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I would be fine with counting wrestlers that were not nominated. I am the Guerrero Maya Jr voter. He was not nominated. I also concede that it’s my fault he wasn’t. The nomination process is ideally largely for others rather than the nominator, I think. I know how great Guerrero Maya Jr is. You know how great [insert worker] is. But others may not.

Jim Brunzell off the board already is unfortunate. I didn’t vote for him, heck only two of us did, but he would have been in a 250 and probably a 200 of mine. Was a great all rounder babyface in the High Flyers, often doing the heavy lifting to cover for the much lesser Greg Gagne. High Flyers vs Bock and Stevens eternally great.

I think the huge argument in favor of nominees is that one large thread of wrestlers really helps in making sure you do not forget anyone, and also in discovering wrestlers you otherwise would never know. Nominations good. Also, second (or third, or fifth) the comments about the low bar. Nominee name, three matches. Pretty simple. Everyone has, what, ten years to get off whatever names now. And the discussion can always help people on the fence. I think without the nominee process, a lot of the discussion surrounding the project becomes less detailed.

I had Darby Allin just in my top 100 at #99 and I already feel like that was too low after watching another great performance against Kevin Knight on Dynamite. He's on a tear this year and my runaway WOTY as it stands. Career best match out of Clark Connors, extremely fun arena brawl with Gabe Kidd, MOTY contenders with Rush and Ciampa, great MJF squash, and then the Knight and Brody King title defenses. His case will only get stronger in 2036, if he remains in one piece. He is one of the 5 best TV wrestlers I have seen. His offense is innovative and unique, which is almost foreign in an era where so many guys are doing high spots and huge bumps for pops. The TNT title reign was great and his tag with Sting was great largely because of Darby's efforts. The aforementioned Walter match is one of the best performances I've seen. Darby is a very easy wrestler to get behind because his existence and his efforts is the most fundamental wrestling storytelling, and he excels at telling that story so well. And you want him to get up, and get back up again, and damn it get up again. Darby rocks.

I have next to no complaints with my ballot. My biggest blind spot was Europe so there are certainly some guys I'm forgetting there, and then some of the shoot style guys who were top 100 GWE worthy from what I've seen but I needed to spend a little more time to look into - and didn't. I'd like to think I represented the (relative, lack of) knowledge I have well enough. Rey Mysterio Jr. Bret Hart Randy Savage Ric Flair Steve Austin Manami Toyota Stan Hansen Kurt Angle Hiroshi Tanahashi Nick Bockwinkel Kenny Omega Jushin Liger Akira Hokuto Bryan Danielson Eddie Guerrero El Hijo Del Santo Negro Casas Kenta Kobashi Terry Funk Kazuchika Okada Ricky Steamboat Genichiro Tenryu Brock Lesnar Katsuyori Shibata Shinya Hashimoto El Satanico AJ Styles Arisa Nakajima Sangre Chicana Yoshiaki Fujiwara Aja Kong Vader Jumbo Tsuruta Buddy Rose CM Punk Samoa Joe Mitsuharu Misawa GUNTHER Arn Anderson Io Shirai Shawn Michaels Barry Windham Mayu Iwatani Chris Benoit Ron Garvin El Dandy Tully Blanchard Jaguar Yokota Chigusa Nagayo RUSH Devil Masami Jack Brisco Mick Foley Dump Matsumoto Riki Choshu Will Ospreay Akira Taue Toshiaki Kawada Rick Martel Tatsumi Fujinami Nick Jackson Matt Jackson Ricky Morton Mercedes Mone Claudio Castagnoli Meiko Satomura Kyoko Inoue Perro Aguayo Chris Jericho Kairi Hojo Sami Zayn Giant Baba LA Park Andre The Giant Dusty Rhodes Mayumi Ozaki Shinobu Kandori Atlantis Tito Santana Billy Robinson Dynamite Kid Virus Bruno Sammartino Mistico Kana Bull Nakano Dax Harwood Cash Wheeler Jon Moxley Mark Briscoe John Cena Hechicero Kota Ibushi Sareee Sgt. Slaughter Bobby Eaton Carlos Colon Jay Briscoe Darby Allin Guerrero Maya Jr.