Post by Steveweiser on Nov 30, 2013 6:00:54 GMT -5
In celebration of their 100th issue, Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM) have compiled their Top 100 Wrestlers from their first issue in 2006 to today. The criteria is as follows...
*Quality of matches in the period
*Workrate and technical skill shown
*Performance on the biggest stage
*Ability to work the crowd
*Quality of storylines
Where applicable, if a wrestler was known by different names during the period, then the main name will be the one they're using today, and the name in parentheses will be their former name or names.
1: Daniel Bryan (Bryan Danielson)
2: Hiroshi Tanahashi
3: John Cena
4: Sami Zayn (El Generico)
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 (Austin Starr)
15: Nigel McGuinness (Desmond Wolfe)
16: Daisuke Sekimoto
17: Kota Ibushi
18: CIMA
19: The Young Bucks - Matt Jackson (Max Buck) & Nick Jackson (Jeremy Buck)
20: Yuji Nagata
21: Sin Cara (Mistico)
22: Seth Rollins (Tyler Black)
23: Antonio Cesaro (Claudio Castagnoli)
24: The Briscoe Brothers - Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe
25: L.A. Park
26: Akira Tozawa
27: Triple H
28: Chris Hero (Kassius Ohno)
29: Kurt Angle
30: Edge
31: Masaaki Mochizuki
32: Jeff Hardy
33: Davey Richards (John Cahill)
34: Adrian Neville (PAC)
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 (Robert Roode)
47: Dick Togo
48: Alex Shelley
49: Eddie Edwards (Eric Philbin)
50: Katsuhiko Nakajima
51: Volador Jr.
52: Ricochet (Helios)
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 (Curry Man)
65: Samoa Joe
66: El Torito (Mascarita Dorada)
67: Dolph Ziggler
68: Go Shiozaki
69: Jun Akiyama
70: Sheamus
71: Shuji Kondo
72: Jimmy Susumu (Susumu Yokosuka)
73: Jimmy Jacobs
74: Chris Sabin
75: Evan Bourne (Matt Sydal)
76: Fit Finlay
77: Christian (Christian Cage)
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 (Giant Bernard)
88: Low Ki (Senshi, Kaval)
89: Sara Del Rey
90: Dean Ambrose (Jon Moxley)
91: Batista
92: Fujita "Jr." Hayato
93: Kaz Hayashi
94: Koji Kanemoto
95: James Storm
96: Colt Cabana (Matt Classic, Scotty Goldman)
97: El Ligero
98: Yuji Okabayashi
99: Tomohiro Ishii
100: Togi Makabe
*Quality of matches in the period
*Workrate and technical skill shown
*Performance on the biggest stage
*Ability to work the crowd
*Quality of storylines
Where applicable, if a wrestler was known by different names during the period, then the main name will be the one they're using today, and the name in parentheses will be their former name or names.
1: Daniel Bryan (Bryan Danielson)
2: Hiroshi Tanahashi
3: John Cena
4: Sami Zayn (El Generico)
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 (Austin Starr)
15: Nigel McGuinness (Desmond Wolfe)
16: Daisuke Sekimoto
17: Kota Ibushi
18: CIMA
19: The Young Bucks - Matt Jackson (Max Buck) & Nick Jackson (Jeremy Buck)
20: Yuji Nagata
21: Sin Cara (Mistico)
22: Seth Rollins (Tyler Black)
23: Antonio Cesaro (Claudio Castagnoli)
24: The Briscoe Brothers - Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe
25: L.A. Park
26: Akira Tozawa
27: Triple H
28: Chris Hero (Kassius Ohno)
29: Kurt Angle
30: Edge
31: Masaaki Mochizuki
32: Jeff Hardy
33: Davey Richards (John Cahill)
34: Adrian Neville (PAC)
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 (Robert Roode)
47: Dick Togo
48: Alex Shelley
49: Eddie Edwards (Eric Philbin)
50: Katsuhiko Nakajima
51: Volador Jr.
52: Ricochet (Helios)
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 (Curry Man)
65: Samoa Joe
66: El Torito (Mascarita Dorada)
67: Dolph Ziggler
68: Go Shiozaki
69: Jun Akiyama
70: Sheamus
71: Shuji Kondo
72: Jimmy Susumu (Susumu Yokosuka)
73: Jimmy Jacobs
74: Chris Sabin
75: Evan Bourne (Matt Sydal)
76: Fit Finlay
77: Christian (Christian Cage)
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 (Giant Bernard)
88: Low Ki (Senshi, Kaval)
89: Sara Del Rey
90: Dean Ambrose (Jon Moxley)
91: Batista
92: Fujita "Jr." Hayato
93: Kaz Hayashi
94: Koji Kanemoto
95: James Storm
96: Colt Cabana (Matt Classic, Scotty Goldman)
97: El Ligero
98: Yuji Okabayashi
99: Tomohiro Ishii
100: Togi Makabe
