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So I ended up voting for... El Hijo del Santo (16) Negro Casas (17) El Satanico (26) Sangre Chicana (29) El Dandy (46) Rush (50) Perro Aguayo (68) LA Park (73) Atlantis (78) Virus (82) Mistico (84) Hechicero (92) Guerrero Maya Jr. (100) ... 13 luchadores, not including Rey Jr. or Eddy. I was close to voting for Blue Panther, Black Terry, Lizmark, Emilio Charles Jr, Mascarita Dorada, and MS-1, but ended up not including them. I am pretty pleased with the group I did land on.

So from my recollection, Dino Bravo was not great in WWF. However - in AWA, he is a really good opponent for Nick Bockwinkel and Super Destroyer MK II.

What a neat result. Danielson is on for 2036. Though I doubt he performs this well again. This was his year, and he failed.

Mercedes is not supposed to be sympathetic. She’s the furthest thing from it. I don’t think she needs a payoff to win the world title. In fact, maybe it’s better if she doesn’t beat Toni, and she is conscious of Toni beating her before.

I have no horse in the Terry Funk v Bryan Danielson race. I would prefer if Funk won, just because I think it's more fun that way, but I don't mind either result. Neither are my guys so there is no investment from me. The landslide victory is interesting, though. I thought Tenryu or Kobashi had a shot of upsetting the apple cart. Boy, was I wrong. Congrats to whomever wins.

Like whom? I don't think there was some bias or even blind spot towards men's Japanese wrestlers from the voter base. Kobashi was on some 87% of ballots. Tenryu a much lower 76% if I recall correctly but those ballots mostly had him very high. Lucha will always be a blind spot without more circulation, and I think they could have done better, but only Santito and Casas ever had a shot of being contenders for the top 10. Maybe in a better year, Satanico does better. It's not just blind spots but a lack of footage in some cases too. Joshi did better than I anticipated, but ultimately women will always be undervalued by some audiences and thus, I agree with you there. Also, I agree with your first sentence. Largely because Flair is the best of the four. And the only of the four to place in my top 10.

I am pretty surprised Austin and Flair lasted so long, since I was not sure there was just enough public support for the two in 2026, but I am pleased to be wrong. I had them in the exact spots they landed, so I can't be upset, though I do prefer them both to the final three.

Rey was great in spite of these limitations. Maybe he shone brighter because everything around him was dross. But his wrestling was not the typical WWE wrestling you'd get a few minutes later when it was Booker T vs Carlito.

Jack Perry is great! He's been a bright spot since returning last year. Give him another chance.

How do you determine if a wrestler is on too many ballots? Every ballot is its own individual list. Moxley didn't have a large amount of high voters. He had significant volume, which is reasonable on a list of one hundred names.

I cannot believe this is a real thread. Fuck it, I talked myself into favoring Lulu Pencil when I first engaged with it, and I stand by it. Lulu Pencil is better.

I voted Rey Mysterio #1, and in the weeks since submitting my ballot for 2026, I have debated between Rey and Bockwinkel for the greatest wrestler ever. As it stands on 5/26/2026, to me it is Rey. Rey Mysterio, to me, largely embodies what professional wrestling is. He understands the core values of the sport, and has mastered those aspects in a variety of roles and environments. From being more of a spot-heavy human highlight reel as a young prospect in AAA and ECW, to his role as the go-to wrestler in WCW and WWE to steal the show with masterful wrestling and putting over lesser talents as superstars with his ability to carry talent. He does this as a tag worker, too, as his work next to Rey Sr or in trio tags is vastly different to the work with Kidman in the late 90s/early 00s, and to his work with his son Dominik in the 2000s. He is the greatest TV worker I have seen, showing this both in WCW vs Dean Malenko, or Blitzkrieg, or Billy Kidman, and then in WWE with his memorable matches on Smackdown with the Smackdown Six, and Tajiri, and Finlay, and later on carrying broomsticks like Mike Knox and Luke Gallows to memorable matches. He is the best Chamber worker, notably dragging a dreadful 2009 and 2011 chamber up to good matches, and has the best Rumble performance in 2006. His babyface work is second to none, with fiery comebacks that resonate with every fan of any demographic as he takes beatings from monsters like Lesnar, Mark Henry, Undertaker, JBL, Kevin Nash, even in handicaps vs Ziggler & Roode. He works a sprint match as well as anyone, as showcased by great TV matches vs Danielson, with Ciclope, or w/ Edge vs Lesnar & Tajiri, or on PPV with Angle, Matt Hardy, and Punk. For someone that did so many memorable high spots, he had a natural ability to string together matches and make every second feel important. Mysterio could also work a more grounded match, having brutal brawls in WWECW vs Sabu and in WWE vs Alberto Del Rio. Despite nearly 20 surgeries to his knees, he finds ways to constantly reinvent himself to preserve his body while never losing what made him special, and 40 years on we still get legendary performances like his match on Smackdown vs Kevin Owens, or being the standout of a great WM42 ladder match, or putting Andrade over in an epic series of TV matches, or getting his son Dominik over both as a tag team partner and a rival. Perhaps Rey’s crown jewel, however, is taking a stipulation constantly belittled on US TV and working an excellent apuestas feud with Chris Jericho in 09. Rey Mysterio can do it all, and Rey has an ability like no other to make you feel for him as he sells his limbs like a wounded deer. The emotion as Rey triumphs is second to none. The emotion when he caps off great feuds with Eddie Guerrero, or JBL. You feel everything. He is groundbreaking in many ways, not just being the best offensive wrestler ever, and one of the most creative and most savvy workers ever. A shortened version of this is my explanation of why Mysterio was voted #1, and for future voters, I wanted to leave something they can ponder on.

Ricky Morton is very cool in my household. Probably. I don't know if anyone besides me in this house knows him, but I do, and I love him.

Gonna go with this one. (I voted Dandy somewhere in my 50 and Strong didn't make my ballot. I am a huge fan of Strong making the 100 though.) The comments about "aura" voters, or voters putting names that "should be on the list" I'd imagine. People know Morton as THEE tag team guy, in THEE tag team of all time. Whatever reason, I am happy. He deserves it.

He's also, I'd imagine, never been anything worse than very good to you. Across almost a quarter century, and adding to it today. To me, he has been great. I didn't vote for him but he was in my ten outside the 100. I think reducing him to just "very good" is a little underselling his heights, while simultaneously not highlighting that it's a consistent floor of very good. The next bad Roderick Strong match will be the first. That includes environments that aren't always great for wrestling at all, or sometimes not great for good wrestling. And he excelled.