JDerbyshire

He wouldn't have made my #100 and he has a LOT of crap to his name, especially in recent years, but given the length of his run and so-called 'recency bias' & 'mainstream US bias', I was a little surprised Kane didn't receive a nomination.

Was really hoping my #4, Bockwinkel, would make the top 10. 16th is a good showing though. I'd assume Eddie will surely be one of the next 2 to fall just before the top 10 - can't decide on the other though. Kobashi or Jumbo would be my guess.

Before the reveals started my prediction was: 1 - Flair 2 - Funk 3 - Misawa 4 - Hansen 5 - Bryan 6 - Bockwinkel 7 - Lawler 8 - Kawada 9 - Jumbo 10 - Mysterio I will stick with that.

Based on 100-28th with a slapdash system of: 5pts for 1st 3pts for 2nd 2pts for 3rd 1pt for top 10 the current top 10 would be: 1 - Shawn Michaels - 41pts 2 - El Hijo del Santo - 33pts 3 - El Satanico - 29pts 4 - Yoshiaki Fujiwara - 25pts 5 - Buddy Rose - 17pts 6 - Volk Han - 16pts = - Chris Benoit - 16pts 8 - Harley Race - 13pts 9 - Curt Hennig - 11pts 10 - Dynamite Kid - 10pts = - Kiyoshi Tamura - 10pts = - John Cena - 10pts

As its my first chance, I'll just add a big thank you to Grimmas (and anyone else involved in the running of this project) - I am a huge lists nerd and was all over it the moment I heard about it. I won't profess to being even 10% as knowledgeable or well-read in wrestling as the vast majority of you on here. My list is one of those that slants more mainstream American (with a healthy nod given towards Puroresu and Joshi). However I understand and admire the tone and heated debates that have arisen so far as I am a huge films fan and would compare this to something like Sight and Sound, I too would be aghast if something I took very seriously and appreicated as an art form was infilrtrated by some sappy, insincere mainstream 90s nostalgia flick like Forrest Gump (Shawn Michaels...my #5 ) or some overblown, nonsensical, all-action blockbuster made someone's top 100 (Kurt Angle my #10 ... I feel so dirty comparing one of my favourites, Kurt to a Michael Bay movie. Sorry Kurt, still love you!!)

Finally activated! And I couldn't be more pleased to have my introduction be as the high voter on John Cena! (sorry for stealing your thunder there, JimmyRedman) I genuinely didn't think I would be the high voter on anyone but my #1 - pleasantly surprised it's on Cena who is someone I have come around with so much over the past 7-8 years. One of my least favourite things about modern WWE wrestling style is the 'fluidity' of matches; it's my biggest issue with someone like Randy Orton. One of the biggest detractors against Cena's wrestling ability is his 'clunkiness' - but for me its an added bonus. I love that sometimes he messes up hitting moves cleanly or takes awkward looking bumps. I think he's far and away the most giving ace in WWE history - whether its in entire programs or one off matches. Not a knock on Hogan or Austin, but they would never do the Brock SummerSlam match, they'd never give guys like Cesaro, Owens & Zayn fresh out of NXT as much as Cena gave. Another knock on him is he's the ace during an overall down period for the company, but for that entire time, he's pretty much done laps on everyone else in the company as far as merch & selling out houses goes. He'd have been right there alongside Rock & Austin the Attitude Era - and right there alongside Hogan in the 80s. I think he has the range of character to adapt, even if he does not get to show it week to week, that would have fit into any of those eras. He's also stayed on top longer than those guys, and has dealt with fan backlash impeccably. A John Cena PPV match is always an event, because everyone in that arena is always invested whether it is to boo or to cheer. And although it wasn't in my criteria for GWE, the fact that he seems like a genuinely good dude, does loads for charities & disadvantaged children, is an excellent public speaker and generally comes across as a great role model to fans is a big bonus to me.