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HenryHeadCheese Its Me on discord said: The head of DDT, constantly very good and in some of my favorite matches of the promotion. Hoping to check out more of his early work especially pre-mainly comedy DDT vs. Munenori Sawa (DDT, 6/28/09) https://youtu.be/v2B6u8Xe8qY?si=65oVcdFcmTeEHZ9X Akebono, Sanshiro Takagi & Touru Owashi vs. Antonio Honda, Hoshitango & Jun Kasai (DDT, 8/18/13) Daisuke Sekimoto, Jun Akiyama & Kota Ibushi vs. Isami Kodaka, Keiji Muto & Sanshiro Takagi (DDT, 8/20/17) vs. MAO (DDT, 7/31/18 & Weapons Rumble - 10/21/18) vs. Hyper Misao (TJPW, 3/19/22) vs. Yuki Ueno (DDT, 6/5/24) vs. Minoru Suzuki (DDT on a train, 6/29/24)

HenryHeadCheese Its Me on discord said: Hoping to watch more of him. Villano V vs. Blue Panther is one of my favorite matches of all time. Foos/Club Lucha uploaded a beautiful video about his career. https://youtu.be/MxVOjs-jp0I?si=qw9d1-_q0J877yX1 As Villano V vs. El Signo (UWA, 3/4/92) https://youtu.be/ABHv4je5xEk?si=-GILYXBty0Ka5ong vs. El Dandy (WCW, 7/17/99) https://youtu.be/9vmgmez_B6k?si=09qlrLP8ucSb_Jgd vs. Blue Panther (CMLL, 9/19/08) https://youtu.be/w3gnttXL1nk?si=Su54fijaHxF310l3 vs. Blue Panther (CMLL, 9/28/08) https://youtu.be/4r8Dk1Wb1jk?si=tBSQLuqi4EJx3PBz vs. Ultimo Guerrero (CMLL, 3/20/09) https://youtu.be/BfUojBwQqwM?si=-QDxhOcCyCJfzPEJ As Ray Mendoza Jr vs. Fit Finlay (WNC, 9/20/12) https://youtu.be/ApHOljXFmco?si=CMUlQTnlKB-EAeh0 vs. Mr. Electro (IWRG, 12/3/17) https://youtu.be/YGoPJwtKsi4?si=CDiNOhuBDfVRcZTa

HenryHeadCheese Its Me on discord said: Hoping to watch more of him, really interesting career spanning 60 years. The Mr. Pogo match stand out in particular. vs, Leon Kirilenko (4/21/51) vs. Mighty Inoue (IWE, 4/11/78) vs. Hector Guerrero (Memphis Wrestling, 1/18/81 vs. Mil Mascaras (AJPW, 9/9/81) vs. Crusher Bones (USA Main Event Wrestling, 1990s) vs. Mr. Pogo (WING, 2/16/92) vs. Tazmaniac (WING, 4/5/92) vs. TAJIRI (SMASH, 12/10/10)

HenryHeadCheese Its Me on discord said: In two of my all time favorite matches (vs. Luvs.Pencil 30 minute ironman and with Yoshihiko vs. Shunma Katsumata and MAO). Really creative especially in no ring shows (Baka Gaijin & Friends and Ichigaya Chocolate Square work) and also a great base. vs. Nixon Newell - Snow Holds Barred (ATTACK Pro, 12/20/15) https://youtu.be/eVjgDTjVmis?si=_owilFEpbYl8X0Ds vs. Lulu Pencil - 30 Minute Ironman (Gatoh Move ChocoPro, 7/22/21) https://www.youtube.com/live/9qm5zEWZqRY?si=xDPRMRc_YCHAzRV1 vs. Pokoton (DDT, 1/3/22) https://youtu.be/n4nkM_IxPHE?si=po8-hC9oqaK9VNTM w/ Masa Takanashi vs. vs. MIKAMI & Thanomsak Toba (Gatoh Move, 5/6/22) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7j7__Oww43Y vs. Kid Lykos - No Disqualification (PROGRESS, 9/27/22) w/ Masa Takanashi vs. Ram Kaicho & Onryo (BG&F, 1/24/23) https://youtu.be/gNAXVmR9pus?si=gbWwFH-mb-nS9Vtw w/ Yoshihiko vs. Shunma Katsumata & MAO (DDT, 3/30/23) vs. Kazusada Higuchi - King of DDT Finals (DDT, 5/21/23) vs. Saki Akai (DDT, 9/24/23) w/ Masahiro Takanashi & Takeshi Masada vs. Kaisei Takechi, MAO & Yuki Ueno (DDT, 9/29/24)

HenryHeadCheese Its Me on discord said: Hoping to watch more of him, a local legend. Great matches and crowd connection. Very catchy song. https://youtu.be/S7F1c_suQhg?si=azIlSO7u7t00zuRk vs. Yuji Hino (Kyushu Pro, 7/14/19) https://youtu.be/jSiS2JEbLoE?si=Oiqt43Y1jiV2S-wz w/ Kodai Nozaki vs. Team Tochigi Pro Wrestling (Masato Tanaka and Ryo Hoshino) (Kyushu Pro Global Tag Tournament 2022 - Round 2, 11/12/22) https://youtu.be/eykH589Uk3I?si=VLhuX-HmLOFHLoqv w/ Kaji Tomato vs. RAICHO and SUGI (Kyushu Pro, 1/3/23) https://youtu.be/L7gGrxcyv6k?t=4756 vs. Genkai (Mentai☆Kid Retirement Match, Kyushu Pro, 5/11/25) https://youtu.be/k53wEPooiaI?si=-9gHmYijnYkNaChQ&t=4082

Outlawjamboree on discord said: Road Warrior Animal nomination thread, I always preferred Animal to Hawk, he just looked cooler and more bad ass to me plus their stuff in the AWA & Montreal is great https://youtu.be/ZnB3BB6HnR8?si=rs9ahGdw-kD0F550 1985 King Tonga & Dino Bravo vs The Road Warriors https://youtu.be/KD1OMdqsNa0?si=bBwI36RLvzHYsMjJ The Road Warriors vs. Dino Bravo & Rick Martel March 27, 1985 https://youtu.be/2ZC0LwDLF6A?si=YW4oLYraSxJm-zto AWA stuff The Road Warriors vs The Long Riders (08/16/1985) https://youtu.be/BMrhK-4AfF0?si=qEOuTHiua0a67S2P AWA stuff The Road Warriors vs Bundy and Blackwell

Henry Head Cheese Its Me on discord said: I think has a similar case to Animal. Hoping to Animal. Hoping to watch more. 2/7/86 Road Warriors vs. Ivan Koloff and Nikita Koloff https://youtu.be/YLSu39nhgZ0?si=BKZqrwlqVhzd0R-e 7/4/87 Dusty Rhodes, Nikita Koloff, Paul Ellering, The Road Warriors (Road Warrior Animal & Road Warrior Hawk) vs. Four Horsemen (Arn Anderson, JJ Dillon, Lex Luger, Ric Flair & Tully Blanchard) - WarGames 4/17/93 Road Warrior Hawk vs. Terry Funk - NWA GrandSlam https://youtu.be/j1hjuLaZhYU?si=rZyvUqcxgl6Rrd1V (edited)Friday, October 17, 2025 4:59 PM

xionmax from discord said: Half of the second (I think?) iteration of AJW's Black Pair and one of the meanest heels of her time. Be it choking people over the ropes a la Brody King, using objects behind the ref like Abdullah the Butcher or simply swarming down an opponent she always felt oppressive in her matches, a true force of nature. Chabela Romero/Mami Kumano vs Beauty Pair (Jackie Sato & Maki Ueda) - 1978 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBBe6p_sR3E Mami Kumano/Monster Ripper vs Beauty Pair (Jackie Sato & Maki Ueda) - 01/04/79 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIcIlvllL3s Mami Kumano vs Yumi Ikeshita - May 1979 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqdqbwSeVyc Queen Angels (Lucy Kayama & Tomi Aoyama) vs Black Pair (Mami Kumano & Yumi Ikeshita) - 7/31/79 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q7KDvtbigM

HenryHeadChjeese Its Me said on discord: A really cool monster, when thinking of TNA wrestlers he is one of the wrestlers that pops up in my head. Really cool character depth (a monster filled with fear) and uniqueness (specifically the way he would run). He is also in half my #2 GME match vs. AJ Styles at Lockdown 2005! vs. AJ Styles - Six Sides of Steel (TNA, 4/24/05) https://youtu.be/PaTOX_q__Hk?si=8geiVT5sgEByOOIs vs. Lance Hoyt (TNA, 8/14/05) vs. Sabu - Barbed Wire Massacre (TNA, 12/11/05) Abyss & The Headhunters (Headhunter A & Headhunter vs. Gronda, Hector Garza & Latin Lover (AAA, 4/24/04) https://youtu.be/uABespa9dAk?si=-O5j_do85FDqLFa_ & Jeremy Borash vs. Josh Mathews & Scott Steiner - No Disqualification (Impact Wrestling, 7/2/17)

On discord, HenryHeadCheese said: Umanosuke Ueda / Professor Ito, Mr. Ito Cool and unique brawler. Greet matches against a variety of opponents and a great jerk. Animal Hamaguchi & Mighty Inoue vs. Kintaro Oki & Umanosuke Ueda - 2 Out of 3 Falls (IWE, 10/5/79) https://youtu.be/vm4R7O_HNIQ?si=lbNNZTJxELz0Mbvr Giant Baba & Bruno Sammartino vs. Tiger Jeet Singh & Umanosuke Ueda (AJPW, 10/9/81) https://youtu.be/PIbG0ErHVHs?si=6WAm1hk86Ntkw-cc Genichiro Tenryu vs. Umanosuke Ueda (AJPW, 7/22/82) https://youtu.be/VVx7EdhVl6U?si=1f97G-sL6tL-hQuD Giant Baba vs. Umanosuke Ueda (AJPW, 12/7/82) https://youtu.be/TxiFddC3cQU?si=nJ5QRtacTIm6Ykxn Genichiro Tenryu vs. Umanosuke Ueda (AJPW, 6/1/84) https://youtu.be/DF3Chy5pp0U?si=7P8RQH7E7lvH-dBw Ishinriki vs. Umanosuke Ueda (NOW, 12/11/92)

Outlawjamboree said: Jamie Hayter was my favourite wrestler in the world a couple of years ago before her injury, I just love her hard hitting style. https://youtu.be/WDDa-pE33c8?si=eeDWQrC4Z7GO4AVx YouTube All Elite Wrestling FULL MATCH: Toni Storm vs Britt Baker DMD vs Jamie Hayter vs Hikaru... Image https://youtu.be/-4nmnXCaRNo?si=1dfoXMYpEVygyRim YouTube All Elite Wrestling FULL MATCH: Toni Storm vs Jamie Hayter for the AEW Women's World Ti... Image https://youtu.be/xJZXpsIvFbU?si=xz4jUhTxFPubFmZk YouTube Liv Morgan Mercedes Mone vs Jamie Hayter Double or Nothing Full Match! Image https://youtu.be/G3ZqKE_JCRI?si=JHvq4qb0LL5b2Xbj YouTube Liv Morgan AEW Julia Hart vs Jamie Hayter FULL MATCH!!!!

My nominee. Dorada is as great or greater than the guy who used this name prior. Although he's only really been around for 5 years, the last 3 he's been in my top ten wrestlers of the year. He feels like this generation's version of Rey Mysterio Jr. Yes, his high flying is the best, but he's a great all around luchador as well. If you aren't watching current CMLL, he is the reason to watch. Match recs: vs Titan, CMLL, September 29, 2023 vs Bandido, ROH, June 17, 2025 vs Neon, CMLL, July 25, 2025

My nominee Sumie Sakai may be more well known as a veteran indie wrestler especially in ROH, but that was way past her prime. Her early 2000s work in JD Star is the real shit. Her feud with The Bloody was outrageous, and she was the perfect underdog babyface with many classics. Don't discount her for seeing her post prime. Match Recs: vs Momoe Nakanishi, JD Star, August 1999 vs Megumi Yabashita, JD Star, March 18, 2001 w/ Hiroyo Muto vs The Bloody & Fang Suzuki, " LSD 2001 Match: No Rules Falls Count Anywhere Weapons Death Match", JD Star, July 22, 2001

My nominee: She may only be 23, but she's been wrestling for 11 years already in Stardom. She has become not only an elite High Speed wrestler, but has moved up the card to excel in big matches. Her team/feud with Momo Watanabe is great great stuff. She's a low end candidate, but I do have her as a top 25 wrestler in the world for the last 5 years, so that deserves consideration. Match Recs: vs Momo Watanabe, Stardom, January 8, 2022 vs Hazuki vs Mercedes Mone', NJPW, April 8, 2023 vs Mayu Iwatani, October 1, 2023 vs Mei Surugua, Gatoh Move, October 30, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqHaen4amqQ

My nominee. Lacey is one of the smartest wrestlers since Nick Bockwinkel and she really shines in her SHIMMER run as a top notch heel. She cheats, she lies, and she works her ass off. Seriously, if she didn't retire she could had had the women's revolution with her as a top star, but instead she was smart and become a doctor or something. Her ROH was great too, as was her run in IWA-MS and the other indies. Match Recs: w/ Rain vs Cheerleader Melissa & MsChif, SHIMMER Vol. 8 vs Sara Del Rey, SHIMMER Volume 12 https://youtu.be/hjTJXQ39wlM w/ Jetta & Rain vs Daizee Haze, Eden Black, & MsChif, SHIMMER Volume 16

UPDATED!!! Note: You have till March 5th to get in any nominees. Voting will between April 5th and May 5th.

Jom said: Kendo Nagasaki, Dragon Master, whatever you want to call him. Sakurada is most well-known for being one of the two guys that trained Bret Hart, but he's a complete bruiser in the ring and works every match like he's trying to convince a rookie to give up on the business and move back home to pick up a day job. His WCW work is pretty fun, especially whenever he's teaming with Buzz Sawyer in J-Tex, and the little bits of Sakurada we have before then are cool, but he truly comes into his own when he returns to Japan in 1990 with my pick for the greatest match ever, the FMW Texas Street Fight. He then spends the next 10 years traveling around the country, picking fights with every name worth a damn on the indies, all while starting up his own promotions NOW and BJW. BJW gives him the platform to finally be a valiant veteran babyface, defending his own rookies against evil invaders, while also letting him do bizarre piranha deathmatches and other awesome shit like that. Sakurada deserves a lot more than being just a footnote in Bret Hart's career. w/ Masanobu Kurisu vs. Tarzan Goto & Atsushi Onita (FMW, 04/01/1990) vs. Hiromichi Fuyuki (WAR, 11/29/1994) w/ Bruiser Okamoto vs. Tarzan Goto & Mr. Gannosuke (BJW, 07/25/1995)

Jom said: Somewhat of a victim of the same sort of issue Bock has, in that we have almost nothing from the first 20 years of his career. What we have is generally great (including a fun apuestas with a teenage Rey Misterio Jr), but it does lead one to wonder just how much those years would have an effect on his placement. Still, we have a good bit of Romano Garcia's work from this current century, and it is something to behold. He's like if Black Terry always woke up on the wrong side of the bed. His chops are the hardest in the world, and whenever the rare wrestler is able to withstand those he's not afraid to punch them in the face. He still hasn't slowed down in the last few years either, getting into grandpa spats with Black Terry and finding opportunities to bust out some of his cool llave capabilities against guys like Xelhua. Another one for the list of old dudes that continue to impress far more than their younger counterparts. w/El Gallego & Angel Mortal vs. Chiva Rayada I, El Chamagol, & Nino de Oro (AAA, 12/12/2003) vs. Wotan (Gymnasio Hercules, 09/28/2019) vs. Black Terry (Zona 23, 12/05/2021)

Jom said: The closest thing to a video game pro wrestler we've ever gotten, but I mean that in a good way. Maybe the only scenario in which a man could be built like an action figure and hit shooting star presses and still come off as one of the best wrestlers in the world. Stellar as a base for smaller juniors while doing a damn good job as a junior himself when placed against larger opponents, although he almost always relied on his freakish power. His early Toryumon and Dragon Gate runs are wonderful, and his exit from that world leads him to being maybe the best part of the 2000s AJPW junior division, hovering around that spot with Kaz Hayashi and Ryuji Hijikata. Simply put, one of the best juniors of 21st century Japan. vs. Dragon Kid (Toryumon, 07/04/2004) w/ Kinya Oyanagi vs. KAGETORA & Kota Ibushi (El Dorado, 02/27/2008) vs. Kaz Hayashi (AJPW, 08/30/2009)

Jom said: Taekwondo is an awesome martial art to bring into pro wrestling. Kim Hyun Hwan was the shining star of the TKD invasion of FMW in early 1990, edging out over dojo head Lee Gak Soo through sheer coolness. Hwan flew around the ring with crazy spinning flying boots to the face, all while making the Bruce Lee "hwaa" noises and flexing. It's as goofy and stupid as it is awesome, putting in night after night of great different style fights. And that's really all that needs to be said. He was certainly one-dimensional, but I think it'd be more appropriate to say he was easily understood. You knew what you were getting with Kim Hyun Hwan every time he stepped in the ring, and that was kick-ass taekwondo action. w/ Lee Gak Soo vs. Atsushi Onita & Sambo Asako (FMW, 03/10/1990) vs. Sambo Asako (FMW, 04/01/1990) vs. Yukihide Ueno (FMW, 12/02/1990)

Jom said: Historically speaking, Ueda is a vital part of Japanese wrestling history as the first major native heel. Sadly, the heavy focus on that fact has sometimes led to his actual in-ring work being overlooked, which I think is a damn shame. Ueda is great!! He's very much of the 70s heel mold, with a high propensity for chokes and nerve holds, but he's also a wonderful brawler and one of the greatest escalators in wrestling history. You can pull up basically any IWE tag involving Ueda, at some point he always gets mad enough that he breaks a bottle over someone's head or stabs them in the face with a turnbuckle. He also gets major points for his return run in the early 90s, where he took part in a few of the most violent matches ever, especially his "Anything Goes Anywhere" match with Ishinriki. Ueda not only created the Japanese heel, he set the bar for it sky high. w/ Jos LeDuc vs. Mighty Inoue & Rusher Kimura (IWE, 09/09/1979) vs. Terry Funk (AJPW, 08/02/1983) vs. Koji Ishinriki (NOW, 12/11/1992)

Jom said: A demon in human skin. No wrestler has inspired more terror in the last 15 years than Wotan. Of the currently active lucha brawlers, he's been far and away the best for a while now, building a resume of broken bodies and spirits. The Black Terry match is pretty infamous at this point, but his best work in my eyes has always come from his matches against Hijo de Fishman, full of bludgeoning and reckless throwing that looks more like a bar fight at some points. Any time Wotan wrestles one of his brothers it's equally vicious. He's one of the only wrestlers in the last few years where I've actively looked out for everything he's been doing. vs. Impulso (WMC, 02/11/2017) w/ El Hijo de Mascara Sagrada vs. El Hijo de Fishman / Mr. Condor (Lucha Strong, 02/15/2020) vs. Demus (Zona 23, 03/26/2023)

Jom said: Go had a strong start to his career as a talented junior, peaking in the late 70s with his fantastic series of matches with Fujinami. Go's best work came ten years later, after he kinda sorta lost his mind and became the Pro Wrestling Idiot. Go's a charisma monster from the late 80s onwards, putting on some of the most spirited matches of the early indies boom and being one of the main reasons the scene blew up in the way it did. I guess the "Ryuma Go vs. Space Monsters" matches of the later years may not be everyone's cup of tea, but for those that can enjoy it, it's real great stuff. vs. Tatsumi Fujinami (NJPW, 10/02/1979) vs. Masashi Aoyagi (Pioneer Senshi, 04/05/1990) w/ Kenji Takano vs. Imagine & Mr. Pogo (Samurai Project, 04/17/1996)

Jom said: Somehow one of the dumbest wrestlers of the 2000s indie scene, while also being one of the smartest. Incredibly physically capable in a way nobody else could match at the time, and totally willing to die for the business with some of the nastiest bumps and falls of all time. At the same time, he avoided catching the bug every other 2000s guy had that made them try to do stuff they weren't good at. He's fantastic in his team with Roddy, as a fan favorite in AAA, and even as a shit-talking heel in Lucha Underground. Blows my mind that he hasn't made it onto the list already. w/ Roderick Strong vs. Briscoe Brothers (ROH, 03/25/2006) vs. Necro Butcher (ROH, 12/30/2007) vs. Extreme Tiger (AAA, 05/18/2009)

Microstatistics said: Seems like one of the best Joshi workers of the decade. Her initial presentation is quite jarring but rather deceptive as it gives way to an intense wrestler who works focused matches. The power wrestling is her calling card I suppose but she is solid on the mat, psychologically sound, and sells consistently. Potentially the best wrestler of 2025 in terms of big matches as well. vs. Shoko Nakajima (TJPW, 8/17/2025) vs. Mizuki (TJPW, 9/20/2025) vs. Yuki Aino (TJPW, 10/18/2025)