Well, my Walmart, broke the street date on the magazine and it looks as if I get to be the first on the net this year with the list. I'm typing 500 names! Here is last years thread, yeah CRZ i'm learning.
1. John Cena 2. Edge 3. Mistico 4. Kurt Angle 5. The Undertaker 6. Shawn Michaels 7. Christian Cage 8. Perro Aguayo Jr. 9. Bobby Lashley 10. Takeshi Morishima 11. Ultimo Guerrero 12. Samoa Joe 13. Batista 14. Minoru Suzuki 15. Randy Orton 16. Mitsuharu Misawa 17. Brayan Danielson 18. King Booker 19. Sting 20. Yuji Nagata 21. Ken Kennedy 22. Umaga 23. Abyss 24. Rob Van Dam 25. Nigel McGuinness 26. Cibernetico 27. Naomichi Marufuji 28. Chris Saban 29. Jeff Hardy 30. Christopher Daniels 31. El Hijo Del Santo 32. A.J. Styles 33. Finlay 34. Jushin Liger 35. The Big Show 36. Matt Hardy 37. Rocky Romero 38. Nergo Casas 39. Rhino 40. Hiroshi Tanahashi 41. Carlito 42. C.M. Punk 43. LA Parka (Not the original but just as popular) 44. Gregory Helms 45. Kenta 46. Chavo Guerrero Jr. 47. Montel Vontavious Porter (M.V.P) 48. Dr. Wagner Jr. 49. Chris Hero 50. Senshi (Lo Ki) 51. Triple-H 52. Cima 53. Averno 54. Homoicide 55. Roderick Strong 56. John Morrison 57. Kensuke Sasaki 58. Sabu 59. Scott Steiner 60. Charly Manson 61. Milano Collection A.T. 62. Marcus Cor Von 63. Brent Albright 64. Satoshi Kojima 65. Kane 66. Chris Harris 67. Claudio Castagnoli 68. L.A. Park (the Original) 69. Tiger Mask IV 70. Ric "WHOOOOOOOOOOO!" Flair 71. Bobby Roode 72. Jun Akiyama 73. Black Warrior 74. Brother Ray 75. Alex Shelley 76. Davey Richards 77. William Regal 78. Jay Bisscoe 79. Atlantis 80. Brother Devon 81. Hiroyoshi Tenzan 82. James Storm 83. Mark Briscoe 84. Doug Williams 85. Zorro 86. Minoru 87. Elijah Burke 88. Delirious 89. Chris Masters 90. Mephisto 91. Shelton Benjamin 92. Intocable 93. Petey Williams 94. Kevin Thorn 95. Jay "Black Machismo" Lethal 96. Shinsuke Nakamura 97. Paul London 98. Brian Kendrick 99. Toshiaki Kawada 100. Travis Tomko 101. The Great Khali 102. Austin Aries 103. Yoshinari Ogawa 104. Hector Garza 105. Giant Bernard 106. Hotstuff Hernandez 107. Ricky Marvin 108. Colt Cabana 109. Mr. Aguila 110. Jimmy Wang Yang 111. Dragon Kid 112. Vampiro 113. Kotaro Suzuki 114. The Boogeyman 115. Doss Caras Jr. 116. Manabu Nakanishi 117. Jeff Jarrett 118. B.J. Whitmer 119. Keiji Muto (The Great Muta) 120. Eric Young 121. Toscano 122. Ares 123. Kenny Dykstra 124. Super Crazy 125. Masato Yoshino 126. Ron Killings 127. Rey Bucanero 128. Matt Sydal 129. Shocker 130. Gene Snitsky 131. Togi Makabe 132. Octagon 133. Naruki Doi 134. Sonjay Dutt 135. Trevor Murdoch 136. Universo 2000 137. Lance Cade 138. Jay Bradley 139. Jerry Lynn 140. Marco Corleone 141. Dick Togo 142. Jimmy Rave 143. Masao Inque 144. Juventud Gurrera 145. Sean Waltman 146. Taka Michinoku 147. Volador Jr. 148. Mike Mizanin 149. Jack Evans 150. Andrew Martin 151. Kaz Hayashi 152. Ephesto 153. Paul Birchall 154. Abismo Negro 155. Joey Mercury 156. Koji Kanemoto 157. Hardcore Holly 158. Damian 666 159. Lance Hoyt 160. Shawn Spears 161. LA Mascara 162. Charlie Haas 163. Heavy Metal 164. Basham 165. Lizmark Jr. 166. Aaron Stevens 167. Adam Pearce 168. B.G. James 169. Halloween 170. Kip James 171. Chessman 172. Cody Rhodes 173. Matt Striker 174. Taiji Ishimori 175. Damaja 176. Felino 177. Mike Quackenbush 178. Don Fuji 179. Santino Marella 180. Kevin Steen 181. Katsuhiko Nakajima 182. Tommy Dreamer 183. Pac 184. Mark Henry 185. Alex Koslov 186. The Sandman 187. Steve Corino 188. Maximo 189. Genki Horiguchi 190. Eugene 191. Super Delfin 192. Ricky Reyes 193. Shad Gaspard 194. Mike Kruel 195. Tank Toland 196. Brother Runt 197. Mohammed Yone 198. Eddie Colon 199. JTG 200. Olimpico 201. Matt Cross 202. Gedo 203. Domino 204. Ryo Saito 205. Danny Doring 206. Muerte Cibernetica 207. Deuce 208. Apolo 209. Jinsei Shinzaki 210. Johnny Devine 211. Osamu Nishimura 212. Jamie Noble 213. Ultimo Dragon 214. Dave Taylor 215. Fuerza Guerrera 216. Matt Bentley 217. Nunzio 218. Takashi Sugiura 219. Human Tornado 220. Mike Knox 221. Tatsumi Fujinami 222. Jake Gymini 223. Nick Sinn 224. Joey Ryan 225. Shuji Kondo 226. Jesse Gymini 227. Daivari 228. Brazo De Plata 229. Frankie Kazarian 230. Takuma Sano 231. Erick Stevens 232. Shinjiro Otani 233. El Sagrado 234. Robbie McAllister 235. Latin Lover 236. Mike Mondo 237. Sangre Azteca 238. Andy Douglas 239. Shiro Koshinaka 240. Rory McAllister 241. Chase Stevens 242. Texano Jr. 243. Johnny Jeter. 244. El. Generico 245. Val Venis 246. Susumu Yokosuka 247. Derek Wylde 248. Raven 249. Taiyo Kea 250. Nick Nemeth 251. Akira Taue 252. Jimmy Jacobs 253. A-1 254. Ozz 255. Big Daddy V 256. Jim Duggan 257. Slvester Terkay 258. Shark Boy 259. Steve Lewington 260. Nick Mitchell 261. El Angle 262. Rene Dupree 263. Jado 264. "Balls" Mahoney (They didn't print his first name.) 265. Oriental 266. Stevie Richards 267. Sylvan Grenier 268. Shannon Moore 269. Antoni Polaski 270. Shoichi Funaki 271. Brett Major 272. Harry Smith 273. Brian Major 274. Laredo Kid 275. Rob Conway 276. Karl Anderson 277. Vito 278. Rick Steiner 279. Kassidy James 280. Kikutaro 281. Jerry Lawler 282. Rey Cometa 283. Super Dragon 284. Brad Armstrong 285. Takao Omori 286. K.C. James 287. Ryusuke Taguchi 288. Tony Mamaluke 289. Chet the Jet 290. Michael Kovac 291. Orlando Jordan 292. Minoru Fujita 293. C.W. Anderson 294. Gran Akuma 295. Justin LaRoche 296. El Pantera 297. Adam Flash 298. Scorpio 299. Chris Bosh 300. Vladimir Kozlov 301. Kudo 302. Psicosis 303. Icarus 304. Scott Lost 305. Justing Credible 306. Jesse Dalton 307. Dan Rodman 308. Sicodelico Jr. 309. Scotty 2 Hotty 310. Necro Butcher 311. Josh Daniels 312. Festus Dalton 313. El Bronco 314. Chuck Taylor 315. Brian Milonas 316. T.J. Perkins 317. Romero Roselli 318. Hallowicked 319. Brian Jenings 320. Teddy Hart 321. Maxime Boyer 322. Drake Younger 323. Elix Skipper 324. Ace Steel 325. Jigsaw 326. Murat Bosporus 327. Mitch Ryder 328. Cody Hawk 329. Fergal Devitt 330. D-Ray 3000 331. Larry Sweeney 332. Aden Chambers 333. Viking 334. David Young 335. Martin Stone 336. Matt Stryker 337. Brandon Thomaselli 338. Steve Douglas 339. Eddie Kingston 340. Devon Moore 341. Aaron Aguilera 342. Shaun Koen 343. Miyawaki 344. Sal Thomaselli 345. Dave Crist 346. Jake Matthews 347. Vito Thomaselli 348. Brain Fury 349. Jake Crist 350. Madman Pondo 351. Charles Evans 352. Bad Bones 353. John Saxon 354. Pelle Primeau 355. El Blazer 356. Mascara Purpura 357. Ruchus 358. Antonio Thomas 359. Ganger 360. BXB Hulk 361. Dru Onyx 362. Chris Kole 363. Shane Hagadorn 364. Kornbred 365. Sexxxy Eddy 366. Tigre Metalico 367. Danshoku Dino 368. Shiima Xion 369. Frank "The Tank" Parker 370. Chad Parham 371. Jon Moxley 372. Sterling James Keenan 373. Robert Anthony 374. Justice Pain 375. Navajo Warrior 376. Rhett Titus 377. Yoshiaki Yago 378. Josh Prohibition 379. Chance Phophet (timing on this is ironic...he just shattered his ankle.) 380. Arik Cannon 381. Sirus LaVey 382. Damien Wayne 383. Kid Mikaze 384. Dan Paysan 385. Christian York 386. Ricochet 387. Alan Wasylychyn 388. Rob Eckos 389. La Sombra 390. Scot Summers 391. Ikuto Hidaka 392. Turbo 393. Ric Converse 394. Hangtime 395. Lince Dorando 396. Aaron Epic 397. Franky The Mobster 398. Tommy Vandal 399. Ultramantis Black 400. Ricky Landell 401. The Great Sasuke 402. The Stro 403. Trent Acid 404. Freak Nastty 405. Scott Zenzen 406. Kimera 407. Red Anderson 408. Hiromi Horiguchi 409. Rick Fuller 410. Quinten Lee 411. Scorpio Sky 412. Billy Maverick 413. Jerrelle Clark 414. Jason Blade 415. Skayde 416. Bishop 417. Billy Roc 418. Danny Havoc 419. Jerry Reiner 420. Beef Wellington 421. Tony Scarpone 422. Onyx 423. Toby Klein 424. Aaron Williams 425. Derek Frazier 426. Seth Shai 427. Andy Dalton 428. Kory Chavis 429. Go Shiozaki 430. Excalibur 431. Mike Tobin 432. Ed Gonzales 433. Shane Storm 434. Tommy End 435. Player Uno 436. Ken Steel 437. Chakal 438. Jagged 439. Darin Childs 440. Brian Ash 441. Tank 442. Soldier Ant 443. Justin White 444. Michael Von Payton 445. Sabian 446. Shawn Cook 447. Kapu 448. Mace 449. Pierre-Carl Ouellet 450. Dylan Starr 451. Sal Rinauro 452. Zach Gowen 453. Johnny Palazzo 454. Amigo Suzuki 455. Luke Hawk 456. Tony Torres 457. Ronin 458. Daniel Cross 459. Eric Draven 460. Wade Chism 461. Hentai 462. Johnny Kashmere 463. Bino Gambino 464. Kirby Mack 465. Chasyn Rance 466. John Kermon 467. Shayne Hawke 468. Danny Daniels 469. Joey Harder 470. Ted DiBiase Jr. 471. Bobby 2 Bad 472. Dick Rick 473. Justyn Glory 474. J.T. Stahr 475. Shane Matthews 476. Rex Sterling 477. Jason Gory 478. Darin Corbin 479. Hook Bomberry 480. Mike DiBiase 481. Shane Valentine 482. Anthony Bishop 483. Tracy Smothers 484. Mason Childs 485. Ala Hussein 486. Matt Riviera 487. Corporal Robinson 488. Jey Granham 489. Azrieal 490. Richard Phillips 491. Justin Blaze 492. Dustin Thomas 493. Joey Spector 494. Emil Sitoci 495. Eric Fantabulous 496. Patrick Brink 497. Quicksilver 498. Brian Blade 499. Vincent Nothing 500. Andre Heart
WOW! I'm finished! Not a bad who's who but also it's a tough time for wrestling. So what do you all think?
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Grading is on... *Win-loss record *Technical ability *Influence on the sport *Success against the highest grade competition *Success against the most diverse competition *Activity
Just a side note too...Zach Gowen who made the list this year was not on the list last year. So, that might settle some grip about who makes it each year and how.
(edited by jwrestle on 20.9.07 1225)
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(Coincidentally, I was looking around for this list this morning, thinking somebody should have typed it in, but although it's been in mailboxes since Monday, nobody had manned up yet.)
Originally posted by BigDaddyLocoAlso what has Marcus Cor Von done to even crack #250 let alone be sitting pretty at #62?
First TNA star to leap to WWE? Granted, he hasn't done anything big since his jump, but Christian made the leap the other way and that was a big story.
As for "_____" Mahoney, they've never printed his first name for some odd reason.
This year has the most names in the top 10 I don't recognize; even when there were several foreign wrestlers in the top 10, I had heard of them. This year, Mistico, Perro Aguayo Jr. and Takeshi Morishima are the guys making me say "Who?".
You wanted the best, you got... Out of Context Quote of the Week.
"The Mexican rebels aren't running it back for touchdowns, so it's close." (thecubsfan)
Originally posted by CEOIIIThis year has the most names in the top 10 I don't recognize; even when there were several foreign wrestlers in the top 10, I had heard of them. This year, Mistico, Perro Aguayo Jr. and Takeshi Morishima are the guys making me say "Who?".
Morishima's probably the best bet to do anything you've heard of, mostly because of ROH. Mistico was being pursued by WWE for a while, too.
No Hornswoggle? (sarcasm) He's the Cruiserweight Champion for God's sake! (/sarcasm)
But if Zach Gowen can make the list, Hornswoggle and his tadpole splash deserves a spot too. Unless this list is supposed to reflect pure workrate, he really belongs in there somewhere..
(edited by TheOldMan on 19.9.07 2004) It's the Big "W", I tell ya! The Big "W"!
This year has the most names in the top 10 I don't recognize; even when there were several foreign wrestlers in the top 10, I had heard of them. This year, Mistico, Perro Aguayo Jr. and Takeshi Morishima are the guys making me say "Who?".
That's a kinda odd thing to say, seeing as Mistico was top 10 last year too.
Originally posted by BigDaddyLocoHas Sting (#19) done something or wrestle some fantastic matches at high school gyms I haven't heard about?
Also what has Marcus Cor Von done to even crack #250 let alone be sitting pretty at #62?
I thought Sting has done well this year. His only awful matches were the ones where he was forced to do lame gimmick. Other that he's always solid. Has he had a match of the year candidate? No, but neither has Samoa Joe and I don't see people complaining about him being high.
Cena damn well deserves that #1 spot for carrying Khali to a watchable match. He should probably get to automatically keep it next year too for pulling off that miracle.
On first thought I was confused by Christian being ranked so high, considering he made his jump before the last 500 was released and that he wasn't THE guy in TNA the past year. Then I remembered that in relation to the other TNA main-eventers on the list, he's probably right where he should be. That realization blew my mind. Any confusion over where he's ranked is directly attributable to TNA's awful parity booking that ensures absolutely nobody gets over to the level that they should.
I hadn't followed it since I was a kid, and only in the last couple years because of this board, but I'm happy to see that there seems to be more international presence in the Top 25-50 as there was in prior years.
That being said, even though I understand the reasoning for it in that he's easily the most visible due to being ROH Champion, Morishima being the top-ranked Japanese wrestler on the list struck me as a bit odd.
But what I found legitimately weird was Minoru Suzuki being the second ranked Japanese guy at #14. He held the Triple Crown for I believe the entire calendar year that the 500 would fall under, but he's the top guy in a promotion that's a distant third in Japan. Not to mention that there are far more recognizable names under him. Very odd.
Human Tornado is one of the most entertaining workers on the planet. He's not a great worker, but a fun worker. I like him at 219.
220 however...Mike Knox? Really? Knox? Joey Ryan is worse than Mike Knox? I think not, and although I haven't seen many Joey Ryan matches, I've seen enough to know he's more entertaining than Knox.
And Icarus at 303 is awful. He should be at 3003. He has no charisma and is usually outshined in Chikara by his partner Gran "Mr. 294" Akuma.
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Any chance La Parka loses, and gets unmasked as DDP? That's the one time I remember the "assume masked wrestler's place" gimmick worked. Since I don't specifically see Rey Rey on the poster, could they mean Rey Mysterio Sr. here?
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