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 […]
80. Arisa Nakajima (25 ballots, 1073 points) – LOWEST 25 BALLOT WRESTLERAverage Rank: 54.08Last Year’s Rank: 52High Vote: Bertkardashian (10) Recommended Matches “In a year of retirements, arguably none stung worse than Arisa Nakajima, and even more arguably none felt more abrupt. I hate that she’s gone from us so soon, but I’m glad to […]
90. Cash Wheeler (24 ballot, 953 points)Average Rank: 50.88Last Year’s Rank: 42High Vote: Andrew L. (11) Recommended Matches “Everything I said about Dax could fit here for Cash. The one difference is that Cash Wheeler beat a gun charge last year, which is why he’s higher (or lower) than Dax. That’s something to celebrate (or […]