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Thank you! Will check it out! Hoping I will like it!

Trying to get into French Catch (I have watched Billy Catanzaro vs. Gilbert Cesca and a few Piet Prince matches). I enjoy the character work and moves but, I don't know how I feel about the selling. I feel like sometimes the moves happen and they don't have any impact and the matches just kind of end. Interesting in wanting to see more and I want to like it but, it's not clicked with me yet. Interested to hear pepoles thoughts on this, things to keep in mind. For context I have 1950s matches before (Rikkidozan vs. Freddie Blassie). I also like lucha and some world of sport. I think the pool match that is Billy Catanzaro & Pierre Bernaert vs Mr Montreal & Vassilios Mantopoulos is my favorite of the matches I have seen because wrestling on a pool is cool, the throughline of Billy Catanzaro accidentally being avoiding the water and knocking his opponents into the water was great, I think the selling quirks that irked me less were less prevalent because it was tag match.

To me with Kenny Omega feels besides his character work doesn't portray himself as the best except when in 2017-2018 he kind jokingly have his opponent perfomances outside of NJPW. One of Will Ospreay strongest attributes during his great periods to now is his crowd connection and giving off the character together with you pepole I can win this match instead of I'm going to win because I'm the best

I'm not sure if I would have him that high but, he's an amazing tag team wrestler in the younger brother underdog role and the older brother rooting role but, also powerful. I think he can also be great and lending credibility too. I have to watch both back but, I think I might like Kenta Kobashi and Homicide vs. Low Ki and Samoa Joe more than Joe vs. Kobashi. The BURNING vs. Kensuke Office gauntlet tag from 2008 is so good.

Kobashi (the Pillars in general) is a wrestler I am hoping to watch more off. I think Kobashi is great and probabibly be in my top 2 or 3 if I asked to rank him earlier. I think Kobashi can do great at the epic, emotionally heavy epics but, I also want to him in fun, undercard matches too. I really like Kobashi vs. Abdullah The Butcher fo example. Kobashi is sure one for sure to go on my list though.

I really like Kenny Omega, I think part of his charm is hes a goofy. I think Omega's career gets unfairly looked at only from the time from when he the G1 semifinals to current. He has some fun PWG and DDT stuff (still hoping he'll bring back the Hadouken). Hoping to check the AJPW champion run. I'm also part of that problem exciting to watch and talk more about it. I think he's such a great Tokyo Dome wrestler too, I some wrestling gets feels less impact full in big arenas but, Kenny just fits there. He had great matches with wrestlers I'm unsure about in the Dome. He's been really since he has came back. Having one of my favorite matches of the year so far with Will Ospreay vs. Kyle Fletcher and Konosuke Takeshita (Here's the match with Japanese commentary from AEW Japan YouTube channel). I also got to watch him live in maybe one of the best face performances of his career live vs. Konosuke Takeshita at Revolution. I can see Omega currently making my 50-80 range with a great he'll go even higher.

Interested to watch more of him but, be he feels he'll make my list. He will seems likely to make my list. His wrestling arc seems interesting too a karate guy. Liked Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto vs. Jerry Blayman & Mitsuhiro Matsunaga in a barbed wire match. Over the next ten years he becomes less karate more bitter and more deathmatchy. He turns to he tries to return the favor becoming the deathmatch wrestler to try to take mma inspired wrestlers out of their depths in Battlarrts. He has one a match that will proabably make my GWE vs. Alexander Otsuka (recommend watching the full show version for promos and more conrext). He is also in the great and one of the greatest visual matches ever in the fire car match that is Jun Kasai & Mitsuhiro Matsunaga vs. Nick Gage & Zandig. If still haven't watched the Stop The Matsunaga story yet and he more. If he delivers like he has so far he'll make my list.

Arik Royal Yay, yay! One of the best wrestlers of the 2010s and still really good when getting opportunity in the 2020s. Great confidence in his movements. Great at being the overdog but, also great at being vunderable. A good face from what I seen) and a great heel. He's so good at finding the strengths helping accentuating the strengths of his tag team partners and opponets. CWF Mid Atlantic was my go to promotion of the mid-late 2010s because alot in part because of Arik Royal. Match Recs vs. Trevor Lee (CWF Mid Atlantic Battlecade, 12/28/13) w/ Ray Kandrack vs. Andrew Everett & Jesse Adler (CWF MA, 3/12/16) vs. Nick Richards (CWF MA Weaver Cup Finals, 8/13/16) vs. Andrew Everett (CWF MA Battlecade, 12/30/16) vs. Trevor Lee (CWF MA, 9/7/17) vs. Chet Sterling (10/8/17) vs. Snooty Foxx, Brass Knuckles On A Poll (CWF MA, 9/30/17) vs. Snooty Foxx, Chappel Hill Street Fight (CWF Mid Atlantic, 3/10/18 vs. Daniel Makabe (SCI, 8/7/21) vs. Daniel Makabe (ACTION, 12/13/21) vs. Kevin Ku (ACTION, 3/4/22)

Minoru Suzuki rules, hoping to watch more of him. I think Minoru Suzuki is still great, had a very cool match with Matt Tremont and a great match against Yoshihiko during WrestleMania weekend a few weeks ago. I really enjoyed his 2021 world tour too. He is probably one of the best comedy straight man in comedy wrestling history (having matches with Mecha Mummy, the Sanshiro Takagi match, and other matches). The Kazuchika Okada match where they wrestled in the rain is an all time great match and spectacle. I watched him live vs. Nick Gage it was amazing. He is so good at bringing big fight feel to his matches. I think one of Minoru Suzuki's weaknesses as a wrestler and character is being very choosey when he looks vulnerable and present his opponents as on his level sometimes to a detriment of the credibility to his opponent and commentary team. He also sometimes leans to much into I'll let you hit, you'll let me hit you strike exchanges and his touring formula matches regardless of opponent (even though some of those work and help build up excitement sometimes). I get that he doesn't want to bump match but, it feels like he could do more even if its just face or stumbling selling more.

Thank you for trying! HARASHIMA feels like more of a consistently very good-great wrestler case consistency (based on what I have seen he has been at that level atleast since 2004 and is still great) and emotional attachment over time case. For context Konosuke Takeshita vs. HARASHIMA 2017 was only his Soup's second ever big DDT (Judgement and Peter Pan) show main event I think. I prefer also think DDT's Korakuen Hall main events are often better than their big show main events at having more direct great match and great showcase. If its Korakuen Hall main event or semi main event and has HARASHIMA theres a great chance it will be great or at least a very good HARASHIMA performance for the last 20 years almost. Four matches I think that help understand HARASHIMA with some context HARASHIMA, Shuji Ishikawa & Yuji Hino vs. Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Hama & Suwama from TAKAYAMANIA EMPIRE HARASHIMA & Ken Ohka vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yohei Komatsu (YOH as a young lion) - 2015 After being punked out by Hiroshi Tanahashi at out Peter Pan by Hiroshi Tanahashi, he tries to get his revenge in this match. This match I shows some of HARASHIMA's strongest attributes as a wrestler feeling credible also vulnerable. Great at showcasing how good he is at the wrestling outside of his depth story but, also how great an over dog he is in the same match. https://www.wrestle-universe.com/en/videos/6u44eseMo3b3kdNLA9Awabi HARASHIMA vs. Yuki Ueno (DDT Judgement 2024 ~ 27th Anniversary 5 Hour Special ~ 3/17/2024) HARASHIMA has not held the champion in DDT for a while. Yuki Ueno is good but, in his first reign and have some problems having engaging match for me especially in main event championship matches. This is probably my favorite Ueno match of his reign. HARASHIMA vs. Shinya Aoki (DDT God Bless DDT 2024, 10/20/2024) Similar situation as the Ueno match, HARASHIMA is really engaging grappler but, great at showing he is out of his depth. Highly recommend watching Shinya Aoki matches if you don't connect to DDT already, watch more Shinya Aoki. He was one of the best wrestlers of last year and even higher this year. Simon/Handwerk Reviews (someone even more familiar with HARASHIMA and more well explained than me) gave out these match recommendations and ranked him #3 in his best wrestlers with a nice write up why out these match recommendations. "vs. Dick Togo, DDT (2/27/2011) vs. Shigehiro Irie, DDT (8/18/2013) vs. Isami Kodaka, DDT (10/26/2014) w/ Yasu Urano vs. Strong BJ, DDT (5/17/2015) vs. KUDO, DDT (5/31/2015) vs. Kazusada Higuchi, DDT (4/24/2016) vs. Shuji Ishikawa, DDT (12/4/2016) vs. Shigehiro Irie, DDT (12/25/2016) vs. Shinya Aoki, DDT (2/17/2019) vs. Konosuke Takeshita, DDT (11/3/2019)" https://handwerkreviews.wordpress.com/2023/11/17/2010s-the-decade-in-lists-part-three/

Singling out Samoa Joe might have been harsh. I think Samoa Joe has good WWE stuff (the Finn Balor, Brock Lesnar, and more) and AEW stuff is very good. I think Samoa Joe (or insert another wrestler that fits this descriptor) is a wrestler that had a great run but, had a bad/middling run not because of their bodies or age but, because of them seemingly being unmotivated. I don't think Jim Duggan (WCW C-Show wrestler run and Super Crazy tag run) and Samoa Joe (after 2022) are not more athletic or even taking more damage then they did in there bad runs before that but, they both seem more motivated in the face, present, and there's a spark. For context Samoa Joe is making my list and Jim Duggan has a good chance of making my list. Sorry for not explaining myself better, I was mostly asking because I'm not sure where to rank to wrestlers for examples like Akira Tozawa and Rey Fenix. I ranked both top 8 wrestlers in my best wrestlers of the 2010s list. In Tozawa's case he hasn't gotten much opportunity to build up a case and do much (he joined WWE in 2016). Being put, in a position to be middling for nearly half his career so far is alot. With Rey Fenix he feels like he has gained some annoying quirks (selling and sequence wise) that changed him from some the kind wrestler of wrestler I originally liked. Both are just examples. If I look at just at Fenix and Akira Tozawa's my peak enjoyment periods of Fenix and Tozawa they would have proabably my 100 but, those factors make it more questionable.

What are your takes on ranking wrestlers that have great runs but, I have large portions of their career where they are middling or bad? Does it effect your rankings. For context I'm not counting wrestlers that became bad or middling because of body being worn down, age, or something like that. Like I feel like with someone like if most wrestlers were to have Samoa Joe's 2001-2008 with some of Samoa Joe's years after that run they would feel like a slam dunk case but, I'm not sure how to rank him because of how middling the rest is (besides some sparks of his career) I feel.

Will Ospreay feels like an interesting case. I'm not sure if he'll make my list (if he does he like low 80s - 90s) I feel like he might have been one of my favorite wrestlers (at the time) from 2015 (the Matt Sydal match on RevPro) - 2019 (proabably right before the Shingo match). He made 20 in my Since the Darby match he had the continental classic he has been really, really good again (he's clicking with me on nearly every match since then) and is so far maybe the best match I have ever seen live (Will Ospreay vs. Kyle Fletcher - Steel Cage, Revolution) and contender for AEW wrestler of the year. I think in between those he had some good and even some great in between those 5 years but, I didn't really connect with him. To me Will's strongest attribute is getting fighting from underneath, having a sense of wonder in his matches, and vunderability as a heavyweight he kin of didn't emphasize often that from what I have from what I have seen. He felt too Superman. I think also went through too many checklist "great" wrestling. I don't think he was ever bad but, was fine. I'm not sure how to feel about him. He seems like if I made a list in a few years after 2026 he would make it. Something with this lists that important to remember that nobody has too be your lists. As someone who has made 3 top 100 wrestler of the year lists and top 100 wrestlers of the decade list (and had leaving off good wrestler guilt even at that microscope level). 100 is not really that much, so pick wrestlers you like.

Kazusada Higuchi He's been pretty much at the good+ and above level since since I first saw him DDT DNA proabably 11 years ago. He carries great presence and confidence. Not sure if he'll make my list but, I think hes one of current DDT more consistent wrestlers especially in main events. Match Recs vs. HARASHIMA (DDT, 4/26/16) vs. Shuji Ishikawa (DDT, 9/25/16) vs. Konosuke Takeshita (DDT, 1/7/17) vs. HARASHIMA (DDT, 11/3/21) 37KAMIINA/ShunMAO (MAO and Shunma Katsumata) vs. Chihiro Hashimoto and Kazusada Higuchi (DDT Super Encounter! Episode 4, 2022) His DDT King Of DDT 2022 (7/3/22) and 2023 (5/21/23) vs. Konosuke Takeshita (DDT, 9/25/22) Eruption (Hideki Okatani, Saki Akai, and Yukio Sakaguchi) vs. Harimao (Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu, and Yuki Ishida) (DDT, 7/23/23) vs. Masahiro Takanashi (Baka Gaijin abd Friends 9, 10/31/23) vs. Shinya Aoki (DDT,5/6/25)

Kazuki Hirata TOKYO GO! A contender for best comedy wrestler I have ever seen. He's for sure best comedy/avant garde wrestler in DDT history. He constantly makes me smile. The Tokyo Go glasses gimmick is always so fun. He's so good at making other wrestlers look great whether that wrestler is animate or inanimate (Kazuki Hirata is best vs. Yoshihiko wrestler ever) or anyone. Toru Owashi and him have such a great dynamic. Fun when he gets serious too. He's amazing! I think he might make the 80-95 region of my list. Match Recs Kazuki Hirata, Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi vs. Makoto Oishi, MAO & Shunma Katsumata (DDT, 1/28/13) Kazuki Hirata vs. Usaburo Kokeshi, Daruma Takasaki & Yutaka Yoshie (DDT, 5/12/19) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCu6Xe8SebA Jun Akiyama & Yoshihiko Vs HARASHIMA & Kazuki Hirata (DDT, 9/26/2021) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_ubHk83Yhw Kazuki Hirata vs. Yoshihiko (DDT, 10/12/21) https://youtu.be/lyPx8or6ams?si=iqL9RIDOiyWvO8H0 Konosuke Takeshita & Yuki Ueno Vs Shuji Kondo & Kazuki Hirata (DDT, 1/30/22) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTWYfaUVblQ MAO Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Yoshihiko (DDT, 6/25/23) Kazuki Hirata vs. Hiromu Takahashi (DDT, 11/12/23) Hiromu Takahashi, Kazuki Hirata, and Keisuke Ishii vs. Kenshin Chikano, Soma Takao, and YO-HEY (DDT, 3/12/25) Any rumble Peter Pan Rumble he has been in

Maybe the most likable smile in wrestling history. He's great at a variety of things and still a joy to watch currently had great matches with Yuki Ueno and Shinya Aoki last year, hes also one of my favorite matches of 2025 so far in HARASHIMA and Pokotan vs. MAO and Yoshihiko. Feels earnest and shows alot of heart. I have mixed feelings about strike exchanges. I think HARASHIMA's strike exchanges feel like one of the most earnest in modern wrestling. He feels like given his status in he if he wanted to he could have the luxury to could coast or wrestles a formulaic style but, it feels like he earnestly, enthusiasticaly wants to meet where they are at to help them improve and give the crowd a good time. He's a fun tag and undercard guy especially in the DDT x BJW tag shuffles. One of my favorite HARASHIMA matches is HARASHIMA, Shuji Ishikawa & Yuji Hino vs. Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Hama & Suwama from TAKAYAMANIA EMPIRE where he is the only junior heavyweight in that match but, brought it. He also has fun no ring stuff with ChocoPro and Baka Gajin & Friends too. Despite his kind and loving demeanor he also has excellent showings as the aggressor and hill to try to climb in a match too. Not sure where I would rank him but, he could make my top 20. One of my favorite aces ever. The Yuji Okabayashi match is great.

Mike Bailey is proabably making my list but, I'm not sure where. I have been follow their career off and on since 2013. There is a charm from from his pre-US ban as one of the best fighting from underneath and big movez match wrestlers in the world (specifically the Biff Buisick matches and Kevin Steen match in C4). The outside the US stuff is really good too with some great matches (primarily in DDT). I think despite having still having great matches (some favorite match of the year contenders) when returning to the indies specifically 2022 picked some annoying quirks becoming to clean with moves, formulaic in annoying ways (having constant leg work matches and having selective selling). I think that also might be case of him being overexposed and decided to stick to doing a touring match. I don't really follow TNA well but, he had two of my favorite matches in that promotion in this decade probably with the Josh Alexander match and Angels vs. Delirious vs. KUSHIDA vs. Mike Bailey vs. Mike Jackson vs. Yuya Uemura. One of the biggest points for Mike Bailey on my list is their perfomance in BOLA 2023. For context I have live bias. It was my first time going to a BOLA and it's the live wrestling show I have ever been too. Mike Bailey's perfomance in that is amazing. They also have impressive range as a tag team wrestler (Ninjas With Altitude, Moonlight Express, the team with Jake Something, the Kevin Knight partnership, and with Dick Togo vs. Daisuke Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo at Peter Pan 2016). Also showed they can be be good in charming and avant garde roles. Specifically in the campsite match, vs. Yoshihiko, Friday Night Speedball, vs. Mad Kurt, and more. Mike Bailey is having a run right noe were they are one of the highlights character and wrestling wise during a hot period. I might also check out more of his C4, IWS, and PWG work and he might even go higher. Mike Bailey makes me smile and they have canonically Shrek inspired gear. Here's some Mike Bailey match recs 5/3/14 Kevin Steen vs. Mike Bailey (C4 The Warriors) 6/21/14 Biff Busick vs. Mike Bailey (C4 Crossing The Line 7) 3/20/17 Mike Bailey vs. Shigehiro Irie (DDT Judgement) 5/14/17 Kyle O'Reilly vs. Mike Bailey (WCPW World Cup:Canada) 4/21/19 Kurtis Chapman vs. Shrek (Mike Bailey) (Good Wrestling #17: Be Average To Each Other) 9/11/21 Artemis Spencer vs. Mike Bailey (NEW 1 (Evening Show)) 8/21/22 Leon Slater vs. Mike Bailey (RevPro Ten Year Anniversary - Tag 2) 5/19/22 Lee Moriarty vs. Mike Bailey (Enjoy Wrestling S5E3 Renegade (Taped 4/9) ) 1/8/23 Mike Bailey at PWG BOLA Stage 2 1/8/23 Angels vs. Delirious vs. KUSHIDA vs. Mike Bailey vs. Mike Jackson vs. Yuya Uemura (Impact Wrestling Countdown To Hard To Kill) 3/10/23 Blindfold Match ANDREW vs, Bob Anger vs. Mike Bailey 3/19/23 Masha Slamovich vs. Mike Bailey (GCW Worst Behavior) 9/15/24 Jake Something vs. Labron Kazone vs. Luke Jacobs vs. Mike Bailey (DPW Carolina Classic) 4/6/25 Ricochet vs. Kenny Omega vs. Mike Bailey (AEW Dynasty) 4/30/25 Kenny Omega, Kevin Knight, Mark Briscoe, and Mike Bailey vs. The Elite (Kazuchika Okada, Matthew Jackson & Nicholas Jackson) and Ricochet (AEW Dynamite)

Ricochet feels like a wrestler who might make my list. Ricochet has a lot of great matches, some of them I would consider for a GME project (Ricochet and El Generico vs. Kevin Steen and Akira Tozawa, Ricochet and Matt Sydal vs. Lucha Brothers vs. The Young Bucks, and Prince Puma vs. Johnny Mundo from Lucha Underground, All Night Long). He has some decent character work but, feels like a wrestler who a lot of the stuff I really liked from was the people surrounding him with him. His WWE run is interesting because he has some good stuff there too. I think he has having resurgence and a noticeable confidence boost this year (feels like its been since the Will Ospreay Continental Classic match or the Zack Sabre Jr Tokyo Dome match). He seems to really be clicking as maybe one of the best wrestlers/acts in the world this year. He has been able to keep on being more athletic than the people he wrestling but, also as vulnerable/stooging bad guy. I am not sure if he will make my list but, I am considering it.

Yes! I think with "1) A small paragraph (3-5 sentences) that lay out their basic case. 2) A list of three recommended matches (with links if possible). " You can have more than three match recommendations too

Is listing of as many wrestlers I alot wrestlers that I think might my top 100 (conical all timers, favorites from now, favorites from childhood, and wrestlers that are just generally interesting to look at the career off). I make a section for wrestlers who I feel will make my lists with evidence to back it up. I list of the matches I have watched for the project. If a wrestler pops out, I add them to the overall list. I'm also working on occasionally reorderings of my list. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zjmhE5bpN9Iiog8_4Z1BC1jEfWDYGyeywmOSg8vGISY/edit?usp=drivesdk Currently I have 173 wrestlers overall, 83 wrestlers that have a good chance so far, and I have 136 matches. I'm don't know what my system yet is really. When looking at wrestlers I try to factor range (how they do in a variety of settings), longevity, match quality, my personal wantingness watch them wrestle, how they help make me feel, how do they make their opponents look, and vibes. bonus points if after watching them they routinely inspire me to check out their opponent and/or have someone on the lists best match. Also with ranking especially 90-100, I try to have wrestlers that are just personal favorites or wrestlers that I think we're exceptionally in their style/region/era/etc.

I might become lower on Taue and honestly not sure he goes on my list. I think Akira Taue would be a less compelling and maybe worse wrestler if he was more naturally talented and he fit in. He feels like CM Punk (someone who is currently in my top 5 mainly due to emotional connection). Part of his charm for me is he doesn't fully fit in.

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My favorite of the pillars (from what I've seen so far). He really pulls me jn. What really helps him stand out amongst the others to me is the range of stuff he is given. I think he might be the best at the undercard match of the pillars. He also is a fun/interesting in matches were he guest on in a smaller promotion. The NOAH run is so interesting because he can still go but, there is a sense of vunderabilty wall he brings. He's also in my favorite pillar vs. pillar match ever vs. Kawada in 1991 (that I think I was secret santaed here years ago. He's currently in my top 10 but, I can't see him going up and down depending on how much I connect to looking deeper into his career. Akira Taue & Kikutaro vs. Kuishinbo Kamen & Namazu Man is also fun times!

I can see him making my list in the 90-100. Something that really stands out when watching The Rock is how loose he is at selling and great he is at bumping. Consistently fun to watch especially in tag marches. He brings such great big match feel and very adaptable. He's obviously very charismatic as a promo and angle worker but, I think he leaned on making to much on clowning on his opponents and making uncomfortable jokes. I feel like he als9 did harm maybe popularizing the comically roasting opponents promo battle style which probably has done more harm than good. He's also fun to play is video games and my moms favorite wrestler.

To me LA PARK's case is when thinking about his matches it wanted me to put him and his opponent on. His has amazing presence, great brawling, charismatic, has great range, be makes his matches even in 2025 feel big. He could make squash matches in WCW more fun (the Glaicer and Yuji Nagata matches are fun), have wild brawls, and wrestle big matches. I feel like I can put on a LA Park match and there will be something fun or interesting which means alot giving he has been on tape for about 36 years. He also has the dance. He's a great gateway wrestler. Rush and Dr Warner Jr are on my list in part with the Parka matches. Tempted to Goldberg and Sandokan because in big part their match with him. 10/29/88 Sandokan vs. Príncipe Island 1 (LA Park) Panama Wrestling 10/27/97 Glacier vs. La Parka WCW Nitro 7/4/2010 LA Par-K vs. La Parka AAA Sin Limite 5/11/13 LA Park vs.Dr. Wagner Jr TodoxTodo https://youtu.be/gc9Fuxa8Tiw?si=3wkxXLCKVlDUVAZM https://youtu.be/neqPeG3thvM?si=9N1zI5pR5L5igrE8 El Terrible, La Bestia Del Ring & Rush vs. Flyer, LA Park & Volador Jr. 11/23/18 LA Park vs. Nick Gage AIW Hell On Earth 14