NotJayTabb

Yeah, I felt unsure when I first registered last July, but the "Everybody Should Submit A Ballot" thread reassured me. I worked on the principle that anyone able to discuss wrestling on here would know/care enough about wrestling to submit a ballot.

Considering how much of her character depends on her lineage and being a third-generation wrestler, Nattie was really bad a few years back. She seemed really off (I remember the famous AJ match, where she dropped the Sharpshooter too early and stood like an idiot expecting the ref to raise her hand), and was getting overtaken by the likes of Alicia Fox or Layla. But you can sense the new emphasis on the division has fired her up and she's getting right back to being good again. The Roadblock match was one of the best matches on the show, and the Raw match was really good too. If what Loss said is true, and she's adding more strings to her bow, then good on her.

My guys seems to be dropping like flies (18), and I'm the highest vote on 7 of them, which is a bit of a surprise. 24 - Kevin Von Erich (HV) - 258 39 - Fritz von Erich (HV) - 373 44 - Ernie Ladd (HV) - 251 46 - Jeff Jarrett (HV) - 243 67 - Super Delfin - 354 70 - Steve Veidor (HV) - 429 72 - Super Dragon - 228 73 - Tom Zenk (HV) - 472 76 - Doug Williams - 363 82 - Zack Sabre Jr (327) 86 - Pat Roach - 431 89 - The Barbarian - 393 90 - Batista - 241 91 - James Mason (HV) - 517 94 - Terry Taylor - 268 96 - Ikuto Hidaka - 446 97 - Adrian Street - 291 98 - Alex Shelley - 344

13 names down off my list, and I've been the high voter on 5 of them....but never the lone voter, which is reassuring. Was looking at my list last night, and genuinely thought it'd be a while before anyone else appeared as an honourable mention...thought Kevin von Erich would crack the top 200, but wasn't to be. The first guy down who I thought would do better.

I think you can point to my favourite babyface revenge match of the decade (Payback 2013 where the virtuous Del Rio kicks the head off of the thieving Ziggler) to show Alberto does have some real nasty aggression when he needs it.

I don't know if it officially a match or just a long brawl, but New Jack vs Vic Grimes from ECW Living Dangerously 2000 deserves mention, not only for the match itself, but it's legacy. It was your average New Jack brawl until both guys climbed a ricketty looking structure (neither being a small man) and stood awkwardly holding each other until the time came for both to fall off through a table...with Grimes landing on New Jack's head, leaving him temporarily blinded. Just looking at this structure, you knew that no good could come from trying anything up there, and the fact they decided to go up there anyway was totally bone-headed. Also, that lead to the XPW Freefall clusterfuck, where New Jack went into business for himself and (by his own admission) deliberately threw Grimes of a 30ft high scaffold in a manner designed to make him miss the stacks of tables in the ring. Grimes clipped a table on the way down and landed stomach first on the top rope, and quite honestly could've died. So not only did the PPV match stink, it led directly to an even worse match.

I've loved seeing all the unusual and unique placings on the rundown. Firstly, because I agree with the sentiment that it's important to have as many different voices take part in this as possible. With such a large number of voters, there's always going to be a number of people with unconventional views, and I think that makes this a richer, more diverse list. With having such a big number of voters, the consensus view will largely gravitate towards the more "conventional" names at the top, so I someone wants to vote B-Boy at #23, and that's their honest view, then I think that's great. Also, it's made me feel more comfortable with my own list. Though I believe in every name on my ballot, I did kinda start to second-guess myself in the final weeks, especially on some of the positions that jarred with the regular view. Was I happy with Tom Zenk in my top 75? Should Super Delfin really be one spot higher than Kobashi? Is top 50 Jeff Jarrett too high? If I knew then what I know now about some positions, I still wouldn't change anything I've submitted (everyone is where they are based on my honest opinion), but I'd have felt more confident in the final stretches.

British Kendo was nominated, just got no votes.

Good to see 5 ballots for Doug Williams, esp as he was quite a late nomination. Be interesting to know how many of his voters were British - he's a guy I really appreciate in a live environment and he basically works everywhere in the UK. Hes as reliable working the imports in a dream match as he is working with a young guy and making him look good. High from on Fritz Von Erich, suspect he's not the last of his family I'll be high vote on

I really want to see Mando's list at the end of this process. Between B-Boy at 23 and Kendrick at 9, he's certainly put the cat amongst the pigeons with his picks. He's not hiding behind the anonymous option though, he's owning those picks, so fair play.

Good to see from the Norman Smiley photo that one of the Nasty Boys is represented on this list

Not going to lie, that's one of my favourite sentences I've ever read

Absolutely no shame. Mason rocks!

Where did JvK have Low-Ki? Anyone remember? I'm just recalling this moment

Based on his prediction, does this mean JvK will soon be rocking a Low-Ki avatar?

Having seen the picture Grimmas chose for Tom Zenk, I'm really glad that I instead get to choose from the countless identical photos of my lowest-high vote James Mason (517)

Yeah, I remember this being surprisingly fun. My main memory is that Jarrett worked FIP, pretty much because he's the only one able to take a few bumps, but that Animal was surprisingly good on offence. Seem to remember he hits a pretty nice sitout powerbomb. I also remember a Hawk dropkick that was barely knee-height. I'm sure someone else can confirm, but as I recall the Athena stripping was very much a shoot, and she really was trying desperately to hang onto her clothes.

Kind of surprised that, with 5 guys from my list ranking so far, that Steve Veidor is going to end up 95th if I re-ordered my ballot to GWE positions. Partly because there's a few guys I would have assumed we'd have seen by now and partly because I thought he'd rank higher. Still, I'll wear my "High Voter For Steve Veidor" badge with pride Actually, with Veidor, Roach and Mason all ranking, I'm quite happy to be doing my thing for the old-school British guys

Having not watched Total Divas for a while, is Big E still romancing Nattie's sister? Because Tyson Kidd's face of disgust as they cavorted in his hot tub was my favourite TD moment

I feel like they'd have a woman singing a couple of tunes, in which case, Black Velvet is on there. Oh absolutely. Someone needs to crack out Bad Reputation while Saggs pops to the bar

I don't imagine the JSF pull out too many surprises in their set. Probably open with their signature song Bad To The Bone and close with a raucous rendition of Wild Thing. The penultimate song would see Saggs' sensitive side, as he performs a powerful rendition of Lorraine Ellison's Stay With Me, which he'd use to scout for suitable one night stands swaying at the bar.

I think the main thing I've discovered from the project is simply how much I enjoy wrestling. At no point in the process has this felt like a chore to me, and having a good reason to sit down and evaluate guys I'd maybe not have gotten round to watching has made this so much fun. Discovering guys like Breaks, Ogawa and La Fiera, guys who I'm going to continue watching for my own enjoyment long after the full list is published, has made this project so worthwhile. I've mentioned in the past that back in 2010 my interest in wrestling was starting to wain, and that I'd started blogging to see if I could still be bothered with wrestling. Well, if that was like kindling keeping the fire alive, the GWE has been like adding a load of logs to the flame to keep it burning longer. The other thing I've learned is how much more comfortable I am with my opinions than I used to be. My other peak time as a fan before now was in 2003/2004 just after I left university and had more disposable income to spend on wrestling tapes (and could justify spending £10 a tape on CZW shows), and had just started posting on the old Smart Marks forum. At that time, I wrote my first ever review of a show, a WWF CHV of Battle Royal at the Albert Hall. I watched that tape recently as part of GWE for the Flair/Santana & Barbarian/Davey Boy matches, and decided to look up my old review from the boneyards of the TSM forum. It was ghastly. Aside from being a block of boring play-by-play, there was no attempt to analyze the show or give opinions on the matches, it was just some Scott Keith level jokes about Earthquake being fat, Barbarian being a jobber and the Nasty Boys being rubbish. It was like I'd gone in there with this pre-conceived notion that "these are the guys I'm supposed to hate" and decided to try and appeal to other people, especially as I know I was always an Earthquake fan. I hated reading it. I know during the process I've taken some light-hearted stick from JvK about having the likes of Tom Zenk or Barbarian on my ballot, but I'm pleased that I'm comfortable enough as a fan to embrace these choices rather than lie to submit a more "acceptable" list.

Thanks for sharing that. Think I made it to the part where they focus in on Mark Andrews before welling up

When Foley came out at Mania, my loudest friend was insistently telling us all how fit Foley's daughter was. I took great pleasure in being the arsehole to show a picture of her hilariously-awful boyfriend and reading the description from his Twitter profile about having to wear clown make-up because he's so attractive he makes women's clothes fall off. He's SUCH a c*nt

The Jerry Saggs Fiasco sound like they'd perform a wonderful set of 60's, 70's and "modern" rock covers every Friday night at your local bar.