From http://nodq.com/news/127249138.shtml 1. Batista 2. John Cena 3. Satoshi Kojima 4. Triple H 5. JBL 6. Kurt Angle 7. AJ Styles 8. Edge 9. Shelton Benjamin 10. Hiroyoshi Tenzan 11. Jeff Jarrett 12. Ultimo Guerrero 13. Chris Benoit 14. Rey Misterio Jr 15. Eddie Guerrero 16. Kenta Kobashi 17. Christopher Daniels 18. Mistico 19. Kane 20. Booker T 21. Tiger Mask IV 22. Samoa Joe 23. Petey Williams 24. Hijo Del Santo 25. Chris Jericho 26. Undertaker 27. Kensuke Sasaki 28. Monty Brown 29. Randy Orton 30. Christian 31. The Big Show 32. Naomichi Marufuji 33. Muhammad Hassan 34. Shawn Michaels 35. L.A. Park 36. Paul London 37. Abyss 38. Rey Bucanero 39. Jushin Liger 40. C.M. Punk 41. Carlito 42. Mitsuharu Misawa 43. Dr Wagner Jr 44. William Regal 45. Raven 46. Toshiaki Kawada 47. Hector Garza 48. Chavo Guerrero Jr 49. Tajiri 50. Ron Killings 51. Ric Flair 52. Shocker 53. Shijiro Otani 54. Matt Morgan 55. Bobby Rude 56. Eugene 57. Masa Chono 58. Jeff Hardy 59. Michael Shane 60. Eric Young 61. Elix Skipper 62. Austin Aries 63. Robert Conway 64. Perro Aguayo Jr 65. KENTA 66. Doug Basham 67. Chris Harris 68. Charlie Haas 69. Chris Sabin 70. Averno 71. James Storm 72. Danny Basham 73. Kaz Hayashi 74. Joey Mercury 75. The Hurricane 76. American Dragon 77. Mephisto 78. Hardcore Holly 79. Frankie Kazarian 80. Johnny Nitro 81. Spanky 82. Brent Albright 83. Gene Snitsky 84. Takeshi Rikioh 85. Negro Casas 86. Orlando Jordan 87. Spike Dudley 88. Simon Dean 89. Heidenreich 90. Chase Stevens 91. Matt Cappotelli 92. Rosey 93. Maven 94. Sylvan Grenier 95. Colt Cabana 96. Andy Douglas 97. Johnny Jeter 98. B.G. James 99. Keiji Muto 100. James Gibson 101. Donovan Morgan 102. Mr. Niebla 103. Alex Shelley 104. Tyson Tomko 105. Billy Kidman 106. Konnan
107. Jun Akiyama 108. Sho Funaki 109. Elijah Burke 110. Michael Modest 111. Mr. Aguila 112. Tenryu 113. Steve Corino 114. Tank Toland 115. Kid Kash 116. Chris Masters 117. Rene Dupree 118. Mark Jindrak 119. Shark Boy 120. Aaron Stevens 121. Sonjay Dutt 122. Tokyo Magnum 123. The Outlaw 124. Nigel Mcguinness 125. Daivari 126. Juvenud Guerrera 127. Chad Toland 128. Nunzio 129. Viscera 130. Atlantis 131. Koji Kanemoto 132. Antonio Thomas 133. Kenzo Suzuki 134. Steven Richards 135. Val Venis 136. Romeo Roselli 137. Scotty 2 Hotty 138. Doug Williams 139. Shannon Moore 140. Jimmy Rave 141. Akio 142. Oriental 143. D Lo Brown 144. Psicosis 145. Trevor Rhodes 146. Rocky Romero 147. Adam Pierce 148. Seven 149. CW Anderson 150. Jamal 151. Danny Inferno 152. Super Delphin 153. Garrison Cade 154. Abismo Negro 155. Blaster Lashley 156. Lance Hoyt 157. Rhino 158. Homicide 159. Taka Michinoku 160. Dos Caras Jr 161. Chad Collyer 162. Vampiro 163. Rikishi 164. Tatsuhito Takaiwa 165. Johnny swinger 166. Bison Smith 167. Black Warrior 168. Blue Panther 169. Sonny Siaki 170. Dick Togo 171. Ace Steel 172. Elektro 173. Low-Ki 174. Seth Skyfire 175. Giant Bernard 176. Jimmy Jacobs 177. Ricky Reyes 178. Taiyo Kea 179. Puma 180. Matt Stryker 181. Gedo 182. Latin Lover 183. Ray Gonzalez 184. Akira Taue 185. Simon Daimond 186. Harry Smith 187. Julio Dinero 188. Todd Shane 189. Skayde 190. Mike Shane 191. Cima 192. Danny Daniels 193. Jack Evans 194. Glamor Boy Shane 195. Steve Lewington 196. Osamu Nishimura 197. Alebrije 198. Hotstuff Hernandez 199. David Young 200. M Dogg 20 201. Tyson Dux 202. Kevin Northcutt 203. Josh Daniels 204. Eddie Colon 205. Yuji Nagata 206. Tony Kozina 207. BJ Whitmer 208. Chuck Palumbo 209. Ultimo Dragon 210. B Boy 211. Masada 212. Jinsei Shinzaki 213. John Walters 214. Dr X 215. Scott D'Amore 216. Mike Kruel 217. Ricky Banderas 218. Jay Lethal 219. Minoru Tanaka 220. Felino 221. Heavy Metal 222. Mike Mondo 223. Josh Prohibiton 224. Vance Nevada 225. Deuce Shade 226. Bronco 227. Blue Meanie 228. Dragon Kid 229. Tony Jones 230. TJ Wilson 231. Rodney Mack 232. Rodrick Strong 233. Sean Casey 234. Manabu Nakanishi 235. Tarzan Boy 236. Jerelle Clark 237. Slash Venom 238. Pantera 239. Masato Tanaka 240. Shane Ballard 241. Joe E Legend 242. Mike Quackenbush 243. Dean Jablonski 244. Toru Yano 245. Great Sasuke 246. Cody Hawk 247. Diamante 248. Shannon Ballard 249. Milano Collection AT 250. Frank Parker 251. Vinny Massaro 252. Mike Taylor 253. Rod Steel 254. Jado 255. Mac Johnson 256. Turbo 257. Alastar " A-1" Ralphz 258. Striker 259. Takashi Yoshida 260. D-Ray 3000 261. Minoru Fujita 262. Babi Slymm 263. Amazing Red 264. Apolo 265. Prince Nana 266. Mikey Batts 267. Predator 268. Chicano 269. Chet Jablonski 270. Gran Hamada 271. Webster Dauphiney 272. Eric Matlock 273. Chris Hamrick 274. Biggie Biggs 275. The Stro 276. Eric Alexander 277. Quiet Storm 278. Slyk Wagner Brown 279. Ken Anderson 280. Steve Madison 281. Tom Howard 282. Thunder 283. Arik Cannon 284. Arch Kincaid 285. Kevin Dunn 286. Onyx 287. Mana 288. Naphtali 289. Scotty Mac 290. Daniel Puder 291. Human Tornado 292. Juggernaut 293. Ray Gordy 294. Seth Shai 295. Vordell Walker 296. Steve Demarco 297. Brad Bradley 298. Alex Arion 299. Joel Maximo 300. Teddy Hart 301. Boomer Payne 302. Kirby Marcos 303. Tim Warcloud 304. Jose Maximo 305. Apocalypse 306. Tommy Williams 307. Ken Doane 308. Frank Murdoch 309. Da Beast 310. Mike Fox 311. Sterling James Keenan 312. Marty Wright 313. Rob Eckos 314. Jason Rumble 315. Dusty wolfe 316. Adam Firestorm 317. Quinn Magnum 318. Cru Jones 319. Brian Black 320. Andrew Ryker 321. Rico Suave 322. Michelle Starr 323. Robin Knightwing 324. J J Perez 325. Dennis Gregory 326. N8 Mattson 327. Fred Sampson 328. Steve Mack 329. El Nene 330. Chasyn Rance 331. Claudio Castagnoli 332. Danny Doring 333. Sedrick Strong 334. Joey Knight 335. Ladies Choice 336. Rory Fox 337. Vik Dalishus 338. Billy Bax 339. Lightning 340. Vito Thomaselli 341. Scotty Charisma 342. Zach Gowen 343. Nasdaq 344. Hangman Hughes 345. Mace 346. Axl Rotten 347. Dow Jones 348. Robbie Dawber 349. Bruce Steele 350. Sal Thomaselli 351. Hentai 352. Bamm Bamm Penders 353. KC Thunder 354. EC Negro 355. Mike tobin 356. Aaron Idol 357. Alyx Winters 358. Marc Ash 359. Lash Leroux 360. Rockin Rebel 361. John Rambo 362. Nikita Allanov 363. Japanese Pool Boy 364. Andy Baker 365. Dropkick Murphy 366. Greg Matthews 367. Derrick Heikirk 368. Tim Flowers 369. Bryan Logan 370. Apollo Kahn 371. Mace Mendoza 372. Delirious 373. Dru Onyx 374. Hallowicked 375. Devon Storm 376. Matt Logan 377. T Rantula 378. Lotus 379. Glen Osbourne 380. Balls Mahoney 381. Buff-E 382. Conrad Kennedy III 383. Diabolico 384. Mr Ooh La La 385. Quinson Valentino 386. Sebastian Dark 387. Shirley Doe 388. Brent Dail 389. Jigsaw 390. Hook Bomberry 391. Crazy J 392. Frankie Capone 393. Chris Taylor 394. Cheetah Master 395. Gran Akuma 396. CJ O'Doyle 397. Scottie Gash 398. Krazy K 399. Eddie Guapo 400. The Bouncer 401. Cody Steele 402. Shawn Patrick 403. George South Sr 404. Aden Chambers 405. Ryan O'reilly 406. J-Rocc 407. Glenn Spectre 408. Supreme Lee Great 409. Jeff Starr 410. Eddie Kingston 411. Greg Spitz 412. Don Basher 413. Mozart Fontaine 414. Huracan Castillo 415. Sexxxy Eddie 416. K-Pusha 417. Roman 418. Chase Del Monte 419. Tony Givens 420. Invader I 421. K-Murda 422. Dean Radford 423. Luiz Ortiz 424. PT Hussla 425. Shawn Osborne 426. Kevin Knight 427. JP Black 428. Johnny Maxx 429. Mike Dell 430. Indiana Kidd Jr 431. Brian Soscia 432. John Curse 433. J-Busta 434. Rod Steele 435. Eric Everlast 436. Larry Huntley 437. Scott Zenzen 438. DJ P ROC 439. Snatch Haggins 440. Mega 441. Billy Bart 442. Russell Simpson 443. Johnny Graham 444. Darin Childs 445. Shawn Christopher 446. Icarus 447. Justin Idol 448. Handsome Jimmy 449. JT Lightning 450. Franky the Mobster 451. Andre Lyonz 452. Kevin Baker 453. Jolly Roger 454. Charles Mercury 455. Tommy Suede 456. Gutter 457. Marcus Dillon 458. Danger 459. Daron Smythe 460. Leslie Leatherman 461. Mister Zero 462. Quinten Lee 463. Adam Booker 464. Sean Allen 465. Freak Nasty 466. Darkness Crabtree 467. Jack Thriller 468. Dexter Poindexter 469. Kevin Grace 470. Josh Cody 471. Shawn Cook 472. Shorty Smalls 473. Tony Golden 474. Nova Cain 475. Brian Danzig 476. Terry Alan 477. Powerhouse Hughes 478. Viper 479. Ultramantis Black 480. Bruiser Graham 481. Hellcat 482. Ric Gunner 483. Phil Atlas 484. Forsaken 485. Gino Martino 486. John Cabbie 487. Gotti 488. Will Christianson 489. Jimmy Cash 490. Brian Costello 491. Toy Dodson 492. Brother Clay 493. Eric Draven 494. Aaron Devil 495. Damian Dragon 496. Lord Zoltan 497. JV Insanity 498. CJ Summers 499. Bert Williams 500. Nick Nemeth Now fight it out.
The top 20 ususally are pretty close to my guess everything else tends to be toss ups. Heck the whole list is toss up most times. Anyways, it is one of the only gauges we have on the wrestling industry other than us complaining about them not doing something right in some kind of storyline. Hey, Batista pulls out the number one spot, John Cena at number 2 not to big of surpises there. So...anyways I need to run out and buy the magazine now to read the fun snipits they write about how they got the ranking.
'05 '04 '03 Ultimo Guerrero 12 N/R 141 Mistico 18 N/R N/R Hijo Del Santo 24 14 14 L.A. Park 35 38 52 Rey Bucanero 38 N/R 84 Dr Wagner Jr 43 162 55 Hector Garza 47 N/R 36 Shocker 52 67 27 Perro Aguayo Jr 64 102 N/R Averno 70 N/R N/R Mephisto 77 N/R N/R Negro Casas 85 144 197 Mr. Niebla 102 N/R 41 Mr. Aguila (2) 111 86 N/R Juvi 126 52 90 Atlantis 130 97 N/R Psicosis (1) 144 70 134 Abismo Negro 154 91 N/R Dos Caras Jr 160 N/R N/R Vampiro 162 N/R N/R Black Warrior 167 115 N/R Blue Panther 168 127 N/R Latin Lover 182 46 94 Skayde 189 201 N/R Dr X 214 N/R N/R Felino 220 200 112 Heavy Metal 221 184 109 Bronco (3) 226 153 96 Tarzan Boy 235 N/R N/R Pantera 238 N/R N/R
1 - I assume they mean Nicho here. 2 - Aguila was listed as Essa Rios in '04 3 - as Black Tiger in previous years I got lazy and left off everyone who didn't get voted this year.
I'd like to know who's the Mexican source (Quack?) so he can tell me why Niebla - who's been for months and had slipped far of late - is on the list. Between that and the amazing rediscovery of GdI and others after missing '04, I guess they just went back to '03's list for any name who they heard complaints about
The Infernal Traitors are so overranked, you think they were reading my stuff.
I wish they'd rate more than 30 guys but I don't expect they will; they are doing a few more each year.
This list is a good for - a list of 500 names and little else, I think.
Averno and Mephisto in the Top 100? Must be a pretty bad year for wrestling.
As of 2/28/05: 101 pounds since December 7, 2004 OFFICIAL THREE-MONTH COUNT: 112 pounds on March 9, 2005 OFFICIAL SIX-MONTH COUNT: 142 pounds on June 8, 2005 As of 8/15/05: 153 pounds "I've lost a junior middleweight"
Originally posted by too-old-nowWhile I've heard of Balls Mahoney, I don't think I've ever seen one of his matches. I'd have to go down to 359 to find Lash Laroux, once a WCW jobber.
You didn't miss much. But Lash Laroux -- jobber? He was Corporal Cajun!
I'm proud to say I've heard of No. 500, Nick Nemeth, some guy from OVW who may or may not be a WWE developmental talent.
Devon Storm's 375? Does he even wrestle anymore? Thought he was a physical therapist... probably just takes the occasional indy gig. (I know this came up somewhere a little while ago.)
You wanted the best, you got... Out of Context Quote of the Week.
"...but that doesn't mean he can't relate an amusing anecdote about the Haiti Kid and one of the Frenchman's testicles." (Hogan's My Dad)
Originally posted by DJ FrostyFreeze380. Balls Mahoney = lowest name on the list that I actually recognize.
This thing is getting rediculous. They need to cut it down to 100 or 150 or something.
Yeah, I recognize plenty of names in the 300s and 400s, but that's from EWR.
The highest number of a wrestler I've actually seen a match of is: 414. Sexxxy Eddie. Odd that there is no 415...
He's a garbage wrestler from various feds including CZW. He made a name for himself in a Tournament of Death where, after accidentally slicing an artery in his arm, he drank the blood spurting out.
Anyone know by chance if this is the same John Rambo that wrestled in the Portland area in the early 90's?
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"The Real Deal" Rod Steele is at 434? You have to be an OVW fan to understand why that's just funny. I mean, I love the guy, but he's not even in the top 500 JOBBERS list.
That said, he still should have been higher than Dan Puder or Zach Gowen.
Ken Anderson/Mr. Ken Kennedy (Kennedy) is 279. You'll be laughing about that by the end of the year, trust me. Just like the fact that Paul Birchall isn't on there.
I still remember Steele getting a big push by the fans a couple of years back. I think people just loved him because he really was just a three-moves guy (that's still two more than Puder) in a 500-high-flying-moves world. He would have a match, and people would scream in joy with every mediocre bodyslam he did ... meanwhile, Cornette would be behind the desk telling Dean, "I don't understand it. I don't understand it."
Then he started getting airtime on the show and that's when the fanbase died out. I don't think he's had a single match in OVW in over a year now.
Oddly enough, that same fanbase is now doing the same thing for Melissa Coates instead at the OVW shows.
I think the real issue here is that Batista and Cena are the top two. I thought this list put a pretty high priority on workrate.
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Originally posted by PWI33. Muhammad Hassan 40. C.M. Punk
It's like I don't even want to look at you from across the room at a party anymore PWI...if you're going to be doing crazy drunken antics like this we are through.
Originally posted by Big BadI think the real issue here is that Batista and Cena are the top two. I thought this list put a pretty high priority on workrate.
Given that JBL is #5, and Benoit is down there at a lowly #13, I'd guess not.
OK I give up. Did you just make that up, or did you read it somewhere that I can't find, or what? I searched Hardy's main page for "WWE" (also for "WWF," which you posted above, and which makes me doubt this comment's authenticity)...