FSM's Top 100 Wrestlers 2006-2013

[Alan4L]

Interested to see what the debated points will be for our list!

 

Criteria was bell to bell performance and that can be anything from athletic ability to charisma to selling to quantity of great matches. The issue is still available at bookstores in Europe and online at http://www.fightingspiritmagazine.co.uk/magazine/subscribe - so if you want to read write-ups on all 100 wrestlers (plus an awesome Big Van Vader article by Dave Ditch, then check that out!)

 

1. Daniel Bryan

2. Hiroshi Tanahashi

3. John Cena

4. Sami Zayn

5. CM Punk

6. Shawn Michaels

7. Rey Mysterio

8. Chris Jericho

9. KENTA

10. Prince Devitt

11. Shingo Takagi

12. The Undertaker

13. AJ Styles

14. Austin Aries

15. Nigel McGuinness

16. Daisuke Sekimoto

17. Kota Ibushi

18. CIMA

19. The Young Buck$

20. Yuji Nagata

21. Sin Cara

22. Seth Rollins

23. Antonio Cesaro

24. The Briscoes

25. L.A Park

26. Akira Tozawa

27. Triple-H

28. Chris Hero

29. Kurt Angle

30. Edge

31. Masaaki Mochizuki

32. Jeff Hardy

33. Davey Richards

34. Adrian Neville

35. Randy Orton

36. Kevin Steen

37. Shinsuke Nakamura

38. Kazuchika Okada

39. Naomichi Marufuji

40. Masato Yoshino

41. Minoru Tanaka

42. Negro Casas

43. Minoru Suzuki

44. Hirooki Goto

45. YAMATO

46. Bobby Roode

47. Dick Togo

48. Alex Shelley

49. Eddie Edwards

50. Katsuhiko Nakajima

51. Volador Jr.

52. Ricochet

53. Zack Sabre Jr.

54. Averno

55. Takeshi Morishima

56. Naruki Doi

57. Tetsuya Naito

58. Kenny Omega

59. Dr. Wagner Jr.

60. Roderick Strong

61. Takashi Sugiura

62. La Sombra

63. Masato Tanaka

64. Christopher Daniels

65. Samoa Joe

66. El Torito

67. Dolph Ziggler

68. Go Shiozaki

69. Jun Akiyama

70. Sheamus

71. Shuji Kondo

72. Jimmy Susumu

73. Jimmy Jacobs

74. Chris Sabin

75. Evan Bourne

76. Fit Finlay

77. Christian

78. Adam Cole

79. Michael Elgin

80. Mascara Dorada

81. Johnny Gargano

82. Kyle O’Reilly

83. Kotaro Suzuki

84. Taiji Ishimori

85. Ayako Hamada

86. Dragon Kid

87. Tensai

88. Low Ki

89. Sara Del Rey

90. Dean Ambrose

91. Batista

92. Fujita “Jr.” Hayato

93. Kaz Hayashi

94. Koji Kanemoto

95. James Storm

96. Colt Cabana

97. El Ligero

98. Yuji Okabayashi

99. Tomohiro Ishii

100. Togi Makabe

[Grimmas]

Negro Casas is criminal low.

[Matt D]

29. Kurt Angle

30. Edge

31. Masaaki Mochizuki

32. Jeff Hardy

33. Davey Richards

34. Adrian Neville

35. Randy Orton

36. Kevin Steen

 

This is a fun section.

[Sidebottom]

Sara Del Ray was more important in wrestling than Batista from 06 onwards, apparently.

[tim]

Cena's ranking alone makes it surprisingly not as bad as it could be.

[Badlittlekitten]

Sara Del Ray was more important in wrestling than Batista from 06 onwards, apparently.

Nobody has said that.

 

It's an okay list, certainly better than the Power Slam one. I disagree with all of it. 2006 is an odd year to start from, is that the year the magazine was born?

[Matt D]

It's an okay list, certainly better than the Power Slam one. I disagree with all of it.

That sentence sums up how we do things around here in a nutshell.

[Exposer]

29. Kurt Angle

30. Edge

31. Masaaki Mochizuki

32. Jeff Hardy

33. Davey Richards

34. Adrian Neville

35. Randy Orton

36. Kevin Steen

 

This is a fun section.

To be fair, Jeff Hardy is someone I might have on my list if I did a top 100 of 2006-2013. I just wouldn't have him even close to this high. The rest, well, not so much.

[rovert]

Alan should have added "as it relates to FSM magazine over the years" to his criteria description. The list itself is in line with the coverage FSM gives to modern Wrestling.

 

Sara Del Ray was more important in wrestling than Batista from 06 onwards, apparently.

No one said that as already mentioned. Sara is an important/influential figure and should be represented on the list. As she helped carry SHIMMER for years, a cited influence on other females, broke the gender barrier on the indies in a pretty credible way and then became the first female trainer in NXT.

 

2006 is an odd year to start from, is that the year the magazine was born?

It is indeed. They did a 100 to commemorate the 100th issue of the magazine.

 

Negro Casas is criminal low.

Outside of a really good piece Phil Schneider wrote and the occasional plug in the news section of Cassandro's Art festival shows in London the magazine doesn't really cover Lucha at all.

[Grimmas]

Negro Casas is criminal low.

Outside of a really good piece Phil Schneider wrote and the occasional plug in the news section of Cassandro's Art festival shows in London the magazine doesn't really cover Lucha at all.

 

Criteria was bell to bell performance and that can be anything from athletic ability to charisma to selling to quantity of great matches.

[rovert]

I know but that isn't really the criteria as I already stated.

[Zero]

Maybe, I'm missing it. No Goldust?

[Brian Elliott]

Maybe, I'm missing it. No Goldust?

Goldust has been tremendous since his return this year but didn't make the 2006-2013 cut.

 

The criteria, as quoted in the magazine, is as follows: "FSM's 100 Greatest Wrestlers 2006-2013 was conceived to mark the date that FSM first hit the shelves, and our 100th issue. Consistent quality of matches in the period 2006-present was the main criteria, though this was not merely judged on workrate or technical skill, but instead incorporated performance on the biggest stage, ability to work the crowd, and quality of storylines."

[Grimmas]

Maybe, I'm missing it. No Goldust?

Goldust has been tremendous since his return this year but didn't make the 2006-2013 cut.

 

The criteria, as quoted in the magazine, is as follows: "FSM's 100 Greatest Wrestlers 2006-2013 was conceived to mark the date that FSM first hit the shelves, and our 100th issue. Consistent quality of matches in the period 2006-present was the main criteria, though this was not merely judged on workrate or technical skill, but instead incorporated performance on the biggest stage, ability to work the crowd, and quality of storylines."

 

The main thing missing from that criteria, it seems, is that it is also based on the amount of coverage they got from the FSM itself.

[Brian Elliott]

Maybe, I'm missing it. No Goldust?

Goldust has been tremendous since his return this year but didn't make the 2006-2013 cut.

 

The criteria, as quoted in the magazine, is as follows: "FSM's 100 Greatest Wrestlers 2006-2013 was conceived to mark the date that FSM first hit the shelves, and our 100th issue. Consistent quality of matches in the period 2006-present was the main criteria, though this was not merely judged on workrate or technical skill, but instead incorporated performance on the biggest stage, ability to work the crowd, and quality of storylines."

 

The main thing missing from that criteria, it seems, is that it is also based on the amount of coverage they got from the FSM itself.

 

While we hardly shirk important, difficult stories, we always want to write about the best wrestling out there.

[ButchReedMark]

I can't see Davey Richard's as being the 33rd of the past 7 years by any of that criteria, ditto Young Bucks at 19. Also, needs more Lawler. Good to see Cena up there though.