WingedEagle

So the VJM award. This for comedic purposes or a Cena return and bring out Taker?

Do we know how many tickets are sold for Mania?

Since Del Rio/Kalisto and the ladies' tag this has been terrible.

If Jericho wants to be a rock star he can go emulate Scott Weiland. Please go away.

If Ross were still on commentary he'd find a way to drop a bowling shoe reference here. Jericho looks really awful.

Really haven't loved anything from Owens since the Cena feud. Hopefully a Zayn feud will reignite him.

Started going back to some early TNA AJ and it is a whole lot better than I recalled. Lock for my list.

That might've been the best Sasha & Becky have looked since being called up. Legitimately enjoyed it. Naomi will be able to take all my monies, one dollar at a time, if she is ever so inclined. This show is off to a really nice start with these first 2 matches.

Man I loved the opener. The chairshot DQ, the quick second fall capitalizing on it, the Ultimo Guerrero tribute. Mauro on fire. That was a ton of fun.

If referencing Drake and Meek Mill doesn't get Mauro fired we'll know he's safe.

Cesaro's been one of the most consistent WWE performers the last few years, but it hasn't been long enough nor with enough true highlights for me to rank him. That plus never finding his pre-WWE stuff to be out of this world means he's just not a contender this time around. Hope that changes next time.

Awesome. Just curious why it rated so highly.

The 6/99 Misawa-Kobashi is usually not atop most lists of their best matches what puts it over the top for you?

Only for those of us who pay. If you don't mind going the other route you can probably get it next year.

Does Jake have anything that approaches this? Really amazing to think about how many wrestlers had their career match with Flair.

Hashimoto-Chono main evented. Ah right. Wasn't the reaction to that match pretty subdued following the AJ crew?

Its quite the stretch, but what about for his appearances in NJPW or the Zero-1 bit with Hash? How about the fact that the All Japan crew were chosen to close out the Weekly Pro Wrestling show in '95? Nothing there amounts to a run, but they show a certain level of success or reputation outside of Baba's world.

I have been sold on this. The five minute Gangrel episode will be must listen stuff. Its a pretty fun idea. Could even cluster them into a few per episode and have someone responsible for honoring the clock.

What's the sense on Flair now? Are people bored and he's falling to the back of a top 10? top 20? Or is he in the mix for a top 3/5 spot for many?

​But can't you say the exact same thing with the roles reversed for 03-05 NOAH Sure, I would just say that Misawa's run on top was longer. Kobashi brought incredible charisma, no doubt. But I'd argue Misawa brought as much, just of a different and subtler sort. In fact, he'd be the definition of a great intangible wrestler for me, because he was so effective at projecting himself as ace without a lot of obvious emoting. Misawa's run was certainly longer, but I think there's an argument that Kobashi's is more impressive because he didn't have anything approaching prime Kawada, Kobashi & Taue supporting him. It was essentially a one man show with a rotating cast of dance partners as opposed to a HOF ensemble backing him up. But still not sure its enough for me to put it ahead of Misawa's run.

On the other hand, why does it absolutely have to be different?

Indeed. Just curious about the things that do work.

For folks who are huge fans, how much do you think your ranking is impacted by his gear? Would he rank the same way if you saw his face rather than the mask, gloves and full outfit?

May have to steal this. Easy is good.

Have you worked up Kobashi's numbers yet? If not, will you have an opportunity to watch any NOAH footage before doing so? When you factor that in I imagine he'd fare quite well.