Your 2026 GWE Lists

[Grimmas]

Lots of people are posting on twitter, discord, or their blogs, and I was asked to make a thread here.

I'll start with my list:

https://prowrestlingsuperblog.wordpress.com/2026/04/12/the-greatest-wrestler-ever-my-2026-list/
 

Share here if you want.

[Boss Rock]

 

[Control21]

My ballot:

 

[Troyvang]

[kas]

[squidlad]

I'm taking my time with this list and will probably utilize the whole month. This is what I have so far.

[Kadaveri]

23 hours ago, Troyvang said:

 

I am pretty fascinated by you ranking Toshiyo Yamada so high! Could you explain why?

[mikeawesomemike]

[NotJayTabb]

Haven't submitted it yet (job for the weekend), but I've finally settled on

1. Bret Hart 2. Rey Mysterio Jr. 3. Jushin Liger 4. El Hijo del Santo 5. Stan Hansen 6. Daniel Bryan 7. Terry Funk 8. Mitsuharu Misawa 9. Negro Casas 10. Bull Nakano 11. Ricky Steamboat 12. Tatsumi Fujinami 13. Akira Hokuto 14. AJ Styles 15. Jim Breaks 16. Tito Santana 17. Bobby Eaton 18. Greg Valentine 19. Toshiaki Kawada 20. Nick Bockwinkel 21. Roddy Piper 22. Steve Grey 23. Eddie Guerrero 24. Barry Windham 25. William Regal 26. Shinya Hashimoto 27. Tully Blanchard 28. Arn Anderson 29. Steve Austin 30. Fit Finlay 31. Vader 32. Hulk Hogan 33. Sgt. Slaughter 34. Jeff Jarrett 35. Genichiro Tenryu 36. Bruno Sammartino 37. Dustin Rhodes 38. WALTER/Gunther 39. Fritz Von Erich 40. Dick Togo 41. Larry Zbyszko 42. Kevin Von Erich 43. Sheamus 44. Randy Orton 45. Andre the Giant 46. Davey Boy Smith 47. Jaguar Yokota 48. Roman Reigns 49. Meiko Satomura 50. Owen Hart 51. Ernie Ladd 52. CM Punk 53.Randy Savage 54. Ric Flair 55. Aja Kong 56. Jerry Lawler 57. Sean Waltman 58. Rick Martel 59. LA Park 60. Mark Henry 61. John Cena 62. Sami Zayn 63. Lex Luger 64. Io Shirai 65. Dusty Rhodes 66. Brock Lesnar 67. Virus 68. John Tenta 69. Too Cold Scorpio 70. Giant Baba 71. Ricky Morton 72. Michael Hayes 73. Dump Matsumoto 74. Curt Hennig 75. Chris Hero 76. Jerry Blackwell 77. Jim Duggan 78. Shinobu Kandori 79. Alex Shelley 80. Butch Reed 81. Christian 82. Super Delphin 83. Ron Garvin 84. Rick Rude 85. Timothy Thatcher 86. Pat Roach 87. The Barbarian 88. Eddie Kingston 89. Austin Idol 90. Mike Quackenbush 91. Devil Masami 92. Necro Butcher 93. Jumbo Tsuruta 94. Hallowicked 95. Terry Rudge 96. Adrian Street 97. Tom Zenk 98. Terry Taylor 99. Koji Kanemoto 100. "Iron" Mike Sharpe

[club]

7 hours ago, NotJayTabb said:

 

86. Pat Roach

Great seeing Bomber getting some love.

[Tetsujin]

Spoiler

1. KENTA KOBASHI

2. BRYAN DANIELSON

3. AJA KONG

4. HIROSHI TANAHASHI

5. SHAWN MICHAELS

6. NICK BOCKWINKEL

7. JUSHIN THUNDER LIGER

8. AKIRA HOKUTO

9. RIC FLAIR

10. MITSUHARU MISAWA

11. EL HIJO DEL SANTO

12. TATSUMI FUJINAMI

13. TOSHIAKI KAWADA

14. AJ STYLES

15. CHRIS BENOIT

16. CM PUNK

17. NEGRO CASAS

18. BUDDY ROSE

19. AKIRA TAUE

20. JUN AKIYAMA

21. DEVIL MASAMI

22. KURT ANGLE

23. BRET HART

24. JERRY LAWLER

25. EDDIE GUERRERO

26. JIM BREAKS

27. STAN HANSEN

28. KIYOSHI TAMURA

29. VOLK HAN

30. TERRY FUNK

31. L.A. PARK

32. GENICHIRO TENRYU

33. TOMOHIRO ISHII

34. MEIKO SATOMURA

35. KATSUYORI SHIBATA

36. CLAUDIO CASTAGNOLI

37. BROCK LESNAR

38. MANAMI TOYOTA

39. SAMOA JOE

40. MICK FOLEY

41. WILLIAM REGAL

42. REY MYSTERIO

43. RODERICK STRONG

44. YOSHIAKI FUJIWARA

45. JAY BRISCOE

46. MARK BRISCOE

47. MAYUMI OZAKI

48. SHINOBU KANDORI

49. RICKY STEAMBOAT

50. PAC

51. KEIJI MUTOH

52. RANDY ORTON

53. JUMBO TSURUTA

54. RIKI CHOSHU

55. SHINYA HASHIMOTO

56. SHINJIRO OTANI

57. TULLY BLANCHARD

58. ARN ANDERSON

59. SAMI ZAYN

60. TETSUYA NAITO

61. RICK MARTEL

62. JAGUAR YOKOTA

63. THE UNDERTAKER

64. MINORU SUZUKI

65. VADER

66. ANTONIO INOKI

67. EL SATÁNICO

68. KYLE O’ REILLY

69. RODDY PIPER

70. CURT HENNIG

71. BILLY ROBINSON

72. STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN

73. JON MOXLEY

74. CHRISTIAN CAGE

75. CHIGUSA NAGAYO

76. ZACK SABRE JR

77. BARRY WINDHAM

78. KAZUCHIKA OKADA

79. EDGE

80. EL DANDY

81. TRIPLE H

82. STEVE WILLIAMS

83. GUNTHER

84. WILL OSPREAY

85. FINLAY

86. NOBUHIKO TAKADA

87. BLUE PANTHER

88. CHRIS JERICHO

89. IO SHIRAI

90. JOHN CENA

91. KENTA

92. LOW KI

93. YUJI NAGATA

94. KERRY VON ERICH

95. NIGEL MCGUINNESS

96. DUSTIN RHODES

97. CHRIS HERO

98. DYNAMITE KANSAI

99. BULL NAKANO

100. TAICHI

Here's mine. Time is a bitch, so there's still so much to explore and rewatch, but honestly I feel pretty confident about it, as I kept working on it throughout some years, as I was watching stuff. I foresee that the last 30 spots or so are gonna change drastically from here to ten years in the future.

[Microstatistics]

Submitted my list today. This one is exponential more "accurate" and representative of my tastes than the one submitted in 2016 because I primarily employed an empirical, GME-driven approach. If a wrestler had the output (volume, ceiling, variety of opponents etc.), it was reflected in the placement.

1.  Kenta Kobashi

2.  Shawn Michaels

3.  El Hijo del Santo

4.  Yoshiaki Fujiwara

5.  Kiyoshi Tamura

6.  El Satanico

7.  Bryan Danielson

8.  Eddie Guerrero

9.  Jushin Liger

10.  Gunther

11.  Mitsuharu Misawa

12.  Brock Lesnar

13.  Tatsumi Fujinami

14.  Kenny Omega

15.  Bret Hart

16.  Akira Hokuto

17.  Daisuke Ikeda

18.  AJ Styles

19.  Jun Akiyama

20.  Vader

21.  Kazuchika Okada

22.  Genichiro Tenryu

23.  Tetsuya Naito

24.  Ric Flair

25.  Chris Jericho

26.  The Undertaker

27.  Ricky Steamboat

28.  Aja Kong

29.  Hechicero

30.  Antonio Inoki

31.  Jon Moxley

32.  Kurt Angle

33.  Stan Hansen

34.  Roman Reigns

35.  Mick Foley

36.  Volk Han

37.  Shinya Hashimoto

38.  Jumbo Tsuruta

39.  Steve Austin

40.  Negro Casas

41.  Toshiaki Kawada

42.  Nobuhiko Takada

43.  Jerry Lawler

44.  Steve Grey

45.  Chigusa Nagayo

46.  Will Ospreay

47.  Jim Breaks

48.  Roddy Piper

49.  Lou Thesz

50.  Mima Shimoda

51.  Nick Bockwinkel

52.  William Regal

53.  Sami Zayn

54.  Triple H

55.  Jack Brisco

56.  Chris Benoit

57.  Akira Maeda

58.  Akira Taue

59.  Io Shirai

60.  The Destroyer

61.  Pirata Morgan

62.  Dick Murdoch

63.  Marty Jones

64.  Naomichi Marufuji

65.  Giant Baba

66.  Hulk Hogan

67.  Josh Barnett 

68.  MJF

69.  Keiji Muto

70.  Shinjiro Otani

71.  Bob Backlund

72.  Megumi Kudo

73.  Samoa Joe

74.  Edge

75.  El Dandy

76.  Naoki Sano

77.  Darby Allin

78.  El Samurai

79.  Bull Nakano

80.  CM Punk

81.  Rush

82.  Randy Orton

83.  Cody Rhodes

84.  Mariko Yoshida

85.  Mayumi Ozaki

86.  Axel Dieter

87.  Jim Londos

88.  Anton Tejero

89.  Mocho Cota

90.  Giulia

91.  Miu Watanabe

92.  Koji Kanemoto

93.  Dolph Ziggler

94.  Ricky Morton

95.  Scott Steiner

96.  Yuji Nagata

97.  Azumi Hyuga

98.  Tully Blanchard

99.  Asuka

100.  Bruno Sammartino