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It was weird to see a mask vs. mask wrestled straight up like that (the Cometa/Cavernario hair vs. hair was like that, too) but it was really well executed. Built to the big spots well, made Atlantis look like a demigod with him kicking out of all of UG's big stuff, and the out-of-nowhere finish was tremendous. I liked the tag match alright for the Rush/Casas interactions, but the main event is definitely a MOTYC for me.

Another great what-if is what would have happened had he not gotten hurt during his WCW run. He was really working hard and putting on some good matches and I would have liked to see what kind of bookend he could have put on his career. Babyface Martel is one of the best baby faces ever in my opinion. I haven't seen any of the Portland stuff but I loved a lot of his AWA stuff. He's gonna be considered.

I was going to have him on my list because of the Villano III match and me just generally enjoying him in random matches I've seen him in, but I'm with Phil on tonight's match helping his case. A real treat to watch and even though he wasn't as active in the match as UG was, his timing was tremendous. Can't see him not making my list.

Bryan wasn't handcuffed by the tag formula. If anything, there was a stretch where he facilitated a change in how tag wrestling should be done in the WWE. Once The Shield got involved, he was the guy in tags in 6-mans that ended up shining, which gave way to Rollins and Goldust and a bunch of other guys having big moments in tag matches that took it out of the WWE norm at the time.

That Jumbo match was horrible. I remember watching it and couldn't believe that comeback even happened. Not because it was good, but because I couldn't believe that's how the match actually ended. Parv is right on. He made the decision to coast. Not seeing it.

It is. He's just saying Taue wasn't worthy of being a part of the group. Anyone thinking Misawa carried Taue to those matches in '95 has blinders on. This is my common point when it comes to Taue and other wrestlers of his ilk: Because of who he worked with, he's always considered as someone who was carried to greatness. That's as big a misconception as there can be in professional wrestling. That's like saying the Nagata match was because of Nagata. Or the Kobashi TC match was because of Kobashi. No way am I going to believe that. I'll totally agree with the sentiment of who's better in a match, but that doesn't automatically mean the other guy was carried or could be replaced easily with someone else.

He's had some crackers over the last few years, but I don't think it's enough to get him on the list. The next time we all decide to do this, I have a feeling he'll be right there, though.

Was just coming to post that. Looks like Steen and Devitt keep their names, which is cool. Glad they mentioned Adam Cole, too.

No chance. Why he decided to go the route he did in his ring style is beyond me. As much a fan as I was of his at first, the more I watched him, the more I stopped enjoying him.

Need to see his Mid-South run to give him any type of shot because I was never a fan of what he did in the WWF or WCW.

Not wild on him. In the great matches he was a part of, I never felt he was the guy making it great. Felt he was along for the ride most of the time. One of the best garbage workers of his time, but I can't put him on the list.

He has some absolutely huge highlights. I lean big on performing well in big matches and Brock is as good as they come. He's a lot like Volk Han to me, in the sense that we don't have a lot of him, but he has a lot of good stuff in a small amount of work. It's not Han-level stuff, but I have no issues with someone putting him on their list. Very interesting contender.

ECW run was terrific. He always worked hard. Was one of the reasons why I stuck with TNA as long as I did. The one problem I have is that he seems like an empty .300 hitter for me. Someone with little pop, doesn't draw too many walks. He's got a sustained amount of being good, but I don't think he has the high-end stuff to put himself over the top and onto a list like this.

It's 3/1/92, Joe. It's a good match, will agree with you there, and that's with I believe Vader working on a bad wheel. He doesn't have enough high-end stuff and his great matches are far and few between. Won't make my list.

The one thing I will say is that being a WOTY candidate in any year, or a Top 3-5 candidate, puts you in the conversation with the Top 100-200 guys over a 40-50 year period. As good as he's been this year, and there have been flashes of greatness in previous years, there's just not enough. He's had a lot of bright spots, especially in a crap promotion, but I don't think he has enough.

I'm pretty sure that the only way he gets on the Top 100 for most people is if you like his late career stuff. I don't think there's much of anything he did for the first five or so years of his career other than having a good gimmick that made him stand out. And while I do like some of his epics, I don't think they're all-time great matches like some people. He's an interesting candidate.

The Kandori match and the two Nakano matches are both good, especially the Kandori match, which you would think is a huge styles clash but becomes a fantastic match by the end. I'm not sure if early Kyoko is enough for me to put her on the Top 100, although people who are fans of the go-go style she has will probably think differently.

What doesn't make him a work candidate? If it's strictly the style he wrestled, that's why people aren't fans. He wasn't as dynamic as the other guys, which made his nickname ironic as all hell, to be fair, but it doesn't make him a bad wrestler. Of any of the wrestlers on the list that's being done for the GOAT topic, I'm not sure there are many that got more out of the skills he or she had than Taue did. Just because he didn't work the same as Misawa, Kawada or Kobashi doesn't automatically make him bad. It makes him different, for sure. But that doesn't mean bad. Lawler, Funk, Flair, Misawa and Negro Casas don't work nearly the same but they're all considered great in their own rights. Hansen sure figured out how to work with Misawa, Kawada and Kobashi and his style was loads different than the other three. It's not like Taue didn't adjust his style to fit in with the other three. If that was the case, they would have hotshotted Akiyama a lot sooner than they did.

Yeah, what Loss said. Taue wasn't booed because he couldn't keep up. It's because he would use heel tactics in his matches. Every time he dropped someone throat first across the top rope he got booed. I'm actually pretty sure over time it was almost done as a term of endearment since he did it as a regular spot.

I'm with Dylan. I haven't really thought about a "greatest" wrestler in a while even though I have my biases, but I don't have a framework for who my working #1 is.

Easy Top 50 guy. So good he made it look like he was coasting, when in reality he was just that good. Loved his tag team with Dustin, had one of the great all-time heel turns against Luger in 87 to join the Horsemen. The Flair matches were terrific. Even with him not living up to his "potential," he did more than enough to warrant being on the top half of my list.

Gimmicks were memorable, and he had some truly great performances. The Whitmer matches were great. I'm definitely going to consider him for my list. Might also have taken the craziest bump ever with that accidental super bomb against Whitmer in 2006. With indy guys in the 2000s, he's in the Top 5, which means he has a good shot at making my list.

Loved Bock on the AWA set. He'll be way up there on my list. Top 25, maybe even Top 15. Just tremendous in so many facets. The Wahoo match is one of my favorite matches of all time.

Yeah, quick math shows that being on a lot of ballots means more than high placement in this point system unless you're near the bottom.

Considering the setting, I'd put Dump above Sheik and Abby. I never saw Sheik or Abby cause the chaos that Dump did in her heyday.