2026 Nomination Thread

[Kadaveri]

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

[Kadaveri]

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

 

[Grimmas]

UPDATED!!!

[club]

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

[HowtobeaMark]

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