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Yeah Mutoh is what Jericho fans believe Jericho is.

I'd bet Tanahashi will finish REALLY high, so this sounds accurate.

This rules so much!

Also, sorry for the double post but, Dusty climbing so many spots in a list where almost every other territory guy dropped significantly is... Weird. I guess he had votes based also on importance and charisma? He barely got on the top 100 in 2016, even passing away the year before.

Místico case is really impressive. From top of México to ridiculed to huge extremes in WWE to whatever gimmick crisis he had right after, to back to top of México stronger than ever. More than half the ballots for him is crazy, specially considering it's probably just due to this last CMLL run. Iyo's peak in STARDOM is one of the absolute best pro wrestlers I've ever seen. A terrific full package. Never reached those highs again in WWE, but she's so great she constantly pushes to bring something at least good out of any situation, to the point that they just have to give her important roles. Never been a Dusty guy. I love him as a pro wrestling figure, but his ringwork never made me think other than "hah, very fun" at best. Absolutely marvelous crowd control, that's for sure. Hopefully Hogan and Omega drop soon.

Shit I didn't realize Asuka dropped as well. Holy shit, almost 47% of total ballots for her. Joshi's top names might end up being reaaaally high.

Ishii is a Claudio-like king of consistency but with several MOTYC to his resume, incredible pro wrestler. Nothing pops me more than seeing him as an underdog taking main eventers to their absolute limit. And that's just his NJPW run. Sometimes he gets autoparodic when combined with other fighting spirit guys like Goto or Shingo or Eddie Kingston or Shibata, but most of the times he rocks my world.

I expect Tenryu in particular to be in the top 10, based on the ballots I saw online during this past month. Almost everyone had him there, but alas, those were like ~6% of total ballots so who knows. The only ones that would truly shock me if they dropped anywhere below top 20ish would be Flair, Funk, Misawa and Kobashi. But again... Who knows.

GWE is so fucking awesome.

Completely forgot about Ibushi. Him landing at #69 is funny. I was never an Ibushi guy, he has very good peak performances through his whole career and in very diverse settings, but there's something about him that doesn't click with me at all. Maybe too reliant on neck bumps (as I say that as a 90s All Japan fan, maybe too overdramatic sometimes (and The Elite brings the worse of him in that regard), maybe the fact the he doesn't take himself very seriously sometimes, or too seriously others (same with Kenny). An interesting career to explore, for sure, and his best stuff is really impressive regardless. But not really one of my guys. Choshu dropping now is intriguing. It kinda gives me a concern for guys like Jumbo or Tenryu. And someone please explain to me, as a casual BattlArts viewer, why Ishikawa always ranks much higher than Ikeda.

People who think he's been pretty great for quite some time, but are careful about putting him much higher due to him being still young and in the middle of his peak. That was my approach for most of active wrestlers I voted for, at least (had Ospreay at #84). KENTA this high surprises me, because when it comes to guys with questionable consistency but a monstruous yet short peak, there has been more interesting wrestlers dropping before him. But I get that peak is undenniable.

Glad Lesnar dropped. Moxley ranking ahead of him in participar delights me, finally some justice for sabotaging their WM 32 match. Didn't expect Ospreay to drop this early! This adds even more intrigue and unpredictability to the list, maybe Omega is not as high either. We'll see. Right now, I don't even fucking know which tendencies are gaining the upper hand anymore. This is so fun.

Can't complain about Naito when last time he was #390, but damn, I really hate how for most people Okada and Omega are better and more popular. That's something I'll never forget Meltzer for. It's also New Japan's fault for not making him the ace of the promotion when they had to. I'm REALLY shocked Morton ranked below Eaton. "Shocking" ranking for Benoit too (not really, I know), guess WWE-based voters don't have as much of a weight as I thought, even when it comes to their more canonized guys. If Michaels/Angle/Cena dropped tomorrow I wouldn't be as surprised as I would've been last week.

Calling Roderick Strong (or Claudio) a charisma vacuum in 2026 sounds crazy to me. Like, those guys never stop putting their stuff over in their matches, they always do something that pops the crowd and keeps them engaged. Sure, they're not top tier charismatic wrestlers ever by any means, they don't trascend pro wrestling nor they are main stars of a card, but when they wrestle they make people pay attention and be excited for their time between the ropes.

Same. His WWE run has been very hit or miss, mostly because of booking, but even before WWE he wasn't one of the very best indie guys. Definitely charismatic and a main event guy, but Claudio is obviously better, Roddy is obviously better, and I buy Hero more too. I assume it's because he's all but officially retired.