IWF Top 80 Wrestlers of the Decade

[Axis]

I don't know where my other thread went. It may have been deleted in the Monkeystyles Unabomber Spree. Here's quick results of what I posted so far:

80. Elix Skipper & Fit Finlay (2 points each)
79.
78. Rhino & Colt Cabana (4 points each)
77.
76. Raven, James Storm, & Mick Foley (5 points each)
75.
74.
73. Trish Stratus, Robert Roode, Mark Briscoe, & Jimmy Jacobs (6 points each)
72.
71.
70.
69.

The next few will be up in a few minutes.

 

[Axis]

A two way tie between one guy who was only on the indies and one guy who was only great on the indies, but had been employed by the WWE for much of the 2000's.

68. JAY BRISCOE & JAMES GIBSON (7 points)

JAY BRISCOE
For the record, I have no idea if that picture is Mark or Jay. Whatever, most of their awesome work was as a team.

JAMES GIBSON
Notice I'm writing "James Gibson," and not "Jamie Noble." Noble definitely had a lot of fun stuff during his sting in the WWE (I especially loved his tag team with Kid Kash in 2006), but what earned him points from me was his 2005 run in ROH. In my opinion, he was the best "pure" babyface that ROH ever put out, over guys like London and Colt. Him ending Punk's reign was a huuuuuge mark out moment, and really topped off his great run in that copmany.




A not-tie! Yeah!

66. ABYSS (9 points)

ABYSS
Let's face it, Abyss has been in some awful, awful, awful feuds. BUT, he's also had some really solid matches, and he was been a reliable go-to guy for TNA while they were trying to become a mainstream wrestling company.



Two-way tie again.

65. CHAVO GUERRERO & CLAUDIO CASTAGNOLI (10 points)

CHAVO GUERRERO
For a guy from such an awesome wrestling family, he's really astonishingly average. That said, he deserves some credit for Los Guerreros at the beginning of the decade and a meaningful cruiserweight division in 2004. He's never been awful though, which is impressive for a guy who pretty much wrestled full-time from 2000 to 2009.

CLAUDIO CASTAGNOLI
I first saw this guy in Chikara, and that's where I've liked seeing him ever since. He's had some fun feuds in ROH, but as one of that company's "big stars" right now, he's failed to take it to the level that the Punk/Joe/Aries/Danielson group took it too.​

 

[...god...]

I'll make someone merge this.

 

[PeepShow]

@ the Abyss picture.

Seriously though, just post everyone's top 50 for crying out loud.

 

[MizMasta3000]

that Abyss pic is hilarious. Yeah I agree, oh Claudio never got the opportunity to be raised to a Punk/Danielson ROH level. He's back with Hero now so we'll see if he will ever rise to the occasion again.

 

[Axis]

Somebody can delete this thread. Soz.

 

[Mister J]

It's really a waste of time anyway.

 

[Axis]

Wrestling forums as a whole are a waste of time, so I'm glad I'm contributing well.

 

[shane]

Yeah I acquiesce; oh Claudio not ever got the opening to be increased to a Punk/Danielson ROH level. He's back with Hero now so we'll glimpse if he will ever increase to the event again.

 

[Axis]

K, here. The numbers to the left are how many points each guy received.

2 Elix Skipper
2 Finlay
4 Rhino
4 Colt Cabana
5 Raven
5 James Storm
5 Mick Foley
6 Trish Stratus
6 Robert Roode
6 Mark Briscoe
6 Jimmy Jacobs
7 Jay Briscoe
7 James Gibson
9 Abyss
10 Chavo Guerrero
10 Claudio Costagnoli
11 Jerry Lynn
11 Paul London
12 Petey Williams
12 Kevin Nash
12 Necro Butcher
13 Bubba Ray Dudley
14 Lance Storm
14 Devon Dudley
17 John Morrison
18 Scott Steiner
18 Low Ki
19 Umaga
20 Chris Sabin
20 Roderick Strong
21 Keiji Mutoh
24 Shelton Benjamin
27 Homicide
32 Matt Sydal
34 Chris Hero
37 Austin Aries
39 Kensuke Sasake
40 Low Ki
41 Williams Regal
41 Mitsuharu Misawa
41 Dr. Wagner, Jr.
42 Alex Shelley
43 Takeshi Morishima
44 Hiroshi Tanahashi
53 Kenta Kobashi
54 Batista
57 Hulk Hogan
61 Kane
62 Jeff Jarrett
65 Mistico
65 KENTA
66 Nigel McGuinenness
72 Matt Hardy
73 Booker T
76 Christopher Daniels
82 Sting
82 Rob Van Dam
87 The Big Show
94 Ric Flair
104 Brock Lesnar
115 JBL
122 Bryan Danielson
128 Rey Mysterio
128 Jeff Hardy
131 Christian
138 Randy Orton
141 CM Punk
143 Samoa Joe
143 Edge
144 The Rock
145 Stone Cold Steve Austin
149 Eddie Guerrero
158 Chris Benoit
163 The Undertaker
163 AJ Styles
180 Triple H
181 Shawn Michaels
181 Chris Jericho
183 John Cena
188 Kurt Angle

 

[He who knows more than Nation]

Well, fuck, it only took about a year.

 

[Axis]

Very complicated calculations went into this, so a full year of numerical analysis was needed.

 

[Italian Outsider]

The Rock could be lower tbh. And before anybody jumps in shouting ''HERESY!!'', it's because he's been around for like 2 years and a half in the last 10. Edge and Orton did more.

 

[...god...]

And those two years were the greatest work any wrestler has ever done in that amount of time. They were much better than all of Orton's years combined.

 

[Axis]

I agree that maybe Rock could afford to be a little lower, but he only beat Edge, Joe, Punk, and Orton by a handful of points. He's one of the only things that made the WWF entertaining in the awkward period between the Attitude Era and Heyman-Era Smackdown. I think that Brock's two years in the WWE stand out here as well, though I don't think I have a problem with it.

I see Edge as far too inconsistent to be much higher. He was good in E & C (though that was only one year in this decade), about 6 months of his 2002 face run, and a handful of matches since (vs Cena LMS at Backlash 2009, vs Benoit LMS at Backlash 2005, and vs Michaels Street Fight on Raw in January 2005 specifically stand out, but I'm sure there are others). I am really just not an Edge fan.

Jeff being higher than Matt is, imo, a mistake. Jeff was really only better than his better for a year, or maybe two.