Guest DeputyHawk Report post Posted April 8, 2004 PUSH-ME POLL MARCH 2004 My attempt at a legitimate North American pro wrestling ranking system based on the push a wrestler receives during the last calendar month. Previous month’s position in parenthesis, Poll of the Year so far follows the March edition at the end of the post. Points ranking system: 10pts for a PPV supercard main event or PPV match with the champion (double points for being put over strong at the end of the show, a la Benoit at WMXX) 5pts for a TV main event, a TV match with the champion or a PPV supercard match (double points for being put over strong at the end of a show, a la Shelton Benjamin on the 3/29 Raw; the weekly TNA shows and more widely seen indy shows (ROH, CZW, PWG, etc) come under this banner too 1pt for a TV match or significant TV appearance, an appearance on the undercard of one of the bigger indy shows, or a main event/match with the champion on one of the smaller indy shows (OVW & Wildside TV tapings, IWA Mid-South, 3PW, JAPW, UPW, Rev Pro, NWA Florida, etc) I’m still ironing out the creases in this, so any feedback is much appreciated… 1—(4)--CHRIS BENOIT 63pts Teamed with Shawn Michaels against Randy Orton & Batista on the 3/1 Raw but the two ended up brawling with each other and World champion Triple-H laid them both out … Lost to HHH & Shawn in Triple Threat Matches at the weekend house shows … Beat Matt Hardy on the 3/8 Raw then had a verbal confrontation with HHH & Shawn … Finally won the Big One, defeating Triple-H and Shawn Michaels in the Three Way Dance Main Event of WrestleMania XX on 3/14 … as new World champion told HHH he would beat him again and again and again on 3/15 Raw … Teamed with uneasy ally Shawn to beat Evolution (Orton, Flair & Batista) in the 3/15 handicap main despite HHH attacking … Defended the belt against new roster member Rhyno on the 3/22 show … Shawn Michaels was awarded the Backlash PPV title-shot … Beat HHH in the weekend house shows … Raw GM Eric Bischoff made Backlash a three-way rematch including HHH on 3/29 show … Teamed with Shawn to beat Ric Flair & Batista for the Raw Tag Team titles later in the show but the decision was immediately reversed to a DQ loss … 2—(1)--EDDIE GUERRERO 57pts WWE Smackdown World champion … Fought to a no-contest against Smackdown GM Paul Heyman with one hand cuffed behind his back in the main event of the 3/4 show when Kurt Angle sneak-attacked him … Beat Shelton Benjamin in a non-title match on 3/11 then had a staredown with Angle … Retained his belt against Kurt Angle in a good match at WrestleMania XX on 3/14 … Came out to celebrate with new Raw World champion Chris Benoit to close the show in an awesome moment … Beat Rey Mysterio in another good match in the main event of the 3/18 Smackdown … Beat The Big Show to headline the UK house show tour … Went to the 3/22 Raw for the draft lottery and ended up beating Triple-H by DQ in the main event when the entire locker room emptied for a huge brawl … New Smackdown GM Kurt Angle traded HHH for Booker T & The Dudley Boyz the next night … Beat recalcitrant new roster member Booker T by DQ in the main event of the 3/25 show when newly heel-turned Bradshaw attacked Eddie … Squared up to Bradshaw to close the 4/1 Smackdown and valiantly stomped on his corporate cowboy hat … 3—(3)--TRIPLE-H 46pts WWE Raw World champion … Laid out both his WrestleMania challengers Shawn Michaels & Chris Benoit during a tag match on the 3/1 Raw … Beat Shawn & Benoit in the weekend house shows … Came out on 3/8 to tell Benoit & Shawn neither of them could win at WMXX … Tapped out clean to Chris Benoit in the WrestleMania XX Triple Threat Main Event to lose his World title … Vowed to have his revenge over Benoit on the 3/15 Raw … Attacked both Benoit & Shawn during the main event of that show … Was transferred to Smackdown on the 3/22 Raw and went to a no-contest with Smackdown champion Eddie Guerrero in the main event when the locker rooms kicked off a huge brawl … new Smackdown GM Kurt Angle transferred him right back to Raw the next night in exchange for Booker T & The Dudley Boyz … Lost to Benoit in the weekend house shows … Had himself inserted into the Benoit vs. Shawn Backlash PPV match to make it a three-way re-run on 3/29 … Amazingly lost clean to Shelton Benjamin in the main event of that show … 4—(6)--SHAWN MICHAELS 45pts Teamed with Chris Benoit against Randy Orton & Batista on the 3/1 Raw but they ended up brawling with each other and World champion Triple-H laid them both out … Lost to HHH & Benoit at the weekend house shows … Interrupted Benoit on the 3/8 Raw to stress WMXX was about his feud with HHH not Benoit’s moment of glory … Competed in the Triple Threat Match Main Event of WrestleMania on 3/14 but came up short … Saved new World champion Benoit from an Evolution attack on the 3/15 Raw to protect his promised title-shot … Teamed with Benoit to defeat Evolution (Orton, Flair & Batista) in the handicap match despite HHH’s attacks … Given the Backlash PPV title-shot against Benoit by Raw GM Eric Bischoff on 3/22 draft Raw … HHH had himself inserted into the Backlash showdown to make it a three-way rematch on the 3/29 show … Teamed with Benoit to beat Ric Flair & Batista for the Raw Tag Team titles later in the show but the decision was immediately reversed to a DQ loss … 5—(5)--KURT ANGLE 25pts Cut a promo on Smackdown champion Eddie Guerrero on the 3/4 show ‘from Pittsburgh’ saying Eddie brings disgrace to the title … Attacked Eddie during the main event when the champ had his hands cuffed behind his back against Paul Heyman … Stared with evil intent at Eddie on the 3/11 show … Lost to Eddie Guerrero in a good World title match at WrestleMania XX on 3/14 … Hung up his boots for the time being and became new Smackdown GM on the 3/25 show following Paul Heyman’s ‘quitting’ … Made a good start by sending new roster member Triple-H straight back to Raw in a trade for Booker T & The Dudley Boyz … Unleashed the Kurt Angle Great American Trophy tournament on 4/1 to determine the new no.1 contender to Eddie’s belt now that Angle himself was out of the picture, a good way of continuing the Eddie/Angle rivalry without risking career-ending injury … 6—(43)--SHELTON BENJAMIN 25pts One-half of The World’s Greatest Tag Team … Mocked The APA on the 3/4 Smackdown then kicked off a big brawl also involving Tag Team champions Rikishi & Scotty 2 Hotty and The Basham Brothers … Lost to World champion Eddie Guerrero in a non-title match on the 3/11 Smackdown … Competed in the Four Corners tag team match at the WrestleMania XX PPV on 3/14 but came up short … Beat partner Charlie Haas in the first match of the no.1 contenders gauntlet on the 3/18 show … Beat Billy Gunn in the second match … Lost to Rey Mysterio in the third match of the gauntlet but gained considerable momentum on his way … Got drafted across to Raw on the 3/22 lottery show, without Haas … Evolution gave him a welcoming attack on 3/29 so he requested, and received, a main event match with Triple-H which he amazingly won … You’ve got to think big things are ahead for the boy after that … 7—(--)--RIC FLAIR & BATISTA 25pts Evolution (Flair, Batista & Randy Orton) finally got their asses kicked by The Rock & Mick Foley to close the 3/1 Raw after being challenged to a 3-on-2-handicap match at WrestleMania XX … The three beat The Hurricane & Rosey in a handicap match on 3/8 then attacked Rock & Foley to close the show … Evolution beat Rock & Foley at the WrestleMania XX PPV on 3/14 when Orton pinned Foley … The three of them lost to Chris Benoit & Shawn Michaels in handicap main event on the 3/15 show … Flair & Batista regained the Raw Tag Team titles from Rob Van Dam & Booker T on the 3/22 show … Briefly lost the Tag Team titles to Benoit & Shawn on 3/29 but GM Eric Bischoff’s flunky Johnny Nitro reversed the decision to a DQ win for Evolution … Basically acting as flunkies to keep HHH’s place warm at the top of the card … 8—(--)--THE ROCK & MICK FOLEY 22pts Randy Orton finally challenged Mick Foley to a 1-on-1 match at WMXX on the 3/1 Raw but Foley pointed out it’s always 3-on-1 with Evolution so the least they could do is make it 3-on-2 – cue The Rock’s return and a Rock ‘n’ Sock house cleaning on Evolution to close the show … Rock hosted ‘This Is Your Life’ for Mick on the 3/8 show but it ended with Evolution attacking and regaining the advantage … Lost to Evolution in the handicap match at WrestleMania XX on 3/14 when Orton pinned Foley … Rock went back to Hollywood … Mick attacked Orton during on the 3/15 show … Mick accepted a 1-on-1 match with Orton at Backlash on 3/29 on the condition it was No Holds Barred Falls Count Anywhere with the I-C title on the line … 9—(12)--RANDY ORTON 20pts WWE Raw Intercontinental champion … Teamed with Batista to beat Shawn Michaels & Chris Benoit on the 3/1 Raw, getting a rare pin on HBK … Challenged Mick Foley to a 1-on-1 match at WMXX until Foley pointed out it’s always 3-on-1 with Evolution so the least they could do is make it 3-on-2 with Foley & Rock vs. Orton, Batista & Flair at the PPV … Evolution (Orton, Flair & Batista) beat The Hurricane & Rosey in a handicap match on 3/8 then beat up Rock & Foley to close the show … The three of them took the big win over Rock & Foley at WrestleMania XX on 3/14 when Orton pinned Foley … Challenged Foley to a 1-on-1 match again on the 3/15 show … Evolution lost to Chris Benoit & Shawn Michaels in the handicap main when Foley took out Orton … Foley finally accepted the 1-on-1 challenge for Backlash on the 3/29 show on the condition it was No Holds Barred Falls Count Anywhere with the I-C title on the line … 10—(37)--BRADSHAW 17pts One half of The A.P.A. … Brawled with The World’s Greatest Tag Team on the 3/4 Smackdown … Entered into a Fatal Four-Way for the Smackdown Tag Team titles at WMXX … GM Paul Heyman asks them to defend Brock Lesnar against Raw interloper Steve Austin on the 3/11 show but they refuse … Competed in the Four Corners Match at WrestleMania XX on 3/14 against Tag Team champions Rikishi & Scotty 2 Hotty, TWGTT and The Basham Brothers but came up short … Lost to Rikishi & Scotty the following Smackdown on 3/18 but Faarooq was fired by Heyman as a result the team’s actions the previous week … Bradshaw is retained for his financial advice which he happily agrees to, turning him heel … Made his singles re-launch on 3/25 as suit-wearing financial analyst John ‘Bradshaw’ Layfield … Attacked World champion Eddie Guerrero during the main event … Introduced by new SD GM Kurt Angle as his personal pick for the KAGATA tournament, came out in his limo and told Eddie it was just business that he was gunning for the title, Eddie made it personal and stomped on his expensive cowboy hat, ooohhh … 11—(7)--JEFF JARRETT 17pts NWA:TNA champion … Attacked AMW’s Chris Harris during the main event of the 3/3 show … Beat Chris Harris in a hyped main event on 3/17 following interference from Raven … wrestled down in Mexico … Attacked Chris Harris again on the 3/31 show and ended up in a big brawl with Raven and A.J Styles … Interfered in the no.1 contenders main event between Raven, A.J., Ron Killings & Abyss later in the show, causing A.J to lose to Raven who will now go on to fight Chris Harris for the next title-shot … 12—(8)--THE BIG SHOW 17pts WWE Smackdown U.S champion … Put down WMXX challenger John Cena on the 3/ 4 show … Beat a couple of jobbers in a squash on 3/11 then got attacked by Cena … Finally lost the belt to John Cena at WrestleMania XX on 3/14 … Lost to Rey Mysterio in the no.1 contenders gauntlet on 3/18 following interference from Cena … Lost to World champion Eddie Guerrero in the main events of the UK house show tour … Lost to Eddie in house shows the following weekend too back on home soil … Beat Rikishi in the KAGATA tournament on the 4/1 show to come under consideration as no.1 contender to Eddie’s belt … 13—(24)--BOOKER T 17pts WWE Raw Tag Team champion alongside Rob Van Dam … Beat Test & Matt Hardy on the 3/1 show … Teamed with The Dudley Boyz but went down to La Resistance, Mark Jindrak & Garrison Cade in an eight-man tag on 3/8 … Beat The Dudz, La Rez and Jindrak & Cade in a Fatal Four Way at WrestleMania XX on 3/14 to retain the belts … Beat the Dudley again on 3/15 … Lost the Tag Tea, titles back to Ric Flair & Batista on 3/22 … Was transferred across to Smackdown on the 3/25 show and immediately turned heel saying he was pissed at being moved to the minor leagues … Lost to ‘minor league’ Smackdown World champion Eddie Guerrero in the main event when Bradshaw interfered … Beat Hardcore Holly in the KAGATA on the 4/1 show to gain consideration as no.1 contender … Could be make or break time for Booker … 14—(11)--A.J STYLES 17pts With NWA:TNA unable to decide what to do about their Tag Team titles, A.J went to a no-contest with partner/rival Abyss in a Falls Count Anywhere Match on the 3/3 show … Defended his ROH Pure Wrestling title against C.M Punk in a match refereed by Ricky Steamboat on the 3/13 ROH At Our Best show then confronted ROH champion Samoa Joe … Back in TNA, lost a no.1 contenders Ladder Match to Abyss on 3/17 when Raven attacked … Attacked Raven back during an Abyss-Ron Killings match on 3/24 and the four men got into a brawl … Travelled down to his old stomping grounds of NWA:Wildside … Beat Seth Delay at Wildside’s Hardcore Hell Pt 1 on 3/27 … Teamed with Altar Boy Luke & Gabriel in the main event of Hardcore Hell Pt 2 on 3/28 to defeat the NWA Elite of Christopher Daniels, Rainman & Azrael in a match watched over by Dusty Rhodes … Wrestled a four-way no.1 contenders main event on the 3/31 TNA show against Raven, Ron Killings and Abyss but lost out to Raven when World champion Jeff Jarrett interfered and threw in a white towel … 15—(18)--REY MYSTERIO 17pts Teamed with Billy Kidman & Ultimo Dragon to beat Tajiri, Akio & Sakoda on the 3/4 Smackdown … Went to a no-contest against Jamie Noble on 3/11 when the other entrants in the Cruiserweight Battle Royal ran in to interfere … Teamed with Billy Kidman, Ultimo Dragon & Funaki to beat Noble, Tajiri, Akio & Sakoda in an 8-man tag immediately after … Won the big Cruiserweight Battle Royal at WrestleMania XX on 3/14 but then immediately lost to champion Chavo Guerrero … Entered into the no.1 contenders gauntlet on the 3/18 Smackdown … Beat Shelton Benjamin then The Big Show to win that but then lost to World champion Eddie Guerrero in a superb main event match … Rey & Eddie helped the returning Undertaker chokeslam GM Paul Heyman to end his tenure in the post … Teamed with Spike Dudley to beat Chavo Guerreros Jr & Sr on the 4/1 show then got laid out by new super-heel Bradshaw … 16—(15)--FRANKIE KAZARIAN 15pts Beat Jerry Lynn in a good match on the 3/3 TNA show, apparently mad Lynn didn’t select him for the America’s Cup team last month … Teamed with Babi Slymm to beat PWG champion Adam Pearce & Hardkore Kid in a tag match at PWG’s 88 Miles Per Hour show on 3/7 … UPW light-heavyweight champion went to a 20-minute draw with UPW Mat Wars champion Tony Stradlin at Mat Wars Revelations on 3/13 … Beat Elix Skipper on the 3/17 TNA show and continued the beating until Jerry Lynn stopped it … Competed in the six-way no.1 contenders X-match main event on the 3/24 TNA show against Amazing Red, Petey Williams, Jerry Lynn, Elix Skipper & Nosawa but came up short when he lost the final pinfall to Red … Beat Spanky at PWG’s Keep The Pee Out Of Our Pool on 3/27 … Beat Amazing Red for the vacant NWA:TNA X-Division title on the 3/31 show then heelishly attacked former champion Chris Sabin on crutches after the decision … 17—(9)--JOHN CENA 13pts Beat A-Train on the 3/4 Smackdown while preparing for his WrestleMania showdown with U.S champion The Big Show … Returned to his roots to beat Hardcore Holly at OVW’s March Mayhem show on 3/6 … Beat Rhyno on the 3/11 Smackdown then later took out Show with his own title belt … Finally beat The Big Show at the big show – WMXX – on 3/14 to win the U.S. title … Squared up to GM Paul Heyman on the 3/18 show then beat Rhyno again and prevented Big Show becoming no.1 contender … Cut a promo on new roster member Rene Dupree on 2/25 … Beat The FBI (Nunzio & Johnny The Bull) in a handicap KAGATA match on the 4/1 show to gain consideration for the no.1 contenders spot to Eddie Guerrero’s World title … 18—(26)--THE BASHAM BROTHERS 13pts Got into a four-way brawl on the 3/4 Smackdown with Tag Team champions Rikishi & Scotty 2 Hotty, The APA and The World’s Greatest Tag Team … a four-way tag title match announced for WMXX … Returned to their roots (and previous identities) as Doug Basham & The Damaja, teaming with Johnny Jeter to beat OVW champion Nick Dinsmore, Mark Magnus & Rob Conway in the six-man ‘Originals’ main event of OVW March Mayhem on 3/6 … Lost to Rikishi & Scotty in a non-title match on the 3/11 Smackdown … Competed in the Four Corners tag title match at WrestleMania XX on 3/14 but came up short … Lost to the debuting Dudley Boyz on the 2/25 Smackdown … 19—(23)--ROB VAN DAM 12pts Raw Tag Team champion alongside Booker T … Beat Test & Matt Hardy on the 3/1 show … Teamed with The Dudley Boyz but went down to La Resistance, Mark Jindrak & Garrison Cade in an 8-man tag on 3/8 … Beat The Dudz, La Rez and Jindrak & Cade in the Fatal Four Way at WrestleMania XX on 3/14 to retain the titles … Beat The Dudley Boyz again on 3/15 … Lost the titles back to Ric Flair & Batista on the 3/22 Raw and was drafted to Smackdown immediately afterwards … Beat Charlie Haas in his Smackdown debut on the 3/25 show … Fought Haas again in the no.1 contenders KAGATA tournament on the 4/1 show which went to a double count-out but new GM Kurt Angle put Haas through on points … 20—(48)--CHRISTOPHER DANIELS 12pts Returned to NWA:TNA on the 3/24 show and teamed with old buddy Low Ki to beat Shane Douglas & Michael Shane in the tournament for the vacant Tag Team titles … Came to NWA Wildside for the Hardcore Hell weekend … Teamed with The God Squad of Altar Boy Luke & Gabriel against The NWA Elite of Rainman, Azreal & Mikal Adryan at Hardcore Hell Pt.1 on 3/27 but the match went to a no-contest when Daniels turned on Luke & Gabriel and joined The Elite … Teamed with Rainman & Azreal at Hardcore Hell Pt.2 on 3/28 but fell to Luke, Gabriel & mystery partner A.J Styles in what was apparently an awesome match … Daniels & Low-Ki (working as babyfaces) beat The Naturals in the tag team tournament on the 3/31 NWA:TNA show … 21—(--)--TEDDY HART 12pts Went to a no-contest against B-Boy at CZW Bring On The Pain on 3/5 then got kicked out the building by company owner Zandig for ‘not sticking to the script’ … Gatecrashed CZW Overdrive on 3/6 early and was put into a three-way against his Canadian buddies by Zandig … Went to a no-contest against Petey Williams & Jack Evans when he stopped wrestling to rail on Zandig … Zandig laid him out … Attacked Zandig during the main event and got bombed onto a bed of nails for his troubles … Beat Mr Aguila in his single jeapordy America’s Cup match on the 3/10 NWA:TNA show … Lost to Juventud Guerrera & Abismo Negro alongside Jack Evans in the double jeapordy match when Juvi pinned Ted … Team Canada (Teddy, Petey Williams, Jack Evans, Johnny Devine) lost to Team AAA (Juventud, Aguila, Negro, Hector Garza) in the 8-man Elimination Match when Garza pinned Ted … Lost to Amazing Red in a six-man Mayhem Match on ROH’s 3/13 At Our Best show also including Sonjay Dutt, Jimmy Rave, Jack Evans & Mark Briscoe … Arrogant in and out-of-ring persona is going to take this guy to the top … 22—(19)--CHRIS HARRIS 12pts Beat Kevin Northcutt to open the 3/3 TNA show … Wrestled the main event against Shane Douglas, which injured AMW tag team partner James Storm helped him win despite interference from TNA champion Jeff Jarrett … Vince Russo told Harris he wasn’t good enough to win his upcoming title-match against Jarrett … Lost to Jeff Jarrett in the big main event of the 3/17 show due to Raven’s interference but looked great in doing so … Brawled with Jarrett again on the 3/31 show then got attacked by Raven … Will face Raven for the definitive no.1 contendership to Jarrett’s belt next month … 23—(--)--ALTAR BOY LUKE 12pts Lost to Jason Cross in the main event of the 3/6 NWA Wildside taping when referee Andrew Thomas refused to count … Beat Thomas in the main event of the 3/20 tapings but was attacked by the NWA Elite (Rainman, Azrael, Mikal Adryan) after the bell … Gabriel made the save then made a 3-on-3 challenge for Hardcore Hell with a mystery partner for The God Squad … Teamed with Gabriel & mystery partner Christopher Daniels against The Elite in the main event of Hardcore Hell Pt 1 on 3/27 but the match was a no-contest when Daniels turned heel and joined The Elite … The following night at Hardcore Hell Pt 2, Luke & Gabriel brought in A.J Styles and defeated the Elite trio of Daniels, Rainman & Azrael in a good match … 24—(2)--BROCK LESNAR 11pts Drove out on Steve Austin’s stolen ATV at the 3/4 Smackdown, said Stone Cold was dealt with and Goldberg’s next … Beat Hardcore Holly in a match then left on the ATV drinking beer a la Austin … Was beaten bloody by Austin on the 3/11 show when the Raw Sheriff showed up to get his ATV back … the Smackdown roster conspicuously failed to defend Lesnar against the Raw invader … Actual WMXX opponent Goldberg was conspicuously absent amidst all of this … Controversially announced he was going to leave WWE after WrestleMania and pissed off pretty much the entire company in doing so … The booking of the WrestleMania match was changed, he lost to Goldberg at the 3/14 PPV and was stunnered on his way out of pro wrestling by referee Austin … Well, that was certainly sudden … 25—(--)--ZANDIG 11pts CZW owner & champion … Was in B-Boy’s corner at Bring On The Pain on 3/5 then had opponent Teddy Hart kicked out the building for not sticking to the script … Made Teddy fight his friends Petey Williams & Jack Evans at Overdrive on 3/6 then laid him out … Lost the CZW title to Messiah in the Overdrive main event when Teddy attacked … Demanded Teddy in a singles match so he could kill him … Teamed with Wifebeater & Ian Knoxx but lost to Messiah, Sabu & Adam Flash in the main event of CZW Aftershock in Italy on 3/27 … 26—(--)--SUPER DRAGON 11pts Beat Babi Slymm to win the Revolution Pro title at One Step Beyond on 3/6 … Competed in the 10-man Guerrilla Games Elimination Match at PWG 88 Miler Per Hour on 3/7, which also included Joey Ryan, Scott Lost, Quicksilver, Chris Bosh, Scorpio Sky, Excalibur, Disco Machine, Charles Mercury & Topgun Talwar … Beat Scorpio Sky in the Guerrilla Warfare Match main event at PWG Keep The Pee Out Of Our Pool on 3/27 … Currently SoCal’s hottest star … 27—(--)--PETEY WILLIAMS 11pts Lost to B-Boy at CZW Bring On The Pain in an impromptu match on 3/5 after Teddy Hart got kicked out the building, then teamed with Jack Evans to beat Derek Frazier & Gutter … Went to a great no-contest against Teddy and Jack the next night at CZW Overdrive when Teddy stopped the match to yell at CZW owner Zandig … Lost to Juventud Guerrera in the single jeopardy round of the Canada/Mexico America’s Cup on the 3/10 NWA: TNA show … Teamed with Johnny Devine to beat Hector Garza & Mr Aguila in the double jeopardy match … Was the final representative of his team (Hart, Evans & Devine) but ultimately fell to Team AAA (Juventud, Garza, Aguila & Abismo Negro) in the final elimination match … Competed in the six-way no.1 contenders X-match main event on the 3/24 show against Amazing Red, Frankie Kazarian, Jerry Lynn, Elix Skipper and Nosawa but came up short when Kazarian double-crossed him … 28—(--)--RAINMAN 11pts Competed in the main event of the ROH Do Or Die II showcase on 3/13, teaming with Wildside’s Caprice Coleman in a match also including The Outkast Killaz and The Ring Crew Express but ultimately going down to Fast Eddie & Don Juan … Impressed the tough ROH fans in doing so … Teamed with his NWA Elite brethern Azrael & Mikal Adryan against Christopher Daniels, Altar Boy Luke & Gabriel at Harcore Hell Pt 1 on 3/27 but the match was a no-conest when Daniels turned on the God Squad and hooked up with The Elite … Teamed with Daniels & Azrael at Hardcore Hell Pt 2 on 3/28 but lost to Luke, Gabriel & mystery partner A.J Styles in the main event … 29—(--)--THE UNDERTAKER 10pts Returned after four months away at WrestleMania XX on 3/14 in his previous identity (kind of) as ‘Dead Man’ Undertaker with Paul Bearer to beat his brother Kane yet again … Returned to Smackdown on the 3/18 show and Tombstoned GM Paul Heyman into oblivion with the help of World champion Eddie Guerrero & Rey Mysterio to fully reassert himself as a face … Hasn’t been back on TV since … 30—(--)--KANE 10pts Destroyed Rico on the 3/1 Raw but the ‘Undertaker Returns’ video played once again and Kane once again got freaked out … Was presented with a casket and urn on the 3/8 Raw but brave Kane wisnae feart … Was very afraid when Undertaker finally returned for real for their WrestleMania XX match on 3/14 and promptly lost the PPV showdown … angry Kane beat Val Venis on the 3/15 Raw … Beat Rico on the 3/22 show … Lost to Tajiri by count-out on 3/29 then got speared by the returning Edge, his designated Backlash opponent … These are sad days for Kane … 31—(--)--CHRISTIAN 10pts Hosted the Y2J Highlight Reel on the 3/1 Raw and claimed he only attacked Trish Stratus the week before for Chris Jericho’s own good … Caused Jericho to lose to Steven Richards on 3/8 by playing Trish’s music … Won one of the biggest matches of his career against Jericho at WrestleMania XX on 3/14 when Trish unexpectedly turned heel and hooked up with him … Beat up Spike Dudley, mocked Jericho and made out with new girlfriend Trish on the 3/15 Raw … Heady days for Christian … Beat Spike Dudley on 3/22 … Got a Backlash rematch against Jericho on the 3/29 show ... 32—(--)--CHRIS JERICHO 10pts Brawled with Christian on the 3/1 Raw for attacking his true love Trish Stratus the week before … Lost to Steven Richards on 3/8 when Christian played Trish’s music to distract him … Lost to Christian in a cracking match at WrestleMania XX on 3/14 when Trish unexpectedly turned heel and hooked up with Christian … Angry and embarrassed, got himself DQ’d against Matt Hardy in a match on the 3/15 Raw … Beat Rene Dupree on 3/22 … Called Trish a dirty, rotten, disgusting, bottom-feeding trashbag whore (yawn) on the 3/29 show then got a Backlash rematch against Christian … 33—(--)--RAVEN 10pts Demanded NWA:TNA Director of Authority Vince Russo make him no.1 contender on the 3/17 show … Helped Abyss beat A.J Styles to become no.1 contender later in the show, then caused Chris Harris to lose to TNA champion Jeff Jarrett in the main event … Was suspended the next week by Russo for his excessive interference … Interfered again in the no.1 contenders Abyss vs. Ron Killings match just to be a dick and had a big brawl to close the show also involving A.J Styles … Lost to old indy rival C.M Punk across the pond at FWA British Uprising II on 3/26 … Attacked Chris Harris again on the 3/31 TNA show then brawled with A.J … Beat A.J, Abyss and Killings in the fatal four-way main event and as a result will now take on Chris Harris next month for the definitive no.1 contendership to Jarrett’s belt … 34—(46)--ADAM PEARCE 10pts PWG champion … Teamed with Hardkore Kidd in a loss to Frankie Kazarian & Babi Slymm at PWG 88 Miles Per Hour on 3/7 when Slymm pinned Pearce … Defeated Bobby Quance in a title-defence at PWG Keep The Pee Out Of Our Pool on 3/27 … 35—(--)--SCORPIO SKY 10pts Competed in the 10-man Guerrilla Games Elimination Match at PWG 88 Miler Per Hour on 3/7, which also included Joey Ryan, Scott Lost, Quicksilver, Chris Bosh, Super Dragon, Excalibur, Disco Machine, Charles Mercury & Topgun Talwar … Lost to Super Dragon in the Guerrilla Warfare Match main event at PWG Keep The Pee Out Of Our Pool on 3/27 … 36—(--)--GABRIEL 10pts Teamed with Altar Boy Luke & mystery partner Christopher Daniels at NWA Wildside Hardcore Hell Pt 2 and went to a no-contest against the NWA Elite (Rainman, Azrael & Mikal Adryan) when Daniels turned heel on The God Squad … The Following night on 3/28 at Hardcore Hell Pt 2, Gabriel, Luke & new ally A.J Styles convincingly defeated the Elite squad of Daniels, Rainman & Azrael in a very good six-man main … 37—(--)--AZRAEL 10pts Teamed with Rainman & Mikal Adryan at NWAWildside’s Hardcore Hell Pt 2 on 3/27 but went to a no-contest against Altar Boy Luke, Gabriel & mystery partner Christopher Daniels when Daniels turned on The God Squad and hooked up with The Elite … Azrael, Daniels & Rainman fell to Luke, Gabriel & A.J Styles the following night at Hardcore Hell Pt 2 in a good match … 38—(14)--CHAVO GUERRERO 9pts WWE Smackdown Cruiserweight champion … Beat Funaki on the 3/4 show … Sized up his opponents for the Cruiserweight Battle Royal on 3/11 while still giving uncle Eddie Guerrero a hard time as World champion … Beat the survivor of the Cruiserweight Battle Royal – Rey Mysterio – at WrestleMania XX on 3/14 … Beat new roster member Spike Dudley on the 3/25 show … Teamed with Chavo Guerrero Sr in a loss to Rey Mysterio & Spike Dudley on the 4/1 show when new super-heel Bradshaw interfered … 39—(10)--JERRY LYNN 9pts Lost to Frankie Kazarian – who was mad Lynn didn’t select him for last month’s America’s Cup team – on the 3/3 TNA show … IWA Mid-South champion beat former champ Danny Daniels on the 3/6 IWA show … Also defended against B.J Whitmer the following night on the 3/7 IWA M-S show … Made a welcome return to ROH on the 3/13 At Our Best card and beat Nigel McGuiness in a good match to earn a shot at old rival A.J. Styles’ Pure Wrestling title … Prevented Frankie from beating up Team TNA member Elix Skipper on 3/17 … Competed in the six-man no.1 contenders X-match main event on 3/24 against Amazing Red, Frankie Kazarian, Petey Williams, Elix Skipper and Nosawa but came up short when Kazarian pinned him again with help from Petey … 40—(--)--THE DUDLEY BOYZ 9pts Lost to La Resistance and Mark Jindrak & Garrison Cade alongside Tag Team champions Rob Van Dam & Booker T in an eight-man tag on the 3/8 Raw … Competed in the Fatal Four Way for the titles at WrestleMania XX on 3/14 but came up short … Lost to RVD & Booker on the 3/15 show … Transferred to Smackdown on the 2/25 show and beat The Basham Brothers in their SD debut … Beat Akio & Sakoda on the 4/1 show and were approached by manager Teddy Long regarding his playa services … 41—(29)--NICK DINSMORE 9pts OVW champion … Teamed with Mark Magnus & Rob Conway in a loss to Johnny Jeter, Doug Basham & The Damaja in the OVW Originals main event of March Mayhem on 3/6 when he was pinned by Jeter … Complained on the 3/13 TV show that he had the match won before Jim Ross restarted it … Attacked Jeter during main event … Jim Cornette officially made Jeter no.1 contender on the 3/20 show … The Team Players (Nick Dinsmore, Inspector Impact & The Troubleshooters) got into a brawl with Rod Steele, Sean O’Haire & Adrenaline on the 3/27 show while Dinsmore prepared for his showdown with Jeter … Beat Jeter on the 4/3 show (taped 3/31) due to Inspector Impact’s interference … 42—(--)--KID KASH 9pts Teamed with Glen Gilbert, David Young, Michael Shane & Johnny Swinger to lose to Sonny Siaki, D’Lo Brown, Konnan, Ron Killings & Simon Diamond in a 10-man tag on the 3/3 NWA:TNA show when Insane Clown Posse interfered … Teamed with Glen Gilberti & David Young to beat Insane Clown Posse & 2 Tuff Tony in the Dark Carnival Match main on the 3/10 show … Competed in the 10-man no.1 contenders mini-Rumble on 3/17, eventually won by Ron Killings … Kash & new mystery partner Dallas beat Simon Diamond & Sonny Siaki in the tag team titles tournament on 3/24 … Teamed with Dallas to beat Slash & Sinn in the tournament semi-finals on 3/31 … 43—(--)--GLEN GILBERTI & DAVID YOUNG 9pts Teamed with Kid Kash, Michael Shane & Johnny Swinger in a loss to Sonny Siaki, D’Lo Brown, Konnan, Ron Killings & Simon Diamond in a 10-man tag on the 3/3 TNA show following interference from Insane Clown Posse … Teamed with Kid Kash to beat Insane Clown Posse & 2 Tuff Tony in the main event Dark Carnival Match of 3/10 … Competed in the 10-man no.1 contenders mini-Rumble on the 3/17 TNA show, eventually won by Ron Killings … Lost to Slash & Sinn in the 3/24 tag team titles tournament … Adopted the dreaded losing gimmick on 3/31 and lost to D’Lo Brown & El Leon, Shane Douglas & Michael Shane and Simon Diamond & Sonny Siaki in a fatal four-way tag match … 44—(25)--RIKISHI & SCOTTY 2 HOTTY 8pts WWE Smackdown Tag Team champions … Had a big tag team brawl on the 3/4 Smackdown against WMXX opponents The World’s Greatest Tag Team, The APA & The Basham Brothers … Beat the Bashams in a non-title match on the 3/11 Smackdown … Retained their belts in the Four Corners Match at the WrestleMania XX PPV on 3/14 … Beat The APA on the 3/18 show leading to Faarooq being fired … Will probably feud with The Dudley Boyz now that they’ve been drafted across to SD … 45—(20)--ABYSS 8pts With the NWA:TNA Tag Team titles now declared vacant, Abyss went to a no-contest in a Falls Count Anywhere Match with former partner A.J Styles on the 3/1 show … Beat Styles in a Ladder Match thanks to Raven’s interference on the 3/17 show to apparently become no.1 contender, even though everyone seemed to become no.1 contender that show … Went to a no-contest against fellow contender Ron Killings on the 3/24 show when Raven and A.J Styles got involved … Wrestled the Fatal Four Way main event on 3/31 against A.J, Raven and Killings for the definitive no.1 contendership but came up short … 46—(--)--RON KILLINGS 8pts Teamed with Konnan, D’Lo Brown, Sonny Siaki & Simon Diamond to beat Kid Kash, Glen Gilberti, David Young, Johnny Swinger & Michael Shane in a 10-man tag on the 3/3 NWA:TNA show … Won a 10-man no.1 contenders Mini-Rumble on the 3/17 show also including Michael Shane, Johnny Swinger, Simon Diamond, Glen Gilberti, Konnan, Kid Kash, Sonny Siaki, D’Lo Brown & David Young … Went to a no-contest against fellow no.1 contender Abyss on the 3/24 show when Raven and A.J Styles got involved … Wrestled the Fatal Four Way main event on 3/31 against Styles, Raven and Abyss for the definitive no.1 contendership but came up short … Nice to see him at least back in the TNA mix though … 47—(--)--SHANE DOUGLAS 8pts Lost to Chris Harris in the main event of TNA’s 3/3 show as a backdrop to building Harris vs. TNA champion Jeff Jarrett … Lost to AMW’s other half James Storm on the 3/17 show when valet Traci’s interference went awry … Dissension teased between Douglas & Michael Shane, but all was eventually calmed down … Teamed with Michael Shane on 3/24 but lost to Christopher Daniels & Low Ki in the tag team titles tournament when Traci’s interference backfired again … Teamed with Michael in a four-way tag match on 3/31 against D’Lo Brown & El Leon, Glen Gilberti & David Young and Simon Diamond & Sonny Siaki but came up short once again due to communication problems … 48—(22)--SONJAY DUTT 8pts Teamed with Elix Skipper & Chris Sabin on the 3/3 TNA show to beat Kuishinbo Kamen, Ebessan & Nosawa from Osaka Pro … CZW junior-heavyweight champion beat Roderick Strong from NWA Florida in the main event of CZW’s Bring On The Pain on 3/5 … Teamed with Chris Cash & Jimmy Jacobs against Joker, Sabian & Ruckus in a good match at CZW Overdrive on 3/6 … Lost to Amazing Red at ROH At Our Best on 3/13 in a 6-man Mayhem Match also including Teddy Hart, Jimmy Rave, Jack Evans & Mark Briscoe … 49—(36)--RHYNO 8pts Lost to U.S champion John Cena on the 3/11 Smackdown … Made the save for GM Paul Heyman on the 3/18 show then lost to Cena again in an impromptu match … Was transferred across to Raw on the 3/22 show and got a title-shot on his first night in against Raw World champion Chris Benoit, but lost … Beat Lance Storm on the 3/29 Raw … 50—(--)--TAJIRI 8pts Teamed with Akio & Sakoda on the 3/4 Smackdown but lost to Rey Mysterio, Billy Kidman & Ultimo Dragon in a 6-man tag … Teamed with Akio, Sakoda & Jamie Noble on 3/11 but lost to Rey, Kidman, Dragon & Funaki in an 8-man … Competed in the Cruiserweight Battle Royal at WrestleMania XX on 3/14 but came up short … Was drafted to Raw on the 3/22 lottery show … Misted Coach as an initiation on the 3/29 Raw then got a match against Kane as punishment … Actually got a count-out win in that match upon misting the big man … -------------------------------------------------- 2004 PUSH-ME POLL TOP 50 (JAN-MAR) 1—Eddie Guerrero 136 2—Chris Benoit 128 3—Triple-H 110 4—Shawn Michaels 103 5—Brock Lesnar 84 6—Kurt Angle 78 7—The Big Show 65 8—Randy Orton 62 9—Jeff Jarrett 57 10-John Cena 57 11-Hardcore Holly 53 12-Ric Flair & Batista 46 13-A.J Styles 45 14-Rey Mysterio 45 15-Shelton Benjamin 43 16-Mick Foley 42 17-Chavo Guerrero 40 18-Goldberg 38 19-Rob Van Dam 38 20-Booker T 37 21-Chris Jericho 35 22-Frankie Kazarian 35 23-Jerry Lynn 34 24-Bradshaw 32 25-Rhyno 32 26-Christopher Daniels 30 27-Kane 28 28-C.M Punk 27 29-Raven 26 30-Abyss 25 31-Samoa Joe 24 32-Worlds Greatest Tag Team 24 33-The Basham Brothers 24 34-Sonjay Dutt 23 35-Chris Harris 22 36-Tajiri 22 37-Jamie Noble 22 38-The Rock 20 39-Low Ki 20 40-Nick Dinsmore 20 41-Adam Pearce 20 42-B-Boy 20 43-El Leon 20 44-The Dudley Boyz 20 45-Christian 19 46-Super Dragon 19 47-Messiah 18 48-Rikishi & Scotty 2 Hotty 18 49-Chris Sabin 18 50-Elix Skipper 18 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted April 9, 2004 So it's somewhat like the PWI rankings every month? I can dig that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DeputyHawk Report post Posted April 9, 2004 How do the PWI rankings work? I thought this was unique, dammit! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted April 9, 2004 They do a top 10 from every promotion. It is different but the PWI rankings are what it reminds me of. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
