Posted April 17, 20169 yr comment_5744662 Here are the wrestlers that made the top 100 in the 2006 SmarksChoice Poll that won't be making it this time around. 1. Adrian Adonis 2. Akira Maeda 3. Antonio Inoki 4. Chigusa Nagayo 5. Dan Kroffat 6. Dean Malenko 7. Devil Masami 8. Dory Funk Jr. 9. Dump Matsumoto 10. Dynamite Kansai 11. El Samurai 12. Great Sasuke 13. Kazuo Yamazaki 14. Kyoko Inoue 15. Lioness Asuka 16. Lou Thesz 17. Jaguar Yokota 18. Marc Rocco 19. Mariko Yoshida 20. Masahiro Chono 21. Mayumi Ozaki 22. Naoki Sano 23. Nobuhiko Takada 24. Psicosis 25. Shiro Koshinaka 26. TAKA Michinoku 27. The Rock 28. Tiger Mask 29. Tommy Rogers 30. Toshiyo Yamada 31. Ultimo Dragon
April 17, 20169 yr comment_5744670 That's pretty evenly split between sorry to see them go and good riddance.
April 17, 20169 yr comment_5744673 Voted for 13 of them. There are a bunch of them I voted for in 2006 than I didn't vote for in 2016. Off this bunch, I only regret not voting for Devil Masami again.
April 17, 20169 yr Author comment_5744698 I voted for Sano & Maeda. Yamazaki & Kroffat were two of my final 20 cuts or so.
April 17, 20169 yr comment_5744716 Sano is the one not making the Top 100 that really bugs me. How can you be great in 4 decades and multiple promotions and styles and take part in half the top junior, shootstyle, and NOAH heavyweight matches and not be Top 100 ever? I get not rating Maeda or Inoki or Jaguar, if you don't like their style, but Sano has something for everyone. I think he was in my Top 25.
April 17, 20169 yr comment_5744730 Looking at Taker at his best, damn he us good. The highs are really high, I see why people voted for him.
April 17, 20169 yr comment_5744764 Sano's fall is probably due in part to the multiple names, the effort required to seek him out (particularly the shoot stuff) and the lack of a prominent run in a major company recently. I really think that if Naoki Sano had followed the NJ juniors run with more work as "Naoki Sano" in pro-style feds he'd likely be looked upon more, if not more fondly. Taker? Higher highs but lots more lows than Triple H and less of a stink for marrying someone on the roster who wasn't in the C suite. But certainly no more deserving.
April 17, 20169 yr comment_5744766 I guess it's an accomplishment for lucha that it only lost Psicosis (And Ultimo Dragon who has chunks of his career there), relative to, I don't know, Joshi.
April 17, 20169 yr comment_5744770 Be not proud of what you have done, PWO. 'Taker is one of the heads of state when it comes to SC-era candidates who added to their resume, though. Not even six months removed from a MOTYC against Lesnar. Something something Great Match Theory something something please kill me.
April 17, 20169 yr comment_5744773 Difference is Taker benefits from great match (or 2-3) theory. With others it's great many matches theory.
April 17, 20169 yr comment_5744777 I might have put him top 100 because I like some of his non-superspectacle big matches a lot more than average (Hardy on RAW '02, Lesnar at Unforgiven '02) and I just really like the WWF New Gen main event style. Trips on GMT alone wouldn't have stood a chance. I'd have him above Jericho. He'd have been a cut before Sano, TAKA, and the joshi culling, though.
April 17, 20169 yr comment_5744778 You guys are cutting Taker way short Thank you for giving us all the moments.
April 17, 20169 yr comment_5744779 And who can forget this unforgettable moment! (Ted's finest moment in an otherwise pretty rubbish commentary career)
April 18, 20169 yr comment_5744785 Times change. The footage explosion is big. In 2006 guys were just starting out and now they make an impact. In 2006 Undertaker might have been in the middle of his peak. 2016 he's almost out the door
April 18, 20169 yr comment_5744786 I guess it's an accomplishment for lucha that it only lost Psicosis (And Ultimo Dragon who has chunks of his career there), relative to, I don't know, Joshi. It will be 9 vs. 7 in the top 100. 2006 & 2016: Casas, Santo, Satanico, Dandy, Panther, Atlantis Just 2006: Psicosis Just 2016: Virus, La Parka, Sangre Chicana It is not a big leap but it is an improvement. I would not be surprised if Casas, Dandy and Satanico all improve their positions.
April 18, 20169 yr comment_5744787 Let's not forget all the outstanding work before Foley showed up. Nor the fact that he was probably the worst opponent of Austin's run. No doubt a part of some great matches, but few and far between. And that's coming from someone who loves the Michaels & Brock matches for the most part, and doesn't find the Triple H matches awful.
April 18, 20169 yr comment_5744789 http://www.wwe.com/inside/top-25-undertaker-moments Man, I wish I could have all of these on one DVD. That would be awesome!
April 18, 20169 yr comment_5744793 You guys are all fucked. Taker rules. On the list, my main takeaway is all the women who dropped off, but we could have said that 18 months ago. It was inevitable.
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