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The Martel matches are fun, nothing more. Pretty standard heel vs. local face stuff. I prefer Schumann vs. Horowitz. I didn't consider Schumann at all. Someone whose career broke down along with the territory, hence leading to these bizarre matches with Brookside OJ mentioned above where they were trying to work like ECW. He still has some good matches throughout the 90s.

My request for the 2026 countdown is that we get 3 pages of discussion about Otto Wanz and Alan Kilby.

Hase makes the list, but drops 45 places. Another painfully inoffensive pick.

I didn't really like those DK vs. Rocco matches. DK vs. Jones is great and you wish he'd worked like that all the time. I don't really care for his post-england work. Tito making the list is kind of a shock to me. Higher than Garvin or Parka too. I thought he was considered borderline. Great worker for what he is though.

It's kinda weird that Ohtani actually made the top 100. I think his 2000s stuff gets barely pimped. Like there are what, 5matches from that 16 year period that get praised (ignoring the outstanding GOTNW post on page 1)? For me Ohtani is a mixed bag. I actually like those matches vs. Mochizuki, Tajiri, Delfin, Sasuke, the rookie squashes etc. better than the stuff with Liger and Ultimo. He made my list but not terribly high.

Thinking about whether I'd rather watch Taker lumbering around, throwing shitty punches and getting his spots in or Angle doing count along germans and restholds, I've decided I'd rather stick a nail into my throat than continue thinking about this.

Piper is a favourite of mine that I just couldn't justify including on my list. The guy at his best incarnates pro wrestling. His Portland stuff is blowaway great too. Happy he finished ahead of all the "name" guys from 89-84.

Watch more wrestling. I suggest by starting NOW. And if you have stuff, upload it. If you don't, buy some tapes. Gee they're 3 bucks a pop these days. Be adventurous

Does everyone forget Garvin vs. Tully? It's one of the best TV matches ever!

Nakamura is someone I'd put in the same tier as Hogan or Undertaker. Quite a character with some highs and lows and never really convinced me he was GREAT, but people watch his stuff. Well actually I'd be interested if his early "Phenom" stuff got people to vote for him.

Dean ranking Parka at 4 is lovely. I do wonder if there are people who voted for Parka because they remember him as the funny WCW jobber.

Ikeda suffers from being pimped as a stiff machine. He is an asskicking machine, but he can also go on the mat, sell incredibly well from underneath, can incooperate junior elements and even comedy elements and is an excellent tag worker, like a japanese Tully Blanchard. All that and we know he was good from the get go and is still a good wrestler in 2016. So he has an excellent case even with so many if his matches not being taped. It feels very weird that he only makes the Top 100 by a hair. His Top 20 matches stomp a lot of very well respected wrestlers.

Ikeda is not a shootstylist.

I didn't rank Benoit because I don't think he's a great wrestler. It's that simple!!!!

Sano is the one not making the Top 100 that really bugs me. How can you be great in 4 decades and multiple promotions and styles and take part in half the top junior, shootstyle, and NOAH heavyweight matches and not be Top 100 ever? I get not rating Maeda or Inoki or Jaguar, if you don't like their style, but Sano has something for everyone. I think he was in my Top 25.

I will say that I much prefer Tenryu's "chop you in the throat" approach to Chopbashi. Plus Tenryu will punch you in the face too. I can't remember if I had Low Ki on my list. If I did then it was in that low region which is constantly changing. I think his resume is thinner than people admit. Especially in the last couple years, with the constant bridge burning and going back and forth. Love his early stuff with Red though.

Everyone here has watched a Rock match, and most people here haven't seen many Maeda matches. That is probably the real reason. One guy was on TV and having big matches at the peak of wrestling's popularity. The other guy is a shoot style worker that you'd have to scour the internet to watch. It makes perfect sense to me. And this is why the WKO 100 is superior, as we just ban people who don't recognize shootstyle is badass.

So whait, Brian Pillman has snuck into the Top 100? That sneaky fucker.

Can somebody justify Rock over Maeda? I know Maeda vs. Cena at Wrestlemania would have been so much better.

And Grey is out. He climbed 30 spots and made 40 ballots. I guess that's worthy of a celebration. Still, a Top 100 without the greatest british babyface ever doesn't feel right.

Larry Z did extremely well for a guy who was mostly associated with stalling for a while.

What are the good Hogan in WWF matches exactly?

Chigusa's the one joshi wrestler I do not care for at all. Glad she's out, altough joshi fans who know better than me probably think otherwise. Her beating Jaguar is bad enough.

I didn't have Sting on my list but Sting is a ballsy wrestler who has some great matches with Vader, Regal and Foley where he was far from being carried. In fact he may be my favourite Vader opponent. I wouldn't have a problem at all if he made the Top 100.

Another tournament finale between Hamada and Yoshida. This is just a super match. Like god damn these two smoke any other junior in the world. The matwork is super, with Yoshida again fighting like an animal and catching everything Hamada tries. Aside from the crazy submissions you get Yoshida throwing punches and Hamada firing back with some really sharp and well timed offense of her own. Yoshida briefly works over Hamada's stomach a bit and while it wasn't the focus of the match, Hamada sold very well, same for Yoshida with her bandaged arm. Surprised this went only 11 minutes as it felt like a much bigger match.