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I just love Roddy as a kind of “Everyman”, consistent hard-working good mid-card hand. I think of him like a spiritual successor to Arn Anderson (and was getting irrationally nervous both were going to fall in the last drop.) He’s the kind of guy built to put a TV title on him and just let him have good to great matches with everyone on the roster. He had a period around 2015 where everything he touched was gold and he was amongst the best in the world, but his case is made more for really consistent good and sometimes great work for 20+ years. And I think the fact that this crop of indie workers had basically their whole careers on tape & easily accessible is an advantage we aren’t talking about as much. A lot of people on here are great about unearthing treasures, but there are tons of older candidates we still wish had more footage. We’ll see what the data shows when Roddy drops, probably sooner rather than later. But I suspect he’ll be on a lot of ballots but without a ton of high votes, which rings true for consistency & longevity over peak.

Ahh, losing Buddy Rose SUCKS. He was my highest ranking loss at #43 and more importantly he was just such a masterful, great wrestler & I’m glad I got to see a lot of his Portland stuff & look forward to watching more in the future. I’ve got 76 wrestlers moving onto the list, looking forward to the reveal.

I’ll say Low Ki, KENTA, Jericho, Nakamura, Onita & Eddie Kingston at 101 to narrowly miss the list which would fit his character perfectly (I really hope I’m wrong about that last part though.) Had to edit because I only had 5 names. Counting is hard.

Oof that was a rough drop for my list. I had Atlantis at #50, Nagata at #94, Mark Briscoe at #86, Otani at #72 and Shingo at #49. Bummed about Briscoe, but ready to see who makes the top 100.

Similar sentiments led Eddie to my #100 spot. There were a handful of others I wanted to cram into that last spot, but that was impossible of course and I just thought…screw it I want Eddie Kingston on my list. He can make you feel & believe like few others & that’s a rare & valuable trait today.

Thanks @Ricky Jackson I thought the same but hadn’t gotten around to doing the research. So this is a bit about a #2 pencil. IDK how well this translates outside the U.S. but here we have lists of school supplies and #2 pencils have been on the list since the pioneer days to now when they are still required despite nearly everything being done on computer. So I’m giving credit that it’s a bit…and also acknowledging that torpedoing your ballot for that bit probably eliminates that voter from bitching about anything else in the voting. And Lulu Pencil will be added to the very bottom of my watchlist. So anyway, hope everyone avoids an aneurysm over the results & can resist the urge to be an asshole to people they disagree with and just enjoy this snapshot into wrestling fandom we get.

85 left highest loss was Kansai at 59. I feel like I’ll get hit hard tomorrow

Looking forward to the drops tomorrow with the expectation at least half of them will be a casualty from my list. But we’ve made it this far & like many others have pointed out, it’s about the journey. Since this project was announced I’ve been watching footage like I was cramming for a test for 5 years, before having to cast my ballot either right before or right after I reached madness, and the jury’s still out. But I will say the only way I was able to find a path was due to recommendations, playlists & footage sources from this community past & present. So thanks for all that contributed to my journey to this list.

Random guesses now but I’ll say Abby, Race, Backlund, Gordy, Williams, Hennig & Destroyer fall. I think Dusty & Bruno have enough name recognition to get on & the rest are safe. Or it’s the exact opposite & I have no idea how this plays out.😁

Morton & Eaton.

Slow clap. Great points all around and this basically sums up my thoughts as well.

Slaughter was the one I’m most bummed didn’t make the top 100, so far.

Sheamus was #286. I had him as my #87. But otherwise, yes the anticipation is real.

I’ve got 96 left. Lost CIMA, Sheamus, Mochizuki & Garvin so far. I expect I’ll lose a ton between now & the top 100, but that’s how it goes.