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super macho dude posted:Would love to see everyone's Top 10 all time list. Would be interesting to see if Ric Flair would still win that. I do think it's neat that Chris Jericho made the top ten of that list 12 years ago and Daniel Bryan was in 15th place, and today they're still ranking very near the top of the CURRENT favorite wrestlers list.
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1. Tomohiro Ishii - I think what edges Ishii over Okada is that he brings out the fighting spirit in his opponents, even losers like Taichi 2. Kazuchika Okada - The best complete package, his moves are perfect. I wasn't around during his Punished Okada phase but his subsequent redemption was great storytelling 3. Kota Ibushi - Mega-charismatic babyface with a callous disregard for his own body 4. Taichi - My favorite character work in the biz, Taichi can really wrestle, he's just a lazy-rear end slacker using shortcuts to win 5. Jay White - Amazing heel work, best ura-nage I've seen. He can really get inside your skin. 6. Zack Sabre Jr. - Submissions forever, every time I watch a match of his I learn new ways to stretch out the human body 7. Jon Moxley - He's got this insane presence and swagger that could only come from leaving a toxic relationship, makes imaginative promos 8. Shingo Takagi - Incredibly talented and athletic, makes you want to root for him 9. Juice Robinson - Juice has effortless charisma and I'm an eternal mark for Left Hand of God 10. Chris Jericho - His match with Omega at Wrestle Kingdom 13 was the one that got me into New Japan. Still has it. Honorable Mentions: Minoru Suzuki, Lance Archer, EVIL
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super macho dude posted:Would love to see everyone's Top 10 all time list. it is tajirix10 that one year he was really really really really really really good
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# ? Sep 9, 2019 18:45 |
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Man narrowing the shortlist done to 10 was brutal. Feels like I've done some great wrestlers dirty. 1. Daniel Bryan 2. Hiroshi Tanahashi 3. Will Ospreay 4. Kazuchika Okada 5. Cesaro 6. Zack Sabre Jr 7. Tomohiro Ishii 8. Chris Jericho 9. Velveteen Dream 10. Shingo Takagi Kevino07 fucked around with this message at 22:31 on Sep 9, 2019 |
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Updated through to Kevino07's list. A few notable things: - There are now 145 individual wrestlers listed. - 2 wrestlers in the top 10 have not received any #1 picks - 8 wrestlers in the top 20 have not received any #1 picks - As has been the case through the entire thread so far, the current #1 wrestler does not have the most #1 picks - The takeaway from the above three is that a wrestler's ranking is heavily influenced by the weight of their position on your Top 10 lists. - The #2 spot is currently tied between two wrestlers with a third extremely close to their points total. - 9 of the wrestlers in the top 10 are from New Japan, 2 are from AEW and 1 is from WWE. 2 of the New Japan wrestlers are also signed with AEW. - The top female wrestler so far is currently ranked at #21, though only due to draws in the top 20 being sorted alphabetically. In terms of points alone, she would be ranked 19th equal.
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# ? Sep 10, 2019 06:51 |
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it's sort of interesting that Gargano has only been on two lists. i feel like having the Ciampa/Gargano feud drag out for so long might have cooled him off a lot more than I realized. if it was this time last year, I think he would be a good bit higher in the rankings.
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# ? Sep 10, 2019 06:54 |
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1. Shingo Takagi 2. PAC 3. My Boi BxB Hulk 4. Shun Skywalker 5. Masaaki Mochizuki 6. YAMATO 7. Tomohiro Ishii 8. Daniel Bryan 9. Hiroshi Tanahashi 10. Pentagon Jr. Shingo has been the best wrestler in the world for four or five years now and that's ignoring the decade of outstanding work prior to his current run. He's so good at every single aspect of professional wrestling it's unreal. If you asked me for this list three years ago Tozawa probably would have been my number one pick but I legitimately forget that he exists most of the time tucked away in the 205 ghetto. Dimebags Brain fucked around with this message at 07:02 on Sep 10, 2019 |
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Low Desert Punk posted:it's sort of interesting that Gargano has only been on two lists. i feel like having the Ciampa/Gargano feud drag out for so long might have cooled him off a lot more than I realized. if it was this time last year, I think he would be a good bit higher in the rankings. Gargano really suffered from his call-up to the main roster clashing so obviously with the year-long storyline that had been going on in NXT, compounded by Ciampa's injury derailing it entirely. The feud with Cole was cool but also went on a little too long, and while I still think Johnny is great, his no-man-land status between obviously being done with NXT but not really having anything waiting for him on the main roster has hurt him a lot.
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# ? Sep 10, 2019 07:00 |
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Low Desert Punk posted:it's sort of interesting that Gargano has only been on two lists. i feel like having the Ciampa/Gargano feud drag out for so long might have cooled him off a lot more than I realized. if it was this time last year, I think he would be a good bit higher in the rankings. i'd agree with that and i'd add that as someone who almost put Gargano on my list, the only thing that held me back was just that i feel like you don't see him actually wrestle enough. the TakeOver matches are always good to excellent, but then the TV cycles come around and guys like Gargano and Cole maybe have a match or two. for me it was just hard to not rank guys who have had good to excellent matches a whole lot more than Gargano. i think Gargano is an excellent wrestler and i'm grateful he isn't overexposed to death like WWE loves to do with guys, but idk, i feel like i've seen him in street clothes way more than in his wrestling gear this year.
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# ? Sep 10, 2019 07:09 |
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Jerusalem posted:Updated through to Kevino07's list. Who is the most divisive wrestler? (highest points with the fewest votes)
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# ? Sep 10, 2019 11:49 |
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Nick Gage has only been put onto 5 lists but has ranked extremely high on three of them, which has put him right up on the edge of the Top 20. Maki Itoh is our top ranked female wrestler so far and has only appeared on four lists, but ranked high enough that she's right there with Nick Gage.
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Jerusalem posted:Nick Gage has only been put onto 5 lists but has ranked extremely high on three of them, which has put him right up on the edge of the Top 20. Maki Itoh is our top ranked female wrestler so far and has only appeared on four lists, but ranked high enough that she's right there with Nick Gage.
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# ? Sep 10, 2019 12:54 |
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stfu if ur not mdk
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# ? Sep 10, 2019 12:59 |
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1. Tomohiro Ishii 2. Zack Sabre Jr. 3. Kota Ibushi 4. Kazuchika Okada 5. Will Ospreay 6. Kenny Omega 7. Shingo Takagi 8. Hiroshi Tanahashi 9. Hirooki Goto 10. Chuck Taylor Move Bryan, Cesaro, or Zayn to another company and they'd probably be on my list.
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# ? Sep 10, 2019 18:54 |
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This was hard, and I’ll probably change my mind five mins after I post this. 1. Joey Janela 2. Cody 3. Mox 4. Velveteen Dream 5. Orange Cassidy 6. Omega 7. Okada 8. Luchasaurus 9. Darby Allin 10. Roderick Strong HMs: Matt Riddle, Kris Stratlander, Aleister Black, PAC, Awesome Kong, etc
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# ? Sep 11, 2019 01:53 |
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1. Pentagon 2. PAC 3. Cody Rhodes 4. Jon Moxley 5. Samoa Joe 6. Chris Jericho 7. Daniel Bryan 8. Cesaro 9. Luchasaurus 10. Pete Dunne
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# ? Sep 12, 2019 11:45 |
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Hmmmmmm 1) Minoru Suzuki 2) Tomohiro Ishii 3) Chris Jericho 4) Tetsuya Naito 5) Daniel Bryan 6) Will Ospreay 7) Jon Moxley 8) Zack Sabre Jr. 9) Kazuchika Okada 10) Kenny Omega I wish there was an 11th spot so that I could rank my favourite boy who beats up seconds, screams SHADDUP at the crowd, has awful Jesus-based tattoos and a murderhawk. But Archer is always destined to miss out.
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# ? Sep 12, 2019 20:16 |
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1) My Man D-Bry. There's a reason he's in Booker's Fav Five. He's awesome at every single aspect of pro-wrestling. 2) Okada. 3) Chris Jericho 4) Asuka 5) Moxley 6) Omega 7) Sasha Banks 8) Tanahashi 9) Suzuki 10) Cesaro
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# ? Sep 12, 2019 22:17 |
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i would suggest changing the thread tag to HOT or something more eye catching. limited time things like this are cool but this thread just blended into all the crappy threads i don't read. 1. Daniel Bryan 2. Pentagon Jr. 3. Darby Allin 4. Chris Jericho 5. Chad Gable it's at this point where i realize i don't really like a lot of wrestlers 6. Chuck Taylor 7. Cesaro uh... 8. Luchasaurus 9. Jungle Boy 10. does Luke Harper count? he's not really active but it's because he's being held hostage
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# ? Sep 12, 2019 23:08 |
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If Luke Harper is eligible please change my entry to his name spelled 10 different ways
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# ? Sep 12, 2019 23:43 |
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Long time lurker here. These are the in-ring performers that compel me the most right now. 1. Kenny Omega 2. Tetsuya Naito 3. Aleister Black 4. Minoru Suzuki 5. Asuka 6. Ray Fenix 7. Luchasaurus 8. Kota Ibushi 9. Samoa Joe 10. Chris Jericho
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# ? Sep 13, 2019 00:01 |
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1. Chuck Taylor 2. Tomohiro Ishii 3. Shingo Takagi 4. Chris Brookes 5. Orange Cassidy 6. Eddie Kingston 7. Nick Gage 8. Asuka - DDT 9. MAO 10. Alex "Worldwide" Kellar Worldwide is not really anything special (or even very good at all) as a wrestler but I do really like seeing him at every AIW show I go to regardless, so he makes the list.
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# ? Sep 13, 2019 00:16 |
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Luke Harper is still an active wrestler, he's wrestled this year and his current absence is purely down to WWE being dicks.
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# ? Sep 13, 2019 00:35 |
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1. Tomohiro Ishii 2. Tetsuya Naito 3. Kazuchika Okada 4. Kota Ibushi 5. Will Ospreay 6. Hiroshi Tanahashi 7. Minoru Suzuki 8. Pentagon Jr. 9. Juice Robinson 10. Luchasaurus With that #10, you can probably guess #11. Omega, Taguchi, Bryan, Keith Lee, Bayley, Candice, Asuka, Aja Kong and Hikaru Shida would make the HM list.
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# ? Sep 13, 2019 01:07 |
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1 Jon Moxley - Dean Ambrose was always good. 2 Shingo Takagi - The Dragon should have won BOSJ 3 Dragon Lee - Lucha star 4 Chris Dickinson - Dude has been on a tear on the indies 5 Daisuke Sekimoto - Love Hard BJ 6 Orange Cassidy - shrugs 7 Alex Colon - underrated US Deathmatch wrestler 8 Eric Ryan - underrated US Deathmatch wrestler 9 Erick Stevens - I like a nice comeback 10 Shota Umino - Tell em Shooter
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# ? Sep 13, 2019 02:03 |
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KungFu Grip posted:10 Shota Umino - Tell em Shooter Shota Umino posted:
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# ? Sep 13, 2019 02:06 |
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I only really started watching again once AEW was announced, so this feels like it comes from a small sample size and based on watching back catalog stuff as well, but: 10. Luchasaurus 9. Kyle O’Reilly 8. Asuka 7. Rey Mysterio 6. Samoa Joe 5. Janela 4. Jericho 3. Moxley 2. Cody 1. Pentagon Lead Pipe Cinch fucked around with this message at 02:54 on Sep 13, 2019 |
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Points have been calculated through to Lead Pipe Cinch's list Notable things: - 1st place's spot, seemingly unassailable at one point, is slowly being clawed back. - 2nd, 3rd and 4th place have become a logjam with the wrestlers involved frequently switching places. - The first wrestler to be ranked at every single spot on a Top 10 list is Jon Moxley after the latest roundup of points. Zack Sabre Jr, Pentagon Jr and Chris Jericho are all one spot away. - Two surprisingly late new additions to the overall list are Rey Mysterio and Sasha Banks. - Asuka has slipped by Maki Itoh to become the new favorite female wrestler so far, though she is still outside of the top 20. - 157 individual wrestlers have appeared in the lists so far. - Utami Hayashishita remains the least favorite favorite (but still a favorite!) thanks to alphabetical sorting. Jerusalem fucked around with this message at 11:26 on Sep 13, 2019 |
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1. Tomohiro Ishii 2. LA Park 3. Nick Gage 4. Aja Kong 5. Daisuke Sekimoto - He is so strong. I debated swapping him with Okabayashi, who is also very strong, but I don't know what PISSARI means and I'm nervous about fully backing him until I find out. 6. Kento Miyahara - Tanahashi's resurgence last year was one of my favorite things ever but he lost so he gets bumped for Kento. Sorry Tana. 7. Shinjiro Ohtani - I was going to put Yoshiaki Fujiwara here because he is so old but I haven't seen him wrestle this year. I have seen Ohtani a few times and his match with Sekimoto was real hot so he is the old guy on my list. Yes, he's not even 50 yet but he's been a surly old guy for years now. 8. Masashi Takeda 9. Ultimo Guerrero - I like when he raises the roof 10. Utami Hayashishita - I haven't watched enough joshi lately but I have seen a lot of Utami matches and I think she is very cool. If Hiromu was around he'd be #1.
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# ? Sep 13, 2019 16:26 |
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1) Daniel Bryan - I wish he wrestled somewhere i actually watched. I just keep up with him on YouTube now 2) Shingo Takagi - Most handsome man in NJPW who can actually wrestle. Get your poo poo together Sanada 3) Zack Sabre Jr - He bored me in PWG and elsewhere, but I totally get him now in NJPW 4) Maki Itoh - When the greenness goes away she is going to be the best 5) Kota Ibushi - Specifically Alien Death Mode Ibushi 6) Toru Yano - Highlight of the G1 for me 7) Jay White - Best poo poo talker/heel in the business 8) Asuka (WWE) - I like the other Asuka too, but this one has the best theme song 9) Ricochet - See D-Bry 10) Orange Cassidy - It doesn't get old to me 10 was a split between Orange Cassidy and Chuck Taylor. Chuckie T is my favorite wrestling personality, but as a wrestler he is ... fine (he runs the ropes funny). I actually like to watch OC wrestle so he gets the final spot. Fad fucked around with this message at 17:01 on Sep 13, 2019 |
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fadmonkey posted:8) Asuka (WWE) - I like the other Asuka too, but this one has the best theme song drat, putting CFO$ over Beyonce is a big call
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# ? Sep 13, 2019 17:19 |
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1. Maki Itoh 2. Taichi 3. Minoru Suzuki 4. Chuck Taylor 5. Zack Sabre Jr. 6. Jon Moxley 7. Aja Kong 8. Yano Toru 9. Saki Akai 10. Misao
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# ? Sep 13, 2019 17:20 |
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1. Jon Moxley Because who else would I choose here? My favorite active wrestler for probably almost 6 years at this point. An incredible promo and not as great of a worker in terms of consistently putting on classics as plenty of others on this list, but Mox resonates with me as a wrestler and in some ways as a person more than any other wrestler today. 2. Will Ospreay This is a weird one because I knew he'd be on this list, and pretty high up at that, but why this high? Yes he's a loving dumbass but honestly I'd say other than Mox, Billy Brexit makes matches more consistently "must watch" for me. Hate if you must but I'd say Ospreay might be the best guy going today other than... 3. Kazuchika Okada Because come on. He's the loving Rainmaker. Does he make me feel things? Not exactly, but greatness is goddamn greatness. Strike a pose, Kazu. 4. AJ Styles Probably more consistently shines for me than any other "work rate" guy in WWE now. He's loving great. 5. Seth Rollins I'll probably catch poo poo for this but this dude is legitimately a fantastic wrestler. Other than those who literally refuse to put WWE guys on their lists (which I kinda understand) I'm a little shocked at how little shout he's getting. But I guess I get why people hate him and the company he works for so whatever. 6. Daniel Bryan Literally the only reason he and Seth aren't swapped is that I literally get uncomfortable watching him wrestle sometimes given his history and everything. 7. Cody Rhodes My favorite of the core AEW guys to this point, Cody has been absolutely killing it. No two ways about it. 8. Becky Lynch I feel like I NEED to give Becky some love because holy poo poo. Through sheer force of will, charisma, and awesomeness, Becky has basically managed to become the closest thing to a female SCSA we'll ever get and I think that deserves recognition. 9. Pentagon Jr. I kinda hate myself for not putting him higher but that's a function of just how ridiculously stacked the wrestling talent pool is in 2019. 10. Bray Wyatt Goddamn. Just everything this dude has done to build lore around his character is nothing short of amazing and his reinvention is for my money the most fascinating thing in WWE right now. He'll probably move up this list if he starts having quality matches on top of everything else. I feel like I did SO many wrestlers dirty so have a loving gigantic HM list. Honorable Mentions: Ishii, Jay White, Toru Yano, Charlotte Flair, PAC, Shingo Takagi, Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Aleister Black, Ricochet, Adam Cole, Chris Jericho, Johnny Gargano, Cesaro, (Mustafa) Ali, Kenny Omega This list probably sucks. God bless. Jesus Christ I FORGOT IBUSHI. loving A, 2019 wrestling is absurdly talented. SamuraiFoochs fucked around with this message at 22:02 on Sep 13, 2019 |
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SamuraiFoochs posted:loving A, 2019 wrestling is absurdly talented. Seriously, it's loving crazy and we are blessed to have such an enormous amount of talent regularly putting together some of the best matches in history on a fairly regular basis, helped hugely by the ease of access we now have to so many promotions.
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# ? Sep 14, 2019 00:37 |
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1. Kazuchika Okada 2. Daniel Bryan 3. Tetsuya Naito 4. Minoru Suzuki 5. Tomohiro Ishii 6. Hiroshi Tanahashi 7. Jon Moxley 8. SANADA 9. Shinsuke Nakamura 10. AJ Styles I have a pretty heavy NJPW bias and I'm not ashamed by it. Honorable mention: John Cena. Even though he's not what I would call "an active Wrestler" as that dudes career has gone on I've really grown to appreciate everything he's done. When it comes to big matches Cena lives up to the hype. His match with AJ Styles at Royal Rumble was incredible. He's also one of the few pure WWE guys to have a 5 star match on the main roster. He was a great foil for Edge and they provided each other with legitimacy. Cena's feud with KO springboarded KO onto the main roster and helped make him the star he deserved to be. Every time he comes back the mixed reactions are gone and it's pretty much universal cheers for the man. EDIT: I can't believe I forgot Kenny on my list SalTheBard fucked around with this message at 16:38 on Sep 15, 2019 |
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1. Toru Yano 2. Taichi 3. Aja Kong 4. Kento Miyahara 5. Takashi Sugiura 6. Naoya Nomura 7. Session Moth Martina 8. Sasha Banks 9. Shayna Baszler 10. Joe Coffey
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# ? Sep 15, 2019 12:08 |
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1. Tomohiro Ishii I want to watch everyone wrestle this man. 2. Kota Ibushi At his best, he's amazing and injured he's still fantastic 3. Kenny Omega The weirdo just has amazing matches 4. Shingo takagi The king of lariats. He's almost Ishii level in being a guy I want to watch wrestle anyone 5. Kazuchika Okada He's just too good 6. Pentagon Jr Amazing presence and a fantastic Wrestler. He reminds me of Randy Savage in how he moves in the ring 7. Rey Fenix The best high flyer I have ever seen 8. Minoru Suzuki I feel like I put him too low, he was my absolute favorite for a while and sometimes he still takes that spot. 9. Kana/Asuka More than any other Joshi, I like her stuff, also she uses the crossface chickenwing, my favorite submission 10. Daniel Bryan He would be higher if he were elsewhere, I love the guy, but I dont watch his company anymore
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# ? Sep 15, 2019 15:12 |
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Notes from the latest count (through to remusclaw): - Pentagon Jr has joined Jon Moxley as the only wrestlers to get voted into every single spot on a Top Ten at least once. - Daniel Bryan joins Zack Sabre Jr as only one spot away from having every spot filled on the Top Ten at least once. - The top four wrestlers have steadily pulled away from the next six in the top 10. #2 remains close enough to #1 to be a real threat, with #3 and #4 not far off. - Maki Itoh has just managed to edge into the Top 20 after retaking her spot as the top female favorite on the list. Aja Kong has really pushed up to take 2nd-equal spot with Asuka as top female. - Maki Itoh also has the highest amount of points with the least amount of individual votes - 167 individual wrestlers have now made the list. - Seth Rollins and Shinsuke Nakamura are surprisingly late additions to the list. - Thomas Santell is now alphabetically the least favorite favorite on the list, after Utami Hayashishita rose up in points.
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# ? Sep 16, 2019 07:55 |
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I don't wish to denigrate anyone's choices, but there is a suspicious lack of Taichi in the majority of lists. Pick up your game, Rowdy Ringsports
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# ? Sep 16, 2019 11:00 |
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SG Bamboo posted:I don't wish to denigrate anyone's choices, but there is a suspicious lack of Taichi in the majority of lists. Pick up your game, Rowdy Ringsports He'd be in my New Japan top 10 but there's too many great wrestlers, sorry.
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# ? Sep 16, 2019 11:09 |