May 18, 20214 yr comment_5952305 Right now gun to my head? 1- Daniel Bryan 2- Terry Funk 3- Ric Flair 4- Stan Hansen 5- Kenta Kobashi 6- Tenryu 7- Misawa 8- Kawada 9- Hijo Del Santo 10- Austin Cena, Rogers, Rey Jr., Eddie, Casas, Akiyama, Okada, Hokuto, Liger, Bret Hart, LA Park, Rose, Piper, Tamura, Andre, Lawler, etc would all have a shot at the top 10. None of the great workers from the 60s or 70s really did well in 2016 because of a lack of footage. It would be interesting to see what footage from that era pops up online in the next 5 years and how it shapes the outcome in 2026.
May 19, 20214 yr comment_5952451 Steve Austin, Bryan Danielson, Aja Kong, Shinya Hashimoto, Negro Casas, and John Cena are the only ones who feel like strong contenders at the moment. The back half of the top ten is a real fluid thing for me. Mick Foley and Antonio Inoki are probably the most likely picks after that. The more I watch Andre the higher I want to put him, which seems sort of wild.
May 19, 20214 yr comment_5952456 My current top 10.... 1. Daniel Bryan 2. Kenta Kobashi 3. Stan Hansen 4. Terry Funk 5. El Hijo Del Santo 6. Ric Flair 7. Shinobu Kandori 8. Yoshiaki Fujiwara 9. Bull Nakano 10 Minoru Suzuki Folks that are outside the working top 10, but in that next big tier of wrestlers and could have a chance (in no particular order) Kiyoshi Tamura Eddie Guerrero Akira Hokuto Randy Savage Devil Masami Volk Han Jushin Liger Chingusa Nagayo El Satanico Mick Foley Mitsuharu Misawa Billy Robinson Jumbo Tsuruta Genichiro Tenryu Jaguar Yokota Nick Bockwinkel Brock Lesnar Bret Hart Ricky Steamboat Aja Kong Samoa Joe LA Park Negro Casas Meiko Sotomura Toshiaki Kawada
May 19, 20214 yr comment_5952482 In no particular order my Top 8 - Bryan Danielson - Bull Nakano - Stan Hansen - Terry Funk -Bret Hart -Genichiro Tenryu -Jumbo Tsuruta - Ric Flair Lawler, Bockwinkel, Chigusa Nagayo, Shinobu Kandori and el Satanico are getting real consideration at the moment, though.
May 19, 20214 yr Author comment_5952502 7 hours ago, brockobama said: Steve Austin, Bryan Danielson, Aja Kong, Shinya Hashimoto, Negro Casas, and John Cena are the only ones who feel like strong contenders at the moment. The back half of the top ten is a real fluid thing for me. Mick Foley and Antonio Inoki are probably the most likely picks after that. The more I watch Andre the higher I want to put him, which seems sort of wild. If you ranked Andre like 3rd overall I'd look at your list and say "they ranked Andre 3rd! That's cool as fuck!" and then I'd be super pumped for the rest of your list You won't regret ranking Andre ridiculously high. The only mistake with Andre is leaving him off.
May 21, 20214 yr comment_5952724 Only my top 4 is a lock (Funk, Hansen, Tamura, Casas). The following names have all have a shot at my top 10 in no particular order: Hijo del Santo Satanico Misawa Fujiwara Flair Steamboat Danielson Nagayo Yokota Masami Chicana Kobashi Tenryu Kawada Bockwinkel Ishikawa Rose Liger
May 21, 20214 yr comment_5952746 I'm not quite sure of my top 10, but here's what I have so far (not in order): Jaguar Hokuto Eddie Hansen Bull Rey Flair Santito Tenryu Casas
December 1, 20213 yr comment_5969382 This is my current top 10. I might have Kohsaka pretty high, but looking back on his career recently, he really didn't miss that often. He's sort of like Volk Han in that regard, just a smaller sample size. Might be one of the best pure wrestlers I've ever seen. 1) Bret Hart 2) Volk Han 3) Blue Panther 4) Akira Maeda 5) Mitsuharu Misawa 6) Billy Robinson 7) Kiyoshi Tamura 8) Kenta Kobashi 9) Tsuyoshi Kohsaka 10) Yoshiaki Fujiwara The rest of my top 25 - 11) Tatsumi Fujinami 12) Negro Casas 13) Antonio Inoki 14) Nobuhiko Takada 15) Karl Gotch 16) El Hijo del Santo 17) Jumbo Tsuruta 18) Owen Hart 19) Kazushi Sakuraba 20) Eddie Guerrero 21) Toshiaki Kawada 22) Satoru Sayama 23) Nick Bockwinkel 24) Villano III 25) Minoru Suzuki
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