GWE 2026 Reaction Thread

[Microstatistics]

While many of my favorites dropped earlier than I hoped, I'm fine with the Top 30. CM Punk (someone I ranked btw) is the only one who seems questionably high. Lawler and Liger survive and I'm surprised Samoa Joe and Mick Foley made it this high.

#32

Chigusa Nagayo

#31

Bull Nakano

Joshi heavyweights drop. Had them at #45 and #79, respectively, and both were likely underestimations.

[tcg91]

I have no idea how Moxley is performing these days (if you look at Meltzer's ratings, he's Ric Flair in 1989 lol), but he's always been one of those “and then the bell rang” guys for me, going back to the DGUSA days. The Shield was very cool as a concept, and let's be honest here: time told us they weren't just hiding Reigns' flaws, but also Rollins' and Ambrose's.

I’m shocked to see La Parka so high too. I’d be interested to see whether that’s because modern watchers like him for... I don’t know, branding a chair in WCW? His in-ring work is nowhere near that of so many other Mexican wrestlers.

[Boss Rock]

3 minutes ago, tcg91 said:

I’m shocked to see La Parka so high too. I’d be interested to see whether that’s because modern watchers like him for... I don’t know, branding a chair in WCW? His in-ring work is nowhere near that of so many other Mexican wrestlers.

I think folks who might not be huge lucha fans are more likely to connect with Park because of his work as a brawler.

[club]

Nice to see Chin and Chigs get more recognition this time round. Had them at 12 and 21 respectively.

[Tetsujin]

Ok, seriously, Omega needs to drop, this is getting ridiculous. Even Cena dropped now. C'mon.

Really glad for Chiggy, I have a weird case with her because the earlier years everyone loves and agrees are her absolute peak years are my least favourite (still cool though), but the older and fatter she becomes the more I enjoy her. Glad for Bull too, again, not among my favourite joshi wrestlers but I totally get the appeal. She had a crazy amount of top 25 votes, too.

Taue not finishing #26 again is the biggest failure in 2026 GWE thus far.