Grimmas Posted Tuesday at 11:42 PM Posted Tuesday at 11:42 PM We've made it to the top 100! Before we see the rankings, let's look at what's change. Newcomers to the Top 100: Asuka Bruno Sammartino Chris Hero Eddie Kingston Gunther IYO Sky Jay Briscoe Jon Moxley Katsuyori Shibata Kazuchika Okada Kenny Omega KENTA Kevin Owens Kota Ibushi Meiko Satomura Mercedes Mone' Minoru Suzuki Mistico Necro Butcher Roderick Strong Sabu Shinobu Kandori Sting Tetsuya Naito Tomohiro Ishii Will Ospreay Yoshihiro Takayama Here are those on the 2016 list that fell off: Buddy Rose Ted DiBiase Rick Martel Harley Race Fit Finlay Billy Robinson Dick Murdoch Greg Valentine Curt Hennig Jim Breaks Bill Dundee Owen Hart Sgt. Slaughter Jack Brisco Dick Togo Brian Pillman Chris Jericho Atlantis Hiroshi Hase Rick Rude Dynamite Kid Terry Gordy Tito Santana Yoshihiro Tajiri Steve Williams The Undertaker Ron Garvin Too Cold Scorpio Sangre Chicana The Destroyer Kerry Von Erich Virus Tomorrow we start the top 100!
Grimmas Posted Wednesday at 04:01 AM Author Posted Wednesday at 04:01 AM #100 Chris Hero 2016 Ranking: 104 [+4] 2006 Ranking: 316 [+216] Points: 7534 Points per Vote: 43.3 Votes: 174, 36.25%
Grimmas Posted Wednesday at 12:06 PM Author Posted Wednesday at 12:06 PM #99 Tully Blanchard 2016 Ranking: 44 [-55] 2006 Ranking: 57 [-42] Points: 7593 Points per Vote: 43.4 Votes: 175, 36.46% of Ballots Top 3-10-25 Votes: 1-4-15 Standard Deviation: 24.1 Nomination Thread: Tully Blanchard High Vote: 1 High Voter: Kraters "The greatest piece of shit of all time. Hits every metric that makes a wrestler great in my eyes. Awesome seller, the absolute best at finding ways to get you on the babyfaces' side, great in any role he was put in, and during his time with Baby Doll, had such a great, World Champion look if there ever was one. His top 10 matches would hold up against any other great wrestler and was compelling on the mic. Such an inspired wrestler. You hear often that it’s easier to be a heel than a babyface, but once you watch a lot of Tully, it’s easy to think, “Man, no one else could ever heel it up like this.” GREATEST OF ALL TIME." Kraters
Grimmas Posted Wednesday at 12:57 PM Author Posted Wednesday at 12:57 PM #98 Daisuke Ikeda 2016 Ranking: 100 [+2] 2006 Ranking: 245 [+147] Points: 7631 Points per Vote: 52.3 Votes: 146, 30.42% of Ballots Top 3-10-25 Votes: 2-3-27 Standard Deviation: 23.1 Nomination Thread: Daisuke Ikeda High Vote: 2 High Voter: Ajeki
Grimmas Posted Wednesday at 01:51 PM Author Posted Wednesday at 01:51 PM #97 Barry Windham 2016 Ranking: 25 [-72] 2006 Ranking: 28 [-69] Points: 7779 Points per Vote: 44.2 Votes: 176, 36.67% of Ballots Top 3-10-25 Votes: 0-4-23 Standard Deviation: 24.5 Nomination Thread: Barry Windham High Vote: 8 High Voters: Shannon Steward, Oliver, Rudowood
Grimmas Posted Wednesday at 02:28 PM Author Posted Wednesday at 02:28 PM #96 Shinobu Kandori 2016 Ranking: 146 [+50] 2006 Ranking: 258 [+162] Points: 7830 Points per Vote: 51.9 Votes: 151, 31.46% of Ballots Top 3-10-25 Votes: 1-8-28 Standard Deviation: 24.1 Nomination Thread: Shinobu Kandori High Vote: 3 High Voter: Rana
Grimmas Posted Wednesday at 06:48 PM Author Posted Wednesday at 06:48 PM #95 "Last of a Dying Breed" Eddie Kingston 2016 Ranking: 311 [+216] 2006 Ranking: - Points: 7852 Points per Vote: 43.6 Votes: 180, 37.50% of Ballots Top 3-10-25 Votes: 1-9-27 Standard Deviation: 1 Nomination Thread: Eddie Kingston High Vote: 1 High Voter: Domage "He is the reason I went from a fan into a FAN. From the first moment I saw him and heard him speak, he was MY wrestler. The platonic ideal for what I want from pro wrestling. Not only has he defined my taste in pro wrestling, because of his match against CM Punk from Full Gear 2021 (my pick for the Greatest Match OF ALL TIME), he also has helped me accept and authentically express my identity as a queer man. He will always be the most important wrestler to ever live, and no other wrestler will ever come close." Domage
Grimmas Posted Wednesday at 06:50 PM Author Posted Wednesday at 06:50 PM #94 Claudio Castagnoli 2016 Ranking: 87 [-7] 2006 Ranking: - Points: 7869 Points per Vote: 37.5 Votes: 210, 43.75% of Ballots Top 3-10-25 Votes: 0-0-9 Standard Deviation: 22.6 Nomination Thread: Cesaro High Vote: 12 High Voter: bradluen
Grimmas Posted Wednesday at 06:57 PM Author Posted Wednesday at 06:57 PM #93 Necro Butcher 2016 Ranking: 159 [+66] 2006 Ranking: 439 [+346] Points: 7951 Points per Vote: 46.8 Votes: 170, 35.42% of Ballots Top 3-10-25 Votes: 2-8-35 Standard Deviation: 27.2 Nomination Thread: Necro Butcher High Vote: 1 High Voter: Sam "Punches really hard, incredible seller, peak of American deathmatches, feels real, looks like a fucking killer, can do comedy, been around a variety of promotions and succeeded in each." Sam
Grimmas Posted Wednesday at 09:01 PM Author Posted Wednesday at 09:01 PM #92 Mayumi Ozaki 2016 Ranking: 133 [+41] 2006 Ranking: 31 [-61] Points: 8011 Points per Vote: 52.7 Votes: 152, 31.67% of Ballots Top 3-10-25 Votes: 3-7-34 Standard Deviation: 27.1 Nomination Thread: Mayumi Ozaki High Vote: 1 High Voter: Sloozey "Pro wrestling is an art of angels and demons. Mayumi Ozaki is the devil. My pro wrestling true love, choosing her as #1, comes as naturally as breathing." Sloozey
Grimmas Posted Wednesday at 09:03 PM Author Posted Wednesday at 09:03 PM #91 Shinsuke Nakamura 2016 Ranking: 94 [+3] 2006 Ranking: - Points: 8182 Points per Vote: 44.0 Votes: 186, 38.75% of Ballots Top 3-10-25 Votes: 0-6-20 Standard Deviation: 23.6 Nomination Thread: Shinsuke Nakamura High Vote: 5 High Voter: Steven DeYoung
Grimmas Posted Thursday at 10:46 AM Author Posted Thursday at 10:46 AM #90 El Dandy 2016 Ranking: 35 [-55] 2006 Ranking: 67 [-23] Points: 8280 Points per Vote: 55.2 Votes: 150, 31.25% of Ballots Top 3-10-25 Votes: 0-6-33 Standard Deviation: 22.0 Nomination Thread: El Dandy High Vote: 4 High Voter: Quentin
Grimmas Posted Thursday at 10:48 AM Author Posted Thursday at 10:48 AM #89 Roderick Strong 2016 Ranking: 236 [+147] 2006 Ranking: - Points: 8350 Points per Vote: 42.4 Votes: 197, 41.04% of Ballots Top 3-10-25 Votes: 0-1-11 Standard Deviation: 22.0 Nomination Thread: Roderick Strong High Vote: 9 High Voter: Chris Rose
Grimmas Posted Thursday at 10:49 AM Author Posted Thursday at 10:49 AM #88 "The Living Legend" Bruno Sammartino 2016 Ranking: 139 [+51] 2006 Ranking: 150 [+62] Points: 8530 Points per Vote: 55.8 Votes: 153, 31.88% of Ballots Top 3-10-25 Votes: 5-16-41 Standard Deviation: 27.4 Nomination Thread: Bruno Sammartino High Vote: 1 High Voter: Zach Marenglen "A true working-class hero who, when you see him beat a heel, makes you feel as if you really are witnessing good triumph over evil." Zach Marenglen
Grimmas Posted Thursday at 08:31 PM Author Posted Thursday at 08:31 PM #87 Ricky Morton "highest ranked without a top 10 vote" 2016 Ranking: 33 [-54] 2006 Ranking: 75 [-12] Points: 8600 Points per Vote: 48.3 Votes: 170, 37.08% of Ballots Top 3-10-25 Votes: 0-0-24 Standard Deviation: 21.3 Nomination Thread: Ricky Morton High Vote: 11 High Voters: Jim Fannin, cero1max
Grimmas Posted Thursday at 08:33 PM Author Posted Thursday at 08:33 PM #86 Tetsuya Naito 2016 Ranking: 390 [+304] 2006 Ranking: - Points: 8604 Points per Vote: 51.2 Votes: 168, 35.00% of Ballots Top 3-10-25 Votes: 3-6-31 Standard Deviation: 25.9 Nomination Thread: Tetsuya Naito High Vote: 1 High Voter: Tendedero "No other wrestler has made me want to support them the same way. I consider Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito at Wrestle Kingdom 14 the greatest match of all time. He's had great feuds with a lot of different opponents, such as Okada/Tanahashi/Ibushi/Taichi/ZSJ/Goto/Shibata. He succeeded in becoming the top star in NJPW after it seemed like it wasn't meant to be." Tendedero
Grimmas Posted Thursday at 08:37 PM Author Posted Thursday at 08:37 PM #85 Chris Benoit 2016 Ranking: 34 [-51] 2006 Ranking: 3 [-82] Points: 8930 Points per Vote: 55.1 Votes: 162, 33.75% of Ballots Top 3-10-25 Votes: 1-8-35 Standard Deviation: 24.4 Nomination Thread: Chris Benoit High Vote: 2 High Voters: Carlos
Grimmas Posted Thursday at 08:38 PM Author Posted Thursday at 08:38 PM #84 "Goldust" Dustin Rhodes 2016 Ranking: 32 [-52] 2006 Ranking: 137 [+53] Points: 8934 Points per Vote: 40.2 Votes: 222, 46.25% of Ballots Top 3-10-25 Votes: 0-1-12 Standard Deviation: 22.9 Nomination Thread: Dustin Rhodes High Vote: 10 High Voter: El Hijo de Johnny Hotbody
Grimmas Posted Thursday at 11:00 PM Author Posted Thursday at 11:00 PM #83 Minoru Suzuki 2016 Ranking: 128 [+45] 2006 Ranking: 221 [+138] Points: 9188 Points per Vote: 45.0 Votes: 204, 42.50% of Ballots Top 3-10-25 Votes: 0-4-30 Standard Deviation: 24.7 Nomination Thread: Minoru Suzuki High Vote: 6 High Voter: snowboiiii
Grimmas Posted Thursday at 11:04 PM Author Posted Thursday at 11:04 PM #82 "The Homicidal Suicidal Genocidal Death-Defying Maniac" Sabu 2016 Ranking: 149 [+67] 2006 Ranking: 140 [+58] Points: 9208 Points per Vote: 44.7 Votes: 206, 42.92% of Ballots Top 3-10-25 Votes: 2-11-33 Standard Deviation: 27.5 Nomination Thread: Sabu High Vote: 1 High Voter: Orchid
Grimmas Posted Thursday at 11:11 PM Author Posted Thursday at 11:11 PM #81 Kevin Owens 2016 Ranking: 177 [+96] 2006 Ranking: - Points: 9228 Points per Vote: 48.1 Votes: 192, 40.00% of Ballots Top 3-10-25 Votes: 3-4-23 Standard Deviation: 24.1 Nomination Thread: Kevin Steen High Vote: 1 High Voter: Xander "As a fat kid who discovered Kevin Steen thru accidentally flipping to a Ring of Honor TV Taping, as soon as I saw him my mind was blown, I couldn’t believe a big man was moving the way he was moving, this was around the time he was with Jimmy Jacobs in SCUM I became immediately enthralled with his work and ROH in general and ended up asking my mom to buy me the Final Battle 2012 PPV that ended up having one of my favorite matches of all time, Kevin Steen vs El Generico in a Ladder War." Xander
Grimmas Posted Friday at 10:48 AM Author Posted Friday at 10:48 AM #80 Jay Briscoe 2016 Ranking: 196 [+116] 2006 Ranking: - Points: 9426 Points per Vote: 44.5 Votes: 212, 44.17% of Ballots Top 3-10-25 Votes: 0-4-20 Standard Deviation: 22.9 Nomination Thread: Jay Briscoe High Vote: 4 High Voter: Jack
Grimmas Posted Friday at 10:52 AM Author Posted Friday at 10:52 AM #79 Jaguar Yokota 2016 Ranking: 114 [+35] 2006 Ranking: 23 [-56] Points: 9447 Points per Vote: 58.3 Votes: 162, 33.75% of Ballots Top 3-10-25 Votes: 1-10-46 Standard Deviation: 24.1 Nomination Thread: Jaguar Yokota High Vote: 1 High Voter: justinsdrown "From 77-86, Jaguar had the greatest run I’ve seen in wrestling. Complete conviction with zero traces of irony. She made pro-wrestling feel like a sport. And yet she also had some of the most entertaining performances ever captured on tape, I’ve ever seen. She’s the greatest rookie of all time. There has never been a better 18 year old wrestler. Like Sato before her, Jaguar paved the way for all the Joshi that followed after. Her pace was blistering, yet never hokey, never felt choreographed. Even her kicking out from pins is something to behold. With struggle pins so tense, you catch yourself holding your breath. And just look at her. Jaguar is my ideal wrestler. In an industry fraught with constant sly winks, over choreographed matches, post-irony, etc., she embodies a perfect balance of total sincerity and attendance drawing entertainment." justinsdrown
Grimmas Posted Friday at 10:54 AM Author Posted Friday at 10:54 AM #78 "Beautiful" Bobby Eaton 2016 Ranking: 28 [-50] 2006 Ranking: 49 [-29] Points: 9496 Points per Vote: 45.7 Votes: 208, 43.33% of Ballots Top 3-10-25 Votes: 0-4-21 Standard Deviation: 22.2 Nomination Thread: Bobby Eaton High Vote: 6 High Voter: Gary
Grimmas Posted Friday at 10:56 AM Author Posted Friday at 10:56 AM #77 Brock Lesnar 2016 Ranking: 47 [-30] 2006 Ranking: 143 [+66] Points: 9710 Points per Vote: 51.9 Votes: 187, 38.96% of Ballots Top 3-10-25 Votes: 2-9-38 Standard Deviation: 25.2 Nomination Thread: Brock Lesnar High Vote: 1 High Voter: Andi Holandez Mencias "Of my top five - Lesnar, Funk, Vader, Aja, and Jumbo - Lesnar is pretty easily the most inconsistent, but he is also the most adept at the most dimensions of pro wrestling. When you account for all the things that make wrestling a uniquely wonderful medium for storytelling and self-expression, and when you account all the ways that pro wrestling can make you think and feel, Brock Lesnar is good at all of them. Lesnar is the precise combination of speed, power, fluidity, versatility against opponents, selling, comedy, drawing power, and longevity that, taken together, would make anyone the greatest pro wrestler of all time. Then you factor in that he is also the most legitimate fighter to ever step in a pro wrestling ring, and he becomes a singularly inimitable figure in the history of wrestling. Yes, the lows are low, but the highs are many, and the highs are varied, and the highs are high. Brock Lesnar is the greatest of all time, and someone needs to say it." Andi Holandez Mencias
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