I love Takaiwa in the late 90s, then I have heard so little about him after that. That's a fate that seemed common with early 2000s guys. It's hard to get a real handle for so many of them because tons of opinions just aren't out there.

I think a strong case for Takaiwa could be put forward since he is still going strong, though it is more piecing together fun performances in tag matches and the occasional great match than an obviously great run, especially for folks who follow japanese wrestling more casually.

 

Big pop for Dean's picks. I am sure he won't disappoint. I also wonder how many Battlarts wrestlers we're gonna go through before we get to Trish Stratus.

Tama's the first of my list to go. Interesting that all three voters for him had him in the bottom ten (with me being the high voter at 90). I wound up watching a ton of Islanders stuff a few weeks before the deadline and thought he was fun as fuck with some of my favourite stock bumps of anybody ever. I wish they got a longer run as a babyface team, but he was pretty great as soon as they turned heel as well. I basically love Tama and 148 people were wrong when compiling their ballots by not voting for him.

514 - Mike Jackson

2006 Ranking: unranked

Points: 17

# of Ballots: 2

Average Vote: 92.50

High Vote: 88 (Matt D)

Low Vote: 97

I have to admit I read this as Matt Jackson at first and almost had a heart attack.

Tip of the cap to the Chris Masters voters!

 

Word.

Wish I'd had space for Chris Masters but also pleasantly surprised that nobody in my bottom 5 has popped up yet.

I am surprised that there were 3 votes for Masters and that I was actually the low vote.

Quick write in tag ballot for me so I can put DeBeers and Boscik as the #1 tag team?

I had Mad Dog Vachon on an early draft of my list but dropped him off. I feel bad for costing him a Top 500 spot.

Oya fell off my ballot at the last minute. I considered Kanemura. It's probably not his best match, but I'll always associate him with that Kevin Sullivan bloodletting from SMW TV first and foremost.

Damn, when are we getting to someone I voted for?

I considered Kanemura.

 

 

Me too. Big fan at one point. Tons of fun stuff. He was booked everywhere in the mid 00's, and then he killed his career with the stupid sexual harassement stuff. He apparently is going to retire later this year.

Didn't vote for Oya but he warranted thought. The way he seemed to fade into nothingness post FMW hurts even if he was a very good worker there.

At first I was shocked to be the only voter for Carl Ouellet, but that evolved to me being shocked I had him on at all.

 

Love me some Quebecers and Jean-Pierre Lafitte.

I'm really surprised there was no more love for Jerry Stubbs. But at least someone else agreed with me and voted him in their top 100.

I'm really regretting not putting Flair as number one but oh well there's always a decade from now

I'm really regretting not putting Flair as number one but oh well there's always a decade from now

You did the right thing

I'm assuming you mean admitting to my mistake?

I'm really regretting not putting Flair as number one but oh well there's always a decade from now

Ha how far from 1 did you let him slide?

I'm assuming you mean admitting to my mistake?

First step is admitting you have a problem

He's fourth on my list which isn't bad at all. He and Funk switched back and forth multiple times but when I really think of the pinnacle of wrestling it's Flair. I hope he wins even though he's not my 1

Grimmas delivering the picture power. Dat Kobayashi hair.

Sounds good, if not entirely fair to Flair. I ended up slotting him at #2, but wouldn't have loved going either direction with my top 2 (or 3, for that matter) so no huge regrets.

Stoked somebody else voted for Mad Dog Vachon!

Yeah, it's really nice to find out others have voted for your more unusual picks

Very surprised none of the guys I voted for have popped up yet. A few on my late list I thought I was a legitimate case for only vote for.