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I took a quick look and put all the Jon Cortez matches that are online at the moment together, with the help of itvwrestling.co.uk. I've put his best matches in bold, though everything here is worth a look. If you like technical wrestling at all this is definitely must watch stuff. Once again, sending prayers that someday any unseen footage that ITV may still have will be unveiled because Cortez had more sick looking matches in the 60s and 70s that are not available right now. Jon Cortez vs Zoltan Boscik, WoS 4/10/1971 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAOjZgtsS_A w Al Miquet vs Ian Gilmour & Jeff Kaye, 2/9/1972 Jon Cortez vs Steve Grey, 12/13/1973 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5h-2V28AG0 vs Jim Breaks, 5/26/1976 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ebTSPqB3Do vs Tommy Lorne, 1/9/1980 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUanXxyUGEw vs Pete Lapaque, 1/28/1980 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5URBsVyoY4 vs Jeff Kaye, 3/5/1980 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGbpnefExw4 vs Keith Haward, 11/5/1980 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxbQFnR_63A vs Jim Breaks, 2/2/1981 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVqzgFX7608 vs Bobby Barnes, 3/31/1981 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HL1ABat4n4 vs Steve Grey, 7/27/1981 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4sIi3bSyLA vs Keith Haward, 1/24/1984 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u8vBTOj__U vs Jackie Robinson, 11/25/1986 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vXSf7WpArA vs Keith Haward, 1/13/1987 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO5FWQiwXk0

Harley Saito clears! Strong consideration for a Top 100 1. Harley Saito 2. Hiroshi Watanabe Some consideration for a Top 100 3. Hiroshi Hase 4. Homicide 5. Hiromitsu Kanehara 6. HARASHIMA 7. Herodes 8. Hiroyuki Ito 9. Hans Schmidt Little to no consideration for a Top 100 10. Harley Race 11. Hideki Suzuki 12. Hulk Hogan 13. Hitamaru Sasaki 14. Hisakatsu Oya 15. Horst Hoffmann 16. Hiroyoshi Tenzan 17. Hayabusa 18. Hiroshi Tanahashi 19. Hiromu Takahashi 20. Hector Guerrero 21. Hirooki Goto 22. Hido 23. Hector Garza 24. Honky Tonk Man 25. Haruka Eigen

Try and rank the following wrestlers starting with the letter 'H'. Which ones are you considering for your all time Top 100? Hans Schmidt HARASHIMA Harley Race Harley Saito Haruka Eigen Hayabusa Hector Garza Hector Guerrero Herodes Hideki Suzuki Hido Hirooki Goto Hiromitsu Kanehara Hiromu Takahashi Hiroshi Hase Hiroshi Tanahashi Hiroshi Watanabe Hiroyuki Ito Hiroyoshi Tenzan Hisakatsu Oya Hitamaru Sasaki Hombre Bala Homicide Honky Tonk Man Horst Hoffmann Hulk Hogan Huracan Castillo Jr. Hyper Misao

Strong consideration for a Top 100: 1. Genichiro Tenryu 2. Great Sasuke 3. Greg Valentine 4. GENTARO 5. Gilbert Leduc Some consideration for a Top 100: 6. Gran Hamada 7. Great Kabuki 8. Gino Hernandez 9. Guy Mercier 10. Gilbert Cesca 11. Gran Naniwa Little to no consideration for a Top 100: 12. Grom Zaza 13. Gran Apache 14. Great Zako 15. Goldberg 16. Giant Baba 17. Gypsy Joe 18. Gorgeous George 19. Gary Albright 20. Gedo 21. Greg Gagne 22. Go Shiozaki 23. Genki Horiguchi 24. Gail Kim Another shorter bracket, with Tenryu standing pretty much head and shoulders above everyone else.

Rank the following wrestlers starting with the letter 'G'. Which ones do you consider for your all-time Top 100? Gabe Kidd Gail Kim Gary Albright Gary Young Gedo Genichiro Tenryu Genki Horiguchi GENTARO George South George Wells Giant Baba Gilbert Cesca Gilbert Leduc Gino Hernandez Giulia Go Shiozaki Goldberg Gorgeous George Gran Apache Gran Hamada Gran Naniwa Great Kabuki Great Sasuke Great Zako Greg Gagne Greg Valentine Grom Zaza Gus Sonnenberg Guy Mercier Gypsy Joe

In no particular order Upper tier matches are bolded Cosmo Soldier vs Michio Kageyama, Sportiva 1/1 Ai Hozan vs Senka Akatsuki, Marvelous 1/4 Blue Panther vs Hechicero, CMLL 1/10 Senka Akatsuki vs Ai Houzan, Marvelous 1/12 Yusaku Ito vs Yu Shimizu, Sportiva 1/22 Meiko Satomura vs Sareee, Sareee-ISM 1/23/2025 Act & Mari vs Haruka Ishikawa & Kyoka Iwai, AWG 1/24 Mari vs Haruka Ishikawa, AWG 2/5 Kenichiro Arai & CHANGO & PSYCHO vs. GENTARO & Akira Jo & Taro Yamada, Mutoha 2/16 Yasushi Sato vs Shoji Ohno, Mutoha 2/16 Takahiro Tababa vs GAJO, Big Bear Produce 2/22 Yuta Oya & Ali Najima vs Konaka & Shinya Ishida, Sportiva 2/26 Mariah May vs Toni Storm, AEW 3/9 Haruka Ishikawa & Ayano Irie vs Erisa Nagai & Rico Fukunaga, AWG 3/9 Sakura Mizushima vs Mari, AWG 3/16 Meiko Satomura vs Chihiro Hashimoto, Sendai Girls 3/21 Senka Akatsuki & Takumi Iroha vs Nanae Takahashi & Seri Yamaoka, Marigold 3/30 Satsuki Nagao vs Shuji Ishikawa, KT 4/8 Kosuke Sato vs Masashi Takeda, KT 4/8 Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura vs Hikaru Sato & Manabu Hara, KT 4/8 Meiko Satomura vs Takumi Iroha, Marvelous 4/10 ZEAL & Koji Sudo vs Sanada Ten Braves & Hiroshi Ando, Kishu Bundara 4/13 Meiko Satomura & Sareee vs Chihiro Hashimoto & Yuu, Fortune Dream 4/16 Sho Mizuno vs Yu Shimizu, Kobe Meriken 4/18 Yasushi Sato vs Super Taira, JWA Tokai 4/20/2025 Elimination Gauntlet: Ai Houzan, Maria, Riko Kawahata, Sora Ayame & Takumi Iroha vs. Chika Goto, Kizuna Tanaka, Miku Aono, Natsumi Showzuki & Rea Seto, Marigold 4/25 Shiori Asahi & Makoto Oishi vs CHANGO & Ayumi Honda, 2AW 4/27 Tonikaku Yaritai Akiyama & Nakata Bide vs Masanobu Koppu No Fuchi & SUMA, AZW 4/? Munetatsu Nakamura vs Hagane Shinnou, Choco Pro 5/5 Shinya Aoki vs Kazusada Higuchi, 5/6 Ali Najima vs Kanu(?) Watanabe, Sportiva 5/7 Paul Ishida vs taku, XGF 5/10 Mentai Kid vs GENKAI, Kyushu Pro 5/11 Senka Akatsuki vs DASH Chisako, Tenryu Project 5/21 Seri Yamaoka vs Takumi Iroha Marigold 5/24 Cibernetico, ACTION 5/24 Chihiro Hashimoto & Mika Iwata vs Saori Anou & Natsupoi, Stardom 5/31 Sui Cup Kenchiro vs Great Mara, CWP 6/1 White Moriyama vs Ari Najima, HEAT-UP 6/1 Sareee vs Ranna Yagami, Stardom 6/8 Masanori Watanabe vs Kazuhiro Tamura, Sportiva 6/11 Sareee vs Syuri, STARDOM 6/21 Yasushi Sato & Taro Yamada vs Akira Jo & Hideya Iso, Yoshino Aid 6/22 Shinya Ishida & Yu Shimizu vs Ari Najima & Masanori Watanabe, Sportiva 7/2 Ari Najima vs Masanori Watanabe, Sportiva 7/9 Marino Saihara & Sakura Mizushima vs Anri & Yukina Uehara, AWG 7/11 Act & Maru vs Nagisa Shiotsuki & Natsuki, AWG 7/11 Leon & AKARI vs Moeka Haruhi & Rydeen Hagane, Pure-J 7/13 Saya Kamitani & Natsuki Tora vs Sareee & Takumi Iroha, Sareeeism 7/14 Mari & Act vs Anri & Erisa Nagai (AWG 7/18) Chihiro Hashimoto & Yuu vs Mika Iwata & Miyuki Takase, Sendai Girls 7/19 Zandokan Jr. vs Judas El Traidor, Lucha Memes 7/19 Keita Yano vs brother YASSHI, Tenryu Project 7/20 Virus vs Xelhua, RoH 7/26 ACT vs MARU, AWG 7/26 Sareee vs Konami, STARDOM 7/27 Ultimate Spider Jr. vs Yasutaka Ooosera, Osaka Pro 7/27 Ali Najima vs Yuta Oya, Sportiva 7/30 Mari & Ayano Irie vs Anri & Erisa Nagai, AWG 8/2 Masato Tanaka vs Hayabusa, Zero1 8/3 Ali Najima vs Masanori Kanu Watanabe, Sportiva 8/6 Konaka vs Chon Shiryu, Sportiva 8/13 Act & Mari vs Marino Saihara & Rico Fukunaga, AWG 8/13 Ali Najima & Yuta Oya vs Michio Kageyama & Shinya Ishida, Sportiva 8/13 Makoto vs Hiroyo Matsumoto, Seadlinnng 8/22 Chon Shiryu & Shin Suzuki vs Makoto & Sayaka, Choco Pro 8/27 Hideaki Sumi vs Tatsunori Oya, Kobe Meriken 8/29 Yuta Oya vs Super Taira, Sportiva 9/3 Mari & ACT & MARU vs Marino Saihara & Sakura Mizushima & Naru, AWG 9/7 Ali Najima & Super Taira vs Yuta Oya & Ryutaro Ohno, Sportiva 9/17/2025 Chihiro Hashimoto vs Mika Iwata, Sendai 9/23 Kenichiro Arai vs Ayumu Honda, Tenryu Project 9/23 Ali Najima vs Konaka, Sportiva 9/24 Virus & Xelhua vs Charles Lucero & Erick Ortiz, Sugehit Produce 9/27 Avisman vs Eragon, Vikmask 10/4 Merman Masakazu vs Aesop, Health Pro 10/5 Dekai Ichimotsu vs Vasaru Ikeuchi, Health Pro 10/5 Senka Akatsuki & Takumi Iroha & Mio Momono vs Seri Yamaoka & Mayu Iwatani & Utami Hayashishita, NOAH 10/6 Drew Gulak vs Timothy Thatcher, Beyond 10/12 GENTARO vs Shuichiro Katsumura, Ganbare Pro/FREEDOMS 10/16 Keita Yano vs Hikaru Sato, Tenryu Project 10/17 Marino Saihara & Yukina Uehara vs Rico Fukunaga & Sakura Mizushima, AWG 10/19 Takumi Iroha vs Senka Akatsuki, Marvelous 10/19 Ali Najima vs Kosuke Sato, KT 10/23 Tanomusaku Toba & Kengo Mashimo vs Yuko Miyamoto & brother YASSHI, KT 10/23 Keita Yano vs Manabu Hara, KT 10/23 Keita Yano vs Koji Iwamoto, Tenryu Project 10/25 El Hijo del Santo & Santo Jr. & Ciclon Ramirez Jr vs. El Hijo de Fishman & El Hijo de LA Park & Texano Jr., TxT/Lucha Libre World Berlin 11/2 Sareee vs Chihiro Hashimoto, Sendai Girls 11/16 Yasu Urano vs Akito, 11/16 Minoru Kido vs taku, XGF 11/23 MARU & Ayano Irie vs Marino Saihara & Yukina Uehara, AWG 11/24 Ryo Kawamura vs Hikaru Sato, Hard Hit 11/29 Yu Shimizu & Yuta Oya vs Ali Najima & Hajime Enshu, Sportiva 11/19 Kotaro Nasu & FUMA vs Kotaro Suzuki & Tetsuya Izuchi, GLEAT 12/6 MARU vs Chii Aoba, AWG 12/15 Marino Saihara vs Rico Fukunaga, AWG 12/20 BADMAX Fujinaga vs Great Kuririn, Kobe MERIKEN 12/25 Senka Akatsuki vs Seri Yamaoka, Marvelous 12/28 MARU vs Rico Fukunaga, AWG 12/29

#1 Mari Great discovery and feels like the strongest #1 contender I can imagine. Badass wrestler with stiff and creative offense, but also has lots of variety. Some great work in singles, tag matches, both as an overdog heel but can also stooge and make throwaway undercard matches fun, often against half-baked wrestlers. Not the only talented wrestler in AWG (MARU, Saihara, Fukunaga and others have also delivered lots of good stuff) but definitely the best. #2 Meiko Satomura As good as always and had a great series of big matches leading up to her retirement. #3 Ali Najima Rookie of the year, was pretty much having good-great matches weekly in Sportiva and he definitely wasn't just carried in those matches, also did some really good stuff against other less experienced wrestlers like Yuta Oya, Masanori Watanabe etc. Pretty no nonsense style with the focus on kicks, building up to a bodyslam, and some cool submissions. #4 Yasushi Sato Only 3 matches on tape but he rules every time. Still a great grappler and really intelligent. #5 Blue Panther 65 years old, insane aura, can still have great matches, the big matches against Hechicero and Ultimo delivered beyond what should be humanely possible and he's also been great in the Maestro trios that the DVDVR guys booked. Other mentions: Super Taira, Yu Shimizu, Masanori Watanabe, Paul Ishida, Mad Dog Connelly, Rico Fukunaga, Marino Saihara, CHANGO, GENTARO, Kenichiro Arai, Keita Yano, MARU, Avisman, Manabu Hara, Xelhua...

Who is the greatest wrestler of the year?

One of the shortest letter brackets, so the competition is not that crazy here, but Van Buyten/Blassie/Fritz von Erich is one heck of a trio of wrestling gods with limited footage though. A lot of these are neck and neck. And then you have your oddball inclusions like Fidel Sierra, Flash Flanagan, Franz Schuhmann.... Strong consideration for a Top 100: 1. Felino 2. Franz van Buyten 3. Fit Finlay 4. Fuerza Guerrera Some consideration for a Top 100: 5. Freddie Blassie 6. Fritz Von Erich 7. Fujita Jr. Hayato 8. Fugo Fugo Yumeji 9. Freelance 10. Franz Schumann Little to no consideration: 11. Fred Yehi 12. Fidel Sierra 13. Frank Shamrock 14. Fuminori Abe 15. Flash Flanagan 16. Frankie Kazarian

Rank the following wrestlers starting with the letter 'F'. Which ones do you consider for your all-time Top 100? Felino Fidel Sierra Fit Finlay Flash Flanagan Frank Shamrock Frankie Kazarian Franz Schumann Franz van Buyten Fred Yehi Freddie Blassie Freelance Fritz Von Erich Fugo Fugo Yumeji Fuminori Abe Fuerza Guerrera Fujita Jr. Hayato

Damn, I was just watching him and Randy Rose the other night not even knowing he had died. Clearly they were both really great wrestlers

An oddly short but lucha-centric bracket due to most wrestlers starting with 'El' being listed here. Obviously the Top 3 guys here could as well be the definite Top 3 of all time, so... Strong consideration for an all-time top 100: 1. El Hijo del Santo 2. El Dandy 3. El Satanico Some consideration for an all-time top 100: 4. Eddie Guerrero 5. El Samurai 6. Etsuka Mita 7. Emilio Charles Jr. 8. El Faraon 9. Eric Embry 10. Espanto Jr. 11. El Texano 12. El Hijo de Fishman Little to no consideration for an all-time top 100: 13. Eddie Kingston 14. Espectrito 15. El Brazo 16. El Mesias 17. Emi Sakura 18. Eddie Gilbert 19. El Signo 20. El Canek 21. Edge 22. Eddie Edwards Haven't seen enoug/no ranking: El Bracero Ernie Ladd

Rank the following wrestlers starting with the letter 'E'. Which ones do you consider for your all-time Top 100? Eddie Edwards Eddie Gilbert Eddie Guerrero Eddie Kingston Edge El Braceo El Brazo El Canek El Dandy El Faraon El Hijo de Fishman El Hijo del Santo El Mesias El Samurai El Satanico El Signo El Texano Emi Sakura Emilio Charles Jr. Eric Embry Ernie Ladd Espanto Jr. Espectrito Etsuka Mita

I actually forgot her somehow. She'd probably be around #5 for me, giving Bret Hart a run for his money.

Strong consideration for a top 100: 1. Devil Masami 2. Dick Murdoch 3. Daniel Bryan/Bryan Danielson 4. Daisuke Ikeda 5. Dynamite Kansai 6. Dick Togo 7. Demus 3:16 8. Dustin Rhodes 9. Dan Kroffat/Phil LaFon Some consideration for a Top 100: 10. Dr. Cerebro 11. Dump Matsumoto 12. Darby Allin 13. Dutch Mantell 14. Davey Boy Smith 15. Dokonjonosuke Mishima 16. Daisuke Nakamura 17. Dr. Adolf Kaiser 18. Dos Caras 19. Dusty Rhodes Little to no consideration for a top 100: 20. Diamond Dallas Page 21. Dick Vrij 22. Dr. Wagner Jr. 23. Dragon Lee 24. Dave Taylor 25. Dick Slater 26. Don Leo Jonathan 27. Don Frye 28. Don Arakawa 29. Duane Koslowski 30. Dragon Kid 31. Drew Gulak 32. Debbie Malenko 33. Daniel Makabe 34. Dean Ambrose/Jon Moxley 35. Derrick King 36. Damien Wayne 37. Doug Fournas 38. Don Fuji 39. Drew McIntyre 40. Dan Maff 41. Dynamite Kid 42. Dory Funk Jr. 43. Dominic Garrini 44. Dolph Ziggler 45. Dean Malenko 46. Danny Spivey 47. Doug Williams 48. David Von Erich 49. Daisuke Sekimoto 50. Danny Havoc 51. Daisuke Sasaki 52. Dax Harwood 53. Daizee Haze 54. Daniel Garcia 55. El Desperado 56. Davey Richards 57. Daisuke Harada Not seen enough / No ranking: Darius Lockhart Dean Allmark Dennis Koslowski Dennis Condrey Dick the Bruiser Dominic Denucci Don Muraco Doug Somers Dream Machine

Try and rank the following wrestlers starting with the letter 'D'. Which ones are you considering for your all time Top 100? Daisuke Harada Daisuke Ikeda Daisuke Nakamura Daisuke Sasaki Daisuke Sekimoto Daizee Haze Damien Wayne Dan Kroffat/Phil LaFon Dan Maff Daniel Bryan/Bryan Danielson Daniel Garcia Daniel Makabe Danny Havoc Danny Spivey Darby Allin Darius Lockhart Dave Taylor Davey Boy Smith Davey Richards David Von Erich Dax Harwood Dean Allmark Dean Ambrose/Jon Moxley Dean Malenko Debbie Malenko Demus 3:16 Dennis Condrey Dennis Koslowski Derrick King El Desperado Devil Masami Diamond Dallas Page Dick Murdoch Dick Slater Dick the Bruiser Dick Togo Dick Vrij Dolph Ziggler Dominic Denucci Dominic Garrini Don Arakawa Don Frye Don Fuji Don Leo Jonathan Don Muraco Dokonjonosuke Mishima Dory Funk Jr. Dos Caras Doug Furnas Doug Somers Doug Williams Dr. Adolf Kaiser Dr. Cerebro Dr. Wagner Jr. Dragon Kid Dragon Lee Dream Machine Drew Gulak Drew McIntyre Duane Koslowski Dump Matsumoto Dustin Rhodes Dusty Rhodes Dutch Mantell Dynamite Kansai Dynamite Kid

Man, the Muto/Hashimoto matches are amazing. They are basically worked like an MMA fight with an expert striker vs a grappling artist. It made me actually reconsider the old "Muto is lazy" talk because while there isn't a ton happening in terms of 'moves' there is some fine fine wrestling going on. It's more about building tension and avoiding getting caught which is much more interesting to me than watching guys run through a bunch of moves like they are playing a Tony Hawk video game. Muto is a great takedown artist in those. The 1997 is an especially great Muto performance as they spend like 20 minutes building to Muto just hitting a dragon screw. If you can go 30 minutes using 5 moves but keep the crowd on edge of their seats and make everyone believe that you can turn the tide and sway the match in your favour if you can hit just 1 dragon screw then that is not lazy that is great wrestling. That said those matches may be entirely a Hashimoto creation but still Muto looks strong. Watching more 90s New Japan I've definitely come a lot of great technical wrestler Muto performances. The Yamazaki and Fujinami matches are great examples of this. The 1999 singles match with Yasuda is really unique and great because Mutos selling that he's so banged up he can barely move and even Yasuda could have a chance at beating him. That Muto is way more interesting to me than 2000s Muto who spams low dropkicks and Shining Wizards. I can definitely see why people gravitated towards the All Japan stuff because it's chock full of cool moves and big bumps, whereas the New Japan style was more simplistic and built around avoiding the big bombs rather than tanking them, matches worked like they could be decided at the drop of a pin. The former may be more spectacular but I think the later actually holds up better.

Strong consideration for a top 100: 1. Command Bolshoi 2. Chigusa Nagayo 3. Carl Greco 4. Chavo Guerrero Sr. 5. Carlos Amano 6. Curt Hennig Bolshoi and Nagayo are pretty neck and neck for me since both have some ridiculosly great stuff but also some underwhelming matches. Right now I'll take Bolshoi over Chiggy simply because I prefer her best stuff over Chiggys best though it's pretty much a coin toss. Some consideration for a Top 100: 7. Chon Shiryu 8. Chicky Starr 9. Chris Hero 10. Carlos Colon 11. Chihiro Hashimoto 12. Chavo Guerrero Jr. 13. Christian 14. Cesaro 15. Chico Che Little to no consideration for a top 100: 16.Clive Myers 17. Chikayo Nagashima 18. Chris Adams 19. Cassandro 20. Ciclon Ramirez 21. Cutie Suzuki 22. Chris Benoit 23. Combat Toyoda 24. Chic Cullen 25. CM Punk 26. Chris Jericho 27. Cien Caras 28. Carl Ouillet 29. Chris Markoff 30. Chris Masters 31. Caswell Martin 32. Chris Candido 33. Candy Okutsu 34. CW Anderson 35. Commando Negro/Canis Lupus 36 Chris Hamrick 37. Chris Dickinson 38. Cody Rhodes 39. Colt Cabana 40. Crazy Crusher 41. CIMA 42. Chris Harris 43. Christopher Daniels 44. Chris Sabin 45. Chris Brookes 46. Chuck Taylor Haven't seen enough/no ranking: Col. DeBeers Chad Gable Charlotte Flair Chase Stevens Chris Michaels Cash Wheeler Chris Colt

Try and rank the following wrestlers starting with the letter 'C'. Which ones are you considering for your all time Top 100? Candy Okutsu Carl Greco Carl Ouillet Carlos Colon Carlos Amano Cash Wheeler Cassandro Caswell Martin Cesaro Chad Gable Charlotte Flair Chase Stevens Chavo Guerrero Sr. Chavo Guerrero Jr. Chic Cullen Chicky Starr Chico Che Chigusa Nagayo Chihiro Hashimoto Chikayo Nagashima Chon Shiryu Chris Adams Chris Benoit Chris Brookes Chris Candido Chris Colt Chris Dickinson Chris Hamrick Chris Harris Chris Hero Chris Jericho Chris Markoff Chris Masters Chris Michaels Chris Sabin Christian Christopher Daniels Chuck Taylor Ciclon Ramirez Cien Caras CIMA Clive Myers CM Punk Cody Rhodes Col. DeBeers Colt Cabana Combat Toyoda Command Bolshoi Commando Negro/Canis Lupus Crazy Crusher Curt Hennig Cutie Suzuki CW Anderson

Woops, the competition is strong here. Strong consideration for a Top 100: 1. Blue Panther 2. Bill Dundee 3. Black Terry 4. Buddy Rose 5. Bret Hart 6. Bestia Salvaje 7. Butch Reed 8. Buddy Rogers 9. Bobby Eaton 10. Billy Robinson 10. Barry Windham Some consideration for a Top 100: 11. Buzz Sawyer 12. Bison Kimura 13. Bob Backlund 14. Brian Pillman 15. Brazo de Oro 16. Big Boss Man 17. Bruno Sammartino 18. Bam Bam Bigelow 19. Bob Orton Jr. 20 Barbaro Cavernario 21. Bert Royal 22. Bas Rutten 23. Brock Lesnar 24. Brian Kendrick 25. Bobby Fulton 26. Bobby Barnes 27. Brian Knobbs Little to no consideration for a Top 100: Brian Maxine Big Show Bruiser Brody B-Boy Batista Bobby Heenan Brad Armstrong Buddy Landell Biff Busick Bull Pain Bubba Ray Dudley Booker T Bobby Bass Bob Holly Bayley Billy Graham Bob Sapp Baron Scicluna Bobby Fish Haven't seen enough/no ranking: Becky Lynch Bianca Belair Bob Armstrong Bobby Jaggers Brett Sawyer

Try and rank the following wrestlers starting with the letter 'B'. Which ones are you considering for your all time Top 100? B-Boy Bam Bam Bigelow Barbaro Cavernario Baron Scicluna Barry Windham Bas Rutten Batista Bayley Becky Lynch Bert Royal Bestia Salvaje Bianca Belair Biff Busick Big Boss Man Big Show Bill Dundee Billy Graham Billy Robinson Bison Kimura Black Terry Blue Panther Bob Armstrong Bob Backlund Bob Holly Bob Orton Jr. Bob Sapp Bobby Barnes Bobby Bass Bobby Eaton Bobby Fish Bobby Fulton Bobby Heenan Bobby Jaggers Booker T Brad Armstrong Brazo de Oro Bret Hart Brett Sawyer Brian Kendrick Brian Knobbs Brian Maxine Brian Pillman Brock Lesnar Bruiser Brody Bruno Sammartino Bubba Ray Dudley Buddy Landell Buddy Rogers Buddy Rose Bull Nakano Bull Pain Butch Reed Buzz Sawyer

Strong consideration for a Top 100: 1. Aja Kong 2. Akira Taue 3. Akira Hokuto 4. Antonio Inoki 5. Akira Maeda 6. Alexander Otsuka 7. Arn Anderson 8. Atlantis 9. Ashura Hara Some consideration for a Top 100: 10. Akitoshi Saito 11. Andre the Giant 12. Anton Tejero 13. Albert Sanniez 14. Alan Sargeant 15. Adrian Street 16. Ayako Hamada 17. Azumi Hyuga 18. Atsushi Onita 19. Angel Azteca 20. Austin Idol 21. Abdullah the Butcher 22. Andrei Kopylov 23. Antonino Rocca 24. AJ Styles 25. Alan Kilby 26. Adrian Adonis 27. Andre Bollet Little to no consideration for a Top 100: (doesn't mean they are bad wrestlers the competition is just steep) 28. Axel Dieter 29. Amazing Red 30. Animal Hamaguchi 31. Akira Nogami 32. Aquiles O Matador 33. Arkangel dela Muerte 34. Awesome Kong 35. Antonio Honda 36. Abdullah Kobayashi 37. Andy Kaufman 38. Antonio Koinoki 39. Alex Shelley 40. Akebono 41. Arisa Nakajima 42. Austin Aries 43. Athena 44. A-Kid 45. Andrade/La Sombra 46. ACH 47. Abyss 48. Alex Wright 49. ASUKA/VENY 50. Adam Cole 51. Alberto del Rio No ranking / haven't seen enough of them: Ace Rockwell Adam Page Adam Priest Adnan Al-Kaissie Akira Tozawa Al Costello Alexa Bliss Alexander Navieb Andreza Giant Panda Arisa Hoshiki Arik Royal Art Barr AZM

Try and rank the following wrestlers starting with the letter 'A'. Which ones are you considering for your all time Top 100? Abyss Abdullah the Butcher Abdullah Kobayashi Ace Rockwell ACH Adam Cole Adam Page Adam Priest Adnan Al-Kaissie Adrian Adonis Adrian Street AJ Styles Aja Kong A-Kid Akebono Akira Hokuto Akira Maeda Akira Nogami Akira Taue Akira Tozawa Akitoshi Saito Al Costello Alan Kilby Alan Sargeant Albert Sanniez Alberto del Rio Alex Shelley Alex Wright Alexa Bliss Alexander Navieb Alexander Otsuka Amazing Red Andre Bollet Andre the Giant Andreza Giant Panda Andrei Kopylov Andrade/La Sombra Andy Kaufman Angel Azteca Animal Hamaguchi Antonio Honda Arisa Hoshiki Athena Anton Tejero Antonio Inoki Antonio Koinoki Antonino Rocca Aquiles O Matador Arik Royal Arisa Nakajima Arkangel dela Muerte Arn Anderson Art Barr Ashura Hara ASUKA/VENY Atlantis Atsushi Onita Austin Aries Austin Idol Awesome Kong Axel Dieter Ayako Hamada AZM Azumi Hyuga

Incredible character, but pretty much his entire legacy hinges on the Inoki match. When he went on that NJPW tour he was not the same anymore as he's had a pretty debilitating injury plus his mind wasn't into wrestling anymore. The tag with Hansen is good and the rest of the time he was pretty much just doing squash matches with middling results to get over his double arm suplex as deadly. Some Japanese fan has done an incredible job digging up a few archived clips of him wrestling in Germany but it's not much. Once again it's too bad Germany never had regular wrestling TV in the classic era because Bock vs the likes George Gordienko, Horst Hoffmann and even Mil Mascaras sounds incredible just for the entertainment factor. The Inoki match is pretty peak just for watching two notoriously stiff uncooperative motherfuckers go at it for 50 minutes.

Ran Yu Yu / Tomoko Miyaguchi Previously I would've thought Ran Yu Yu never quite fulfilled her potential. But now? Fuck that, Ran Yu Yu fucking rules. Considering what she had to work with, she has so many hits under her belt it's honestly kind of staggering. Watching her is pretty much a guarantee to come across some hidden gems, whether in GAEA, JWP or anywhere else. While her career seemingly dipped a bit after her prime from around 1999-2005, she's still good-really good-great up to her final matches around 2012. Awesome wrestler with really stylish, graceful offense, has a knack for making basic things like an elbow feel epic, in a lot of great matches that she played no small role in. Absolutely one of my favourite women wrestlers ever and someone who deserves a deep dive. And now with GAEAism making so much of her stuff available and other previously more obscure things like JWP footage seeping out it's a good time as any. Recommended matches: vs Command Bolshoi, JWP 3/3/2006 vs Meiko Satomura, GAEA 9/15/2003 vs. Misae Genki, JWP 12/9/2001 Oga Nozaki / Michinori Nozaki Cool worker whose elusive career I am just starting to discover. He has a unique vibe, like he is more inspired by 90s NJPW than the typical Kings Road stuff, building his matches around a handful of signatures and making basic things like a stomp look meaningful, and oozing aura. I care more about his jumping enzuigiris than I can say for another post-2000s worker. He also has an array of cool unique submissions. He was on top of JWA Tokai for a really long time and from what I can tell he's done an honorable job carrying the main events against a variety of opponents ranging from the respectable to the completely sleazy. It's regrettable he rarely dipped outside that scene though when he did it was usually good. The 60 minute match he had with Hakaru is really special. As far as I can tell he also had unique talent in his early days before he developed the Oga Nozaki persona, focussing on a more basic but highly efficient and memorable approach to pro wrestling, getting more mileage out of something like a side headlock than most wrestlers. Recommended Matches: vs Hakaru, Jishindan 3/8/2015 w Hiroshi Toyoda vs Cosmo Soldier & Hakaru, KAGEKI 7/20/2014 w Hiroshi Toyoda vs Cosmo Soldier & Chojin Yusha G Valion, JWA Tokai 6/18/2017