NotJayTabb

Part of me thinks they've realised King Dom spells "kingdom", which feels like the kind of thing they'll run with.

I think Tully fits perfectly into the Dangerous Alliance. As you say, he's a real product of yuppie culture, so mobile-wielding super-yuppie Paul E Dangerously feels like the perfect manager for him. I can absolutely imagine Tully in the 92 War Games match as well. Only question is whether he replaces Eaton or Larry.

Number of wrestlers who made the top 100: 54 Number of wrestlers who made the top 200: 70 Highest rated wrestler to make my ballot: Terry Funk (1, my #7)) Lowest rated wrestler to make my ballot: "Iron Mike Sharpe" (867, my #100) Exact placements on my ballot: Shinya Hashimoto (26) How many in my top 50 made the top 50: 22 How many in my top 20 made the top 20: 9 How many in my top 10 made the top 10: 6 Highest wrestlers who did not make the Top 500: John Tenta (#68), Super Delphin (#82), Pat Roach (#86) Highest wrestlers who did not make the Top 200: Steve Grey (#22), Jeff Jarrett (#34), Fritz Von Erich (#39) Highest wrestlers who did not make the Top 100: Jim Breaks (#15), Tito Santana (#16), Greg Valentine (#18) Highest wrestlers who did not make the Top 50: Jim Breaks (#15), Tito Santana (#16), Greg Valentine (#18) Highest wrestlers who did not make the Top 25: Negro Casas (#9), Bull Nakano (#10), Tatsumi Fujinami (#12)

Massive thanks to @Grimmas for running this thing and flying the flag for GWE since 2021. Also big thanks for running the watch parties that were such a boon for me in the early days of the project. Sadly had to bow out after a year due to time zone differences (especially during the football season), but it was a big leap off point for someone who hadn't considered joshi in 2016, as well as introducing me to guys like Austin Idol. Much appreciated.

Bret and Rey dropping means my #1 and #2 fell in quick succession. Happy Bret made the top 10 this time, surprised Rey isn't higher.

Omega feels like a more divisive wrestler than Okada. I suspect Okada will feature on a higher number of ballots - if you voted for Omega, you'll almost certainly vote for Okada too, but it's possible to like Okada and be put off by the usual criticisms of Kenny's acting and embellishments.

Just been looking through the master list out of curiosity as to who has fallen the furthest since 2016, and by a street it's Tetsuhiro Kuroda, who has fallen 634 spots. The surprising part to me isn't the fall, but the fact he was at #187 in the first place, don't remember much Kuroda chat in 2016

Io fully deserves her place as the highest ranked of the WWE affiliated women. Obviously she came in as a big deal, but the impressive thing is that, without promo time and any particularly big storylines, she's become one of the most popular women on the roster just through ringwork and immense physical charisma. Also on a personal level, her match with Kay Lee Ray in a small pub in Tooting is one of the 3 best matches I've seen live. Talking of immense physical charisma, I love seeing Dusty rank so high. When I was first getting online, people seemed to hate Dusty, the likes of Scott Keith would always be ripping him for his weight or implied laziness. Whereas for me, he immediately grabbed me from the first match I saw him in. Dusty understood how to be a babyface, how to illicit the response he wanted through his ringwork, and how to make a fired up comeback work. So glad to see him in the 100

There's another Baba/Fritz match from the 70s under Texas Death Match rules that's really good as well

Pleased to see the superior English William place higher

Of the remaining active women workers, I think she's better than Mone or Asuka. She also benefits from already being very popular from her time as the ace of STARDOM, and is a rare example of someone enhancing their case in their WWE run by becoming a legit main event level star while also having really good matches.

He wishes! (Spoken as someone who didn't voted Roddy, but did vote for the Z-Man)

I think being a main event wrestler subconsciously can give a wrestler an advantage over his peers. Owens has had PPV title matches and a (night one) Wrestlemania main event which can make him feel a bit "bigger".

I voted Bruno in 2026, but didn't in 2016. I think I'd always thought of him as a limited guy who was in the right place at the right time, but when I watched back he was such a great "walking tall" babyface. Someone who knew exactly what to do to elicit the right reaction from the crowd.

It'll be interesting to see how well the polarizing figures do in the reveal, especially as Grimmas is giving us the breakdown of top 3/top 10/top 25 votes. I suspect the likes of Omega/Ospreay/Moxley will appear on less ballots, but more high votes than the more traditional picks who'll place similarly by getting on more ballots, but less highly. Comparing the breakdown of an Omega vs a Liger for example.

I'll take my little victory lap for my solid ZSJ suggestion, while also thanking you for not commenting on my Mandrews prediction

Even as recently as a few years back, there's a thread in the "Vs" folder to see who the best Shield member was, and Reigns won it quite handily. Yet Ambrose is the only one who's made the top 100, so opinions can swing quite quickly.

My Mark Andrews prediction aged like milk. At the time he was the better, likeable version of Will Ospreay, but he never really kicked on.

Quite surprised to see Cesaro placing lower than 2016, thought he'd have a big rise

Eddie manages to feel incredibly real, despite coming from the world of CHIKARA, which is anything but. He's also one of a handful of wrestlers (Thatcher, Satomura) who's cases were helped on my list by live aura. Something about their presence just adds a bit of extra buzz.

This peaked my interest, so I checked. He gave Alex Wright an 8 and The Barbarian an 11

The nomination process is easier now than it was in 2016, where you actually had to provide match reviews for 3 matches for your nominee, I think we're about right with the current requirement to just list 3 matches. I keep thinking back to the rogue Terri Runnels vote, what 3 matches would be brought up to nominate her? If there aren't 3 matches, then she doesn't deserve to be in consideration, respectfully.

Jim Breaks (#15) is my highest ranked wrestler to fall so far. Based on the WoS culling so far, it didn't fully surprise me, but it's definitely disappointing. Also surprising, but in a positive way, is Necro Butcher still to drop and finishing higher than both Young Bucks.

I very closely associate Valentine with Tito (hence why in my list they were two spots apart, #18 and #16 respectively), so I can't imagine we're too far from the Hammer, sadly.

The other thing with AEW is that "good matches" has long been part of their identity, with wrestlers getting decent TV time each week to spread their wings. If you've been watching Adam Page have matches you've enjoyed for 7 years, then have to go to Youtube to pick out the best Buddy Rose matches from an era where a lot of his TV matches would be angles or short bouts to put him over, then Adam Page starts with a big headstart. It's maybe not ideal (and Page isn't someone I voted for) but it's understandable.