We'll have to wait and see, but I think with the number of ballots ballooning the way it did even a guy like Breaks is gonna take a hit.

We'll have to wait and see, but I think with the number of ballots ballooning the way it did even a guy like Breaks is gonna take a hit.

One spoiler just to appease the crowd who might be sad, but Jim Breaks did better on this poll than in 2006.

Ha ha, Parv's Twitter feed is awesome. House of Un-GWE Activities is gonna be hard to beat as a meme.

 

 

I worry about the placements of the British workers, because they just don't seem likely to appear on the majority of ballots. I expect Breaks to make the top 100, but I'm not confident about any of the others (not talking Regal, Finlay or Robinson).

 

I thought hard about Roberts. He would have made my 150 easily.

I think there will be more. I have 2 British guys in my top 13 and they're not any of the above names. It's not Rocco either who I'm guessing is going to make the list as well.

I agree that we'll see some high average votes. I just wonder if, as OJ suggested, they'll be diluted by the sheer volume.

Pete Roberts is the first one to drop that kind of hurts. There's no way there's 400 better workers than Pete Roberts in my world.

 

I had him at 90 and that honestly felt too low, but I couldn't justify him any higher. Great wrestler, who could go against just about anyone. I was especially impressed with the way he could build to and pay off drama with big bumps which isn't something that people immediately think of when they think of that style.

 

Kyle Matthews is the only other guy I voted for who has popped up and he was my number 100. I considered Hamrick for that spot, and kind of regret it, but there were about ten guys I considered for that spot so what can you do.

 

I absolutely love Colt and I'm glad he got a few votes

Nobody I voted for has shown up either. That's good, I think

I also voted for Pete Roberts, and he's a guy who people really should give a fair shake to if they haven't yet. I also wish he could have been higher on the final list.

Is it just me, or is Franz van Buyten definitely Liam Neeson?

Ciclon Ramirez's eyes remind me waaaaay too much of looking in the mirror towards the end of college parties.

To me the biggest upset so far is someone seemingly intelligent claiming to have dropped Flair from his top 5 all the way to #9, not because of anything Flair did or didn't do, but because he was annoyed by JvK's five-part podcast on him. Good thing I know it MUST be a joke, Elliot ;-) ... If anything, that series confirmed my position for him :-)

 

Total joke. I eventually listened to all of those pods and they were great

 

But he was still my #9

I just now realized that I must've clicked on the "stay anonymous" option, which I didn't mean to do. Is it too late or too much of a hassle to change it?

I was one of the two who voted for Super Crazy. I'm kinda shocked he wasn't on more ballots. Longevity may not be in his favor but in 99/00 very few in the world were as fun to watch.

Cool pic of Nagashima. I voted for her in 2006 I believe. Not rewatching joshi made it tough to do it again but she certainly deserves a much higher spot.

Yeah Nagashima was great. Cool she got a 62 vote!

 

That Cornette picture is a strong second to the Abdullah Kobayashi picture.

Spent the evening/early morning watching Pete Roberts. Boy howdy, was he amazing. Probably the 2nd best WoS guy I've seen after Breaks. Wish I had taken the plunge sooner. Probably deserving of a spot around where I put Terry Rudge. Similar intensity/character work.

 

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I like how at this stage you can pick any six names, and you have your very own fantasy mid 90s WAR six-man tag.

I would have liked to have found a spot for Ciclon Ramirez just on the strength of his tope alone. It's a thing of giddy beauty, and anyone who can produce such a thing deserves serious consideration.

I was one of the two who voted for Super Crazy. I'm kinda shocked he wasn't on more ballots. Longevity may not be in his favor but in 99/00 very few in the world were as fun to watch.

I was the other vote for him. I always liked his work. For this project since I was very familiar with him I only rewatched a handful of his matches and I thought they held up. Maybe I should of watched more since general consensus is they didn't 😞

I watched him wrestle live a few years ago I think for Dragon Gate USA and he's still a lot of fun. He was chubby and worked the match super smart. Definitely knows how to work a crowd by doing less without ever acting like he's taking it easy or mailing it in.

 

I wonder if part of me didn't vote for him because I have some weird allegiance to Tajiri. That totally doesn't make sense but that feud was like Nintendo vs. Sega and when I was a kid you were either Sega or you were Nintendo only assholes had both.

I was Nintendo

I was an asshole.

 

I'd be down for seeking out more Super Crazy recommendations, particularly from the indies before and after his time in WWE. Most of what I saw outside of the big ECW run didn't really stick with me, though, which made it easy for him to get lost in the shuffle.

I actually thought about ranking Hidaka but it was based on a really limited sample. He was the biggest discovery for me when I was really into the New Japan/Zero 1 feud though.

2006 Ranking: unranked

Points: 45

# of Ballots: 2

Average Vote: 78.5

High Vote: 68 (ChuckScumm)

Low Vote: 89

"probably should have been 69" Timothy Buechner

So happy this stupid joke made it on to the list thread.

We have reached a new high with James Storm posing for a cover of a christian rock album.

We have reached a new high with James Storm posing for a cover of a christian rock album.

 

Christian Rock? I was thinking that was more calendar material.