (ChuckScumm)

Low Vote: 97

149 - Sabu

2006 Ranking: honourable mention (140)

Points: 1072

# of Ballots: 47

Average Vote: 78.19

High Vote: 17 (The Thread Killer)

Low Vote: 100

148 - Tsuyoshi Kikuchi

2006 Ranking: honourable mention (101)

Points: 1095

# of Ballots: 42

Average Vote: 74.93

High Vote: 40 (Joe G)

Low Vote: 100

147 - Bruiser Brody

2006 Ranking: honourable mention (112)

Points: 1095

# of Ballots: 27

Average Vote: 60.44

High Vote: 13 (Scott Bernard)

Low Vote: 98

146 - Shinobu Kandori

2006 Ranking: honourable mention

Points: 1118

# of Ballots: 29

Average Vote: 62.45

High Vote: 9 (Scarlet-Left)

Low Vote: 99

"My top rated women's wrestler, despite everything, she's connected with me greatly throughout her career in different environments. This doesn't count for much but as someone who generally dislikes intergender wrestling she's one of the few women that's ever made it work for me. To the point where I wish she'd come in and beat up Kazuchika Okada for ripping off one of her iconic looks but I digress." Dylan Harris

"Has started to become more and more appreciated lately. I am also thinking more and more highly of her work myself." stunning_grover

Recommended Match:

Shinobu Kandori vs Akira Hokuto (AJW, 4/2/93)

145 - Lou Thesz

2006 Ranking: 82

Points: 1119

# of Ballots: 21

Average Vote: 48.76

High Vote: 3 (Moonsault Marvin)

Low Vote: 96

"He was the king of American style matwork, working every hold to its fullest." Moonsault Marvin

Recommended Match:

Lou Thesz vs Verne Gagne (Chicago, 1/25/1952)

144 - "Total Package" Lex Luger

2006 Ranking: unranked

Points: 1121

# of Ballots: 45

Average Vote: 76.11

High Vote: 8 (Scarlet-Left)

Low Vote: 100

143 - Villano III

2006 Ranking: honourable mention (108)

Points: 1121

# of Ballots: 31

Average Vote: 64.84

High Vote: 27 (Bill Thompson)

Low Vote: 100

"One of the better masked luchadores who would shine in big singles matches. " Dave Musgrave

"The ultimate case of needing more footage and there's no doubt he'd be higher. If there was one person in wrestling I'd vote for based on one match it's V3. Thankfully we do have enough to set him safely in the top half. " Dylan Harris

Recommended Match:

Villano III vs Atlantis (CMLL, 3/17/2000)

142 - "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers

2006 Ranking: honourable mention (120)

Points: 1123

# of Ballots: 25

Average Vote: 56.16

High Vote: 7 (Lee Casebolt)

Low Vote: 95

"All around great heel that worked holds with a vigor and viciousness." Moonsault Marvin

Recommended Match:

Buddy Rogers vs Lou Thesz (Chicago, 6/15/1950)

141 - "Wildfire" Tommy Rich

2006 Ranking: unranked

Points: 1138

# of Ballots: 36

Average Vote: 69.39

High Vote: 10

Low Vote: 99

140 - Perro Aguayo

2006 Ranking: honourable mention

Points: 1154

# of Ballots: 34

Average Vote: 67.06

High Vote: 16 (goc)

Low Vote: 98

139 - Bruno Sammartino

2006 Ranking: honourable mention (150)

Points: 1155

# of Ballots: 28

Average Vote: 59.75

High Vote: 12 (Kelly Nelson)

Low Vote: 97

"Sammartino was super charismatic and had incredible crowd connection." Moonsault Marvin

138 - Marty Jones

2006 Ranking: honourable mention

Points: 1168

# of Ballots: 27

Average Vote: 57.74

High Vote: 13 (Frankensteiner)

Low Vote: 87

137 - Kazuchika Okada

2006 Ranking: unranked

Points: 1176

# of Ballots: 31

Average Vote: 63.06

High Vote: 21 (Paul Völsch)

Low Vote: 99

136 - Butch Reed

2006 Ranking: honourable mention

Points: 1189

# of Ballots: 38

Average Vote: 69.71

High Vote: 24

Low Vote: 100

135 - Devil Masami

2006 Ranking: 35

Points: 1193

# of Ballots: 29

Average Vote: 59.90

High Vote: 8

Low Vote: 98

NOTE: The last voter to receive under 30 votes.

134 - Nobuhiko Takada

2006 Ranking: 19

Points: 1196

# of Ballots: 30

Average Vote: 61.17

High Vote: 8 (El-P)

Low Vote: 97

NOTE: First top 25 wrestler from 2006 to drop out of the top 100.

133 - Mayumi Ozaki

2006 Ranking: 31

Points: 1365

# of Ballots: 32

Average Vote: 58.34

High Vote: 9 (The Great Puma)

Low Vote: 100

132 - Antonio Inoki

2006 Ranking: 71

Points: 1426

# of Ballots: 37

Average Vote: 63.14

High Vote: 1

Low Vote: 100

131 - Jake "The Snake" Roberts

2006 Ranking: honourable mention (103)

Points: 1435

# of Ballots: 45

Average Vote: 69.11

High Vote: 16 (John Steffy)

Low Vote: 100

130 - Meiko Satomura

2006 Ranking: honourable mention

Points: 1457

# of Ballots: 33

Average Vote: 57.27

High Vote: 3

Low Vote: 99