The PS 50

[KTID 0]

Here is the tenth annual PS 50 - THE list of the top 50 performers in the wrestling industry. Compiled and written by FIN MARTIN, MOHAMED CHATRA, GREG LAMBERT and OLIVER HURLEY, The PS 50 rankings are based on wrestlers' in-ring contributions from December 1, 2002 to November 30, 2003. "LYP" means "Last Year Placed", while "NL" means the wrestler was not listed in the 2002 PS 50...

 

 

01. KENTA KOBASHI (NOAH; LYP: 44)

02. KURT ANGLE (WWE; LYP: 1)

03. EDDIE GUERRERO (WWE; LYP: 4)

04. YUJI NAGATA (NJPW; LYP: 2)

05. BROCK LESNAR (WWE; LYP: 37)

06. KENTA (NOAH; LYP: NL)

07. A.J. STYLES (IND; LYP: 11)

08. JUN AKIYAMA (NOAH; LYP: 12)

09. CHRIS BENOIT (WWE; LYP: 14)

10. NAOMICHI MARUFUJI (NOAH; LYP: NL)

11. PAUL LONDON (WWE; LYP: NL)

12. KOJI KANEMOTO (NJPW; LYP: 18)

13. SHAWN MICHAELS (WWE; LYP: NL)

14. REY MYSTERIO (WWE; LYP: 19)

15. HIROYOSHI TENZAN (NJPW; LYP: 22)

16. CHRISTOPHER DANIELS (IND; LYP: 17)

17. SHINJIRO OHTANI (ZERO-ONE; LYP: 24)

18. JUSHIN LIGER (NJPW; LYP: 29)

19. LOW KI (IND; LYP: 3)

20. TAJIRI (WWE; LYP: 43)

21. YOSHIHIRO TAKAYAMA (IND; LYP: 26)

22. ROB VAN DAM (WWE; LYP: 8)

23. JUVENTUD GUERRERA (IND; LYP: NL)

24. SAMOA JOE (IND; LYP: NL)

25. CHRIS JERICHO (WWE; LYP: 23)

26. CHRISTIAN (WWE; LYP: 39)

27. TOSHIAKI KAWADA (AJPW; LYP: NL)

28. SHELTON BENJAMIN (WWE; LYP: NL)

29. DOUG WILLIAMS (IND; LYP: 21)

30. SATOSHI KOJIMA (AJPW; LYP: 5)

31. CHARLIE HASS (WWE; LYP: NL)

32. THE UNDERTAKER (WWE; LYP: 46)

33. JERRY LYNN (IND; LYP: 6)

34. BOOKER T (WWE; LYP: 27)

35. CIMA (TORYUMON; LYP: NL)

36. BRYAN DANIELSON (IND; LYP: 15)

37. RAVEN (IND; LYP: NL)

38. CHRIS SABIN (IND; LYP: NL)

39. RANDY ORTON (WWE; LYP: NL)

40. CHRIS HARRIS (IND; LYP: NL)

41. JONNY STORM (IND; LYP: 38)

42. YOSSINO (TORYUMON; LYP: NL)

43. C.M. PUNK (IND; LYP: NL)

44. CHAVO GUERRERO (WWE; LYP: 36)

45. JEFF JARRETT (NWA: TNA; LYP: NL)

46. MATT HARDY (WWE; LYP: 31)

47. JAY BRISCOE (IND; LYP: NL)

48. JOHN CENA (WWE; LYP: NL)

49. BILL GOLDBERG (WWE; LYP: NL)

50. JAMES TIGHE (IND; LYP: NL)

[Guest Brian]

What did HBK contribute? 30 matches?

[Guest The Winter Of My Discontent]

That list sucks.

[Toxxic 0]

Randy Orton above MATT FUCKING HARDY!? What the hell is going on here!?

 

[Not an Orton hater - I think he's bearable. But Matt Hardy is God compared to Mr. Green]

[KTID 0]

What did HBK contribute? 30 matches?

 

 

13. SHAWN MICHAELS (WWE; LYP: NL) The fairy tale comeback went from strength to strength in 2003 for the all-new 'Heartbreak Kid'...Lost the World title to Triple H in a sloppy Three Stages Of Hell brawl at Armageddon...Verbal and in-ring altercations with Chris Jericho were altogether more rewarding...Pinned Jericho in a classic WrestleMania battle on March 30...Man who once claimed he "would not lie down for anybody" changed his attitude towards jobbing...Tapped out to Jericho in another cracker on the July 21 RAW...Bounced around like a pinball to make Bill Goldberg look like a killer in the SummerSlam Elimination Chamber match, and put Randy Orton over in a decent bout at Unforgiven...Entered a tour de force at Survivor Series...38-year-old can still go like 'The Showstopper' of old when the occasion demands.

[Tawren 0]

Here is the tenth annual PS 50 - THE list of the top 50 performers in the wrestling industry. Compiled and written by FIN MARTIN, MOHAMED CHATRA, GREG LAMBERT and OLIVER HURLEY,

No idea who those people are.

 

BTW, the list sucks goat penis.

[KTID 0]

Well, I took the time to copy it out so you'll damn well read 'n' discuss it son!

[Toxxic 0]

Tapped out to Jericho in another cracker on the July 21 RAW

"He tapped out to Jericho in a boring fuckass match when he should have let the younger man go over clean at the far superior meeting at Mania 19" is how that sentence SHOULD read. The rest of it is pretty true.

[Guest NewYorkFox]

What's PS stand for?

[KTID 0]

Power Slam, a monthly magazine in the UK.

[Guest NewYorkFox]

Oh, thanks.

 

And shouldn't this be in General Wrestling?

[KTID 0]

Quiet you!

[Guest NewYorkFox]

Sorry

[Guest Ray]

07. A.J. STYLES (IND; LYP: 11)

22. ROB VAN DAM (WWE; LYP: 8)

26. CHRISTIAN (WWE; LYP: 39)

31. CHARLIE HASS (WWE; LYP: NL)

32. THE UNDERTAKER (WWE; LYP: 46)

34. BOOKER T (WWE; LYP: 27)

 

36. BRYAN DANIELSON (IND; LYP: 15)

 

Danielson under THOSE wrestlers? Fucking hell....

 

Lists like these always suck.

[The Ghost of bps21 0]

At least a list finally recognized Benjamin as Hass' superior.

[Guest DeputyHawk]

since most americans probably aren't aware, power slam is the longest running wrestling mag in the u.k. it grew from apterlike markish beginnings over 10 years ago to being quite a smart publication. the PS50 is an annual list based on in-ring performance over the previous 12 months and is a fairly well regarded poll over here. they get good in-depth interviews with top names fairly often names such as paul heyman & mick foley often sing its praises as the best mainstream wrestling mag available. fin martin is the longtime editor, the others are staff writers. greg lambert is also, i believe, a manager in the FWA promotion.

[CanadianChris 0]

I love Kurt, but there's no way he should be #2.

[Guest The Winter Of My Discontent]

since most americans probably aren't aware, power slam is the longest running wrestling mag in the u.k. it grew from apterlike markish beginnings over 10 years ago to being quite a smart publication. the PS50 is an annual list based on in-ring performance over the previous 12 months and is a fairly well regarded poll over here. they get good in-depth interviews with top names fairly often names such as paul heyman & mick foley often sing its praises as the best mainstream wrestling mag available. fin martin is the longtime editor, the others are staff writers. greg lambert is also, i believe, a manager in the FWA promotion.

Do they get their interviews the same way PWI does?

[Guest DeputyHawk]

since most americans probably aren't aware, power slam is the longest running wrestling mag in the u.k.  it grew from apterlike markish beginnings over 10 years ago to being quite a smart publication.  the PS50 is an annual list based on in-ring performance over the previous 12 months and is a fairly well regarded poll over here.  they get good in-depth interviews with top names fairly often names such as paul heyman & mick foley often sing its praises as the best mainstream wrestling mag available.  fin martin is the longtime editor, the others are staff writers.  greg lambert is also, i believe, a manager in the FWA promotion.

Do they get their interviews the same way PWI does?

i have no idea how PWI get their interviews. PS conduct them over the phone or in person, so presumably the same yes.

[Guest The Winter Of My Discontent]

since most americans probably aren't aware, power slam is the longest running wrestling mag in the u.k.  it grew from apterlike markish beginnings over 10 years ago to being quite a smart publication.  the PS50 is an annual list based on in-ring performance over the previous 12 months and is a fairly well regarded poll over here.  they get good in-depth interviews with top names fairly often names such as paul heyman & mick foley often sing its praises as the best mainstream wrestling mag available.  fin martin is the longtime editor, the others are staff writers.  greg lambert is also, i believe, a manager in the FWA promotion.

Do they get their interviews the same way PWI does?

i have no idea how PWI get their interviews. PS conduct them over the phone or in person, so presumably the same yes.

PWI makes them up.

[Guest DeputyHawk]

PWI makes them up.

 

oh. in that case, no then.

[KTID 0]

07. A.J. STYLES (IND; LYP: 11)

22. ROB VAN DAM (WWE; LYP: 8)

26. CHRISTIAN (WWE; LYP: 39)

31. CHARLIE HASS (WWE; LYP: NL)

32. THE UNDERTAKER (WWE; LYP: 46)

34. BOOKER T (WWE; LYP: 27)

 

36. BRYAN DANIELSON (IND; LYP: 15)

 

Danielson under THOSE wrestlers? Fucking hell....

 

Lists like these always suck.

 

 

I'm not writing all of them out, but i'll write Danielson's for you...

 

36. BRYAN DANIELSON (IND; LYP: 15) The artist sometimes known as American Dragon ended 2002 in a hard-hitting four-way draw with Low Ki, Samoa Joe and Steve Corino in Philadelphia...Defeated Joe in a powerful collision on ROH's first anniversary show on February 8...Returned to New Japan in March as American Dragon...Lost a belting 40-minute match to Paul London on April 12 in Philadelphia...After another excursion to Japan in May, relocated to England where he wrestled for numerous promotions, including All-Star and the FWA and on the holiday camp circuit...Returned to ROH on November 1 and put over old rival A.J. Styles in a stunner...Well-travelled technician wrestles like a star but doesn't look like one - which will forever hold him back.

[Guest Ray]

Well-travelled technician wrestles like a star but doesn't look like one - which will forever hold him back.

So they're saying Van Dam, Taker, Hass, Christian are better wrestlers than Danielson....because he doesn't "look like a star" ???

 

Grr....

[Guest DeputyHawk]

Well-travelled technician wrestles like a star but doesn't look like one - which will forever hold him back.

So they're saying Van Dam, Taker, Hass, Christian are better wrestlers than Danielson....because he doesn't "look like a star" ???

 

Grr....

no, that comment was just by the by. the list is supposedly based purely on in-ring performances.

[KTID 0]

Of the top of my head, they have conducted AT LEAST the following interviews, as well as countless others...

 

The Dynamite Kid (July 2000)

Rob Van Dam (May 2000)

Lance Storm (September 1999)

Chris Jericho (July 1999)

Terry Funk (February 1999)

The Dynamite Kid (November 1998)

Mick Foley (August 1998)

Bret Hart (June 1998)

Diamond Dallas Page (February 1998)

Chris Candido (May 1997)

Taz (March 1997)

Bam Bam Bigelow (May 1996)

Shane Douglas (March 1996)

Too Cold Scorpio (January 1996)

Mick Foley (August 1995)

Chris Benoit (April 1995)

[DCMaximo 0]

They also had a good one this year with Christopher Daniels, where they finally ended the rumour that Daniels was in the Spiderman movie.

[KTID 0]

The list is based purely on in-ring contributions. The last sentence of each profile is merely a summation of where the man is at this point in his career and/or a prediction for the future.

[KTID 0]

Previous PS 50 lists, PS interviews and many more articles can be found here.

[razazteca 0]

Sky or whatever is the name of the cable company there needs to get some lucha libre.

[Guest Ray]

If it's based on ring-performance, then HOW IN THE FUCK can RVD, Booker T, Taker, etc... be above Danielson?

 

It's absurd.