It’s the New Year. You watched the big ball drop in Times Square (or the equivalent in whichever time zone/country you are in). You drank a little too much champagne. Perhaps you shared a kiss with that special someone. It’s 2026, and there’s so much ahead. Resolutions, new friends, new job opportunities, new places to […]
Hello folks. I have once again watched a concerning amount of lucha libre from across the Mexican indies (and occasional US indies) to bring you, many moons late, the best in lucha libre from the month of March. There was a lot of great stuff, including one of the best runs of IWRG shows I’ve […]
It’s a long time coming, but as punishment I tried to watch almost anything that made footage from the month. How much footage could February have anyway? Enough to feature several long Daga singles matches that unsurprisingly do not appear in this column. Black Terry vs. Mascara Ano 2000 vs. Negro Navarro vs. Solar I […]
10. Mad Dog Connelly (64 ballots, 4254 points)Average Rank: 22.48Last Year’s Rank: 105High Vote: Padraig (1) Recommended Matches “Mad Dog’s case for WOTY is not found in the brain but in the heart. Might not have won on spreadsheets but no wrestler found a way to make feel something as often as Mad Dog did. […]
20. Orange Cassidy (60 ballots, 3519 points)Average Rank: 29.17Last Year’s Rank: 12High Vote: Andrew L., Daniel L. (7) “Another year where seemingly everything OC did worked for me. Between the peaks of the title matches, TV tags, and conglomeration multimans, there was so much to like. “ ~ Stevan S. Recommended Matches 19. Blue Panther […]
30. Timothy Thatcher (45 ballots, 2769 points)Average Rank: 29.82Last Year’s Rank: 66High Vote: Tsunami Papi, Jorge Romo (4) Recommended Matches “Thatcher has his best year since leaving the WWE, with a return to the Makabe feud and a return to WXW. he’s finally escaped NOAH hell and feels like he’s back to being Thatcher. “ […]
40. El Hijo de Fishman (37 votes, 2199 points)Average Rank: 32.89Last Year’s Rank: 261High Vote: Chris Gibbons (1) Recommended Matches “I had my “come to Jesus” moment with Fishman this year. Each adrenaline dump has become appointment viewing. “ ~ Stevan S. “There is no other wrestler that makes me fear for the safety of […]
50. Sheamus (39 ballots, 1630 points)Average Rank: 46.38Last Year’s Rank: 138High Vote: Kadaveri (15) Recommended Matches “One of the best TV wrestlers of the year. Was able to make programs with Pete Dunne and Ludwig Kaiser actually produce good matches, which may be one of the greatest accomplishments of anyone on this list. Was one […]
60. Gabe Kidd (35 ballots, 1376 points)Average Rank: 44.94Last Year’s Rank: 112High Vote: Jacob Shearin (5) Recommended Matches “Gabe Kidd rocks. I don’t get particularly happy when he wins, and I don’t particularly get upset when he loses. He’s not a particularly adept striker, nor are his suplexes and throws anything to write home about. […]
70. Shingo Takagi (23 ballots, 1225 points)Average Rank: 31.17Last Year’s Rank: 65High Vote: Jacob Shearin (3) Recommended Matches “Shingo reminds me a lot of the canned chili I eat two or three times a week–at one point, I decided it was the best chili on the face of the planet. But at this point, I’m […]