TravJ1979

That leaves Portland and Toronto open for Dylan and Dkookypunk43 tentatively

I like this. Notes on things not finalized: I am in the camp of wrestlers retiring, injures, and deaths be the same as they actually happened. Sometime before the draft, I'd like a list posted of every piece of talent draftable (and not draftable i.e. freelancers, etc.) separated by role (Wrestler, Manager) so that pre-draft I can make my picks on paper and just cross off those that get picked before my turn in the rotation. Also since we are likely to finalize promotions by this weekend, is the draft possible for this weekend? That would give 3 weeks for bookers to work out their format, frequency of shows, etc.

If we are going by order of signup, barring Dylan's picks, there is only one conflict (JVK, Jesse Ewiak, and Beast all got the promotions Dkookypunk43 chose). The rest comes out as: Grimmas - Montreal Kris Zellner - GCW Beast - JCP Cross Face Chicken Wing - AWA JerryvonKramer - WWF Jesse Ewiak - WCCW DylanWaco - ? goc - Southwest El Boricua - WWC dedhemingway - Central States Boon - Southeastern dkookypunk43 - ? dawho5 - Mid South TravJ1979 - Memphis (CWA) Flyin Brian - ICW Peachchaos - Stampede RockinCrypt - Portland With Toronto and Florida being the two offices left, plus AJPW, NJPW and Freelancers of that comes to pass.

In regards to draft coordination, I like the idea that once the order is determined just put a clock (12 hours?) on the pick and if no pick is made within the allotted time, it is made for you via random draw of remaining wrestlers. Before draft I would also like a complete list of available talent. Doesn't necessarily have to be broken up by promotion since that won't matter once the draft gets going. Looking at the earlier list, why is Terry Funk in retired if we are starting July 1? Wasn't his first in late August?

Sometime before the talent draft, I'd like to see a definitive set of rules, especially regarding start date, dates on champion/independent contractors, etc. All of these things will have an influence on my draft choices.

The only gripe I have with the preferences determined/pick in order of signup is that I found this late or else I would have signed up much earlier.

1. CWA (Memphis) 2. Georgia 3. WWF

Great. Any date finalized for promotion draft?

If it is still open, I'm in.

Anybody listen to this? I'm half way through and he's hilarious.

I nominate LuFisto. Match reviews coming ...

I actually spent over two years watching every PPV from ECW, WCW, WWE, and TNA (even the 110 weeklies), every Raw and Smackdown, iMPACT!, Nitro, Thunder, and most of the ECW TV and handheld's I could. Also every ROH show through the end of 2007 (at which point I was completely burned out). After that I had narrowed the list to around 20 per year/per company and then re-watched those to create my final lists. This wasn't off other's opinions - just my obsessive desire to watch and rank.

Due to the GWE project, I thought I'd pull this over from another part of the board. This is mainly to help the guys not wanting to delve too deeply into the 2000's as kind of a guide as to what to cherry pick and maybe you can go down the YouTube suggestion rabbit hole to find other stuff you may enjoy. NOTE: Matches for each company are in CHRONOLOGICAL order. ECW and WCW have 2000 and 2001 combined due to them going out of business. ROH has a Top 10 covering 2002-2003 due to lack of quality matches. NWA-TNA has seven matches for 2002 due to lack of quality matches. Most lists I found easy to narrow to 10 while others were pretty difficult. Some lists have a handful of matches that I had a hard time leaving off, but in the end I'm satisfied. I may revisit this in a year or so to actually make Top 25 lists or order them other than chronologically. =========================================================================== Here is a list of the Top 15 of most matches selected. 1. Kurt Angle - 39 2. AJ Styles - 32 3. Samoa Joe - 31 4. Christopher Daniels - 28 5. Bryan Danielson - 26 6. Chris Benoit - 23 7. Chris Jericho - 21 8. Rey Mysterio - 19 9. Shawn Michaels - 18 10. Triple H - 17 11. Low-Ki - 16 12. Chris Harris - 15 13. Chris Sabin - 12 13. James Storm - 12 15. Nigel McGuiness - 11 15. Steve Austin - 11 15. Undertaker - 11 NOTE This is without ROH (2008/2009), Indies, Japan, etc. I expect a few names to drop off, some different names added, and for Danielson to move up a few spots. I am quite surprised that Angle has that many and I can only credit it to TNA being so lousy without his, Joe and AJ's matches. Chris Harris is probably the biggest WTF on the list and his number is high due to AMW in the early days of TNA and his 2004 singles push which got him a few good matches. Also interesting to me is Steve Austin making this list as 9 out of his 11 were from 2001 alone. He's sure to fall off when everything gets finalized. =========================================================================== ECW Top 10 (1/1/2000 - 1/13/2001) 1. Yoshihiro Tajiri v. Super Crazy - Mexican Death Match; 1/15/00; ECW on TNN (aired 1/21/00) 2. Yoshihiro Tajiri v. Super Crazy v. Little Guido - Elimination Match, TV Title; 4/8/00; ECW on TNN (aired 4/14/00) 3. Rob Van Dam v. Jerry Lynn; 5/14/00; Hardcore Heaven Pay-Per-View 4. Yoshihiro Tajiri v. Steve Corino; 5/14/00; Hardcore Heaven Pay-Per-View 5. Steve Corino v. Jerry Lynn - # 1 Contender for ECW Title; 7/16/00; Heatwave Pay-Per-View 6. Yoshihiro Tajiri v. Psicosis; 8/19/00; ECW Hardcore TV (aired 8/27/00) 7. Yoshihiro Tajiri/Mikey Whipwreck v. Little Guido/Tony Mamluke - Tag Titles; 8/26/00; ECW on TNN (aired 9/8/00) 8. Rob Van Dam v. Scotty Anton; 8/26/00; ECW Hardcore TV (aired 9/10/00) 9. Steve Corino v. CW Anderson - # 1 Contender for ECW Title; 10/1/00; Anarchy Rulz Pay-Per-View 10. Yoshihiro Tajiri/Mikey Whipwreck v. Super Crazy/Kid Kash; 12/3/00; Massacre on 34th Street Pay-Per-View ECW Wrestler of the Year(s): Yoshihiro Tajiri ========================================================= WCW Top 10 (1/1/2000 - 3/26/2001) 1. Sid Vicious v. Chris Benoit - WCW Title; 1/16/00; Souled Out Pay-Per-View 2. Scott Steiner v. Bill Goldberg; 9/17/00; Fall Brawl Pay-Per-View 3. Scott Steiner v. Booker T - Cage Match, WCW Title; 11/26/00; Mayhem Pay-Per-View 4. DDP/Kevin Nash v. Chuck Palumbo/Shawn Stasiak - WCW Tag Titles; 12/17/00; Starrcade Pay-Per-View 5. S. Helms/S. Moore v. Yang/K. Hayashi v. E. Karagias/J. Noble - Ladder Match, # 1 contender Cruiserweight Title; 12/17/00; Starrcade Pay-Per-View 6. Shane Helms v. Shannon Moore v. Kaz Hayashi v. Yang v. Jamie Noble v. Kaz Hayashi; 2/19/01; SuperBrawl:Revenge Pay-Per-View 7. DDP/Booker T/Ernest Miller v. Scott Steiner/Buff Bagwell/Lex Luger; 2/26/01; Monday Nitro 8. Elix Skipper/Kid Romeo v. Billy Kidman/Rey Mysterio Jr. - WCW Cruiserweight Tag Titles; 3/18/01; Greed Pay-Per-View 9. Shane Helms v. Chavo Guerrero Jr. - Cruiserweight Title; 3/18/01; Greed Pay-Per-View 10. DDP v. Scott Steiner - WCW Title; 3/18/01; Greed Pay-Per-View WCW Wrestler of the Year(s): DDP ========================================================= ROH Top 10's (2/23/02 - 12/31/07) 2002/2003 1. Low-Ki v. American Dragon v. Christopher Daniels; 2/23/02; Era of Honor Begins 2. American Dragon v. Low-Ki; 3/30/02; Round Robin Challenge I 3. Low-Ki v. Christopher Daniels v. Doug Williams v. Spanky - Four-Way, Iron Man Match, ROH Title; 7/27/02; Crowning a Champion 4. American Dragon v. AJ Styles - # 1 Contender to ROH Title; 11/9/02; All-Star Extravaganza 5. American Dragon v. Paul London; 12/7/02; Night of the Butcher 6. Low-Ki v. Paul London v. AJ Styles; 2/8/03; First Anniversary Show 7. Bryan Danielson v. Paul London; 4/12/03; Epic Encounter II 8. Paul London v. AJ Styles; 6/14/03; Night of the Grudges 9. Homicide v. Steve Corino - No Holds Barred; 8/16/03; Bitter Friends, Stiffer Enemies 10. Homicide v. Steve Corino - No Rope, Barbed Wire; 11/29/03; War of the Wire ROH Wrestler of the year 2002: "American Dragon" Bryan Danielson ROH Wrestler of the Year 2003: Homicide 2004 1. Bryan Danielson v. Homicide; 4/24/04; Reborn: Stage Two 2. Austin Aries/Alex Shelley/Jack Evans/Roderick Strong v. Briscoes/John Walters/Jimmy Rave; 5/22/04; Generation Next 3. Samoa Joe v. CM Punk - ROH Title; 6/12/04; World Title Classic 4. Bryan Danielson v. Austin Aries - 2/3 Falls; 8/7/04; Testing the Limit 5. Samoa Joe v. Bryan Danielson - ROH Title; 10/2/04; Midnight Express Reunion 6. Samoa Joe v. CM Punk - ROH Title; 10/16/04; Joe v. Punk II 7. Bryan Danielson v. Jushin Liger; 11/5/04; Weekend of Thunder: Night 1 8. Samoa Joe/Jushin Liger v. Bryan Danielson/Low-Ki; 11/6/04; Weekend of Thunder: Night 2 9. Samoa Joe v. CM Punk - ROH Title; 12/4/04; All-Star Extravaganza II 10. Samoa Joe v. Austin Aries - ROH Title; 12/26/04; Final Battle 2004 ROH Wrestler of the Year 2004: Samoa Joe 2005 1. Bryan Danielson v. Spanky ; 04/02/2005 ; ROH Best of American Super Jrs. Tournament 2. Bryan Danielson v. Austin Aries - ROH World Title ; 05/14/2005 ; ROH Nowhere to Run 3. CM Punk v. Austin Aries - ROH World Title ; 06/18/2005 ; ROH Death Before Dishonor III 4. CM Punk v. James Gibson - ROH World Title ; 07/16/2005 ; ROH Fate of an Angel 5. CM Punk v. Christopher Daniels - ROH World Title ; 07/23/2005 ; ROH Homecoming 6. CM Punk v. James Gibson v. Christopher Daniels v. Samoa Joe - ROH World Title ; 08/12/2005 ; ROH Redemption 7. Bryan Danielson v. James Gibson ; 09/17/2005 ; ROH Glory By Honor IV 8. Kenta Kobashi/Homicide v. Low Ki/Samoa Joe ; 10/02/2005 ; ROH Unforgettable 9. Bryan Danielson v. Austin Aries ; 10/14/2005 ; ROH Enter The Dragon 10. KENTA v. Low Ki ; 12/17/2005 ; ROH Final Battle 2005 ROH Wrestler of the Year 2005: CM Punk 2006 1. Blood Generation v. Generation Next ; 03/30/2006 ; ROH Dragon Gate Challenge 2. Blood Generation v. Do Fixer ; 03/31/2006 ; ROH Supercard of Honor 3. Bryan Danielson v. Roderick Strong ; 03/31/2006 ; ROH Supercard of Honor 4. Cage of Death ; 07/15/2006 ; ROH Death Before Dishonor IV 5. Bryan Danielson v. Nigel McGuiness ; 07/29/2006 ; ROH Generation Now 6. Bryan Danielson v. Samoa Joe ; 08/05/2006 ; ROH Fight of the Century 7. Bryan Danielson v. Nigel McGuiness ; 08/12/2006 ; ROH Unified 8. Bryan Danielson v. Nigel McGuiness ; 08/25/2006 ; ROH Epic Encounter II 9. Bryan Danielson v. KENTA ; 09/16/2006 ; ROH Glory By Honor V Night 2 10. Nigel McGuiness v. Naomichi Marafuji ; 09/16/2006 ; ROH Glory By Honor V Night 2 ROH Wrestler of the Year 2006: Bryan Danielson 2007 1. CIMA/Dragon Kid/Ryo Saito/Susumu Yokosuka v. Austin Aries/Claudio Castagnoli/Delirious/Rocky Romero ; 03/30/2007 ; ROH All-Star Extravaganza III 2. BJ Whitmer v. Jimmy Jacobs ; 03/31/2007 ; ROH Supercard of Honor III 3. CIMA/Shingo/Susumu Yokosuka v. Dragon Kid/Ryo Saito/Masaaki Mochizuki ; 03/31/2007 ; ROH Supercard of Honor III 4. Nigel McGuiness/KENTA v. Bryan Danielson/Takeshi Morishima ; 05/12/2007 ; ROH Respect is Earned 5. Bryan Danielson v. Nigel McGuiness ; 06/09/2007 ; ROH Domination 6. Bryan Danielson/Nigel McGuiness v. Naomichi Marufuji/Takeshi Morishima ; 06/22/2007 ; ROH United we Stand 7. Bryan Danielson v. KENTA ; 06/23/2007 ; ROH Driven 8. Bryan Danielson v. Go Shiozaki ; 07/16/2007 ; ROH Live in Tokyo 9. Bryan Danielson v. Takeshi Morishima ; 08/25/2007 ; ROH Manhattan Mayhem II 10. Austin Aries v. Nigel McGuinness ; 12/28/2007 ; ROH Rising Above ROH Wrestler of the Year 2007: Nigel McGuiness ========================================================= NWA-TNA Top 10's (6/19/02 - 12/31/09) 2002 1. Low-Ki v. AJ Styles v. Psicosis v. Jerry Lynn - Double Elimination, X Division Title; 6/19/02; TNA Weekly Pay-Per-View # 2 (aired 6/26) 2. Low-Ki v. AJ Styles v. Jerry Lynn - X Division Title; 8/7/02; TNA Weekly Pay-Per-View # 8 3. Low-Ki v. Ron Killings - NWA Title; 10/2/02; TNA Weekly Pay-Per-View # 14 4. AJ Styles v. Syxx-Pac - No DQ, X Division Title; 10/23/02; TNA Weekly Pay-Per-View # 17 5. AJ Styles v. Amazing Red - X Division Title; 10/30/02; TNA Weekly Pay-Per-View # 18 6. AJ Styles v. Jerry Lynn - X Division Title; 11/6/02; TNA Weekly Pay-Per-View # 19 7. Low-Ki/Christopher Daniels/Elix Skipper v. Amazing Red/Jose Maximo/Joel Maximo; 12/18/02; TNA Weekly Pay-Per-View # 25 8. * 9. * 10. * NWA-TNA Wrestler of the Year 2002: AJ Styles 2003 1. Chris Harris/James Storm v. Sinn/Brian Lee - NWA Tag Titles; 1/8/03; TNA Weekly Pay-Per-View # 26 2. Jerry Lynn v. Juventud Guerrera; 2/26/03; TNA Weekly Pay-Per-View # 33 3. Chris Harris/James Storm v. Low-Ki/Christopher Daniels - NWA Tag Titles; 3/12/03; TNA Weekly Pay-Per-View # 35 4. Jerry Lynn/Amazing Red v. Christopher Daniels/Elix Skipper - NWA Tag Titles; 4/16/03; TNA Weekly Pay-Per-View # 40 5. AJ Styles v. Raven v. Jeff Jarrett - NWA Title; 6/11/03; TNA Weekly Pay-Per-View # 48 6. Chris Harris/James Storm v. Christopher Daniels/Elix Skipper - NWA Tag Titles; 6/18/03; TNA Weekly Pay-Per-View # 49 7. Chris Harris/James Storm v. Christopher Daniels/Elix Skipper - NWA Tag Titles, Cage Match; 6/25/03; TNA Weekly Pay-Per-View # 50 8. Chris Harris/James Storm v. Simon Diamond/Johnny Swinger - Non-Title, Bullrope Match; 8/20/03; TNA Weekly Pay-Per-View # 58 9. Chris Sabin v. Juventud Guerrera - Super X Cup Finals; 8/27/03; TNA Weekly Pay-Per-View # 60 (aired 9/3) 10. Low-Ki v. Christopher Daniels; 11/12/03; TNA Weekly Pay-Per-View # 69 NWA-TNA Wrestler of the Year 2003: James Storm 2004 1. Chris Sabin v. Juventud Guerrera - First Round America's X Cup; 2/4/04; TNA Weekly Pay-Per-View # 80 (aired 2/11) 2. Team Mexico v. Team TNA - Finals of America's X Cup, Elimination Match; 2/4/04; TNA Weekly Pay-Per-View # 80 (aired 2/11) 3. Chris Harris v. Jeff Jarrett - NWA Title; 3/17/04; TNA Weekly Pay-Per-View # 85 4. Chris Harris v. Raven - Winner gets NWA Title shot in Steel Cage; 4/14/04; TNA Weekly Pay-Per-View # 89 5. AJ Styles v. Jeff Jarrett v. Raven v. Chris Harris v. Ron Killings - KOTM, NWA Title; 6/2/04; TNA Weekly Pay-Per-View # 96 6. AJ Styles v. Frankie Kazarian - X Division Title; 6/9/04; TNA Weekly Pay-Per-View # 97 7. AJ Styles v. F. Kazarian v. C. Sabin v. A. Red v. M. Shane v. E. Skipper - X Division Title; 6/30/04; TNA Weekly Pay-Per-View # 100 8. Chris Harris/James Storm v. Andy Douglas/Chase Stevens - NWA Tag Titles, Steel Cage; 7/21/04; TNA Weekly Pay-Per-View # 103 9. Petey Williams v. Chris Sabin - X Division Title; 12/5/04; Turning Point Pay-Per-View 10. Chris Harris/James Storm v. Christopher Daniels/Elix Skipper - Losers Split, Six-Sides Steel Cage; 12/5/04; Turning Point Pay-Per-View NWA-TNA Wrestler of the Year 2004: AJ Styles 2005 1. America's Most Wanted v. Team Canada (Roode/Young), Tag Titles ; 01/16/2005 ; TNA Final Resolution 2. Christopher Daniels v. AJ Styles, 30 Minute Iron Man, X Title ; 02/13/2005 ; TNA Against All Odds 3. AJ Styles v. Abyss - Steel Cage, # 1 Contender ; 04/24/2005 ; TNA Lockdown 4. Samoa Joe v. Chris Sabin ; 07/17/2005 ; TNA No Surrender 5. AJ Styles v. Samoa Joe ; 08/14/2005 ; TNA Sacrifice 6. Jerry Lynn v. Sean Waltman ; 08/14/2005 ; TNA Sacrifice 7. AJ Styles v. Samoa Joe v. Christopher Daniels - X Division Title ; 09/11/2005 ; TNA Unbreakable 8. AJ Styles v. Christopher Daniels, 30 Minute Iron Man, X Title ; 10/23/2005 ; TNA Bound for Glory 9. Austin Aries/Sonjay Dutt/AJ Styles v. Samoa Joe/Alex Shelley/Christopher Daniels ; 11/03/2005 ; TNA iMPACT! 10. AJ Styles v. Samoa Joe - X Division Title ; 12/11/2005 ; TNA Turning Point NWA-TNA Wrestler of the Year 2005: AJ Styles 2006 1. Samoa Joe v. Christopher Daniels - X Title ; 01/15/2006 ; TNA Final Resolution 2. Samoa Joe v. Christopher Daniels v. AJ Styles - X Title ; 02/12/2006 ; TNA Against All Odds 3. Samoa Joe v. Christopher Daniels v. AJ Styles - Ultimate X, X Title ; 03/12/2006 ; TNA Destination X 4. Christopher Daniels/AJ Styles v. America's Most Wanted, Tag Titles ; 05/14/2006 ; TNA Sacrifice 5. LAX v. Christopher Daniels/AJ Styles - Ultimate X - TNA Tag Titles ; 09/24/2006 ; TNA No Surrender 6. Chris Sabin v. Senshi, X Title ; 10/22/2006 ; TNA Bound for Glory 7. LAX v. Christopher Daniels/AJ Styles - Cage Match - TNA Tag Titles ; 10/22/2006 ; TNA Bound for Glory 8. Samoa Joe v. Kurt Angle ; 11/19/2006 ; TNA Genesis 9. LAX v. AMW - Flag Match ; 12/10/2006 ; TNA Turning Point 10. Samoa Joe v. Kurt Angle ; 12/10/2006 ; TNA Turning Point NWA-TNA Wrestler of the Year 2006: Samoa Joe 2007 1. Samoa Joe v. Kurt Angle ; 01/14/2007 ; TNA Final Resolution 2. Christian Cage v. Samoa Joe ; 03/11/2007 ; TNA Destination X 3. James Storm v. Chris Harris ; 05/13/2007 ; TNA Sacrifice 4. King of the Mountain Match ; 06/17/2007 ; TNA Slammiversary 5. Kurt Angle v. Rhyno v. Christian Cage ; 06/28/2007 ; TNA iMPACT! 6. Motor City Machine Guns v. Sonjay Dutt/Jay Lethal v. XXX ; 08/12/2007 ; TNA Hard Justice 7. Samoa Joe/Junior Fatu/LAX v. Christian Cage/AJ Styles/Triple X ; 10/04/2007 ; TNA iMPACT! 8. Christian Cage v. Samoa Joe ; 10/14/2007 ; TNA Bound For Glory 9. Kurt Angle v. Kazarian ; 11/15/2007 ; TNA iMPACT! 10. Chris Sabin v. AJ Styles v. Samoa Joe ; 11/22/2007 ; TNA iMPACT! NWA-TNA Wrestler of the Year 2007: Samoa Joe 2008 1. Kurt Angle v. Christian Cage ; 02/10/2008 ; TNA Against All Odds 2. Kurt Angle v. Samoa Joe ; 04/13/2008 ; TNA Lockdown 3. Kurt Angle v. Samoa Joe ; 04/24/2008 ; TNA iMPACT! 4. Petey Williams v. Kaz ; 06/08/2008 ; TNA Slammiversary 5. Kurt Angle v. AJ Styles ; 06/08/2008 ; TNA Slammiversary 6. 12 Man World X Cup Elimination Match ; 07/13/2008 ; TNA Victory Road 7. Kurt Angle v. AJ Styles ; 08/10/2008 ; TNA Hard Justice 8. Kurt Angle v. Jeff Jarrett ; 10/12/2008 ; TNA Bound for Glory 9. Samoa Joe v. Sting ; 10/12/2008 ; TNA Bound for Glory 10. MCMG's v. Beer Money ; 11/09/2008 ; TNA Turning Point NWA-TNA Wrestler of the Year 2008: Kurt Angle 2009 1. Alex Shelley v. Chris Sabin ; 01/11/2009 ; TNA Genesis 2. Kurt Angle v. Jeff Jarrett ; 01/11/2009 ; TNA Genesis 3. Christopher Daniels v. Samoa Joe ; 09/20/2009 ; TNA No Surrender 4. Kurt Angle v. AJ Styles ; 10/15/2009 ; TNA iMPACT! 5. Kurt Angle v. Matt Morgan ; 10/18/2009 ; TNA Bound For Glory 6. Kurt Angle v. Desmond Wolfe ; 11/15/2009 ; TNA Turning Point 7. AJ Styles v. Christopher Daniels v. Samoa Joe ; 11/15/2009 ; TNA Turning Point 8. Desmond Wolfe v. Christopher Daniels ; 12/17/2009 ; TNA iMPACT! 9. Kurt Angle v. Desmond Wolfe ; 12/20/2009 ; TNA Final Resolution 10. AJ Styles v. Christopher Daniels ; 12/20/2009 ; TNA Final Resolution NWA-TNA Wrestler of the Year 2009: Kurt Angle ========================================================= WWE Top 10's (1/1/00 - 12/31/09) 2000 1. Triple H v. Cactus Jack - Street Fight, WWE Title; 1/23/00; Royal Rumble Pay-Per-View 2. Dudley Boys v. Hardy Boys - Tables Match; 1/23/00; Royal Rumble Pay-Per-View 3. Triple H/Chris Benoit/Dean Malenko/Perry Saturn/X-Pac v. Too Cool/Rikishi/Mick Foley/Rock; 2/7/00; WWE Raw 4. Chris Jericho v. Chris Benoit- Submission Matchl 5/21/00; Judgment Day Pay-Per-View 5. Triple H v. Rock - Iron Man Match, WWE Title; 5/21/00; Judgment Day Pay-Per-View 6. Triple H v. Chris Jericho - Last Man Standing; 7/23/00; Fully Loaded Pay-Per-View 7. Hardy Boys/Lita v. Test/Albert/Trish Stratus; 7/23/00; Fully Loaded Pay-Per-View 8. Chris Jericho v. Chris Benoit - 2/3 Falls; 8/27/00; Summerslam Pay-Per-View 9. Triple H v. Chris Benoit; 10/22/00; No Mercy Pay-Per-View 10. Triple H v. Rock v. Steve Austin v. Rikishi v. Undertaker v. Kurt Angle - HITC, WWE Title; 12/10/00; Armageddon Pay-Per-View WWE Wrestler of the Year 2000: Triple H 2001 1. Chris Jericho v. Chris Benoit - Ladder Match, IC Title; 1/21/01; Royal Rumble Pay-Per-View 2. Steve Austin v. Triple H - 2/3 Falls; 2/25/01; No Way Out Pay-Per-View 3. Steve Austin v. Rock - WWE Title; 4/1/01; WrestleMania 17 Pay-Per-View 4. Steve Austin/Triple H v. Chris Jericho/Chris Benoit - WWE Tag Titles; 5/21/01; WWE Raw 5. Steve Austin v. Chris Benoit - WWE Title; 5/29/01; WWE Smackdown (aired 5/31) 6. Steve Austin v. Kurt Angle - WWE Title; 8/19/01; Summerslam Pay-Per-View 7. Steve Austin v. Kurt Angle - WWE Title; 9/23/01; Unforgiven Pay-Per-View 8. Steve Austin v. Kurt Angle - WWE Title; 10/8/01; WWE Raw 9. Steve Austin/Kurt Angle v. Rock/Chris Jericho; 11/13/01; WWE Smackdown (aired 11/15) 10. S. Austin/S. McMahon/K. Angle/RVD/Booker T v. Undertaker/Rock/C. Jericho/Kane/Big Show - Winner Takes All Elimination Match; 11/18/01 Survivor Series Pay-Per-View WWE Wrestler of the Year 2001: Steve Austin 2002 1. Rock v. Hulk Hogan; 3/17/02; WrestleMania X-8 Pay-Per-View 2. Chris Jericho v. Triple H - HITC; 5/19/02; Judgment Day Pay-Per-View 3. Undertaker v. Jeff Hardy; 7/1/02; WWE Raw 4. Undertaker v. Rock v. Kurt Angle - WWE Title; 7/21/02; Vengeance Pay-Per-View 5. Kurt Angle v. Chris Benoit; 9/22/02; Unforgiven Pay-Per-View 6. Rey Mysterio v. Chris Benoit; 10/1/02; WWE Smackdown (aired 10/3) 7. Kurt Angle v. Edge; 10/1/02; WWE Smackdown (aired 10/3) 8. Kurt Angle/Chris Benoit v. Eddy Guerrero/Chavo Guerrero Jr. - Smackdown Tag Title Semi-Final; 10/15/02; WWE Smackdown (aired 10/17) 9. Undertaker v. Brock Lesnar - HITC; 10/20/02; No Mercy Pay-Per-View 10. Kurt Angle/Chris Benoit v. Rey Mysterio/Edge - Smackdown Tag Title Tournament Final; 10/20/02; No Mercy Pay-Per-View WWE Wrestler of the Year 2002: Kurt Angle 2003 1. Kurt Angle v. Chris Benoit - WWE Title; 1/19/03; Royal Rumble Pay-Per-View 2. Kurt Angle v. Chris Benoit - WWE Title; 2/6/03; WWE Raw 3. Chris Jericho v. Shawn Michaels; 3/30/03; WrestleMania 19 Pay-Per-View 4. Triple H v. Booker T - World Title; 3/30/03; WrestleMania 19 Pay-Per-View 5. Kurt Angle v. Brock Lesnar - WWE Title; 3/30/03; WrestleMania 19 Pay-Per-View 6. Steve Austin v. Rock; 3/30/03; WrestleMania 19 Pay-Per-View 7. Triple H v. Kevin Nash - HITC, World Title; 6/15/03; Badd Blood Pay-Per-View 8. Chris Jericho v. Shawn Michaels - WrestleMania rematch; 7/21/03; WWE Raw 9. Brock Lesnar v. Kurt Angle - WWE Title; 8/24/03; Summerslam Pay-Per-View 10. Brock Lesnar v. Kurt Angle - Iron Man Match, WWE Title; 9/16/03; WWE Smackdown (aired 9/18) WWE Wrestler of the Year 2003: Brock Lesnar 2004 1. Eddy Guerrero v. Brock Lesnar - WWE Title; 2/15/04; No Way Out Pay-Per-View 2. Rey Mysterio v. Chavo Guerrero Jr.; 2/15/04; No Way Out Pay-Per-View 3. Shawn Michaels v. Triple H v. Chris Benoit - WWE Title; 3/14/04; WrestleMania XX Pay-Per-View 4. Randy Orton v. Mick Foley - Hardcore Match; 4/18/04; Backlash Pay-Per-View 5. Shawn Michaels v. Chris Benoit; 5/3/04; WWE Raw 6. Eddy Guerrero v. JBL - WWE Title; 5/16/04; Judgment Day Pay-Per-View 7. Eddy Guerrero v. JBL - WWE Title, Bull rope match; 6/27/04; Great American Bash Pay-Per-View 8. Rey Mysterio v. Chavo Guerrero Jr.; ; 6/27/04; Great American Bash Pay-Per-View 9. Triple H v. Chris Benoit - World Title, Iron Man Match; 7/26/04; WWE Raw 10. Randy Orton v. Chris Benoit - World Title; 8/15/05; Summerslam Pay-Per-View WWE Wrestler of the Year 2004: Eddy Guerrero 2005 1. Kurt Angle v. Shawn Michaels ; 04/03/2005 ; WWE WrestleMania 21 2. JBL v. John Cena - I Quit Match, WWE Title ; 05/22/2005 ; WWE Judgment Day 3. Eddy Guerrero v. Rey Mysterio ; 05/22/2005 ; WWE Judgment Day 4. Eddy Guerrero v. Rey Mysterio ; 06/23/2005 ; WWE Smackdown 5. Kurt Angle v. Shawn Michaels ; 06/26/2005 ; WWE Vengeance 6. Batista v. HHH - Hell in a Cell, World Title ; 06/26/2005 ; WWE Vengeance 7. Chris Benoit v. William Regal ; 07/16/2005 ; WWE Velocity 8. Matt Hardy v. Edge ; 09/18/2005 ; WWE Unforgiven 9. Shawn Michaels v. Chris Masters ; 09/18/2005 ; WWE Unforgiven 10. Shawn Michaels v. Kurt Angle - 30 Minute Iron Man Match ; 10/03/2005 ; WWE Raw WWE Wrestler of the Year 2005: Shawn Michaels 2006 1. Rey Mysterio v. Randy Orton ; 02/19/2006 ; WWE No Way Out 2. Kurt Angle v. Undertaker - WWE Title ; 02/19/2006 ; WWE No Way Out 3. Kurt Angle v. Undertaker - WWE Title ; 03/06/2006 ; WWE Smackdown 4. Rey Mysterio v. Finlay ; 03/24/2006 ; WWE Smackdown 5. Rey Mysterio v. Randy Orton ; 04/07/2006 ; WWE Smackdown 6. Chris Benoit v. Finlay ; 05/21/2006 ; WWE Judgment Day 7. Rey Mysterio v. Kurt Angle ; 06/02/2006 ; WWE Smackdown 8. Chris Benoit v. William Regal ; 10/08/2006 ; WWE No Mercy 9. Chris Benoit v. Finlay ; 11/24/2006 ; WWE Smackdown 10. MNM v. London/Kendrick v. Hardy Boyz v. Regal/Taylor - Ladder Match, Tag Titles ; 12/17/2006 ; WWE Armageddon WWE Wrestler of the Year 2006: Rey Mysterio 2007 1. John Cena v. Umaga ; 01/28/2007 ; WWE Royal Rumble 2. Shawn Michaels v. John Cena ; 04/01/2007 ; WWE WrestleMania 23 3. Undertaker v. Batista ; 04/01/2007 ; WWE WrestleMania 23 4. Shawn Michaels v. John Cena ; 04/23/2007 ; WWE Monday Night Raw 5. Chris Benoit v. MVP ; 05/20/2007 ; WWE Judgment Day 6. Finlay v. Matt Hardy ; 06/22/2007 ; WWE Smackdown 7. John Cena v. Randy Orton ; 08/26/2007 ; WWE SummerSlam 8. Rey Mysterio v. Finlay ; 11/09/2007 ; WWE Smackdown 9. Undertaker v. Batista ; 11/18/2007 ; WWE Survivor Series 10. Shawn Michaels v. Kennedy ; 12/16/2007 ; WWE Armageddon WWE Wrestler of the Year 2007: John Cena 2008 1. Shawn Michaels v. Jeff Hardy ; 02/11/2008 ; WWE Raw 2. Raw Elimination Chamber ; 02/17/2008 ; WWE No Way Out 3. Floyd Mayweather v. Big Show ; 03/30/2008 ; WWE WrestleMania 4. Undertaker v. Edge ; 03/30/2008 ; WWE WrestleMania 5. Chris Jericho v. Shawn Michaels ; 05/18/2008 ; WWE Judgment Day 6. Chris Jericho v. Shawn Michaels ; 09/07/2008 ; WWE Unforgiven 7. Chris Jericho v. Shawn Michaels ; 10/05/2008 ; WWE No Mercy 8. HHH v. Jeff Hardy ; 10/05/2008 ; WWE No Mercy 9. Chris Jericho v. John Cena ; 12/14/2008 ; WWE Armageddon 10. Chris Jericho v. CM Punk ; 12/22/2008 ; WWE Raw WWE Wrestler of the Year 2008: Chris Jericho 2009 1. Raw Elimination Chamber: Rey Mysterio, Chris Jericho, Edge, Mike Knox, Kane, John Cena ; 02/15/2009 ; WWE Elimination Chamber 2. Christian v. Jack Swagger ; 02/24/2009 ; WWE ECW TV 3. Shawn Michaels v. Undertaker ; 04/05/2009 ; WWE WrestleMania 4. Rey Mysterio v. Chris Jericho ; 05/17/2009 ; WWE Judgment Day 5. Rey Mysterio v. Chris Jericho ; 06/07/2009 ; WWE Extreme Rules 6. Rey Mysterio v. Chris Jericho ; 06/28/2009 ; WWE The Bash 7. Rey Mysterio v. Chris Jericho ; 07/10/2009 ; WWE Smackdown 8. Rey Mysterio v. Dolph Ziggler ; 08/23/2009 ; WWE SummerSlam 9. Rey Mysterio v. John Morrison ; 09/04/2009 ; WWE Smackdown 10. Shawn Michaels/HHH v. Cody Rhodes/Ted Dibiase ; 10/04/2009 ; WWE Hell in a Cell WWE Wrestler of the Year 2009: Rey Mysterio

I remember reading the WON around late '99 early '00 when Bryan first started out and Dave mentioned something like this, but labeled it as 'bragging' and 'stupid'

11.25.94 - RWTL - Not televised as far as I know.

Tommy Dreamer New Jack Bubba Ray Dudley

I have no problem posting my Top 100 when the time comes. Maybe we can devote a thread to individual lists and Parv can PDF to his heart's desire

In the final results, is everyone who garnered a vote going to be listed as in the 440-some odd wrestlers in the smarks poll or are we just publishing the Top 100?

I just watched a Murdoch v. Humongous in Mid South that was supposedly the latter's debut. So simple, but Murdoch takes this stiff and makes him look like a million bucks due to his masterful selling and decision to bleed everywhere in a rather short match. A feather in the cap of Murdoch supporters.

For my list at least, I want to make sure I stay true to the essence of this poll. Greatest Wrestler Ever is the objective here, "Ever" being the operative term. Obviously, "Ever" doesn't really mean "Ever", but we should get as close to it as possible. We use "Ever" because it sounds better than, "Greatest Wrestler Ever (who's career spanned anywhere between late 1940's to present that we have enough footage of and can verify based on observation rather than legendary stories)" Naysayers will criticize because Gotch, Jenkins, Burns, etc don't show up on the list. That is fine. They may very well deserve to be on this list, but I'm not going to assume it just because Lou Thesz or some other "authority" said so. I also need to make a very conscious effort to stay true to the scope. I see a lot of wrestlers getting nominated that have no business being nominated. If a career started in 2005, they are going to have a very hard hill to climb in order to be added to a list limited to 100 of all-time. I'm not saying they aren't good wrestlers or wrestlers deserving to be on a Top 100 or even Top 10 wrestlers of the 21 Century Poll or Top # wrestlers of the [enter promotion], but the scope of roughly six decades of available footage I believe is more than enough to provide 100 greats throughout a career vs. a subset of a good run a wrestler may have had. I mean, if a guy had a really good three year run in only one promotion and was unable to get over in any other environment, I'd have to disqualify from him being anywhere near a 100 of all-time list.

I don't hold it against FLIK for voting Hayabusa #1, but it was clearly a vote based on favorite wrestler/influential wrestler merit instead of an objective look at his career. That is the point I'm making on this. I mistakenly lumped the clear strategic vote of the Taylor/Rogers match with this note about FLIK. For that, I apologize. This kind of references another aspect of voting on lists like this. The "fringe/contrarian" voter who will put an obscure wrestler on his list just for the sake of being different. Kind of like a "look who I know about and look how high I ranked him/her" attitude. Now, I believe anybody should be able to put any wrestler in any slot they want. I just want that person to have a well researched, thought out reasoning behind it instead of doing it to bring attention to a wrestler who would otherwise not get it. That is what the nomination threads are for ... To support your nomination with a bunch of supporting material.

As soon as this list is finalized and published, it will be met with criticism - both deserved and otherwise. However, if everyone vows to create their list based on a set of criteria they have set for themselves and stick to their picks based on that, research, and the time they've put into it, I feel it will be respected and much easier to defend. This topic came to me after thinking about some of the DVDVR 80's sets and various SmarksChoice polls and how they were sometimes plagued with, what I call, strategic voting. For instance, I seem to remember a Terry Taylor v. Rip Rogers TV match from 1990 that someone voted #1 in the Best of WCW poll. I highly doubt this person thought this was the best match in the promotions history, but voted it number one so he could guarantee it would show up. Or in the 2006 poll, when Hayabusa was given a number one vote. I realize that a lot of times, favorite wrestler = great wrestler, but there is no logical argument that could be made that Hayabusa is the greatest wrestler to ever lace them up. So really, this is a plea for everyone to take this as seriously as something like this can be taken and to refrain from strategic voting. For as much time as all of us will be putting into this list, it should be easy for any of us to defend all of our inclusions and placements to any critique or question that comes up. A lot of the criticism will come from The WrestlingClassics.com or Meltzerites while reading over the list with comments like, "Bunch of smarks didn't even include *WRESTLER A", or "WRESTLER B" are you serious! My point is, this will be dismissed by people who've spent five minutes scanning names on a list versus the VOTERS who've spent one and a half years actually watching matches and putting in research and not voting on existing or prejudicial, pre-existing opinions. I want the final product to reflect all of our effort and be able to systematically break down any of those jabs from self-proclaimed elitists and group-think critics.

I'm a big fan of CM Punk. I like just about everything he has ever done professionally, and I even think Phil Brooks would be awesome to hang out with, but again, the scope of this project is just too large. I think in the 2006 poll someone suggested that Punk himself would say he doesn't belong on such a list. Even though his resume has grown tremendously since, I would have to agree with that. It is difficult to eliminate personal opinion/favoritism in something like this, but I'm trying.

I have nothing against Mikey. He was able to make the best out of a Paul Heyman underdog gimmick and gain acceptance with the fans. However, he has no shot at my top 100. He has nothing notable outside of ECW as his brief WCW run was a flop and his sporadic appearances for ROH and other indies left something to be desired. Eventually, he became overweight and seemed to stop caring. He fits in somewhere, but the scope of this project is way too broad for it to be on a list like this. If the parameters were like Best of ECW or Best of a certain year, then yeah.

How much of Yoko is available prior to his WWE run. I'm sure there are Great Kokina matches from Japan and possibly AWA. Do those hold up? As it stands, I would not vote for him, but that's not to say I dislike his work. He worked smart during his run on top, but then he gained too much weight and it was over from there. A solid two years isn't enough for GOAT.