This is the U.K. mag that Alan4L writes for. Their taste falls in line with most of the guys who post around here, so here is the list:
I don't have a ton of issues with this.
I'd have KENTA #2, and Zayn #3. I'm not a Cena hater by any means, and he would make my list for sure, but #3 is way too high.
No way Tensai makes my list, i've always thought he was overrated and was glad to see him leave New Japan because I couldn't stand Bad Intentions dominating the tag scene. Karl Anderson has flourished without him.
Yuji Nagata way too high. I wouldn't even rank him at all.
Sin Cara way too high, another guy I always thought was overrated and ended up exposed in WWE.
Okada probably too high, only has two great years. '06-'11 he's a complete non entity. '12-'13 is great enough to get on, but probably should be much lower. Somebody like Jun Akiyama for example was consistently very good the entire period and is in the 60's. So it's peak vs consistency.
Batista? James Storm. Eh. I guess. I can pick 100 guys I liked better than both, but they are both ranked pretty low and I get why they are there, so fine.
Sara Del Rey I always thought was overrated and a botch machine.
Christian criminally low. How is Ziggler ahead of Christian for those seven years?
If this included 2004-2005, Samoa Joe would be Top 20 easy. Maybe still should be. He's been so bad lately, he's fallen off the map. He was really, really good.
LOL Orton #35. Maybe the worst ranking.
Overall solid. Mostly nit picking.
Interested to see what the debated points will be for our list!
Criteria was bell to bell performance and that can be anything from athletic ability to charisma to selling to quantity of great matches. The issue is still available at bookstores in Europe and online at http://www.fightingspiritmagazine.co.uk ... /subscribe - so if you want to read write-ups on all 100 wrestlers (plus an awesome Big Van Vader article by Dave Ditch, then check that out!)
1. Daniel Bryan
2. Hiroshi Tanahashi
3. John Cena
4. Sami Zayn
5. CM Punk
6. Shawn Michaels
7. Rey Mysterio
8. Chris Jericho
9. KENTA
10. Prince Devitt
11. Shingo Takagi
12. The Undertaker
13. AJ Styles
14. Austin Aries
15. Nigel McGuinness
16. Daisuke Sekimoto
17. Kota Ibushi
18. CIMA
19. The Young Buck$
20. Yuji Nagata
21. Sin Cara
22. Seth Rollins
23. Antonio Cesaro
24. The Briscoes
25. L.A Park
26. Akira Tozawa
27. Triple-H
28. Chris Hero
29. Kurt Angle
30. Edge
31. Masaaki Mochizuki
32. Jeff Hardy
33. Davey Richards
34. Adrian Neville
35. Randy Orton
36. Kevin Steen
37. Shinsuke Nakamura
38. Kazuchika Okada
39. Naomichi Marufuji
40. Masato Yoshino
41. Minoru Tanaka
42. Negro Casas
43. Minoru Suzuki
44. Hirooki Goto
45. YAMATO
46. Bobby Roode
47. Dick Togo
48. Alex Shelley
49. Eddie Edwards
50. Katsuhiko Nakajima
51. Volador Jr.
52. Ricochet
53. Zack Sabre Jr.
54. Averno
55. Takeshi Morishima
56. Naruki Doi
57. Tetsuya Naito
58. Kenny Omega
59. Dr. Wagner Jr.
60. Roderick Strong
61. Takashi Sugiura
62. La Sombra
63. Masato Tanaka
64. Christopher Daniels
65. Samoa Joe
66. El Torito
67. Dolph Ziggler
68. Go Shiozaki
69. Jun Akiyama
70. Sheamus
71. Shuji Kondo
72. Jimmy Susumu
73. Jimmy Jacobs
74. Chris Sabin
75. Evan Bourne
76. Fit Finlay
77. Christian
78. Adam Cole
79. Michael Elgin
80. Mascara Dorada
81. Johnny Gargano
82. Kyle O’Reilly
83. Kotaro Suzuki
84. Taiji Ishimori
85. Ayako Hamada
86. Dragon Kid
87. Tensai
88. Low Ki
89. Sara Del Rey
90. Dean Ambrose
91. Batista
92. Fujita “Jr.” Hayato
93. Kaz Hayashi
94. Koji Kanemoto
95. James Storm
96. Colt Cabana
97. El Ligero
98. Yuji Okabayashi
99. Tomohiro Ishii
100. Togi Makabe
Criteria was bell to bell performance and that can be anything from athletic ability to charisma to selling to quantity of great matches. The issue is still available at bookstores in Europe and online at http://www.fightingspiritmagazine.co.uk ... /subscribe - so if you want to read write-ups on all 100 wrestlers (plus an awesome Big Van Vader article by Dave Ditch, then check that out!)
1. Daniel Bryan
2. Hiroshi Tanahashi
3. John Cena
4. Sami Zayn
5. CM Punk
6. Shawn Michaels
7. Rey Mysterio
8. Chris Jericho
9. KENTA
10. Prince Devitt
11. Shingo Takagi
12. The Undertaker
13. AJ Styles
14. Austin Aries
15. Nigel McGuinness
16. Daisuke Sekimoto
17. Kota Ibushi
18. CIMA
19. The Young Buck$
20. Yuji Nagata
21. Sin Cara
22. Seth Rollins
23. Antonio Cesaro
24. The Briscoes
25. L.A Park
26. Akira Tozawa
27. Triple-H
28. Chris Hero
29. Kurt Angle
30. Edge
31. Masaaki Mochizuki
32. Jeff Hardy
33. Davey Richards
34. Adrian Neville
35. Randy Orton
36. Kevin Steen
37. Shinsuke Nakamura
38. Kazuchika Okada
39. Naomichi Marufuji
40. Masato Yoshino
41. Minoru Tanaka
42. Negro Casas
43. Minoru Suzuki
44. Hirooki Goto
45. YAMATO
46. Bobby Roode
47. Dick Togo
48. Alex Shelley
49. Eddie Edwards
50. Katsuhiko Nakajima
51. Volador Jr.
52. Ricochet
53. Zack Sabre Jr.
54. Averno
55. Takeshi Morishima
56. Naruki Doi
57. Tetsuya Naito
58. Kenny Omega
59. Dr. Wagner Jr.
60. Roderick Strong
61. Takashi Sugiura
62. La Sombra
63. Masato Tanaka
64. Christopher Daniels
65. Samoa Joe
66. El Torito
67. Dolph Ziggler
68. Go Shiozaki
69. Jun Akiyama
70. Sheamus
71. Shuji Kondo
72. Jimmy Susumu
73. Jimmy Jacobs
74. Chris Sabin
75. Evan Bourne
76. Fit Finlay
77. Christian
78. Adam Cole
79. Michael Elgin
80. Mascara Dorada
81. Johnny Gargano
82. Kyle O’Reilly
83. Kotaro Suzuki
84. Taiji Ishimori
85. Ayako Hamada
86. Dragon Kid
87. Tensai
88. Low Ki
89. Sara Del Rey
90. Dean Ambrose
91. Batista
92. Fujita “Jr.” Hayato
93. Kaz Hayashi
94. Koji Kanemoto
95. James Storm
96. Colt Cabana
97. El Ligero
98. Yuji Okabayashi
99. Tomohiro Ishii
100. Togi Makabe
I'd have KENTA #2, and Zayn #3. I'm not a Cena hater by any means, and he would make my list for sure, but #3 is way too high.
No way Tensai makes my list, i've always thought he was overrated and was glad to see him leave New Japan because I couldn't stand Bad Intentions dominating the tag scene. Karl Anderson has flourished without him.
Yuji Nagata way too high. I wouldn't even rank him at all.
Sin Cara way too high, another guy I always thought was overrated and ended up exposed in WWE.
Okada probably too high, only has two great years. '06-'11 he's a complete non entity. '12-'13 is great enough to get on, but probably should be much lower. Somebody like Jun Akiyama for example was consistently very good the entire period and is in the 60's. So it's peak vs consistency.
Batista? James Storm. Eh. I guess. I can pick 100 guys I liked better than both, but they are both ranked pretty low and I get why they are there, so fine.
Sara Del Rey I always thought was overrated and a botch machine.
Christian criminally low. How is Ziggler ahead of Christian for those seven years?
If this included 2004-2005, Samoa Joe would be Top 20 easy. Maybe still should be. He's been so bad lately, he's fallen off the map. He was really, really good.
LOL Orton #35. Maybe the worst ranking.
Overall solid. Mostly nit picking.
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