The least insulting wrestler ranking i've probably ever seen

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  • Warner2BruceTD
    2011 Poster Of The Year
    • Mar 2009
    • 26142

    The least insulting wrestler ranking i've probably ever seen

    2012 Power Slam 50

    1. Hiroshi Tanahashi
    2. Austin Aries
    3. CM Punk
    4. Kazuchika Okada
    5. Prince Devitt
    6. Daniel Bryan
    7. CIMA
    8. Tetsuya Naito
    9. Kevin Steen
    10. AJ Styles
    11. Shingo Takagi
    12. Low Ki
    13. Akira Tozawa
    14. Kurt Angle
    15. Davey Richards
    16. Christopher Daniels
    17. Shinsuke Nakamura
    18. Jun Akiyama
    19. Bobby Roode
    20. Hirooki Goto
    21. El Generico
    22. Dolph Ziggler
    23. Sheamus
    24. PAC
    25. Kenny Omega
    26. Yamato
    27. Randy Orton
    28. Samoa Joe
    29. Ryusuke Taguchi
    30. Kota Ibushi
    31. Suwama
    32. Jeff Hardy
    33. Naomichi Marufuji
    34. Karl Anderson
    35. Masaaki Mochizuki
    36. Ricochet
    37. Alberto Del Rio
    38. Kazarian
    39. Michael Elgin
    40. Matt Jackson
    41. Eddie Edwards
    42. KENTA
    43. Nick Jackson
    44. Minoru Suzuki
    45. James Storm
    46. Rockstar Spud
    47. Noam Dar
    48. Bully Ray
    49. El Ligero
    50. Kofi Kingston
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    Sure, I can quibble with some guy being over another, or moving guys a few places higher or lower, but for the most part there is nothing incredibly stupid or egregious to this list. The only two names that popped out at me as being out of place were Alberto Del Rio & Kofi Kingston, neither of which probably belong, but neither are ranked high and it's not like either guy is terrible or anything.

    This is a shockingly well done and fairly accurate ranking of workers.
  • Warner2BruceTD
    2011 Poster Of The Year
    • Mar 2009
    • 26142

    #2
    OK, now i'll quibble.

    El Generico had a significantly better year than a few people ahead of him and would be in my personal Top 5. I would swap him with Devitt, who had a down year by his standards. This magazine is based in either Ireland or England I believe, so there's that.

    You know what I think of Orton, but I can see why he's listed and I won't complain. Sometimes a guy just sin't your cup of tea. I wouldn't complain about Triple H being on a list like this in 2002, either.

    Jeff Hardy? Meh. But again, I get it.

    Bryan & Angle are getting by on rep a bit (for example, Generico is on another level as these two in my view for this year), but again, hardly offensive.

    How about Adam Cole & Daisuke Sekimoto instead of Del Rio & Kingston?

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    • Warner2BruceTD
      2011 Poster Of The Year
      • Mar 2009
      • 26142

      #3
      1994: Shawn Michaels
      1995: Mitsuharu Misawa
      1996: Shawn Michaels (2)
      1997: Bret Hart
      1998: Stone Cold Steve Austin
      1999: Chris Benoit
      2000: Triple H
      2001: Stone Cold Steve Austin (2)
      2002: Kurt Angle
      2003: Kenta Kobashi
      2004: Chris Benoit
      2005: AJ Styles
      2006: Edge
      2007: Kurt Angle (2)
      2008: Shawn Michaels (3)
      2009: Rey Mysterio
      2010: Kurt Angle (3)
      2011: Hiroshi Tanahashi
      2012: Hiroshi Tanahashi (2)

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      • Bigpapa42
        Junior Member
        • Feb 2009
        • 3185

        #4
        Where is Big Show? Kane? Jesus fuck, no Undertaker? Fuck this list.

        That's actually the kind of list I would expect from a smarky, smart fan with diverse viewing. Nice to see.

        Rockstar Spud and Noam Dar are both Brits but I have seen fuck of all of either.

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        • EmpireWF
          Giants in the Super Bowl
          • Mar 2009
          • 24082

          #5
          21. El Generico
          22. Dolph Ziggler
          23. Sheamus

          All could be higher. (I'd drop Angle, Styles & Richards)


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          • FedEx227
            Delivers
            • Mar 2009
            • 10454

            #6
            21 and 22 with Generico and Ziggler were the most galling to me but as far as an overall list, probably the least amount of complaints from my end.
            VoicesofWrestling.com

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            • LiquidLarry2GhostWF
              Highwayman
              • Feb 2009
              • 15429

              #7
              Originally posted by Warner2BruceTD
              OK, now i'll quibble.

              El Generico had a significantly better year than a few people ahead of him and would be in my personal Top 5. I would swap him with Devitt, who had a down year by his standards. This magazine is based in either Ireland or England I believe, so there's that.

              You know what I think of Orton, but I can see why he's listed and I won't complain. Sometimes a guy just sin't your cup of tea. I wouldn't complain about Triple H being on a list like this in 2002, either.

              Jeff Hardy? Meh. But again, I get it.

              Bryan & Angle are getting by on rep a bit (for example, Generico is on another level as these two in my view for this year), but again, hardly offensive.

              How about Adam Cole & Daisuke Sekimoto instead of Del Rio & Kingston?
              Generico's year was fantastic, but, I can see why he's rated low...he was rather obscure, bouncing around tier four and five promotions.

              Orton, is another guy who didn't really have a strong year. I understand his inclusion many other years, but this was a year where he wasn't featured significantly at all. Jeff Hardy was rather irrelevant until September/October.

              I agree with Angle getting by on rep...he's booked like shit in TNA...but, Bryan had by far his best run in the WWE...he's still great in the ring (tons of good to even great matches in the WWE this year) and he's never shown more charisma and personality...he's now captivating the largest audience in the world with simple catchphrases and still putting on world class work. He's not a wrestling machine like he was at the Indy scene, but its the WWE, you don't have to be and even if so, you aren't given the platform to do so.

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              • Warner2BruceTD
                2011 Poster Of The Year
                • Mar 2009
                • 26142

                #8
                My gripe with Bryan, since this is a workrate based list, is that he spent half the year in a comedy tag team that didn't have a single match worth a fuck.

                I have nothing bad to say about the fantastic job he is doing with everything he's being handed.

                But again, my gripe is minor. If you want to put Daniel Bryan on a top ten workers list, am I really going to argue? He's one of the best of all time.

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                • Warner2BruceTD
                  2011 Poster Of The Year
                  • Mar 2009
                  • 26142

                  #9
                  Also, good call by Empire on Richards. Could probably drop 10-15 spots based on the fact that he disappeared for like 6 months and pretty much bombed in New Japan.

                  Take away the Elgin match, and what kind of year did he really have?

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                  • FedEx227
                    Delivers
                    • Mar 2009
                    • 10454

                    #10
                    And I'd knock him off because he was a grade A asshole.
                    VoicesofWrestling.com

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                    • Derrville
                      Dallas has no coaching...
                      • Jul 2009
                      • 5321

                      #11
                      Much better than PWIs if you ask me.

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