PS 2013

[andrew8798]

PowerSlam magazine in the UK does an annual top 50 based on performances in the ring and here is 2013’s:

1. Kazuchika Okada
2. Hiroshi Tanahashi
3. Daniel Bryan
4. Shinsuke Nakamura
5. Tomohiro Ishii
6. Randy Orton
7. CM Punk
8. Prince Devitt
9. Katsuyori Shibata
10. Kota Ibushi
11. Austin Aries
12. Shingo Takagi
13. Hirooki Goto
14. Bully Ray
15. Ricochet
16. Kurt Angle
17. Akira Tozawa
18. Masato Yoshino
19. CIMA
20. Seth Rollins
21. Minoru Suzuki
22. Tetsuya Naito
23. Naruki Doi
24. Bobby Roode
25. Matt Jackson
26. Nick Jackson
27. Kevin Steen
28. Dean Ambrose
29. Masato Tanaka
30. Antonio Cesaro
31. AJ Styles
32. Roman Reigns
33. Yuji Nagata
34. BxB Hulk
35. KENTA
36. Karl Anderson
37. Dolph Ziggler
38. Jeff Hardy
39. Alberto Del Rio
40. Michael Elgin
41. Brock Lesnar
42. Adam Cole
43. Davey Richards
44. Kenny Omega
45. Kris Travis
46. Jay Briscoe
47. El Ligero
48. Christopher Daniels
49. Sami Zayn
50. Cody Rhodes.

[mcmahonfan85]

cue the bitching about John Cena not being on the list

[Magic knows Black Lives Matter]

Dec 19, 2013 13:13:11 GMT -5 mcmahonfan85 said:

cue the bitching about John Cena not being on the list

Well...he was in one of, if not, the best match of the year against CM Punk. Yeah, I think "bitching" would be warranted in this case. You can't just leave the biggest name in the industry off the list and not explain yourself if you want an ounce of credibility.

[________ has left the building]

Dec 19, 2013 13:13:11 GMT -5 mcmahonfan85 said:

cue the bitching about John Cena not being on the list

People are used to PowerSlam not including John Cena on the list. Got to make room for the puroresu suck up listings. I'm upset they don't include luchadores like La Sombra and Volador Jr. Like if you don't wrestle in WWE, TNA, ROH, DG, and NJPW; you don't exist.

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It's nuts that Masato Tanaka still wrestles and, indeed, wrestles well. The guy debuted in 1993 and has been a human crash dummy the entire time.

[Steveweiser]

Yup, Fin Martin has a major hatred for Cena, and it always shows whenever the PS50 comes around. The PS50 is also usually the only time the magazine ever really bothers with puroresu every year. Ridiculous just how much more professional FSM is these days.

[________ has left the building]

Dec 19, 2013 19:14:20 GMT -5 Steveweiser said:

Yup, Fin Martin has a major hatred for Cena, and it always shows whenever the PS50 comes around. The PS50 is also usually the only time the magazine ever really bothers with puroresu every year. Ridiculous just how much more professional FSM is these days.

The puroresu listings read as picking folks from the last couple of NJPW ppvs and a couple of the bigger names from Dragon Gate. They ignored people from NOAH, All Japan, and other indies for the list.

[Some Guy]

Dec 19, 2013 13:13:11 GMT -5 mcmahonfan85 said:

cue the bitching about John Cena not being on the list

Kurt Angle is not in Cena's league at this point.