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@Reel definitely, although she may be uploading her whole damn career here! @NotJayTabb some of the matches you should really go back to watch, but they will pop up in this thread if I get to them! NOTE - If I don't give a rating, that means it's below 7/10. It could be good like I say, but doesn't make my spreadsheet and I don't rate things that don't make it. Going through her channel is interesting, because it starts with all music and than that one EVE match. Then in continues on and on with music, until this match. Then it's mostly matches from there. 2004.9.12 JWP Korakuen Tournament Azumi Hyuga 10th Anniversary 6-person Tag Match Azumi Hyuga & Tsubasa Kuragaki & Erika Watanabe vs Command Bolshoi & Kayoko Haruyama & Kaori Yoneyama A nice little ceremony for Hyuga starts this off. On the Bolshoi watch party we learned Bolshoi has amazing chemistry with Tusbasa and that continues here with all of the cool Tusbasa throwing Bolshoi around as she turns them into submissions. We learn in this match, she also has unreal chemistry with Hyuga! I'm starting to think Bolshoi just works great with almost anyone. Some fun things early on are Bolshoi's team doing the demolition all reigning blows down on in a triple team and the rope walk by Bolshoi leading to her getting to the corner where Hyuga was, so she moon walks and then does the armdrag. We got a nice dive train after Tsubasa gorilla presses Bolshoi to the floor which ends with an amazing sommersault off the top rope by Hyuga. Hyuga is clearly designed to be the star here and she gets the win after a great closing segment with Kaori Yoneyama. Really both of those two need to be explored further, they rule! Rating - 7/10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps4pWofXylQ Also, why not check out what was uploaded today too. 2009.2.8 Tokyo Kinema Club Command Bolshoi & Kayoko Haruyama & Ran Yu-Yu vs Kikyouto & Yumiko Hotta & Kyoko Kimura Aono weirdly gets left off the translation. So this starts as a wild brawl all over the place, before breaking down to the heels, Hotta's team, cheating and some heavy fists thrown. The first half Bolshoi is only in to give a slick armbar takedown. Finally, the last half is all Bolshoi. First she's destroyed by Hotta with chains, then a vicious head chair shot. The real highlight was the ending last few minutes which was all Boslhoi and Kimura. They work so well together and I want more! A fun and solid match here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrIziIoKpHw

You mean the clown that Hotta punted? Over the last year or so I have barely tipped the iceberg of Command Bolshoi, but I have learned that she is easily a top 75 GWE candidate. She may be a top 50 or even a top 25 candidate. I want to find out. Yes, she's a clown who started as a flying comedy worker. However, she developed into a Rey Jr Kimura worker in her 27 year career. I have seen her damn good in 1993 and damn good in 2019, so the question is how fucking great is she? Thankfully a few years ago she started a youtube channel to upload her music. Somehow that turned her into the Buddy Rose of joshi and now that channel has over 300 matches of her's. I am going to start diving into this channel, because it's riddled with gems and someone needs to make her case. I have so much on my plate, so this may not be constant updates, but I'll work through it. 2018.11.10 ProWestlingEVE ~ SHE1 Command Bolshoi vs Jetta The first match uploaded is from EVE in England. It's not EVE's footage, but it's shot from the balcony. A very unique angle to watch wrestling from. With this being Jetta and Bolshoi this could be a technical match or a comedy match, but they went with the tricked out technical submission work and it fucking ruled. Bolshoi has so many tricks in her arsenal and we need to speak of her as one of the greatest technical wrestlers ever. 8 minutes of tricked out submissions leading to a tiny comedy spot and a strong finish. Well worth your time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYbti264pTU

Watching a ton of her to put together a watch list for the watch party this upcoming Saturday and damn she seems like such a no brainer choice. She debuts in 1992 and not only is a good comedy worker, but is good on the mat and a great flyer. As her career goes on she develops into one of the greatest technical wrestlers of all time. It's really wild. Has great match up to 2019, when she retired. The fact she can be a Russian Clown who can do comedy, technical, flying, and pure bad assery is an impressive resume. She has the great matches to back it up to. I have no idea how you can leave her off your list, unless you just refuse to watch her.

People did want Kofi as a star forever. Look at the Orton match to see that.

So should I go into hundreds of threads and just type "Nope" to all the people I don't think are worthy? Would that be helpful?

Cool, so ignore the thread. I find going into threads to just say no to be the most pointless activity that people do in GWE. What is the fucking point? If you aren't adding anything, then why post?

I doubt Hidaka would make my two 100 male list.

Thanks for adding so much to this thread. I do appreciate it.

I am doing my list of wrestlers of 2021. Syuri and Utami are easily above him. I think Mercedes Martinez is a better wrestler today. Thunder Rosa too. I could go on.

The problem with Martin for me is not her fault, but her competition. The JBA series rules, but she is really lacking in opponents for the majority of her career. Sadly. Would love for a lot of recs though.

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I said: In 2016 I didn't think so, but Mickie just keeps adding and adding to her case. She's been great as a face and heel. She's really great at portraying her character into the ring. Great brawls or regular matches. She can really play up drama to make very emotional matches. Mickie is making it harder and harder to deny her. vs Deonna Purrazzo (Impact, 2022-01-09) vs Trish Stratus (WWE, 2006-04-02) vs Asuka (NXT, 2016-11-19)

kas said: She's been among the best wrestlers in the world for the last 4 years. Offensively strong (those kicks!) and has a good amount of versatility. Generally consistent, but excels in big match situations, leading to Stardom trusting her in several important matches (Mayu Anniversary match in 2020, Utami's first title defence, GP final against Syuri). Already has an excellent big title run under her belt with the Wonder of Stardom title, and given how young she is, the sky is the absolute limit for her. Vs Syuri (09/25/2021) - https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1DL411W7Ur/ Vs Jungle Kyona (03/03/2019) - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7num5p Vs Io Shirai (02/18/2018) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr_HWyyY6Tc

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Grimmas said: I am under the impression that any wrestler that is the wrestler of any year should be a nominee and Syuri is the wrestlers of 2021. She's just reaching her prime now and had two all time classics and was so good Stardom had to abandon their long term plans to crown her champion. A lot of her earlier stuff while she was still fighting in MMA is good, but not elite. However, once she retired from fighting and went wrestling full time look the fuck out! Obviously her kicks and submissions are amazing, but she gets the drama of wrestling so well. The passion she shows while fighting as an underdog, or the meanness she shows as a bad ass ace both rule. A perfect blend of shoot style and pro wrestling. Recommended Matches: vs Utami Hayashimta (2021-06-12, Stardom) vs Unagi Sayaka (2021-07-10, Stardom) vs Momo Watanabe (2021-09-25, Stardom) vs Utami Hayashimta (2021-12-29, Stardom)

Ma Stump Puller said: Don Arakawa Controversial, but Arakawa deserves, at the very least, a crack at nominations. He's one of the most consistent comedy wrestlers ever, and that's coming from someone who groans at that style in general. Under the comedy work is a pretty technical hand who can almost universally take any act and get them to a decent match: a lot of his (documented) SWS work is getting random NJPW guys who are barely out of the Dojo to presentable (or at times even fairly good) matches. He's the perfect opening guy and remained as such for way, way longer than you would expect. That being said, he's had some particularly fun showings when allowed to get his hair down a little, and his weird out of his depth persona when entering shoot style stuff is very entertaining. Don Arakawa vs. The Cobra (NJPW, 1985) Don Arakawa vs Daisuke Ikeda (PWFG, 1993) Carl Greco & Don Arakawa vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Yuki Ishikawa (Bridge of Dreams, 1995) Don Arakawa & Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Fugo Fugo Yumeji & Kuroge Wagyuta (ZERO-ONE, 2002) Don Arakawa vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara (ZERO-ONE, 2003) Don Arakawa vs. Munenori Sawa (Big Mouth Loud, 2006) Don Arakawa vs Osamu Kido (Big Mouth Loud, 2006)

I did a podcast on this and easily had Bull Nakano number one. Being the complete ace and having many classics, but also telling the story in her work of slowing down after each and every big title defense. It's a thing of beauty.

This is by far the hardest year to judge with so much stuff cancelled and most of it empty arenas. Like how even?

Who is the greatest wrestler of the year?

Who is the greatest wrestler of the year?

Who is the greatest wrestler of the year?

Who is the greatest wrestler of the year?

Who is the greatest wrestler of the year?

Who is the greatest wrestler of the year?

Who is the greatest wrestler of the year?