GWE 2026 Reaction Thread

[Microstatistics]

@Control21 I had Tamura at #5 vs. Han at #36. Tamura beat him on points per vote at least too (68.6 versus 64.9). My theory is that if you are lower/moderate on shoot-style, you'll favor Han for reasons outlined. If you are a stylistic purist, you'll prefer Tamura for the depth.

Cena over Fujinami is a travesty. Cena over a lot of wrestlers is actually but at least he beat them (Fujiwara, Satanico etc.) in 2016 too. Fujinami was #20 in 2016. I don't understand the fall, especially with the (desirable) rise of Inoki.

I'll take solace in the fact that Shawn and Omega are still kicking. Really hope Santo, Hokuto, and AJ Styles are astronomically high.

[Boss Rock]

Top 40 and I still have 37 wrestlers on the board.

[Tetsujin]

Cena, Omega and (yeah it's time now) Mox still alive while all these absolutely stellar wrestlers just dropped today feels so bad. Fujinami's fall specially hurts, if anyone told me he's the best babyface ever, the best technical wrestler ever, and the most consistent wrestler ever, I wouldn't bat an eye. One of the most versatile japanese wrestlers ever, as well. I knew he was going to fall (Jumbo and Liger, get ready) but didn't expect him to drop this soon. A shame.

[Control21]

9 minutes ago, Microstatistics said:

@Control21 I had Tamura at #5 vs. Han at #37. Tamura beat him on points per vote at least too (68.6 versus 64.9). My theory is that if you are lower/moderate on shoot-style, you'll favor Han for reasons outlined. If you are a stylistic purist, you'll prefer Tamura for the depth.

Cena over Fujinami is a travesty. Cena over a lot of wrestlers is actually but at least he beat them (Fujiwara, Satanico etc.) in 2016 too. Fujinami was #20 in 2016. I don't understand the fall, especially with the (desirable) rise of Inoki.

I'll take solace in the fact that Shawn and Omega are still kicking. Really hope Santo, Hokuto, and AJ Styles are astronomically high.

I suppose so. I consider myself a shoot-style purist, and I still prefer Volk Han personally. Both are awesome, though. Tamura was incredible in his unique ways. Theoretically, the difference between #2 and #5 isn't that big, but y'know. 

[Makai Club #1]

16 minutes ago, ohtani's jacket said:

His name is Volk Han, he’s a Russian mat wizard, and he does magic tricks. And his theme music is epic. 

"Sounds cool. How do I watch him?"

You'll at least get a positive response.

[Matt D]

I'd argue, again, that classic NJPW guys are just hard to watch. And Inoki is much easier to just drop a gif with relative to Fujinami. It does make me wonder if we'll see Bret do a little worse relative to, let's say Shawn, this year.

[MidasGloves]

Han's entire career is also incredibly digestible. You can watch his full rivalries with Tamura, Kohsaka, Nagai, and Vrij on top of a few scattered matches and his final worked match against Fujiwara in an afternoon.

[MasterJonBurr]

“Reject cynicism, embrace Dradition” is more insidious than anything even Parv ever said in this hive of scum and villainy. 

[Microstatistics]

1 hour ago, MasterJonBurr said:

“Reject cynicism, embrace Dradition” is more insidious than anything even Parv ever said in this hive of scum and villainy. 

What makes you say that? 

 

I got 33 left, 26 from my Top 40.