Kadaveri Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 Chihiro Hashimoto Debuted in 2015, by 2017 had succeeded Meiko Satomura as the top star of Sendai Girls and still holds that position as of 2025. She has an amateur background and incorporates those skills into her pro-wrestling about as well as anyone in her era. She tremendous raw power/strength that makes her suplexes look especially damaging. In 2023-24 she's been out of the main title picture for a while, her tag team with Yuu (Team 200kg) is one of the best tag teams in the scene, and Chihiro is definitely the better of the two. vs. Meiko Satomura - Sendai Girls 9/24/17 vs. Sareee - Sendai Girls 6/8/19 vs. Mei Hoshizuki - Marvelous 8/20/21 vs. MIRAI - Stardom 2/4/23 w/ Yuu vs. Mio Momono & Yurika Oka - Sendai Girls 2/11/24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadaveri Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 Mio Momono The best pure babyface of her era and even just that doesn't quite do her justice. From very early on in her career she'd developed a distinct personality that she incorporated into her matches brilliantly. She's an over-energetic little pest who does things like screaming her opponent's face to throw them off. Done by almost anyone else her gimmick would just be annoying but she pulls it off and makes you think it's just her real personality. She's also an incredibly athletic cardio machine despite not looking like one and takes some incredible bumps. Her feud with Mayumi Ozaki in 2023-24 came closer than anyone to the visceral and emotional vibe of the Chigusa Nagayo vs. Dump Matsumoto feud. vs. Maruko Nagasaki - SEAdLINNNG 5/5/17 vs. Takumi Iroha - Marvelous 11/3/19 w/ Yumi Ohka vs. Hibiki & Sareee - WAVE 12/27/20 w/ Mei Hoshizuki & Rin Kadokura vs. Chihiro Hashimoto, DASH Chisako & Mika Iwata (Elimination) - GAEA 6/13/21 vs. Miyuki Takase vs. Sakura Hirota (Tomoe Battle Rules) - WAVE 6/29/21 vs. Chikayo Nagashima - Marvelous 5/3/23 vs. Mayumi Ozaki - Marvelous 8/7/23 vs. Mayumi Ozaki - Oz Academy 4/28/24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimmas Posted February 1 Author Report Share Posted February 1 UPDATED!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
club Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 Brian Maxine I find it quite hard to put into words what I love about Brian Maxine, but here goes. We all know someone who’s an arrogant prick right? Someone who is clearly talented, but also clearly not the genius they make themselves out to be? The type you’re just waiting to fall flat on his annoying face? Brian “Gold Belt” Maxine is the best wrestling personification of this type. Everything he does just screams so well with this, from his wrestling style, to his crown and robe, to his patronising handshake. The WoS environment is perfect for this type of heel to thrive. Maxine’s generally wrestling in front of an audience that views letting success go to your head as a cardinal sin. The whole thing is cartoonishly absurd yet completely relatable. Recommended matches: Brian Maxine vs Steve Wright, 2nd December 1972 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VOn44x3Oso Brian Maxine vs Ivan Penzecoff, 15th Feb 1975 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDwpfwLhhtA Brian Maxine vs Robby Barron, 5th March 1977 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecwJaLJDfAI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowtobeaMark Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 Dick the Bruiser I can see this nomination getting a negative response and I do understand why. But honestly, I do think he warrants consideration. I think Dick showed he could be effective in a variety of roles whether it be bar room/every man brawler (w/ Bruno vs Ernie Ladd and Baron Von Raschke), a fun comedic worker (w/ The Crusher and Little Bruiser vs The Blackjacks & Bobby Heenan), a bumping and stooging heel (w/Karl Karlsson vs Verne Gagne and Wilbur Snyder) or a vicious heel (vs Giant Baba). I think he knew how to get the best out of what he had and was incredibly over with the fans and could evoke huge reactions. Was a master of super expressive big wrestling knew how to play to every seat in the house. Matches to Watch W/Karl Karlsson vs Verne Gagne & Wilbur Snyder – Chicago 17/7/59 Vs Giant Baba – JWA 28/2/68 w/The Crusher & Little Bruiser vs Bobby Heenan & The Blackjacks – WWA 16/9/72 w/Bruno Sammartino vs Ernie Ladd & Baron Von Raschke – WWA 25/8/73 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Jackson Posted April 3 Report Share Posted April 3 Would also add 1975 vs Baba for Bruiser. Awesome match Fuck yeah, I'll vote for him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadCheese Posted April 30 Report Share Posted April 30 Shuji Ishikawa The Big Dog, a great overdog that has a really interesting variety of wrestling. Really good presence. He is a wrestler I'm hoping look more into. Good at comedy, tag team wrestling, big singles, bloody wrestling, and more. Being the top champion for AJPW, BJW, DDT, and Kyushu Pro is very impressive. vs. Kazusada Higuchi (DDT, 9/25/2016) vs. HARASHIMA (DDT, 12/4/2016) vs. Suwama (AJPW, 7/17/2017) vs. Kento Miyahara (AJPW, 7/27/2017) w/ Suwama vs. Kento Miyahara & Yoshitatsu (AJPW, 12/12/17) w/ Suwama vs. Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (AJPW, 6/17/2023). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadCheese Posted April 30 Report Share Posted April 30 Big Daddy V / Mabel / Viscera A wrestler I really enjoy watching. Fun bumps, spinning wheel kicks, and looking super cool/menacing. The Big Daddy V look is an all time wrestling look. He rules so much. Very fun to watch! The Quebecers (Jacques & Pierre) vs. Men On A Mission (Mabel & Mo) (w/Oscar) (WWF Wrestlemania 10, 3/20/94) Mabel vs. Yokozuna (WWF Action Zone, Aired 11/6/94) https://youtu.be/rcTfq4d50_E?si=zL4wkuP8ke60loh0 Viscera vs. Kurt Angle (WWF Raw, 12/20/99) https://youtu.be/qVk_NjyQM-4?si=bln8CoPGNzSq0WHH Batista vs. Viscera (WWE Raw, 1/17/05) John Cena vs. Viscera (WWE Raw, 8/7/2006) Big Daddy V vs. Brandon Gatson, Jeff Michaels & John Mason (WWE ECW, 7/31/07) Big Daddy V vs. Colin Delaney (WWE ECW, Aired 1/1/08) Big Daddy Voodoo vs. Ryota Hama (AJPW, 7/2/10) https://youtu.be/3KFQ5Z4UXHE?si=3nQqICwbsWAz3IpE Big Daddy V vs. Blue Demon Jr (WWL Dream Matches Tour, 7/7/13) https://youtu.be/S5LeE2Sa-nY?si=I4SmMNrvju5O_Nwx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadCheese Posted April 30 Report Share Posted April 30 Crazy Crusher A super bump freak. Nominated mostly from having the craziest ladder match on tape with Hellstorm from EWR in 2004. One of the most 2004 playing action figures, watching TLC, and endorphin wrestling matches ever! He has also has really good crowd connection outside of the spots and really cool other matches. vs. AJ Styles vs. El Generico (EWR, 9/4/04) https://youtu.be/WCn-QpdLZxg?si=1CTnpO1SYahur2is vs. Hellstorm (EWR, 11/6/04) https://youtu.be/jIorRNuQ1Bo?si=AJ6q2Cucno_KC5aE vs. Hellstorm, THE LADDER MATCH (EWR, 12/19/04) https://youtu.be/KNiC2VkSOHQ?si=fAMNE0m-o_kA0Rnd Here's a playlist of him https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqb8lKBlP4tPbB9I6Yh60PR1kzhvS0d-8&si=-TgNMYh9YTj7zF36 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadCheese Posted April 30 Report Share Posted April 30 Sakura Hirota One of the best comedy wrestlers I have seen, there's a so much charm and enthusiasm in her work. Her work as self does follow a formula but it's still fun. Her stuff with the giant HHH champion is fun. Her impression and cosplay wrestler work is amazing. She might be the best at that kind of gimmick. She is so good at finding the manurisms and quirks of who she is portraying. She is also such a great underdog and fighter from underneath especially in GAEA. Match recs vs. Devil Masami (GAEA, 1/9/97) https://youtu.be/dSLte9W5KqY?si=OVH6HK0Lm1SDzq1D vs. Chigusa Nagayo (GAEA, 1/12/97) https://youtube.com/watch?v=xtKbs2jkMKU&pp=ygUWR2FlYSBjaGlndXNhIGhpcm90YSA5Nw%3D%3D vs. Dynamite Kansei (GAEA, 5/14/00) https://youtu.be/uLFid3GC7u8?si=JRunJwgGBQsnnpIN w/ Lioness Asuka vs. KAORU and Mayumi Ozaki (GAEA, 6/17/01) https://youtu.be/A5wsrJrPnYg?si=seJ08YMrQ4fCWDEd vs. KAROU (GAEA, 7/14/02) https://youtu.be/NL93QDL8xtI?si=EqiFPHJos1bgp1Zf vs. Mima Shimoda (GAEA, 4/3/05) https://youtu.be/cpa9jUHKy5E?si=nNGVQm4Py5M8bgUh vs. Antonio Honda (DDT, 7/29/19) w/ Chihiro Hashimoto, and Yuu vs. DASH Chisako, Meiko Satomura and Syuri (Sendai Girls, 3/28/20) https://youtu.be/EdxRCoIv5EE?si=ynYgGFrLGrTOhqNr vs. Mio Momono (Marvelous, 2/26/21) https://youtu.be/JpU6S00V13A?si=f9uD2gUXciALnjvk vs. Miyuki Takase (WAVE, 3/12/23) https://youtu.be/_sCwJR6PTHo Battle Royal (Sendai Girls, 1/12/24) https://youtu.be/554dVDbsDOE?si=PRwqyvKm7uyq9PsF vs. Aiger (Sendai Girls) https://youtu.be/Sv_pPty3t0Q?si=7TjDdrBXBNz0mvNz vs. Aiger (Sendai Girls) https://youtu.be/k7g5aCt1ey8?si=GdD3fhho2MJIt95w Her various cosplays in GAEA https://youtu.be/oiyiL1kHh-E?si=wB923tdMMZvEzhBH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadCheese Posted April 30 Report Share Posted April 30 Andreza Giant Panda / Andre The Giant Panda Probably going to make somewhere in my 99-100. From New Nemuro Pro Wrestling and N2W with Samson Miyamoto and various other friends as his manager Andreza Giant Panda! An great party wrestling gimmick. I have so many Andreza Giant Panda matches and moments over the past 8 years and it's still fun. It's a character. Andreza has even had matches against a parody Hulk Hogan and Stan Kobayashi. Inflatable Panda headbutts and body splashes energy. My go to wrestler when I'm showing my someone wrestling. Yuruchara Brawl (Rampage Big Brawl, 5/8/2018) https://youtu.be/xsXSzqEofaY?si=xtcoLayz2KTcMWAW vs. Batten Blabla (Kyushu Pro, 7/7/2018) https://youtu.be/EIQc4tlzUnc?si=bbeBt82HlV3k4Zow vs. Super Sasadango Machine (DDT, 10/21/2018) w/ Saki Akai vs. Akito & Kazuki Hirata (DDT, 6/17/2023) vs. Pokotan (DDT, 6/18/2023) w/ Kaya Toribami vs. Pom Harajuku and Raku (TJPW, 3/31/2024) https://youtu.be/Un7brCj49Mw?si=-lQN4uyPzVrPW9P2 Here's an Andreza Giant Panda playlist. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlM1-WJ2N9UeYaJa44AqJ9T-76i9m56cI&si=TIjcN4RQuz1oD6a3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ma Stump Puller Posted Monday at 07:57 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 07:57 PM Don Leo Jonathan Kinda shocking that he wasn't a official nomination earlier. Don Leo has been held in great regard for decades as one of the best giants of his time, his terrific atheticism, and capability to play a strong babyface but a especially strong gift for being a heel, being probably one of the greatest big-man bumpers ever. Was also gifted enough technically that he could wrestle 30/40 minute matches without it ever seeming boring or out of touch, especially impressive since this was a guy wrestling in a time when dropkicks were considered a novelty. 50s discoveries have also further established his case since they show him in his prime having incredible showings with some of the best to do it, so we have even more reason to consider his case beyond some AJPW tours. vs "Tiger" Jack Moore (10/22/1954) vs Roy McClarity (01/24/1955) vs Verne Gagne (04/15/1955) w/ Hans Schnabel vs Argentina Rocca & Roy McClarity (06/10/1955) vs Lou Thesz (10/28/1955) vs Strong Kobayashi (05/02/1972) vs Mr. Wrestling (12/09/1975) vs Dory Funk Jr. (12/17/1975) vs Otto Wanz (07/12/1980) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadCheese Posted Monday at 09:54 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 09:54 PM Kazuki Hirata TOKYO GO! A contender for best comedy wrestler I have ever seen. He's for sure best comedy/avant garde wrestler in DDT history. He constantly makes me smile. The Tokyo Go glasses gimmick is always so fun. He's so good at making other wrestlers look great whether that wrestler is animate or inanimate (Kazuki Hirata is best vs. Yoshihiko wrestler ever) or anyone. Toru Owashi and him have such a great dynamic. Fun when he gets serious too. He's amazing! I think he might make the 80-95 region of my list. Match Recs Kazuki Hirata, Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi vs. Makoto Oishi, MAO & Shunma Katsumata (DDT, 1/28/13) Kazuki Hirata vs. Usaburo Kokeshi, Daruma Takasaki & Yutaka Yoshie (DDT, 5/12/19) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCu6Xe8SebA Jun Akiyama & Yoshihiko Vs HARASHIMA & Kazuki Hirata (DDT, 9/26/2021) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_ubHk83Yhw Kazuki Hirata vs. Yoshihiko (DDT, 10/12/21) https://youtu.be/lyPx8or6ams?si=iqL9RIDOiyWvO8H0 Konosuke Takeshita & Yuki Ueno Vs Shuji Kondo & Kazuki Hirata (DDT, 1/30/22) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTWYfaUVblQ MAO Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Yoshihiko (DDT, 6/25/23) Kazuki Hirata vs. Hiromu Takahashi (DDT, 11/12/23) Hiromu Takahashi, Kazuki Hirata, and Keisuke Ishii vs. Kenshin Chikano, Soma Takao, and YO-HEY (DDT, 3/12/25) Any rumble Peter Pan Rumble he has been in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadCheese Posted Tuesday at 08:34 AM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 08:34 AM Kazusada Higuchi He's been pretty much at the good+ and above level since since I first saw him DDT DNA proabably 11 years ago. He carries great presence and confidence. Not sure if he'll make my list but, I think hes one of current DDT more consistent wrestlers especially in main events. Match Recs vs. HARASHIMA (DDT, 4/26/16) vs. Shuji Ishikawa (DDT, 9/25/16) vs. Konosuke Takeshita (DDT, 1/7/17) vs. HARASHIMA (DDT, 11/3/21) 37KAMIINA/ShunMAO (MAO and Shunma Katsumata) vs. Chihiro Hashimoto and Kazusada Higuchi (DDT Super Encounter! Episode 4, 2022) His DDT King Of DDT 2022 (7/3/22) and 2023 (5/21/23) vs. Konosuke Takeshita (DDT, 9/25/22) Eruption (Hideki Okatani, Saki Akai, and Yukio Sakaguchi) vs. Harimao (Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu, and Yuki Ishida) (DDT, 7/23/23) vs. Masahiro Takanashi (Baka Gaijin abd Friends 9, 10/31/23) vs. Shinya Aoki (DDT,5/6/25) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantaur Rodeo Clown Posted Tuesday at 11:31 AM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 11:31 AM Jay White Inexplicably does not have a nomination yet despite being a fairly prominent wrestler over the past 10 years or so. Jay White exemplifies a minimalism that clashes strongly with current North American wrestling's obsession with maximalist. More spots, more near falls, more finishes, more crowd chants, more stipulations, more everything. Jay White has a less-is-more attitude that makes him stand apart from his peers, but ultimately makes him mismatched from his current booking and overlooked. A tremendous look, a good promo, a solid base for different styles of wrestling and an endless gas tank that makes him versatile as wrestler. He may simply just be too young still (32 at time of posting) to rank in the top 100, but he is certainly putting together a very good resume. Matches Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood vs Jay White & Juice Robinson - AEW Collision, 07.15.2023 To my mind, the best tag team match of the decade so far. Everything is picture perfect, every wrestler working in concert and combining beyond the sum of their parts. As Salieri says, move one note and there would be diminishment. Jay White is stellar in this match, phenomenally selling the fatigue of the match and getting the stipulation over. The visual of Juice dragging Jay back to a corner after a fall, and Jay selling like death in his lap is absolute gold. Jay White vs Adam Page - AEW Wrestledream, 10.12.2024 Any of their matches together are very good, and veer away from the trend of AEW matches in this period. They don't go for diminishing returns with endless kickouts. They don't trade momentum back and forth endlessly until any throughline is lost. Good, solid legwork leading up to a spectacular finish. Jay's smoothness in the ring is clear in the match, as is his ability to read a crowd and adjust. Jay White vs Kota Ibushi - NJPW G1 Climax 2019 - 08.12.2019 Just a wonderful, bombastic performance in the NJPW style, at the tale end of the era for this sort of match. Wonderful heel work throughout by Jay, probably the career performance up to that point for him. Jay White vs Juice Robinson - NJPW G1 Special in San Francisco, 07.07.2018. The match is great, but for me, this is all about the one spot where Jay White suplexes Juice into the barricade, knocking Jim Ross over. Apparently, JR had voiced his concerns earlier in the day about it. Before you know it, Josh Barnett is acting like a mega-mark, storming the ring to protect the honor of his commentary partner. Is it a work? Is it a shoot? I don't know. Either way, Jay White's reaction (planned or improvised) is pure heel genius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadCheese Posted Wednesday at 09:08 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 09:08 PM Arik Royal Yay, yay! One of the best wrestlers of the 2010s and still really good when getting opportunity in the 2020s. Great confidence in his movements. Great at being the overdog but, also great at being vunderable. A good face from what I seen) and a great heel. He's so good at finding the strengths helping accentuating the strengths of his tag team partners and opponets. CWF Mid Atlantic was my go to promotion of the mid-late 2010s because alot in part because of Arik Royal. Match Recs vs. Trevor Lee (CWF Mid Atlantic Battlecade, 12/28/13) w/ Ray Kandrack vs. Andrew Everett & Jesse Adler (CWF MA, 3/12/16) vs. Nick Richards (CWF MA Weaver Cup Finals, 8/13/16) vs. Andrew Everett (CWF MA Battlecade, 12/30/16) vs. Trevor Lee (CWF MA, 9/7/17) vs. Chet Sterling (10/8/17) vs. Snooty Foxx, Brass Knuckles On A Poll (CWF MA, 9/30/17) vs. Snooty Foxx, Chappel Hill Street Fight (CWF Mid Atlantic, 3/10/18 vs. Daniel Makabe (SCI, 8/7/21) vs. Daniel Makabe (ACTION, 12/13/21) vs. Kevin Ku (ACTION, 3/4/22) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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