I'm sorry, I know the poll included only American world titles, but I cannot possibly vote for Misawa with as many titles as he's won, despite him being my favorite Japanese wrestler of all time. Haas was a very underrated talent in the ring, and as shown by the last few months in ROH, can cut some good promos.
it's too late now and probably would have been too complicated anyway, but I really think either Japanese titles should have been included or there should have been a rule where if they didn't ever work in the companies of the titles included they shouldn't be eligible. I mean, come on, Misawa is a freakin' legend and couldn't have accomplished more.
Not sure if you were around yet but AJPW NJPW and NOAH were in the poll of companies where titles counted as World titles. They needed 10 votes. They got 2 I think (and mine was one) same thing with the AWA.