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|  #1 Posted on 30.12.02 0537.18
Reposted on: 30.12.09 0538.24 | Never let it be said I'm not above directing you to 411 content. ;-) This list will probably make no sense if you don't go read his intro as well as his other comments, so go give him the hit. Then come back here and we can turn this into one of those HEY EVERYONE HERE'S MY BIG LIST YOU MAKE A BIG LIST TOO AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A GIANT THREAD MADE UP OF BIG LISTS!!!!!!!!!!! OH BOY!!!!!!!!!!!! threads that I'm always hypocritically bitching about.
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1. Chris Hyatte
2. Bob Ryder
3. Dave Scherer
4. Wade Keller
5. Jonathan Widro & Ashish Pabari
7. Dave Meltzer
8. Me
9. Scott Keith
10. Sean Shannon
11. Mike Samuda
12. Rick Scaia
13. Al Isaacs
14. Dean Rasmussen
15. Eric Szulczewski
16. Greg Dillard
17. Jeff Marek
18. Herb Kunze
19. EC Ostermeyer
20. Mark Madden
21. Bob Morris
22. Rob Feinstein
23. Joey Styles
24. Zach Arnold
25. Josh Nason
25. Bill Milano (hmm, two #25s - must be a mistake)
26. Buck Woodward
27. tOA
28. Phil Rippa
29. Bruce Mitchell
30. Rajah Kumar
31. Mike Mooneyham
32. Jon Petrie
33. Michael K. Johnson II
34. Bob Magee
35. Honky Tonk Man
36. Dave Gagnon
37. Diamond Dallas Page
38. Ray Duffy
39. Seth Mates
40. Ultimate Warrior
41. Don Becker
42. Georgianne Makropoulos
43. The Cubs Fan
44. Kevin Podsiadlik
45. "That Chick from Scoops years ago who use to be involved with the business but told everyone to forget her name" (I will guess he's probably talking about Carrie A. Zohn [ne Messantonio])
46. Al Galdi
47. Mark Coale
48. Tom the Actuary
49. Terry Talyor
50. IGN
51. Jeff McGinnis
52. Ken Anderson
53. Jon Richardson
54. GP Ryan
55. BJ Bethel
56. ?
57. Freakboy
58. Ben Miller
59. Remy "The Slammer" Artega
60. Josh Shiaman
61. Erik Ashley
62. Michael Jenkinson
63. Joshua Grutman
64. Bryan Alvarez
65. Jason Powell
66. Jeb Tennyson Lund
67. Jess McGrath
68. Jeremy Botter
69. Scotsman
70. Luke Johnston
71. Mike Michaelson
72. Lance Storm
73. Ben Morse
74. Tom Zenk
75. The Superstar
76. Chris Williams
77. Jay Bower
78. Christopher Bird
79. Tom Daniels
80. Bryan Alvarez
81. Nicolas Seafort
82. Justin Baidsen
83. Justin Shapiro
84. Carlos Mauhad
85. Pat Brower
86. Michael Tavares
87. Derek Burgan
88. John Keane
89. Robert Ortega
90. Phil Schneider
91. Alex Marvez
92. John C
93. Scott Christ
94. PK
95. Brian Garside
96. Tommy Fierro
97. Tim Whitehead
98. Steve Schroeder
99. Jeff Lynch
100. Fab Glitter
{ EDIT: Okay, NOW I *think* I fixed all his spelling errors. ;-) - CRZ }
(edited by CRZ on 30.12.02 0638) | Promote this thread! |             | pieman
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| #2 Posted on 30.12.02 0753.28
Reposted on: 30.12.09 0753.53 | I thought this was an interesting read. His comments on you were pretty nice, actually.
Only bone to pick: Dean's not in the Top 10! Nor Scaia. I think I would have put Dean up there over Shannon.
Thanks for the link, Chris, as I am not a regular 411 visitor.
Edit: I also want to know how long Dean will gloat being rated higher than Rippa and Schneider? Forever?
(edited by pieman on 30.12.02 1349) | tomvejada
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| #3 Posted on 30.12.02 0827.55
Reposted on: 30.12.09 0829.01 | | I noticed that Bryan Alvarez is listed twice, at #64, and at #80. | thecubsfan
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| #4 Posted on 30.12.02 0855.37
Reposted on: 30.12.09 0855.39 | You know, between this (and a lot more) reading a bunch of James' new Historical Abstract over my vacation, I'm starting to really notice the "bottom of top 100 lists = eh people" (I'm specifically talking about Christ here), but this does make the Max Bishop of whatever.
I actually thought about this - bored - and guessed I'd end up somewhere around here, so it makes sense abstractly. But in context...hahaha NO.
What was the bribe for you to get 8-9-10 to line up right like that?
WHERE'S MY SEADAWG | MARTYEWR
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|  #5 Posted on 30.12.02 1011.03
Reposted on: 30.12.09 1011.38 | Ultimate Warrior, Honky Tonk Man, and Lance Storm are all on the list, but Chris Jericho isn't??? Sure, Jericho's commentaries aren't all that frequent, but he posted the flame that got everyone all tied up in knots for a good week or so.
Of course, Warrior only 40??? That's destrucity, dammit! DESTRUCITY!!! | redsoxnation
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| #6 Posted on 30.12.02 1254.04
Reposted on: 30.12.09 1255.07 |
Originally posted by MARTYEWR
Ultimate Warrior, Honky Tonk Man, and Lance Storm are all on the list, but Chris Jericho isn't??? Sure, Jericho's commentaries aren't all that frequent, but he posted the flame that got everyone all tied up in knots for a good week or so.
Of course, Warrior only 40??? That's destrucity, dammit! DESTRUCITY!!!
If Warrior doesn't go into seclusion for years on end, he'll easily move into the Top 15.
Hyatt being 1 is a joke. Top 10 yes, 1 no.
Sean Shannon being near the top 10 is a joke. The only reason anyone went to Rantsylvania was for Keith, and to the nwwwo was for other writers.
Scaia probably should be Top 10, and since he didn't leave the net he should be ahead of Samuda. | Pool-Boy
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| #7 Posted on 30.12.02 1302.30
Reposted on: 30.12.09 1303.09 | | Hell, I would just be stoked to be ranked above Honky, the Warrior and Lance Storm... | Captain Ferret
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|  #8 Posted on 30.12.02 1653.50
Reposted on: 30.12.09 1653.59 | | Who should be number one then senor redsox? | spf
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| #9 Posted on 30.12.02 1704.10
Reposted on: 30.12.09 1705.38 | | I have no problem with Shannon in the top 10. The only issue I have is that I would have dropped Ashish and Widro (blatant homerism!) from the top 10 in order to elevate Scaia and Kunze. Herb was a defining voice in the early days, and really still is the patron saint of smarks everywhere :) | rspwfaq
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| #10 Posted on 30.12.02 1746.19
Reposted on: 30.12.09 1751.45 | No point in debating a list of the guy's opinions on internet writers, but I'd have to point out that he neglected both RealDeal of WrestleCrap fame and Sushi-X, two writers who were (and still are in RD's case) far more influential than many of the people on the list.
Forgetting Sushi-X I can kinda see, but RD? Yikes.
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| #11 Posted on 30.12.02 1813.51
Reposted on: 30.12.09 1815.01 | | I find myself concurring with Mr. Keith. Excuse me while I go see a doctor. | fuelinjected
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| #12 Posted on 30.12.02 1839.00
Reposted on: 30.12.09 1839.11 | | I'm quite pleased I don't know who many of these people are. But Herb Kunze has his own armbar, he should be higher. | Big Bad
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| #13 Posted on 30.12.02 2232.25
Reposted on: 30.12.09 2232.26 | Bill Milano should've been higher. DDT Digest was one of the best and funniest wrestling webpages of all time.
Also, John Petrie got screwed. For years, he, CRZ and Hyatte were THE must-read Monday recaps. | Stefonics
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| #14 Posted on 31.12.02 0136.56
Reposted on: 31.12.09 0138.27 | | Two words, one name: Earl Oliver. Earl's tuesday morning reports were fantastic before I ran into the word for word recapping glory of CRZ. Earl always managed to try to bring new writers to add to his variety. I never gathered the stones to try to write for him, but it was the thought that he would give anyone a chance to participate on a more than message board level that I really found welcoming. Back in the day for me, Solie's Vintage Wrestling was one of the three sites I visited, and kept my interest enough to still be around today. For those wondering, the other two were Scoops and Micasa (both linked from Mr. Oliver's site). He welcomed me to his message board with open arms, and it was there that I had my first taste of debating wrestling related topics with others (although I was only about 15 when I started, I must say that I held my own). The discussions were just that, discussions. There were no flame wars or anything immature, as Earl kept a close watch on his guestbook (as both of the Zim brothers do here). I still look back fondly on those days of wCw versus WWF conversation when the nWo was all the rage and Vince was parading around the D.O.A. and Los Bariquas and groups of that sort. Earl is still around, and I still lurk on his site sometimes, and I will always consider Solie's to be home. | evilwaldo
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| #15 Posted on 31.12.02 0903.52
Reposted on: 31.12.09 0904.27 | Dean should be top 10 but not as high as CRZ.
Sean Shannon should be top 3. For those of you who missed the classic breakdowns on Delphi, you missed a lot. It was riveting in a pathetic sort of way. He put Hyatte on the map and made him what he is.
Don Becker should be higher for no other reason than he stopped by the Christmas Eve aPa chatroom. But very underrated and my personal favorite recapper.
No Rubio???? Bossman stories and fantasy bookings get no love???? Whasupwitdat????
(edited by evilwaldo on 31.12.02 1005) | tomvejada
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| #16 Posted on 31.12.02 1025.58
Reposted on: 31.12.09 1026.41 | CRZ should be higher.
The Cubs Fan should be higher.
Meltzer should be higher. | Cerebus
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| #17 Posted on 31.12.02 1221.35
Reposted on: 31.12.09 1221.53 | I've been reading 411 for a while now, and I've been wondering about something... are Hyatte and Flea the same person? They use the same writing style and sentence structure, and they both have little quirks about thier style that just makes me think this.
Also, notice that he didn't list himself in there but Hyatte was his #1 choice.
Hey, I just noticed that Jim Ross isn't listed. Shouldn't he be at least in the top 20 for his weekly Ross Report, which EVERYONE and thier mother reads every friday with out fail.
(edited by Cerebus on 31.12.02 1024) | DEAN RASMUSSEN
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| #18 Posted on 31.12.02 1422.08
Reposted on: 31.12.09 1422.38 | Dean should be top 10 but not as high as CRZ.
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DR: CRZ wants to lord it over me like a Superbowl trophy. WAIT'LL NEXT YEAR! WHY ARE WE RANKED?! NEXT YEAR!
Sean Shannon should be top 3. For those of you who missed the classic breakdowns on Delphi, you missed a lot. It was riveting in a pathetic sort of way. He put Hyatte on the map and made him what he is.
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DR: Sean Shannon should #1-25. God, when he was completely losing what was left of his grasp of reality, he manically vomited the greatest stuff ever written on the internet. Who could forget the poetry on Seanshannon.org or the stories about going to parties with theatre people? I wanted to drive to whereever he was and hug him and tell that everything was going to be okay. And how was his musical career and how much would you have paid for mp3s of those songs? I don't think they print that much money.
DEAN. | Bullitt
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| #19 Posted on 31.12.02 1443.24
Reposted on: 31.12.09 1449.26 | And apparently Eric S. at 411 isn't too happy with being ranked below Dean, either.
"I'll only bitch about three people above me: The Prick and Rasmussen on general principle, and Samuda on the fact that I was the one who killed his style of wrestling news presentation forever."
(edited by Bullitt on 31.12.02 1405) | DEAN RASMUSSEN
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| #20 Posted on 31.12.02 1500.09
Reposted on: 31.12.09 1500.16 | I also want to know how long Dean will gloat being rated higher than Rippa and Schneider? Forever?
DR: If you read Rippa's stuff, he's so much funnier than me it's hilarious that he isn't top 5.
And who is this Eric S guy and what general principal of his did I violate?
DEAN.
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