Your 2026 GWE Lists

[DMJ]

I posted my list over at my blog.

I must admit, I'm not especially proud of it or even agree with all of it, which is weird to say, but this time around, I really tried to stick to some self-imposed rules and a "system" designed to keep it from just being a list of my favorite wrestlers.

 

[MichaelZ]

I wish I could have gotten more viewing in but as a snapshot in time I feel ok about this, at least I do today. 
 

 

[squidlad]

Here is my ballot. It is imperfect, of course, but I had a good time watching and discussing stuff.

[EnviousStupid]

I'm sure I'll disagree with the list plenty in the next couple months, but for now, I'm happy.

[donsem43]

My list. I thought it would be interesting if I included my late cuts so this is essentially everyone that I seriously considered.

[Childs]

1. Daniel Bryan/Bryan Danielson

2. Genichiro Tenryu

3. Yoshiaki Fujiwara

4. Stan Hansen

5. Kenta Kobashi

6. Nick Bockwinkel

7. Terry Funk

8. Ric Flair

9. Tatsumi Fujinami

10. Rey Mysterio Jr.

11. Toshiaki Kawada

12. Buddy Rose

13. Jumbo Tsuruta

14. Mitsuharu Misawa

15. Shinya Hashimoto

16. El Satanico

17. Jerry Lawler

18. Jushin Liger

19. El Hijo Del Santo

20. Antonio Inoki

21. Akira Hokuto

22. Kiyoshi Tamura

23. El Dandy

24. Riki Choshu

25. Jaguar Yokota

26. Yuki Ishikawa

27. Steve Grey

28. Vader

29. Barry Windham

30. Akira Taue

31. Jun Akiyama

32. Volk Han

33. Aja Kong

34. Billy Robinson

35. AJ Styles

36. Eddie Guerrero

37. Bret Hart

38. Jack Brisco

39. Dustin Rhodes

40. Randy Savage

41. Chigusa Nagayo

42. Ricky Morton

43. Ricky Steamboat

44. Chris Hero

45. Negro Casas

46. Chris Benoit

47. Meiko Satomura

48. Bobby Eaton

49. William Regal

50. Daisuke Ikeda

51. Bull Nakano

52. Andre the Giant

53. WALTER/Gunther

54. Rick Martel

55. Shinjiro Ohtani

56. Zack Sabre Jr. 

57. Ron Garvin

58. Greg Valentine

59. Fit Finlay

60. Marty Jones

61. Arn Anderson

62. Dick Murdoch

63. Jim Breaks

64. Bill Dundee

65. Dynamite Kansai

66. Hiroshi Tanahashi

67. Alexander Otsuka

68. Devil Masami

69. Akira Maeda

70. Dump Matsumoto

71. Steve Austin 

72. Blue Panther

73. Lou Thesz

74. Giant Baba

75. Naoki Sano

76. Low Ki

77. Yoshihiro Takayama

78. Samoa Joe

79. Tito Santana

80. Steve Williams

81. Cesaro

82. Mark Briscoe

83. Dick Togo

84. CM Punk

85. Jay Briscoe

86. Hiroshi Hase

87. Eddie Kingston

88. Pirata Morgan

89. Carlos Colon

90. Osamu Nishimura

91. Tully Blanchard

92. Sangre Chicana

93. Invader I

94. Mick Foley

95. Shawn Michaels

96. Masa Saito

97. Will Ospreay

98. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi

99. Necro Butcher

100. Super Dragon

GWE 2026.gdoc

[ohtani's jacket]

I threw something together and already I see a couple of names I left off. Not that it will make a huge difference to the outcome, but I blew it, as eliot would say. 

[brockobama]

Wanted to swap some spots around within an hour of sending the ballot in. Ever onward. 

1. Shinya Hashimoto
2. Stone Cold Steve Austin
3. Terry Funk
4. Aja Kong
5. Rey Mysterio
6. El Hijo del Santo
7. Andre the Giant
8. Nick Bockwinkel
9. Jim Breaks
10. John Cena
11. Antonio Inoki
12. Mick Foley
13. Akira Hokuto
14. Tatsumi Fujinami
15. Atsushi Onita
16. Ric Flair
17. Negro Casas
18. Meiko Satomura
19. Brock Lesnar
20. Stan Hansen
21. Bret Hart
22. Genichiro Tenryu
23. Vader
24. William Regal
25. CM Punk
26. Eddie Kingston
27. Hiroshi Tanahashi
28. Jon Moxley
29. Samoa Joe
30. Chigusa Nagayo
31. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
32. Goldberg
33. Ricky Steamboat
34. Akira Taue
35. Buddy Rose
36. Jumbo Tsuruta
37. Chris Hero
38. Sangre Chicana
39. Sting
40. Dump Matsumoto
41. Timothy Thatcher
42. Roddy Piper
43. Chris Benoit
44. Necro Butcher
45. Bobby Eaton
46. Jushin Liger
47. Shinjiro Ohtani
48. Jerry Lawler
49. Kiyoshi Tamura
50. Minoru Suzuki
51. Volk Han
52. LA Park
53. Jun Akiyama
54. Bryan Danielson
55. Hiroyoshi Tenzan
56. Kenta Kobashi
57. “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan
58. Sabu
59. Lou Thesz
60. Arn Anderson
61. Ricky Morton
62. El Satanico
63. Mike Quackenbush
64. Katsuyori Shibata
65. Jay Briscoe
66. AJ Styles
67. Toshiaki Kawada
68. HARASHIMA
69. Kazunari Murakami
70. El Generico/Sami Zayn
71. Devil Masami
72. Dustin Rhodes
73. Fit Finlay
74. Yuki Ishikawa
75. Randy Savage
76. Jeff Hardy
77. Kazuyuki Fujita
78. Low Ki
79. Atlantis
80. Yuji Okabayashi
81. Yoshihito Sasaki
82. 2 Cold Scorpio
83. Blue Panther
84. Satoru Sayama
85. Shinobu Kandori
86. Bill Dundee
87. Virus
88. Daniel Makabe
89. Homicide
90. Darby Allin
91. Yoshihiro Takayama
92. Mitsuhiro Matsunaga
93. Clive Myers
94. Daisuke Ikeda
95. Super Dragon
96. Pirata Morgan
97. Osamu Nishimura
98. Dick Murdoch
99. Nick Gage
100. Dr. Wagner Jr.

[KB8]

And that's that for another 10 years!

1. Negro Casas
2. Genichiro Tenryu
3. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
4. Terry Funk
5. Kiyoshi Tamura
6. Shinya Hashimoto
7. El Hijo del Santo
8. Jerry Lawler
9. El Satanico
10. Mariko Yoshida
11. Stan Hansen
12. Shinobu Kandori
13. Yuki Ishikawa
14. El Dandy
15. Mitsuharu Misawa
16. Buddy Rose
17. Daisuke Ikeda
18. Nick Bockwinkel
19. Eddie Guerrero
20. Takeshi Ono
21. Tully Blanchard
22. Roddy Piper
23. Dick Murdoch
24. Volk Han
25. Tatsumi Fujinami

26. Blue Panther
27. Bryan Danielson
28. Virus
29. Sangre Chicana
30. Rey Mysterio
31. Ricky Morton
32. Pirata Morgan
33. Randy Savage
34. Riki Choshu
35. Aja Kong
36. Naoki Sano
37. Ricky Steamboat
38. Fuerza Guerrera
39. Arn Anderson
40. Ric Flair
41. Jushin Liger
42. Akira Hokuto
43. Barry Windham
44. Bill Dundee
45. Kenta Kobashi
46. Vader
47. Butch Reed
48. Akira Maeda
49. Meiko Satomura
50. Rick Martel

51. LA Park
52. Toshiaki Kawada
53. Bobby Eaton
54. Alexander Otsuka
55. Yoji Anjoh
56. Jumbo Tsuruta
57. Andre the Giant
58. Devil Masami
59. Shawn Michaels
60. Akira Taue
61. Jim Duggan
62. Sgt. Slaughter
63. Steve Austin
64. Black Terry
65. Greg Valentine
66. Kazunari Murakami
67. Bret Hart
68. Hechicero
69. Buzz Sawyer
70. Low Ki
71. Finlay
72. MS-1
73. Emilio Charles Jr.
74. Dick Togo
75. Dustin Rhodes

76. Jerry Estrada
77. Rick Rude
78. Hector Guerrero
79. Invader I
80. Jerry Blackwell
81. Magnum TA
82. Tito Santana
83. Necro Butcher
84. Samoa Joe
85. Koko Ware
86. William Regal
87. Tonga Kid
88. Tarzan Goto
89. Masa Kurisu
90. Yoshihiro Takayama
91. Negro Navarro
92. Austin Aries
93. Atlantis
94. Michael Hayes
95. Mocho Cota
96. Shinjiro Ohtani
97. La Fiera
98. Le Petit Prince
99. Yoshihisa Yamamoto
100. Yumi Ikeshita

[Control21]

1 hour ago, KB8 said:

And that's that for another 10 years!

1. Negro Casas
2. Genichiro Tenryu
3. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
4. Terry Funk
5. Kiyoshi Tamura
6. Shinya Hashimoto
7. El Hijo del Santo
8. Jerry Lawler
9. El Satanico
10. Mariko Yoshida
11. Stan Hansen
12. Shinobu Kandori
13. Yuki Ishikawa
14. El Dandy
15. Mitsuharu Misawa
16. Buddy Rose
17. Daisuke Ikeda
18. Nick Bockwinkel
19. Eddie Guerrero
20. Takeshi Ono
21. Tully Blanchard
22. Roddy Piper
23. Dick Murdoch
24. Volk Han
25. Tatsumi Fujinami

26. Blue Panther
27. Bryan Danielson
28. Virus
29. Sangre Chicana
30. Rey Mysterio
31. Ricky Morton
32. Pirata Morgan
33. Randy Savage
34. Riki Choshu
35. Aja Kong
36. Naoki Sano
37. Ricky Steamboat
38. Fuerza Guerrera
39. Arn Anderson
40. Ric Flair
41. Jushin Liger
42. Akira Hokuto
43. Barry Windham
44. Bill Dundee
45. Kenta Kobashi
46. Vader
47. Butch Reed
48. Akira Maeda
49. Meiko Satomura
50. Rick Martel

51. LA Park
52. Toshiaki Kawada
53. Bobby Eaton
54. Alexander Otsuka
55. Yoji Anjoh
56. Jumbo Tsuruta
57. Andre the Giant
58. Devil Masami
59. Shawn Michaels
60. Akira Taue
61. Jim Duggan
62. Sgt. Slaughter
63. Steve Austin
64. Black Terry
65. Greg Valentine
66. Kazunari Murakami
67. Bret Hart
68. Hechicero
69. Buzz Sawyer
70. Low Ki
71. Finlay
72. MS-1
73. Emilio Charles Jr.
74. Dick Togo
75. Dustin Rhodes

76. Jerry Estrada
77. Rick Rude
78. Hector Guerrero
79. Invader I
80. Jerry Blackwell
81. Magnum TA
82. Tito Santana
83. Necro Butcher
84. Samoa Joe
85. Koko Ware
86. William Regal
87. Tonga Kid
88. Tarzan Goto
89. Masa Kurisu
90. Yoshihiro Takayama
91. Negro Navarro
92. Austin Aries
93. Atlantis
94. Michael Hayes
95. Mocho Cota
96. Shinjiro Ohtani
97. La Fiera
98. Le Petit Prince
99. Yoshihisa Yamamoto
100. Yumi Ikeshita

Good stuff! Good to see another Yoshihisa Yamamoto vote. If there's any wrestler who sums up a well-crafted Shakespearean tragedy in their career, it's him. 

[Jetlag]

My Top 100:

1. Shinya Hashimoto
2. El Hijo Del Santo
3. Terry Funk
4. Negro Casas
5. Takeshi Ono
6. Blue Panther
7. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
8. Yuki Ishikawa
9. Yasushi Sato
10. Command Bolshoi
11. Genichiro Tenryu
12. Mitsuharu Misawa
13. Stan Hansen
14. Virus
15. Jim Breaks
16. Antonio Inoki
17. Volk Han
18. Tarzan Goto
19. Dick Murdoch
20. Tatsumi Fujinami
21. Shinobu Kandori
22. El Dandy
23. Aja Kong
24. Toshiaki Kawada
25. Akira Hokuto
26. Riki Choshu
27. Akira Maeda
28. Kiyoshi Tamura
29. Akira Taue
30. Devil Masami
31. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
32. Chigusa Nagayo
33. Rey Mysterio Jr.
34. Masanobu Fuchi
35. Osamu Nishimura
36. LA Park
37. Dynamite Kansai
38. Greg Valentine
39. Mariko Yoshida
40. Gilbert Leduc
41. Roddy Piper
42. Low Ki
43. Black Terry
44. Vader
45. El Satanico
46. Wahoo McDaniel
47. Sangre Chicana
48. Meiko Satomura
49. Yoshihiro Takayama
50. Pirata Morgan
51. Yoshinari Ogawa
52. Jun Akiyama
53. Daisuke Ikeda
54. GENTARO
55. Jaguar Yokota
56. Alexander Otsuka
57. La Fiera
58. Keita Yano
59. Naoki Sano
60. William Regal
61. Jumbo Tsuruta
62. Jerry Lawler
63. Franz van Buyten
64. Super Dragon
65. Bobby Eaton
66. Nick Bockwinkel
67. Steve Grey
68. Katsumi Usuda
69. Buddy Rose
70. Jushin Liger
71. Great Sasuke
72. Bret Hart
73. Kenta Kobashi
74. Tanomusaku Toba
75. Negro Navarro
76. Bill Dundee
77. Mayumi Ozaki
78. Finlay
79. Daniel Bryan
80. Jackie Sato
81. Koki Kitahara
82. Dick Togo
83. Masao Orihara
84. Toshiyo Yamada
85. Hiroshi Watanabe
86. Carlos Amano
87. Eddie Guerrero
88. Harley Saito
89. Ran YuYu
90. Kazunari Murakami
91. Carl Malenko
92. Ric Flair
93. Fugofugo Yumeji
94. Ricky Morton
95. Alan Sarjeant
96. Inca Peruano
97. Tajiri
98. Dump Matsumoto
99. Ricky Steamboat
100. Anton Tejero

Of course, immediately after sending I noticed that I forgot to add Tamon Honda. Fortunately I was able to figure out how to resend it and add Tamon somewhere in the 70s-90s range.

[Mattsdmf]

Despite I forgot a couple names, this is about as close as I could get for my ballot:

1. Terry Funk
2. Bryan Danielson
3. Randy Savage
4. Kenta Kobashi
5. Negro Casas
6. Ric Flair
7. Mitsuharu Misawa
8. El Hijo del Santo
9. Stan Hansen
10. Jushin Liger
11. Blue Panther
12. AJ Styles
13. Jumbo Tsuruta
14. Atlantis
15. Toshiaki Kawada
16. Eddie Guerrero
17. Rey Mysterio Jr.
18. Kazuchika Okada
19. Bret Hart
20. Aja Kong
21. Jerry Lawler
22. Chigusa Nagayo
23. Akira Hokuto
24. Kenny Omega
25. El Dandy
26. Shawn Michaels
27. Steve Austin
28. Jay Briscoe
29. Genichiro Tenryu
30. Jun Akiyama
31. El Satanico
32. Tatsumi Fujinami
33. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
34. Mistico
35. Samoa Joe
36. Buddy Rose
37. Lioness Asuka
38. Brock Lesnar
39. Volk Han
40. Chris Jericho
41. Akira Taue
42. CM Punk
43. Ricky Steamboat
44. Hiroshi Tanahashi
45. Gunther
46. Shane Strickland
47. Kurt Angle
48. Sami Zayn
49. Mercedes Mone
50. Vader
51. Riki Choshu
52. Adam Page
53. Virus
54. Shinya Hashimoto
55. Nick Bockwinkel
56. Shinsuke Nakamura
57. Daisuke Ikeda
58. Tully Blanchard
59. Sangre Chicana
60. L.A. Park
61. Barry Windam
62. Mick Foley
63. Zack Sabre Jr.
64. Jaguar Yokota
65. Christian Cage
66. Terry Gordy
67. Arn Anderson
68. Jon Moxley
69. Curt Hennig
70. Akira Maeda
71. Too Cold Scorpio
72. Dustin Rhodes
73. Minoru Suzuki
74. Bobby Eaton
75. Ricky Morton
76. Low Ki
77. El Samurai
78. Jack Brisco
79. Antonio Inoki
80. Devil Masami
81. MJF
82. Will Ospreay
83. Sting
84. Sabu
85. Dory Funk Jr.
86. Shinobu Kandori
87. William Regal
88. Kiyoshi Tamura
89. Owen Hart
90. Yuki Ishikawa
91. Manami Toyota
92. Tracy Smothers
93. Kerry Von Erich
94. Yoshihiro Takayama
95. Nobuhiko Takada
96. Yoshinari Ogawa
97. Villano III
98. Billy Robinson
99. Dax Harwood
100. Bull Nakano

[Troyvang]

On 4/14/2026 at 2:53 PM, Kadaveri said:

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

I’m just a huge fan. In everything I’ve seen, she is extremely crisp in all of her offense and it all looks great. She’s especially great in the tag matches I’ve seen.

[Troyvang]

On 4/24/2026 at 10:00 PM, cad said:

This is my favorite one so far.

Making fun or for real? I watch wrestling to enjoy it and watching little role poly Super Astro jump around head butting guys makes me happy

[club]

On 5/4/2026 at 4:24 AM, ohtani's jacket said:

I threw something together and already I see a couple of names I left off. Not that it will make a huge difference to the outcome, but I blew it, as eliot would say. 

Who did you miss?

[ohtani's jacket]

3 hours ago, club said:

Who did you miss?

Tito Santana and Greg Valentine are the ones I am disappointed about. Especially the Hammer. How the f--k did I forget about the Hammer? I even voted for his dad. 

[donsem43]

I went through the entire list of nominations twice, then read every list posted in this thread. I ended up finding four people that I missed, including one who ended up in my top ten. I know myself too well that I would forget having to do that much double checking before submitting my list.

[cad]

7 hours ago, Troyvang said:

Making fun or for real? I watch wrestling to enjoy it and watching little role poly Super Astro jump around head butting guys makes me happy

Dead serious. All four guys made my list too. I just wish I'd had the guts to put them in the order you did.

[Noah's_Savior]

I didn't get around to watching as much film as I had wanted to, let work take over my life the last few years. The hardest decisions were my last 10, had to make changes to the top 15 list I made last year but here it is.

1. 1.    Bryan Danielson

   2.    Terry Funk

   3.    ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin

   4.    Aja Kong

   5.    El Hijo del Santo

   6.    Ric Flair

   7.    Chigusa Nagayo

   8.    Shinya Hashimoto

   9.    Atlantis

   10.  Kenta Kobashi

   11.  Hiroshi Tanahashi

   12.  El Generico/Sami Zayn

   13.  Gran Hamada

   14.  Bret Hart

   15.  Mick Foley

   16.  AJ Styles

   17.  Kazuchika Okada

   18.  Negro Casas

   19.  Kiyoshi Tamura

   20.  Tatsumi Fujinami

   21.  Katsuyori Shibata

   22.  Atsushi Onita

   23.  LA Park

   24.  Akira Maeda

   25.  Jaguar Yokota

   26.  Volk Han

   27.  Virus

   28.  John Cena

   29.  Jushin Thunder Liger

   30.  Genichiro Tenryu

   31.  Rey Mysterio Jr.

   32.  Daisuke Ikeda

   33.  Jun Akiyama

   34.  Jerry Lawler

   35.  Owen Hart

   36.  Toshiaki Kawada

   37.  Akira Hokuto

   38.  Buddy Rose

   39.  Jumbo Tsuruta

   40.  Nick Bockwinkel

   41.  Mitsuharu Misawa

   42.  Lou Thesz

   43.  El Satanico

   44.  Yuki Ishikawa

   45.  Kana/Asuka

   46.  Samoa Joe

   47.  Jay Briscoe

   48.  Jon Moxley

   49.  Chris Benoit

   50.  Chris Hero

   51.  Mayumi Ozaki

   52.  Bobby Eaton

   53.  Blue Panther

   54.  Randy Savage

   55.  Hayabusa

   56.  Brock Lesnar

   57.  Billy Robinson

   58.  Devil Masami

   59.  CM Punk

   60.  Ricky Morton

   61.  Satoshi Sayama

   62.  Bull Nakano

   63.  Meiko Satomura

   64.  Vader

   65.  Stan Hansen

   66.  William Regal

   67.  Yoshiaki Fujiwara

   68.  Sabu

   69.  Akira Taue

   70.  Minoru Suzuki

   71.  Nobuhiko Takada

   72.  Eddie Guerrero

   73.  Tully Blanchard

   74.  Mariko Yoshida

   75.  Eddie Kingston

   76.  Sasha Banks/Mercedes Mone

   77.  Kenny Omega

   78.  Dustin Rhodes

   79.  Jim Duggan

   80.  Dump Matsumoto

   81.  Mark Briscoe

   82.  Dynamite Kid

   83.  Manami Toyota

   84.  Fit Finlay

   85.  Arn Anderson

   86.  Lioness Asuka

   87.  Carlos Colon

   88.  Sting

   89.  Yoshihiro Takayama

   90.  Alexander Otsuka

   91.  Ricky Steamboat

   92.  Rick Rude

   93.  Arisa Nakajima

   94.  Shinjiro Ohtani

   95.  Cesaro

   96.  Chihiro Hashimoto

   97.  Jun Kasai

   98.  Dick Togo

   99.  Keiji Muto

   100. Timothy Thatcher