Boss Rock

This year's Mania build feels like Triple H took a look at last year's underwhelming build and took it as a personal challenge to make it worse.

49 for me.

Just Iyo Sky.

Made my ballot: Jun Akiyama Jushin Liger Jumbo Tsuruta Jerry Lawler Jaguar Yokota Jay Briscoe John Cena

Ospreay challenging for the IWGP title and not the AEW title at Wembley would be a massive misfire on AEW's part.

Just Hiroshi Tanahashi and Hiroshi Hase.

As of right now, top 30. One of the best of the 21st century. As for overall, I think he probably misses the cut as he's never really been in the conversation among fans as much as the Tanahashis, Okadas, Omegas, etc. of NJPW. Which is a shame because like you said, he is the king of consistency and has incredibly high peaks.

The first Grave Consequences is still a favorite match of mine.

Just Genichiro Tenryu and Gunther making my ballot.

Probably Bandido or Takeshita. Ospreay also had a really strong year despite missing the last third.

For a second I thought Warwick Davis actually died.

None currently

Making my ballot: El Satanico El Hijo del Santo Eddie Guerrero Eddie Kingston Etsuko Mita

Making my ballot: 1. Daniel Bryan/Bryan Danielson 2. Dynamite Kansai 3. Dick Togo 4. Devil Masami 5. Daisuke Ikeda 6. Dustin Rhodes

Making my ballot: 1. Carlos Colon 2. Chris Hero 3. Claudio Castagnoli 4. Chigusa Nagayo 5. CM Punk

If we're going with Bryan Danielson as "Daniel Bryan" on the nomination list, then the only B's on my ballot are: 1. Bull Nakano 2. Bret Hart 3. Barry Wyndham 4. Black Terry

Making my ballot: 1. Akira Taue 2. A.J. Styles 3. Aja Kong 4. Akira Hokuto 5. Atlantis 6. Atsushi Onita 7. Asuka 8. Alexander Otsuka

The 2016 vote is what introduced me to this site. Can't wait to participate in this year's.

I hated him 2017-2018 because of how often he relied on constant interference and "hide the weapon" spots during his matches. Seriously, a good chunk of Suzuki-gun around this time was essentially what House of Torture is now. Then around the 2019 G1 he started wrestling more traditional matches and I thought to myself "Huh, maybe there IS something there." From 2020-onwards he pretty much dropped the bullshit entirely and proved he was actually pretty good all along. Not a guy who will make my list but someone who ended up genuinely surprising me.

He definitely won't make my list but I love Yano. Tremendous comedy wrestler even if his schtick generally works better in shorter matches. But he's also a solid mat-based wrestler given his collegiate background and his more "serious" matches with guys like Tanahashi are pretty good.

My #7. While I would still put the other pillars ahead of Taue as I think they have higher singles peaks, I could never wrap my head around the idea that he was always some also-ran. He's right there in the thick of things and dare I say often the glue of those classic tag matches. Not to mention a terrific big man wrestler who actually wasn't especially big to begin with.

You mean he DIDN'T want to lead a stable with Lexis King?

Nick will rank exactly one spot higher than Matt for me for pretty much the same reason. He's the high spot guy.

He will make my top 50. His AEW run has only added to an already pretty sizable resume.