Grimmas

I don't like people implying they know others motivations for our tastes. That's odd. I'd watch an Andre singles match from the late 1980s over so many wrestlers people say they love any day of the week.

I love late 1980s Andre the Giant! He can't move, but is one of the smartest workers around.

I don't know why I didn't do an official thread, but deadlines coming up. Nominees: March 5, 2026. Voting: April 5, 2026 to May 5, 2026. Reveal, whenever it can be tabulated and get prepared Voting form released April 5th, so prepare yourselves accordingly.

My process if pretty much nailed down. For as many years as I can, I rank the top 25 wrestlers of the year and give weighted points for that. I've created then a 100 point GWE Rating, where that's the bulk of it, but there is also points for the average of prime years, weighted points for GME list, points for matches on my spreadsheet, and a tiny modifier for where I think they should rank in the top 100. It's become a very complicated formula, but it's producing amazing results now. I still have a few more years to rank before voting, but my list and points are this: 1 Akira Hokuto 93.11 2 Chigusa Nagayo 88.47 3 Genichiro Tenryu 87.58 4 Aja Kong 87.18 5 Bull Nakano 84.69 6 Bret Hart 83.44 7 Stan Hansen 72.93 8 El Hijo del Santo 66.87 9 Terry Funk 61.81 10 Kyoko Inoue 60.05 11 Mayumi Ozaki 58.84 12 Randy Savage 54.86 13 Kenta Kobashi 52.25 14 Manami Toyota 51.91 15 Meiko Satomura 51.56 16 Devil Masami 50.70 17 Dynamite Kansai 49.81 18 Steve Austin 47.36 19 Rey Mysterio Jr 47.19 20 Dump Matsumoto 45.30 21 Jaguar Yokota 43.46 22 Mayu Iwatani 43.46 23 Sasha Banks 43.28 24 Vader 41.52 25 LA Par-K 41.01 26 Akira Taue 40.61 27 Shinobu Kandori 39.71 28 Eddie Guerrero 36.91 29 Lex Luger 35.82 30 Command Bolshoi 34.56 31 CM Punk 33.36 32 Chris Hero 33.34 33 Tully Blanchard 33.17 34 Io Shirai 31.34 35 Jushin Liger 30.24 36 Lioness Asuka 29.86 37 Ricky Steamboat 29.75 38 El Satanico 29.71 39 Negro Casas 29.56 40 Mercedes Martinez 28.50 41 Jumbo Tsuruta 28.25 42 El Generico 28.24 43 Bryan Danielson 28.03 44 Nick Bockwinkel 27.98 45 Scott Norton 27.97 46 John Cena 27.45 47 Tam Nakano 27.35 48 Itsuki Yamazaki 27.26 49 Yukari Omori 27.08 50 Greg Valentine 26.97 51 Dustin Rhodes 26.04 52 El Dandy 25.97 53 Mistico 25.80 54 Rick Rude 24.63 55 Tito Santana 23.90 56 Mitsuharu Misawa 23.69 57 Nanae Takahashi 23.42 58 Kanako Urai 23.31 59 Andre the Giant 23.28 60 Rick Martel 23.14 61 WALTER 23.13 62 Cactus Jack 22.50 63 Emi Sakura 22.32 64 Syuri 22.23 65 Carlos Colon 21.83 66 Becky Lynch 21.72 67 Sting 21.07 68 Megumi Kudo 21.03 69 Kairi Hojo 20.84 70 Kaori Yoneyama 20.82 71 Roman Reigns 20.78 72 1-2-3 Kid 20.63 73 Buddy Rose 20.51 74 Toshiyo Yamada 20.49 75 Sareee 20.18 76 Arn Anderson 19.60 77 Dusty Rhodes 19.45 78 Bobby Eaton 19.43 79 Goldberg 19.28 80 Owen Hart 19.14 81 Giulia 19.04 82 Mima Shimoda 18.57 83 Momoe Nakanishi 17.64 84 Arisa Nakajima 17.55 85 The Great Muta 17.25 86 Takako Inoue 17.20 87 Utami Hayashishita 17.12 88 Demolition Ax 16.48 89 Butch Reed 16.34 90 Bianca Belair 16.02 91 Shinjiro Ohtani 15.71 92 Dr. Wagner Jr 15.57 93 Don Muraco 15.35 94 Momo Watanabe 15.27 95 Sgt. Slaughter 15.19 96 Bayley 15.10 97 Barry Windham 14.77 98 Atlantis Sr. 14.60 99 Yoshihiro Tajiri 14.43 100 Cheerleader Melissa 14.18

Chigusa is sitting top 3 for me. Best babyface ever, then a whole second career after the comeback that was amazing as well. Amazing at technical wrestling, tag, singles, and brawling.

Well, 15 years in now and she's still a top wrestler in the world. Going from pure underdog to vet bad ass looks good on her. Now top matches in two promotions, plus doing well in NJPW, ROH, and wherever, I think she's got an easy top 25, maybe even top 10 case. She's been best in the world contender for what almost a 5-10 years now?

She retired in 2025, so I guess we can have more thoughts on her whole career. She's easily making my list, it seems. Great career as a heel and a face. She was one of the few people who made almost any match feel important and special, and not just another match. One of the best emotional wrestlers ever.

Comment in the thread for Cody

I forgot to post this here, but I wrote up Muraco, finally. https://prowrestlingsuperblog.wordpress.com/2024/11/15/the-magnificent-don-muraco-is-the-greatest-wrestler-ever-plus-his-best-25-matches/

I did rate the 100 best Bret Hart matches a few years ago: https://prowrestlingsuperblog.wordpress.com/category/lists/top-100-bret-hart-matches/

I don't see why being in an easier situation to have great matches and then having great matches means you should be higher than someone in a horrible position to have great matches and still having great matches. To me, input is super important. Bret is currently sitting #4 on my list, and I've tried to drop him, but my stuff is based on my rankings of individual years and other factors and I can't get him much lower than that. WOTY in 94 and 97 and being high throughout the 90s really helps his case.

Based on my formula and method, I currently have: 1 Akira Hokuto 2 Bull Nakano 3 Bret Hart 4 Genichiro Tenryu 5 Chigusa Nagayo 6 Aja Kong 7 Stan Hansen 8 El Hijo del Santo 9 Terry Funk 10 Kyoko Inoue

She's really good at being the power dominant wrestler and can sell pretty well. A good brawler, but her star power and charisma stands out so much that is what people focus on.

Thanks, that update is helpful!

To clarify. If they got a vote in 2016 they are nominated. If they have a thread and there is a comment since 2016, then they are nominated. If a thread exists for someone and there are no comments and they received no votes in 2016, then they are not nominated yet.