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I agree with the above. Throw in some League of Nations interference in HHH's favour so Reign's has a reason to come out (and I imagine he'd get a big pop for the save, especially if people realise he's there to help Dean win) and have him cut a "It's not about the title, it's about kicking your ass" promo, and Mania looks way more interesting.

Not going to make my list, but I've always liked B-Boy. The first indy show I bought was CZW's Best of the Best 3, which he won, so I've always had a soft spot for him. Once saw him get something decent out of Ric Blade, which is no mean feat.

Was watching some Barbarian matches from NJPW last night, and it solidified to me that he'll probably make the 95-100 spots on my list. Really great offensive wrestler - I mentioned his big boot and headbutts above, but he's got a glorious powerslam and gets massive height on his legdrops. Given the size, strength and portrayal of his character, he's a surprisingly decent seller too. There's a great moment in his Inoki match (20/10/85), where he rears back for a blow and Inoki quickly chops him in the face. Barb gives the same look my dog did the first time she saw a hissing cat: a slightly baffled look to indicate he's not sure what happened, but he's pretty sure he didn't like it. Inoki peppers in the chops and Barb starts to look more and more off his game, leading to a big pop when he goes to the floor. There's a Barb/Fujinami match I've got coming up that I'm now really looking forward to.

Though I enjoyed some of his tag work with Stars & Stripes, American Males, Vicious and Delicious, and the Scorpio team, he was the worst worker in all four tandems

I can't wait for the BIGLAV score on Strongbow...

Liger's going to finish in my top 5. As stated above, he's got three decades of great performances - I'd strongly recommend the 2014 Liger/Robbie Dynamite match from All Star (it's on YouTube), where Liger did a small family show in Croydon and turned back the years with a great performance.

Ha, I remember this (pretty sure Godfather made this insult despite Regal's decision to take the hookers instead of a match). It's quite odd being on the other side of a babyface insulting a country. Though I had always been a big Regal fan, I'm pretty sure a lot of my friends went from liking the Godfather to "Fuck that dickhead, hope Regal batters the twat" on that night.

Of those not highlighted, I'd be interested to see if Psychosis still makes the 100.

Looking through my current list, I've got more than I would have guessed: Dustin, Sheamus, Henry, Orton, Cena, Styles, with Sami Zayn on my "maybe" list.

Maybe Shane wins control and hires someone to run the programme for him in lieu. Post-Mania is always a good crowd to bring in a surprise return as GM.

The first time I ever saw Gargano was in a leisure centre 5 mins from my house, where he and Ciampa unleashed my least favourite strike exchange ever. 45 seconds of no-sold blows as Gargano would hit a superkick, then Ciampa would hit a knee to the face. Superkick-knee-superkick-knee, whilst I sat there in horror. I've seen him since then, and he's fine, but what a terrible first impression.

I can see him keeping it and putting over a returning Rollins, whenever Seth is fit again.

There's also a meta thing were fans are pissed at WWE for giving them a shitty product. Shane has always been the defacto "good McMahon" for a lot of them, him coming back also gives them hope things can change. The fact that Shane's comeback storyline as a face is "The WWE is shit, people don't want to watch it on TV and it's losing money" is odd. The fact they want the fans to agree with Shane when he points out how dreadful the product is means they must be aware of it, but do nothing about it. Like how CM Punk went from upper-midcarder to hottest act in the company by cutting a promo about how awful the WWE is.

Man, I've JUST remembered the horrors of his 2009 return. Randy Orton had just won the Rumble and was looking like the biggest badass in the company, having just wrecked the McMahon family over consecutive weeks. Steph gets on the mic, smirks and tells Randy "We're not going to fire you....we've got bigger plans for you" (looking SO smug), and the whole roster parts to let though pudgy grey-haired Shane, who batters Orton and the Legacy stable with a barrage of lame punches that caused him to run out of breath. Orton had never been hotter in the company and they successfully sank him in one angle.

Rampage is great, just great, and is a surprisingly versatile wrestler. Excellent as a bad-ass heel, really fun tag worker and really likable as a face. Understands how much to give to keep his opponent strong, but not affect his aura. The Team Single run in PCW with T-Bone have had some really great tag matches in the past two year, just the right level of dominant. Not going to make my list this time, but I can see him building up a great case in the next 10 years.

My favourite Shane match is the cage match vs the Rock from just after Backlash 2000. Shane as the overwhelmed son getting battered by the Rock and nearly winning the title solely through masses of interference is his most realistic character, and he sold his beating convincingly. Certainly more realistic than acing an Olympic medalist on the mat.

Always liked Marty, even in his less-popular "Party Marty" days. One of my favourite live wrestlers, seen him have some great matches with Amazing Red, Robbie X and even getting something good out of MK McKinnon. He's also got the LDRS run to fall back on. That said, he's very much the "Marty" (fittingly) of the LDRS and if Sabre Jr (the "Shawn") is only just getting in my list, Marty isn't.

Ospreay wouldn't make my top 20 British workers today, never mind my top 100 of all time. No chance.

With Ospreay, I've always felt he lucked out when Mark Andrews "won" that dead-end TNA roster spot. Mandrews going to America left a gap near the top of the Progress card for a high-flying babyface ace, which Ospreay took up. He was certainly overshone by Andrews in the early days, with Andrews being the first winner of the Natural Progression Series (beating Ospreay along the way). Andrews being more charismatic and a far better seller always made him standout more than Ospreay, at least to me.

Both guys are going to make my list, but I'll be placing Necro a little higher. Not much in it, probably a couple of places, but I like Necro's ability to be both vulnerable and an arse-kicker.

If we used the weighted scale, would we adjust the scoring slightly so that 100th place earned 1pt and there wouldn't be minus points for not featuring on a ballot?

I've got three Von Erichs on my list, but David wont be one of them

I'd take: 1 - Bret Hart vs Roddy Piper from WM8, as it's been my favourite match for years now. It encapsulates everything I love about wrestling in one sub-15 minute match, love the morality play and story-telling in it, and I think the ending is just perfect. 2 - The 10 tag team match from Survivor Series 88. I think you'd need one really long match to pass the time, and something like this with 20 wrestlers in will have so much going on that it'll still be great on repeated viewing. Plus I've always loved this match, it's just so much fun, wrestling as comfort food. 3 - Odd choice, but I'm going with the Henchmen vs Chris Brookes & Tyler Bate from Triple X Wrestling in 2014. I think I'd want something to remind me of home, so this match from my home city would do the trick. Plus, it's one of my favourite matches I've seen live, making it a sentimental pick, and it's a match I've watched numerous times and still enjoy.

Very unlikely I'll vote for him, but I think he's been underrated for a few years now. He came to prominence by having high-flying matches with Jody Fleisch that stole the show wherever they went, but he's always been a bit more well rounded than that. Was surprisingly good on the mat when the situation called for it, and the fact he spent a lot of time touring with All Star meant he had to be able to do more than just a load of spots. I was particularly impressed when I bought a DVD of an All Star handheld from early 2001, and it featured 2 matches he had a fortnight apart against Chad Collyer. Both were good well-worked matches and they were both different, which was a pleasant surprise. The Jonny/Jody team in 1PW was the early anchor of the tag division, matching up well with all the indy super-teams Gauntley would fly in for the shows. He's still going strong now, and working wiser yet as smoothly as before. It's just a shame not as much modern Storm makes tape

"Bear with an angry head" is a perfect way to describe Roach. There's a match I love on a Reslo comp I bought where he's fighting Skull Murphy, and Murphy spends the opening section constantly scraping Roach in the eyes with his wristguard. Every time Roach tries to muster some offence, Murphy is back scraping the eyes again. This goes on and on until the referee has had enough and forces Murphy to take the wristguard off, leaving him with a big bear of a man who's thoroughly pissed off with him, and proceeds to batter him for the victory.