Violent People

Rotten Rewatch #1

In 2001, my wrestling fandom transitioned from a casual interest to a passionate obsession. It’s where I went from “I like wrestling,” to “I should watch all the wrestling ever.” It’s when I became an indie wrestling fan. Ring of Honor was starting, ECWA was hot, CZW was terrifying and awesome to me. In the […]

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13 mins read

Akebono: Yokozuna Forever

Back in January I wrote a tribute to Ice Train when he passed away. Since Violent People has launched I’ve written an obituary. I’ve written about the death of my mother and I’ve written about the plight of Appalachia. Basically what I’m saying is I swear I’m a fun time and don’t want to pigeonhole […]

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11 mins read

2023 Violent People 100 #10-1

10. Kazuchika Okada (58 ballots, 3107 points) – LOWEST RANKED 58 BALLOT WRESTLERLast Year’s Rank: 13High Vote: stephen malkmus, Liam (1)Average Rank: 28.8184.06% of Ballots Made Recommended Matches– vs. Jay White (NJPW, 1/4)– w/ Togi Makabe vs. Kaito Kiyomiya & Yoshiki Inamura (NJPW, 1/21)– vs. Kaito Kiyomiya (NOAH, 2/21)– vs. SANADA (NJPW, 4/8)– w/ Hiroshi […]

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17 mins read

2023 Violent People 100 #20-11

20. Will Ospreay (39 ballots, 2225 points) – LOWEST RANKED 39 BALLOT WRESTLERLast Year’s Rank: 30High Vote: Robert Warns, Andrew Ridener, Robin Reid (1)Average Rank: 26.156.52% of Ballots Made Recommended Matches– vs. Kenny Omega (NJPW, 1/4)– vs. Taichi (NJPW, 2/4)– vs. Luke Jacobs (RevPro, 2/26)– vs. Lance Archer (NJPW, 6/4)– vs. Kenny Omega (AEW/NJPW, 6/25)– […]

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14 mins read

2023 Violent People 100 #30-21

30. El Desperado (36 ballots, 1742 points) – HIGHEST RANKED 36 BALLOT WRESTLERLast Year’s Rank: 16High Vote: Bucky (5)Average Rank: 33.3952.17% of Ballots Made Recommended Matches– w/ Mistico & Soberano Jr. vs. DOUKI, Hechicero & Templario (NJPW/CMLL, 2/26)– w/ Minoru Suzuki & Ren Narita vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW, 5/3)– vs. […]

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14 mins read

2023 Violent People 100 #40-31

40. Giulia (24 ballots, 1393 points) – HIGHEST 24 BALLOT WRESTLERLast Year’s Rank: 133High Vote: Steven Graham (4)Average Rank: 35.0434.78% of Ballots Made Recommended Matches– vs. Suzu Suzuki (Stardom, 2/4)– vs. Maya Yuki (Stardom, 3/4)– vs. Himeka (Stardom, 3/16)– w/ Syuri vs. Himeka & Maika (Stardom, 4/14)– vs. Willow Nightingale (NJPW, 7/5)– vs. Saori Anou […]

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8 mins read

2023 Violent People 100 #50-41

50. Yuji Okabayashi (24 ballots, 1224 points)Last Year’s Rank: 236High Vote: Austin Shermer (6)Average Rank: 27.7534.78% of Ballots Made Recommended Matches– vs. Hideyoshi Kamitani (BJW, 1/2)– w/ Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura (BJW, 2/13)– w/ Ryuji Ito vs. Kazumi Kikuta & Takuya Nomura (BJW, 3/4)– vs. So Daimonji (BJW, 3/11)– w/ Yasufumi […]

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10 mins read