Your 2026 GWE Lists

[Ma Stump Puller]

1 hour ago, brockobama said:

Bryan fans will do anything to get him #1 overall, even vote for him twice 🙄

Very glad to see Tadao Yasuda make @GOTNW's list. Deeply misunderstood wrestler. 

He is truly the thinking man's wrestler 

 

[MidasGloves]

This is slightly rearranged from the ballot I dropped in the Discord to match the order I did in the form. I definitely didn't watch as much tape as I would've wanted to since I didn't commit to making a ballot until March, but I do think this lines up well enough with how I'm feeling. A lot of vibes (Sheamus, Steiner, Kofi, Miu, Shelley, Lulu, Biff, Chuckie T, some of my Top 50 placements), a few people I still have a lot to watch for that got on even with what little I watched (Hokuto, Santito, Bruno), a few sad cuts (Mascarita Dorada, Ultimo Guerrero, HARASHIMA, Buzz Sawyer, Taichi, Angle, etc.), and a LOT of people not on the list I basically haven't seen that I could regret not putting on before the year's over.

[ZubazKid]

[Makai Club #1]

I think I missed the boat on not voting for Samoa Joe, who I omitted by accident. But I think at this current time, I'm happy with all i voted for. 

[Stephen-]

I have next to no complaints with my ballot. My biggest blind spot was Europe so there are certainly some guys I'm forgetting there, and then some of the shoot style guys who were top 100 GWE worthy from what I've seen but I needed to spend a little more time to look into - and didn't. I'd like to think I represented the (relative, lack of) knowledge I have well enough.

 

1. Rey Mysterio Jr.
2. Bret Hart
3. Randy Savage
4. Ric Flair
5. Steve Austin
6. Manami Toyota
7. Stan Hansen
8. Kurt Angle
9. Hiroshi Tanahashi
10. Nick Bockwinkel
11. Kenny Omega
12. Jushin Liger
13. Akira Hokuto
14. Bryan Danielson
15. Eddie Guerrero
16. El Hijo Del Santo
17. Negro Casas
18. Kenta Kobashi
19. Terry Funk
20. Kazuchika Okada
21. Ricky Steamboat
22. Genichiro Tenryu
23. Brock Lesnar
24. Katsuyori Shibata
25. Shinya Hashimoto
26. El Satanico
27. AJ Styles
28. Arisa Nakajima
29. Sangre Chicana
30. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
31. Aja Kong
32. Vader
33. Jumbo Tsuruta
34. Buddy Rose
35. CM Punk
36. Samoa Joe
37. Mitsuharu Misawa
38. GUNTHER
39. Arn Anderson
40. Io Shirai
41. Shawn Michaels
42. Barry Windham
43. Mayu Iwatani
44. Chris Benoit
45. Ron Garvin
46. El Dandy
47. Tully Blanchard
48. Jaguar Yokota
49. Chigusa Nagayo
50. RUSH
51. Devil Masami
52. Jack Brisco
53. Mick Foley
54. Dump Matsumoto
55. Riki Choshu
56. Will Ospreay
57. Akira Taue
58. Toshiaki Kawada
59. Rick Martel
60. Tatsumi Fujinami
61. Nick Jackson
62. Matt Jackson
63. Ricky Morton
64. Mercedes Mone
65. Claudio Castagnoli
66. Meiko Satomura
67. Kyoko Inoue
68. Perro Aguayo
69. Chris Jericho
70. Kairi Hojo
71. Sami Zayn
72. Giant Baba
73. LA Park
74. Andre The Giant
75. Dusty Rhodes
76. Mayumi Ozaki
77. Shinobu Kandori
78. Atlantis
79. Tito Santana
80. Billy Robinson
81. Dynamite Kid
82. Virus
83. Bruno Sammartino
84. Mistico
85. Kana
86. Bull Nakano
87. Dax Harwood
88. Cash Wheeler
89. Jon Moxley
90. Mark Briscoe
91. John Cena
92. Hechicero
93. Kota Ibushi
94. Sareee
95. Sgt. Slaughter
96. Bobby Eaton
97. Carlos Colon
98. Jay Briscoe
99. Darby Allin
100. Guerrero Maya Jr.

[HeadCheese]

Might write an article about my list

 

1. Dr. Wagner Jr
2. Jumbo Tsuruta
3. LA Park
4. Bryan Danielson
5. Chigusa Nagayo
6. HARASHIMA
7. Mark Briscoe
8. Jay Briscoe
9. Akira Hokuto
10. Kota Ibushi
11. Yuji Nagata
12. El Hijo del Santo
13. Jack Brisco
14. Sami Zayn
15. KENTA
16. Blue Panther
17. Akira Taue
18. CM Punk
19. Kenta Kobashi
20. Terry Funk
21. Mighty Inoue
22. Mistico
23. Masanobu Fuchi
24. Rey Mysterio
25. Steve Grey
26. Big Van Vader
27. Dump Matsumoto
28. Minoru Suzuki
29. Zack Sabre Jr
30. Daisuke Sekimoto
31. Negro Casas
32. Aja Kong
33. John Cena
34. Genichiro Tenryu
35. Jun Kasai
36. AJ Styles
37. Sanshiro Takagi
38. Munenori Sawa
39. Shawn Michaels
40. Mike Bailey
41. Sakura Hirota
42. Hiromichi / Kodo / Samson / Ricky Fuyuki
43. Roddy Piper
44. Masato Tanaka
45. Claudio Castagnoli
46. Rush
47. Roderick Strong
48. Cactus Jack / Mick Foley
49. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
50. Hiroshi Tanahashi
51. Buddy Rose
52. Orange Cassidy
53. Kenny Omega
54. Johnny TV /John Morison / Johnny GWE
55. Mayumi Ozaki
56. Ricky Steamboat
57. Samoa Joe
58. Kazuchika Okada
59. WALTER
60. Kazuki Hirata
61. Ricochet
62. Rey Fenix
63. Chihiro Hashimoto
64. Low KI
65. Trevor Lee
66. Mercedes Moné / Sasha Banks
67. KUSHIDA
68. Pac
69. Big Show / The Giant / Paul Wright
70. El Satanico
71. Mei Suruga
72. Timothy Thatcher
73. Konosuke Takeshita
74. Bull Nakano
75. Jon Moxley
76. Último Guerrero
77. Christopher Daniels
78. Thanomsak Toba
79. Sabu
80. Arik Royal
81. Daniel Garcia
82. Fuminori Abe
83. Rambo (Lucha version)
84. Mio Momono
85. Buddy Rogers
86. Ron Garvin
87. Alexander Otsuka
88. WIll Ospreay
89. Rene Ben Chemoul
90. The Rock
91. Chuck Taylor
92. Katsuyori Shibata
93. George South
94. Demus
95. Monster Ripper
96. Brian Maxine
97. Shoko Nakajima
98. Mascarita Dorada
99. Aquiles o Matador
100. Andreza Giant Panda

[Scarletlikesounds]

19 minutes ago, HeadCheese said:

Might write an article about my list

 

1. Dr. Wagner Jr
2. Jumbo Tsuruta
3. LA Park
4. Bryan Danielson
5. Chigusa Nagayo
6. HARASHIMA
7. Mark Briscoe
8. Jay Briscoe
9. Akira Hokuto
10. Kota Ibushi
11. Yuji Nagata
12. El Hijo del Santo
13. Jack Brisco
14. Sami Zayn
15. KENTA
16. Blue Panther
17. Akira Taue
18. CM Punk
19. Kenta Kobashi
20. Terry Funk
21. Mighty Inoue
22. Mistico
23. Masanobu Fuchi
24. Rey Mysterio
25. Steve Grey
26. Big Van Vader
27. Dump Matsumoto
28. Minoru Suzuki
29. Zack Sabre Jr
30. Daisuke Sekimoto
31. Negro Casas
32. Aja Kong
33. John Cena
34. Genichiro Tenryu
35. Jun Kasai
36. AJ Styles
37. Sanshiro Takagi
38. Munenori Sawa
39. Shawn Michaels
40. Mike Bailey
41. Sakura Hirota
42. Hiromichi / Kodo / Samson / Ricky Fuyuki
43. Roddy Piper
44. Masato Tanaka
45. Claudio Castagnoli
46. Rush
47. Roderick Strong
48. Cactus Jack / Mick Foley
49. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
50. Hiroshi Tanahashi
51. Buddy Rose
52. Orange Cassidy
53. Kenny Omega
54. Johnny TV /John Morison / Johnny GWE
55. Mayumi Ozaki
56. Ricky Steamboat
57. Samoa Joe
58. Kazuchika Okada
59. WALTER
60. Kazuki Hirata
61. Ricochet
62. Rey Fenix
63. Chihiro Hashimoto
64. Low KI
65. Trevor Lee
66. Mercedes Moné / Sasha Banks
67. KUSHIDA
68. Pac
69. Big Show / The Giant / Paul Wright
70. El Satanico
71. Mei Suruga
72. Timothy Thatcher
73. Konosuke Takeshita
74. Bull Nakano
75. Jon Moxley
76. Último Guerrero
77. Christopher Daniels
78. Thanomsak Toba
79. Sabu
80. Arik Royal
81. Daniel Garcia
82. Fuminori Abe
83. Rambo (Lucha version)
84. Mio Momono
85. Buddy Rogers
86. Ron Garvin
87. Alexander Otsuka
88. WIll Ospreay
89. Rene Ben Chemoul
90. The Rock
91. Chuck Taylor
92. Katsuyori Shibata
93. George South
94. Demus
95. Monster Ripper
96. Brian Maxine
97. Shoko Nakajima
98. Mascarita Dorada
99. Aquiles o Matador
100. Andreza Giant Panda

Ben Chemoul was electric in the one match I saw of his, near the top of my list of guys to get into. Aquiles actually managed higher for me just because what we have paints such a clear consistent picture of him and is so so good. Shoko is wonderful but I never really considered her for the list. Momono made my list in about the same spot. Arik Royal is a wonderful shout, love the Fred Yehi series. I haven't gotten the Daniel Garcia hype. Mei Suruga is really good, but I think shes more top 300/200 than 100 for me. Trevor Lee maybe deserved a spot on mine.  KUSHIDA carrying MLW lol. Orange Cassidy has been a real highlight of getting into weekly AEW viewing and perhaps if Id seen his older chikara stuff id have thought about him. Sekimoto is cool but feels like an inferior combo of Tanaka and Okabayashi (I'm wrong). I've seen very little Munewori Sawa and I wouldn't mind recs. Yuji Nagata has consistently been my favorite NJPW guy ever. HARASHIMA would have had a very good shot at my list if i'd seen more.

[highflyflow]

[HeadCheese]

2 hours ago, Scarletlikesounds said:

I've seen very little Munewori Sawa and I wouldn't mind recs. 

Thank you for the feedback!

I posted more some matches in his thread here's one of the matches in I think he is cool in.

4/5/18 Daisuke Sekimoto & Munenori Sawa vs. Ringkampf (Timothy Thatcher & WALTER) EVOLVE 102