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Making My List Jumbo Tsuruta Jack Brisco Jay Briscoe Jun Kasai John Cena John Morrison Slight Consideration Jeff Hardy Jeff Jarrett Jeremy Wyatt John Tenta Juventud Guerrera

I asked someone who follows US Deathmatch history wrestling and knows wrestling better than me and really likes Danny Havoc for recommend these matches vs. Andy Sumner - CZW Down With The Sickness 4Ever - A Chris Cash Tribute Show from 9/10/05 Feud vs. Sami Callihan feud - Devil Wears Prada Match (CZW, 9/12/09), Caribbean Pits (CZW, 10/25/09), Nails & Carpet Strip (IWA East Coast, 11/7/09) With as strong recommendation on their- COD match (CZW, 12/12/09) vs. Masada - Gusset Plate (CZW, 7/9/11) Feud vs. Scotty Vortekz - Lighttubes, Ladders & Log Cabin (CZW, 6/9/07), Barefoot Thumbtacks, Bottle Caps & Glass (IWA Mid South, 6/21/08), and 444 Lighttubes (CZW, 6/8/13) vs. Jun Kasai - Ragnarok'n Roll Glass Crush (CZW, 4/9/11) Thumbtack Jack series (They have 11 singles matches between CZW, BJPW, wXw, and various other promotions) vs. Drew Gulak - No Ropes Barbed Wire (CZW, 5/12/12) vs. Brain Damage (CZW, 4/7/07)

Highly recommend Goldbelt Brian Maxine, he feels like World Of Sport-ified Buddy Rose in actions, with the bumping of UWA Rambo, and toes the line between cartoon but, grounded very well. I'm not huge generally World Of Sports rule system but, him and Steve Grey really pop out at me. Here's a side with the World of Sport dates and links, it's helped me alot https://www.itvwrestling.co.uk/index.html

Slight Consideration Ivan Koloff Io Shirai Might Look into for future Lists Ilja Dragnuov

The WWE Vault Person must have known its GROTWE (Greatest Ruler Of The World Ever) Season! \

My first ever favorite Japan based wrestler! In my GWE list, he's a tentative #16 below El Hijo de Santo, above Chigusa Nagayo. One of the best wrestlers ever (especially 2004-2015). I get why he did it but, I personally would have would have relied less on headrops. Kota Ibushi is good at the main event NJPW Heavyweight checklist wrestling style wrestling but, junior heavyweight and DDT stuff is way better. Wish he leaned more into being weird and creative. When doesn't have the spark in his matches, his matches can be a drag. I remember finally watching the Jiro Kuroshio vs. Ibushi match (I love both) from a big Wrestle 1 show, I hurt because I could feel Ibushi's heart wasn't in the match despite doing a balcony moonsault. I still want to see the Kota Ibushi research institute triangle wrestling ring and him vs. Andreza Giant Panda or Chiitan. The 2008nKenny Omega vs. Kota Ibushi, 2 out of 3 Falls is amazing and one of my favorite matches ever. Kaiju Mono is very fun movie and Ibushi's doing a moonsault on a kaiju is sick.

Jumbo is now a lock at number 2 for me, he rules so much! Someone I'm on Discord with said they don't connect with Jumbo singles work so I nominated them alot of tags. I feel like even with just Tsuruta's tag work a decent case can be made for him. Maybe the best older brother/protecter tag team wrestler. 1980s Jumbo 2/28/82 Ole Anderson & Stan Hansen vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Tenryu - GCW *Jumbo in the territories in a quick fun match* 1/28/88 Abdullah The Butcher & TNT (Savio Vega) vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & John Tenta (Earthquake) - AJPW 7/15/89 Kenta Kobahi & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Stan Hansen - AJPW 8/18/89 Jumbo Tsuruta& Kenta Kobashi vs. Genichiro Tenryu (goes under 5 minutes) 1/14/90 Jumbo Tsuruta and Tiger Mask II vs. Samson Fuyuki and Genichiro Tenryu *My favorite Misawa perfomance ever?, Jumbo is so great as the older brother roll in a tag team* Grumpy Jumbo Era Wrestles more aggressive but, still in the old brother role 1/2/91 Jumbo Tsuruta & Mighty Inoue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada AJPW *The match that made me love Mighty Inoue* 1/15/91 Jumbo Tsuruta, Masanobu Fuchi & Mighty Inoue vs. Kenta Kobashi, Mitsuharu Misawa & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi - AJPW 4/20/91 Akira Taue, Jumbo Tsuruta & Masanobu Fuchi vs. Kenta Kobashi, Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada *The Fan Appreciation Tag often gets touted as the best 6 man tag ever, get emotional attachment to the feuds before watching* 12/21/91 Akira Taue & Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Dan Spivey & Stan Hansen - AJPW Real World Tag League - Tag 17 Post Diagnosis Has to wrestle in a very style but, still tries and still has that charismatic spark. 10/18/96 Akira Taue, Dory Funk Jr. & Giant Baba vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, Jun Akiyama & Mitsuharu Misawa - AJPW October Giant Series 1996 - Tag 13 1/2/97 Giant Baba, Jumbo Tsuruta & Rusher Kimura vs. Haruka Eigen, Masanobu Fuchi & Mighty Inoue - AJPW New Year Giant Series - Tag 1 5/1/98 Haruka Eigen, Masanobu Fuchi, & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, Mitsuo Momota, & Rusher Kimura - AJPW 25th Anniversary show at Tokyo Dome Jumbo Tsuruta at the Tokyo Dome hearing the crowd still go oh with him is so sweet.

Making My List HARASHIMA Hiroshi Tanahashi Major Consideration Hector Garza Consideration Hyper Misao Hayabusa Hirooki Goto Harley Race Homicide Don't Know Well but, would like to watch more of Harley Saito Hector Guerrero Herodes

I'm considering Ishii. He's someone who I enjoy but, not sure if he connects with me on a top 100 level. Not sure where a good place to rank him would be. I think Ishii will get votes but, not make the top 100. I do think Ishii sometimes falls into forcing a dumb jock macho wrestling formula that sometimes doenst connect with me (he has matches where he detours from it). He also plays a very good underdog haven't watched it in a long time but, the Keith Lee match from Rev Pro in 2017 is amazing! I really like the Takeshita Wrestle Dynasty match from last year. He also has some interesting pre-2013 too, that I might try to maybe look into before voting.

Maybe the best wrestler at mixing mind-blowing high flying emotional core face/that feels earnest work in the 2000s and one of the best wrestlers of the 2010s. . His Lucha Underground, AAA, and indie stuff is very fun. I think the Lucha Brothers are a fun team especially on the indies and PWG (specifically vs. Ricochet and Matt Sydal vs. Young Bucks), it didn't work as well in AEW (their charismas and the matches each excel at are often opposed especially with Alex Abrahantes (who wasn't bad nesssarily but, personality clash). Highly recommend the 2019, Nick Jackson vs. Rey Fenix match, his match vs. Kenny Omega is fun too. I haven't much of his WWE work but, hope he does well, he feels like a wrestler who I dont get is not one of the biggest stars in wrestling. Here's the WALTER match.

Making My list Genichiro Tenryu George South Strong Maybe Giant Baba Goldberg Greg Valentine Gypsy Joe Go Shiozaki Consideration for this or a future list Genki Horiguchi Gilbert Cesca Gino HerHernandez Gran Naniwa Great Kabuki Gus Sonnenberg

My Top 10 was for 2025 1. Zack Sabre Jr I really value going around and range. I saw nobody have as many great matches as ZSJ. The Goto feud is good too. Favorite Match - Zack Sabre Jr. and Jake De Leon vs. Fabio Makisig and El Phantasmo (DEXCON Dakila, 5/18) 2. Mei Suruga A similar case to Zack, the best ace and maybe best champion reign of the year. Mei Suruga has so much creative spark. Favorite Match - Mei Suruga vs. Chie Koishikawa (ChocoPro 438 Warring Era, 3/31) 3. Adam Priest The best heel and/or face in the world, excels in every opportunity he is given in a variety of settings. The DPW Champion work. Is so good. Favorite Match - Ultimate Conflict (DPW Title Fight in Vegas, 4/18) 4. Jon Moxley Mixed work at the start which is still understandable but, eventually clicked. His leaning into vunderability and desperation was really cool. Favorite Match - Jon Moxley vs. Adam Page (AEW All In Texas, 7/12) 5. Kyle Fletcher Feels like he really found himself this year. Sometimes goes to a little too far but, is still growing. In maybe the best match I have ever seen live and maybe the one of best cage matches ever vs. Will Ospreay. Favorite Match - Kyle Fletcher vs. Will Ospreay (AEW Revolution, 3/9) 6. Shinya Aoki Favorite Match - Astronauts (Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura) vs. Keigo Nakamura & Shinya Aoki (DDT Change Age, 4/6) 7. Kenny Omega Favorite Match - Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay vs. Konosuke Takeshita & Kyle Fletcher (AEW Grand Slam Australia, 2/15) with Japanese Commentary 8. Chihiro Hashimoto Favorite Match - Sareee vs. Chihiro Hashimoto (Sendai Girls Hashimoto 10th Anniversary Show “KAIBUTSU A DECADE”, 11/16) 9. Hiroshi Tanahashi Favorite Match - Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. EVIL (NJPW Wrestle Kingdom, 1/4) 10. Senka Akatsuki Favorite Match - Mayu Iwatani, Seri Yamaoka, and Utami Hayashishita vs. Mio Momono, Senka Akatsuki, and Takumi Iroha (NOAH Monday Magic Xtreme Season #1, 10/6)

Found a 900+ video playlist of Randy Savage stuff seemingly mostly in order!

Making my list (right now above Kenny Omega and below Hiroshi Tanahashi). Her matches feel so unique in a cinematic kind of way. She wrestles in some of the loudest crowds ever and it's absorbing even when she is not facing a Chigusa Nagayo or the Crush Gals (the 1985 Hair match is a top 10 match ever for me abd the 1986 match is a top 100 match too). Her case for me gets lowered some because it's a short run and not doing much in a way of range (comparatively) mainly only working Crush Gals era-AJW and not much outside of that. I think in her return to wrestling that I've seen feels feels like a neutral. I do think her return to wrestling stuff is solid nostalgia. There are wrestlers whose post peak effects their how I feel about them but, Dump Matsumoto doesn't. It feels like it is playing the hits stuff which feels less bad defeating the top wrestlers and feeling unmotivated post peaks.

Some of my friends are doing GWE podcast episodes. They started with the Big Boss Man! Podcast is om Spotify too!