kanyonkutter Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Very good point about Ishikawa/Sato being awesome as a tag team this year but not much in singles. I kept wanting to mention the Young Bucks and Usos but really can't unless we did a top tag teams list. Naito spent most of the first half of the year facing Ishii so thats probably why I overrate him. I do think he is on his way to being one of the top wrestlers in NJPW in the next year or two. Also have to agree on Sheamus being the guy right now in WWE. Pretty much guaranteed to have a good match with anyone on the roster. Here are some NOAH recommendations: Atsushi Kotoge vs. Daisuke Harada 1/5 Taiji Ishimori vs. Hajime Ohara 1/19 Takashi Sugiura vs. Atsushi Kotoge 2/3 Naomichi Marufuji & Atsushi Kotoge vs. Takashi Sugiura & Masato Tanaka 2/22 Taiji Ishimori vs. Daisuke Harada 3/8 Yoshinari Ogawa & Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Atsushi Kotoge & Taiji Ishimori 3/21 Yoshinari Ogawa & Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Atsushi Kotoge & Taiji Ishimori 4/12 Daisuke Harada vs. Atsushi Kotoge 4/19 Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste vs. Atsushi Kotoge & Taiji Ishimori 5/17 Konley has been really good in EVOLVE/etc. and getting better as a heel. Also in PWX he had a great match against Cedric Alexander 2/15 and if anyone does seek out that match make sure to watch the Jake Manning vs. John Skyler I Quit Match, seriously one of my favorite matches this year, I think Gargano is awesome. One of my other favorite matches of the year was Gargano vs. Roderick Strong from DGUSA 2/23. He also had good title defenses against Uhaa Nation (EVOLVE 27), Trent Baretta (DGUSA 2/22), and Ricochet (WM Weekend) plus probably had my favorite Elgin match this year in SMASH on 1/26. I could name more but obviously none of this matters if you hate Gargano. The last thing I want to mention is that I'm not sure how many reading this thread are aware that IWA-MS is back and lately has been having almost weekly cards. It is starting to remind me of old school IWA-MS where they had 40+ shows a year and all kinds of unique matchups plus up and coming guys from the midwest (and Ian fighting a guy wear a yarmulke in a Taipei Barbed Wire Bat Death Match) Some new/sorta new guys to keep an eye out for: Danny Cannon, Shane Mercer, Christian Rose, Reed Bentley, Gary Jay and Matt Cage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Waco Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 I'm a big fan of Skyler and have a soft spot for Jake Manning. What episode of PWX tv is the I Quit match on? I watch their shows semi-regularly and missed it. I've got more things to say in response to stomper and Bill that I'll get to tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanyonkutter Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 I'm a big fan of Skyler and have a soft spot for Jake Manning. What episode of PWX tv is the I Quit match on? I watch their shows semi-regularly and missed it. I've got more things to say in response to stomper and Bill that I'll get to tomorrow. I'm not positive it was on an episode of TV but they uploaded the entire show and it's on the same website with all the TV episodes. Here is a link to the show: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkdoc Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 i don't see bray wyatt as anything close to top 50 material he's had exactly 2 good singles matches i know of this year, and those were against bryan and cena. and the cena one had about the most foolproof gimmick out there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Waco Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 Wyatt presents a dilemma because his worst moments have been terrible, and he can't carry a match, but how do you leave out a guy who has been in four of the top ten WWE matches of the year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concrete1992 Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 The Bray Wyatt conundrum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stomperspc Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 Wyatt presents a dilemma because his worst moments have been terrible, and he can't carry a match, but how do you leave out a guy who has been in four of the top ten WWE matches of the year? Right. We are talking about six months of work. Not many have as many high quality matches in a short period of time as Bray does. I don't think Bray is a top flight worker at this stage in his career but he has been very good at times this year, with several well (or very well) received matches to show for it. On a half-year list, that is more than enough to at least be considered. I agree that if Bray were booked differently this year, his bad moments might have far outweighed the good but they didn't. These list exercises would be rather pointless if we just ranked guys based on perceived talent rather than actual output. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Waco Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 To me the most interesting and challenging part about these lists (and yes I take them seriously enough for them to be challenging) is trying to weigh things like output, talent, consistency, volume, et. Last year was a good example as I got some shit for having Regal in my top fifteen at the end of the year, but how could I drop the guy any farther when he was in my top two U.S. matches of the year, with only Hechicero v. Lucero ahead of the matches globally? It's tough trying to work out that balance and there isn't a fixed formula I apply, but I do have a way of thinking about those sort of things that I try to navigate when I'm throwing together a list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkdoc Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 i tend to strongly discount 6-man work for a single wrestler unless there was a truly special performance from the individual in question, and i didn't see any of that from bray in the shield-wyatts feud. basically to use a football analogy, i think putting wyatt in the top 50 would be akin to giving shaun alexander the MVP award. people thought alexander was an amazing running back due to his years of big numbers, but eventually we learned that seattle had a historically great offensive line and he was along for the ride more than anything else. wyatt is the biggest example of a "system guy" in pro wrestling right now - that is, someone whose surroundings have given them a great resume without great performance. in my view, a top 50 wrestler should be someone who can succeed in multiple "systems" as it were. bray wyatt, at this point, has been heavily reliant on WWE's production values and stacked roster to make him look good. he certainly has the potential to grow beyond that, but he's not there yet imo in short, i tend to think more like bilthompson on this kind of stuff. i am most impressed by wrestlers who can give a memorable performance in an otherwise worthless match, and will put them in the top 50 ahead of someone who was just another guy in multiple **** matches. i see those as the wrestlers most likely to succeed when given a bigger role in a bigger promotion, though obviously that's still far from a guarantee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mookeighana Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 I was inspired by this thread to take it to the ridiculous level. Here is the Mookieghana YTD 2014 Lucha 1,000. Yes, I ranked a thousand wrestlers despite having zero knowledge about what's going on in Mexico. Essentially, the methodology is completely driven by a model that looks at projected singles/tag wins, their place on the card and some extra weight for which company (major or indy) they worked for. (I'm terrible with correcting duplicates so I'm sure the list is riddled with them.) Here's the top 50. rank / name / matches / singles win % / tag win % / avg place on a 5-match card 1 Volador Jr. 99 73% 62% 5 2 La Sombra 92 78% 57% 4 3 Rush 94 78% 58% 4 4 Atlantis 121 38% 67% 4 5 Titán 85 75% 56% 4 6 Shocker 87 30% 56% 5 7 La Parka 56 100% 63% 5 8 Diamante Azul 57 100% 69% 4 9 Negro Casas 81 43% 49% 4 10 Cavernario 66 71% 50% 4 11 Mistico 51 75% 59% 5 12 Último Guerrero 119 57% 45% 5 13 Valiente 91 40% 59% 4 14 Drako 65 50% 55% 4 15 Silver Star 54 67% 56% 4 16 Myzteziz/Sin Cara 40 100% 94% 5 17 Psycho Clown 75 33% 72% 4 18 Slayer 61 100% 50% 3 19 Mephisto 63 75% 28% 4 20 Cibernético 38 33% 61% 5 21 Rey Escorpión 66 50% 33% 4 22 Guerrero Maya Jr. 78 43% 66% 4 23 Blue Panther 69 75% 56% 3 24 La Máscara 94 33% 57% 4 25 Stuka Jr. 80 40% 60% 3 26 Fénix 73 40% 64% 4 27 Texano Jr. 68 33% 25% 5 28 Súper Nova 43 80% 60% 4 29 el Hijo del Perro Aguayo 36 33% 38% 5 30 Orquídea Negra 35 100% 100% 4 31 Tritón 65 67% 53% 3 32 Lady Maravilla 48 50% 100% 3 33 Daga 55 50% 48% 4 34 Mr. Niebla 84 25% 55% 5 35 Piloto Suicida 67 NA NA 4 36 Tiger 68 60% 43% 3 37 Destello 58 50% 63% 3 38 Dr. Wagner Jr. 24 40% 100% 5 39 Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 39 67% 40% 4 40 Pedro Navajas 43 50% 75% 3 41 Chessman 34 50% 43% 5 42 Dragón Rojo Jr. 60 40% 38% 4 43 Fuego 61 50% 69% 3 44 Hijo De Dos Caras 34 50% 55% 4 45 Ángel Del Futuro 35 NA 100% 4 46 Máximo 108 25% 67% 4 47 Marco Corleone 60 100% 65% 4 48 Cachorro 54 50% 41% 3 49 Eterno 79 40% 40% 3 50 Delta 62 40% 63% 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mookeighana Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Time for round two! Let's keep the insane train rolling. Full list: http://indeedwrestling.blogspot.com/2014/07/mookieghanas-japanese-men-400-and-joshi.html I pulled in results from CageMatch for thirty Japanese companies (including New Japan, Dragon Gate, Big Japan, NOAH, All Japan, DDT, Wrestle-1, Osaka Pro, K-Dojo, Zero1, Ice Ribbon, WAVE, JWP, Michinoku Pro, Stardom, Union Pro and Oz). In the end we had about 4,750 matches spread across 810 events. I separated each match's results into individual people and looked at the same factors as before. I assigned "gender" of wrestlers based on which company they worked in and who their opponents were in the matches that I reviewed. It certainly was not a foolproof method and I easily could have screwed up some people! JOSHI 100 rank / name / matches/ singles win % / tag win % / place on 5-match card 1 Tsukasa Fujimoto 83 87% 66% 4 2 Mio Shirai 80 59% 57% 3 3 Hikaru Shida 61 64% 64% 3 4 Kyoko Kimura 47 63% 52% 4 5 Kyoko Inoue 21 100% 46% 5 6 Maki Narumiya 43 60% 71% 3 7 Io Shirai 25 89% 69% 4 8 Hamuko Hoshi 54 71% 49% 3 9 Yumi Ohka 39 82% 33% 4 10 Cherry 57 56% 59% 2 11 Tsukushi 41 80% 42% 3 12 Risa Sera 63 47% 68% 3 13 Misaki Ohata 32 90% 65% 3 14 Kana 44 75% 63% 3 15 Arisa Nakajima 41 100% 63% 3 16 Shuu Shibutani 51 68% 39% 3 17 Hiroyo Matsumoto 46 71% 58% 2 18 Kayoko Haruyama 36 67% 68% 3 19 AKINO 14 100% 56% 4 20 Command Bolshoi 33 83% 67% 3 21 Rabbit Miu 50 52% 44% 2 22 Kurumi 49 65% 54% 2 23 Syuri 23 90% 62% 3 24 Natsuki Taiyo 24 50% 64% 4 25 Leon 37 67% 52% 3 26 Nanae Takahashi 22 75% 56% 4 27 Hanako Nakamori 29 75% 61% 3 28 Aja Kong 21 100% 65% 4 29 Yumiko Hotta 15 100% 67% 4 30 DASH Chisako 18 67% 75% 3 31 Neko Nitta 33 33% 71% 3 32 Manami Katsu 38 47% 56% 3 33 Kaoru Ito 21 89% 55% 3 34 Tomoka Nakagawa 33 79% 50% 2 35 Yoshiko 24 78% 62% 3 36 Kaho Kobayashi 57 39% 37% 2 37 Kairi Hojo 23 50% 72% 3 38 Miyako Matsumoto 37 20% 44% 3 39 Tomoko Watanabe 11 NA 40% 4 40 Tsubasa Kuragaki 18 71% 91% 3 41 KAZUKI 33 47% 29% 3 42 Dynamite Kansai 12 67% 67% 4 43 Sachie Abe 36 36% 30% 3 44 Meiko Satomura 11 80% 83% 3 45 Mayumi Ozaki 12 100% 40% 4 46 Makoto 30 100% 56% 3 47 Jaguar Yokota 11 100% 78% 3 48 Mask de Sun 11 33% 75% 4 49 Takako Inoue 8 100% 33% 4 50 Takumi Iroha 23 33% 55% 3 Men in Japan 400 rank / name / matches / singles win % / tag win % / place on a 6-match card 1 BxB Hulk 87 93% 45% 4 2 Isami Kodaka 76 88% 69% 5 3 Shingo Takagi 83 91% 78% 4 4 YAMATO 87 79% 38% 5 5 Jun Akiyama 61 71% 72% 5 6 Takao Omori 58 68% 67% 4 7 Ricochet 52 75% 89% 4 8 Takoyakida 72 56% 68% 4 9 KAI 42 72% 71% 5 10 Shinsuke Nakamura 61 69% 46% 5 11 T-Hawk 86 57% 56% 4 12 Masakatsu Funaki 46 94% 85% 4 13 Kazuaki Mihara 72 86% 69% 4 14 Kota Ibushi 55 73% 67% 4 15 Yuko Miyamoto 64 70% 72% 5 16 Kazuchika Okada 60 67% 39% 6 17 Suwama 54 78% 44% 5 18 Akira Tozawa 85 78% 74% 4 19 Hiroshi Tanahashi 61 83% 53% 5 20 Jimmy Susumu 83 62% 43% 4 21 HARASHIMA 47 77% 52% 5 22 Mohammed Yone 54 87% 53% 4 23 Ryuji Ito 58 83% 46% 4 24 Masaaki Mochizuki 80 67% 41% 3 25 KUDO 42 82% 68% 5 26 Shinya Ishikawa 61 75% 53% 4 27 Masato Yoshino 85 78% 74% 4 28 Joe Doering 41 75% 48% 5 29 Daisuke Sekimoto 49 89% 52% 4 30 Katsuhiko Nakajima 56 88% 43% 4 31 Kanjyouro Matsuyama 72 44% 50% 4 32 Uhaa Nation 51 80% 63% 4 33 Kenou 54 57% 77% 3 34 Kotaro Suzuki 54 81% 58% 4 35 KENTA 36 78% 69% 5 36 Takashi Sugiura 45 86% 68% 5 37 Takeshi Morishima 46 67% 56% 5 38 Naomichi Marufuji 56 75% 45% 5 39 Shigehiro Irie 67 78% 71% 4 40 Naruki Doi 86 57% 47% 5 41 Cyber Kong 68 67% 60% 4 42 Daisuke Harada 58 74% 46% 4 43 Akebono 28 100% 67% 5 44 Bad Luck Fale 53 67% 50% 5 45 Masato Tanaka 46 89% 64% 5 46 Ultimo Dragon 54 75% 58% 4 47 Kento Miyahara 54 50% 55% 4 48 Keisuke Ishii 66 62% 67% 3 49 Mikey Nicholls 45 64% 62% 4 50 Maybach Taniguchi 55 25% 55% 5What does it mean? Probably nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concrete1992 Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 It means top Dragon Gate guys seem very protected in singles matches and SHINGO fairly well protected in tags as well(Twin Gate champ or former champ now?). Insane work Mookie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgrblue Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 So tell me, is Tyson Kidd so bad on the mic, the reason that wwe has no confidence in him? He seems to be a great hand, but still he gets nothing, and douches like fandango, the miz get airtime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mookeighana Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 Mookie's insane train rolls on. I just finished the North American Indy 325. http://indeedwrestling.blogspot.com/2014/07/mookieghanas-north-american-indy-power.html I looked at results from 200 North American pro-wrestling companies YTD 2014 and created a list of eligible wrestlers based on who had most matches outside of "major" companies. *) Major = WWE, TNA, ROH, EVOLVE, DGUSA There was also consideration taken in for which people worked in a variety of "regions" across the US (and Canada) as well as the similar factors as before (total matches, estimated singles wins, estimated tag wins, average place on the card). Again, this is a silly stats driven model which gives no thought to working ability or other critical judgment calls. Think of it as a Mookie's ridiculous indy PWI. Compiled by someone hasn't seen most of the people on this list. rank / wrestler / matches / federation with most matches / single win % / tag win % / place on 8 match card 1 Michael Elgin 73 Ring Of Honor (23) 71% 88% 6 2 Kevin Steen 53 Ring Of Honor (20) 55% 46% 5 3 Chris Hero 51 Ring Of Honor (8) 54% 75% 6 4 Jimmy Jacobs 49 Ring Of Honor (15) 56% 64% 5 5 Joey Ryan 39 Champ Wrestling From Hollywood (8) 65% 68% 4 6 Rich Swann 47 EVOLVE Wrestling (7) 37% 40% 5 7 Johnny Gargano 33 DREAMWAVE Wrestling (8) 54% 33% 6 8 Athena 27 Anarchy Championship Wrestling (5) 48% 100% 4 9 ACH 47 Ring Of Honor (20) 48% 21% 4 10 Kyle O'Reilly 48 Ring Of Honor (22) 29% 53% 5 11 Candice LeRae 28 Women Superstars Uncensored (6) 50% 69% 4 12 Nick Jackson 20 Ring Of Honor (4) 50% 67% 7 13 Davey Vega 30 Beyond Wrestling (6) 39% 43% 4 14 Trent Barreta 31 EVOLVE Wrestling (7) 29% 50% 6 15 Leah Von Dutch 19 Absolute Intense Wrestling (4) 63% NA 6 16 Matt Hardy 39 Big Time Wrestling (6) 76% 63% 7 17 Ron Mathis 38 Rockstar Pro Wrestling (18) 65% 77% 5 18 Lince Dorado 42 I Believe In Wrestling (10) 64% 54% 5 19 AJ Styles 26 Ring Of Honor (6) 81% 100% 7 20 JT Dunn 37 Combat Zone Wrestling (10) 60% 71% 5 21 David Starr 36 Combat Zone Wrestling (11) 67% 65% 5 22 Gory 32 Pro Wrestling eXpress (10) 71% 59% 5 23 Jack Pollock 26 Pro Wrestling eXpress (15) 50% 75% 6 24 Caleb Konley 47 Premiere Wrestling Xperience (12) 58% 33% 5 25 Ethan Page 38 AAW: (9) 41% 78% 4 26 Matt Cage 32 Beyond Wrestling (11) 69% 67% 4 27 Jason Kincaid 23 National Wrestling Alliance (9) 67% 60% 5 28 Drake Younger 24 Supreme Pro Wrestling (6) 50% 67% 6 29 Matt Conard 29 Black Diamond Wrestling (13) 61% 40% 5 30 Josh Crane 37 IWA Mid-South (14) 46% 42% 4 31 Mia Yim 24 SHINE Wrestling (6) 56% 71% 5 32 Dave Crist 34 Rockstar Pro Wrestling (14) 70% 58% 4 33 Kimber Lee 33 Women Superstars Uncensored (8) 53% 50% 3 34 LuFisto 22 Rockstar Pro Wrestling (5) 73% 60% 5 35 Gangrel 19 West Coast Wrestling Connection (7) 70% 63% 5 36 Matt Cross 26 Absolute Intense Wrestling (7) 81% 50% 4 37 Chris LeRusso 31 Black Diamond Wrestling (13) 52% 14% 5 38 Tommy Dreamer 17 Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (3) 40% 50% 6 39 Matt Jackson 17 Ring Of Honor (4) NA 69% 7 40 Louis Lyndon 23 AAW: (8) 43% 63% 4 41 Allysin Kay 14 SHINE Wrestling (7) 50% 75% 6 42 Tripp Cassidy 26 Evolution Pro Wrestling (9) 38% 54% 4 43 Facade 22 International Wrestling Cartel (9) 50% 50% 5 44 Gregory Iron 20 Smash Wrestling (4) 40% 50% 3 45 AR Fox 41 EVOLVE Wrestling (7) 45% 33% 5 46 Reby Sky 23 Big Time Wrestling (6) 73% 100% 4 47 Carlito 15 World Wrestling Council (7) 44% 67% 7 48 Ricky Starks 24 Canadian Wrestling's Elite (6) 32% 20% 4 49 Jessicka Havok 16 SHINE Wrestling (4) 63% 33% 5 50 Jay Flash 11 Black Diamond Wrestling (8) 38% 100% 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concrete1992 Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 Favorite part of that list is when random guys pop in like Ron Mathis. Like not surprised Elgin is #1. Works a ton of places and is high ranking in almost all of them. I find it funny that Nick is so many places ahead of his brother based on about a weekend's worth of work. Hmmmm. Can you explain how the formula works that has AJ Styles with more matches, higher on the card, and a higher winning percentage than people in front of him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mookeighana Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 I'll do my best to explain the voodoo wrestlenomics that generate the rankings.Let's take AJ Styles.Among the companies in my database, Styles worked 18 matches for "non-major" companies. Those companies held shows in many places including Canada, Central States (Ohio/Illinois), Northern States (NY/PA/NJ), Pacific States (California) and Southern States (North Carolina). In the end he gets 3 points out of a possible five points for working in Canada (1 point) and because he had several matches in Northern States (1 point) and several matches in Central States (1 point).(To qualify for the list, you had to have at least 2 points.)Styles record (all North American companies including major companies) was 23 singles matches and 3 tag matches for 26 total matches. His singles record was 17-4-2 (81% win) and his tag record was 3-0 (100% win). This put his "estimated singles wins" at (17+4+2)*.81=18.63 and his "estimated tag wins" at (3+0+0)*1.0=3.AJ Styles' "estimated single wins" (18.63) was 8th highest among everyone on the list (Michael Elgin, Kevin Steen, Chris Hero, Cedric Alexander, Caleb Konley, Lince Dorado, Danny Duggan all had more). AJ Styles' "estimated tag wins" (3.00) was 125th on the list (the leaders were Michael Elgin, Davey Richards, BJ Whitmer, JT Dunn, David Starr, Mason Cutter, Devin Cutter, Dylan Bostic).If you think of a wrestling card completion going from 0% to 100% (opening match at 0%, last match at 100%), AJ Styles average "placement" on the card was 92.6%. That put his "main event equivalence" at 93%x26 matches=24.09. Among all the wrestlers on the list his ""main event equivalence" (24.09) was ranked 16th (top ten were Michael Elgin, Davey Richards, Kevin Steen, Chris Hero, Jimmy Jacobs, Kyle O'Reilly, Cedric Alexander, Caleb Konley, Rich Swann, Matt Hardy).So, his "weighted average" was a combination of Singles Win Rank(3x), Tag Win Rank (2x), Placement rank (1x) which was (8*3+125*2+16*1)/6=48.333Final score was then "adjusted" by the absolute placement, [1.1-placement]x"weighted average"=[1.1-.926]x48.33 = 8.41 score.That was AJ Styles' "all companies" score (8.41). Among everyone on the list, it was 7th (behind Michael Elgin, Kevin Steen, Jimmy Jacobs, Matt Hardy, Ron Mathis, Danny Duggan). However, we're not done.Next, we calculate all of the same variables, but we do it just looking at match records for non-major companies. AJ Styles was 13-3-1 singles (81%) and 1-0 tag (100%). His "estimated singles wins" was 13.8 and "estimated tag wins" was 1.0. That put him at 13th and 240th respectively.On non-major shows, his average placement on the card was similar, 93.5%. His "main event equivalence" for non-major companies was 16.8, which put him at 36th. His weighted average would be (13*3+240*2+36)/6=92.5. Final score is adjusted by absolutel placement (93.5%) so [1.1-0.935]x92.5=15.26.This is AJ Styles' "non-major companies" score (15.26) which put him 15th among everyone. (The top ten for the "non-major companies" were Michael Elgin, Heidi Lovelace, Joey Ryan, Ron Mathis, Lince Dorado, JT Dunn, Danny Duggan, Jimmy Jacobs, Gory, Matt Hardy).Now, we have two rankings: all-companies (Styles was 7th) and non-major companies (Styles was 15th).His final score is a combination of these two factors with the original "points" metric thrown in.So, his final score was calculated at (points/5)x((400-[all companies rank])*3+(400-[non-major companies rank])*2)/5. In this case, his score would be (2/5)x[(400-7)*3+(400-15)*2]/5=60%*(1179+770)/5=234.That number (234) was ranked among everyone and that's where AJ Styles ended up as 19th.To be honest, there's really a very tight pack as numerous people have scores that range from 220 to 240 Matt Hardy, Ron Mathis, Lince Dorado, AJ Styles, JT Dunn, Gory, David Starr, Jack Pollock, Matt Cage, Drake Younger. There's a "random variable" in my data to prevent ties and when you're dealing with many people who have the same tag records (or whatnot), people really start to fly around when you rerun the data. It's a shortcoming in the model based on not enough matches. I can certainly talk about the reasoning behind each of the steps, but basically it was just something I threw together with the idea that I wanted to reward people who (1) won a lot (2) worked both tag & singles (3) worked in several regions (4) worked near the top of the card.So, the short answer is that if I re-run the model, even today, there's some significant shuffling that happens naturally (or randomly) so it might be more accurate to band the wrestlers where you have the top four (Elgin, Steen, Hero, Ryan) as one group and then the next band and so forth. I know this all sounds crazy and well, it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 You are the Papa Shango of wrestling statistics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goc Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 I wish I could get Dylan to make me an update for TEW 2010. I need new talent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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