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The WKO 100 is Finally in!

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A couple of Wrestling historians that are part of the invitation exclusive forum Wrestling KO publicized a list recently ranking the best wrestlers of 2008. I would have to say they hit a home run with this one.

 

100. Chuck Palumbo

99. Vladimir Kozlov

98. A.J. Styles

97. Chris Michaels

96. Tamon Honda

95. Hector Garza

94. Ikuto Hidaka

93. Floyd Mayweather, Jr

92. Mascarita Dorada

91 Stuka Jr

90. John Bradshaw Layfield

89. Mammoth Sasaki

88. Daisuke Sekimoto

87. Kensuke Sasaki

86. Tyler Black

85. Munenori Sawa

84. Ultimo Guerrero

83. Mike Quakenbush

81. [Tie] Katsuhiko Nakajima

81. [Tie] Fuerza Guerrera

80. Masato Tanaka

79. Mistico

78. Kevin Steen

77. Yujiro Yamamoto

76. C.M. Punk

75. Jay Briscoe

74. Yoshiaki Fujiwara

73. Homicide

72. Yoshihiro Takayama

71. Oficial Fierro

70. Montel Vontavious Porter

69. Koji Kanemoto

68. Satanico

66. [Tie] Shu el Guerrero

66. [Tie] Super Tiger II

65. Yutaka Yoshie

64. Bam Bam

63. Kenta Kobashi

62. Takeshi Morishima

61. Felino

60. Arkangel de la Muerte

59. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi

58. Carl Greco

57. The Miz

56. Shawn Michaels

55. Ian Rotten

54. Bull Pain

53. Johnny Saint

52. Averno

51. John Cena

50. Eddie Kingston

49. Oficial AK-47

48. El Valiente

47. Low Ki

46. Jun Akiyama

45. Pequeño Damian 666

44. John Morrison

43. KENTA

42. Chavo Guerrero

41. Todd Morton

40. Hijo del Perro Aguayo

39. Super Astro

38. Chris Hero

37. Oficial 911

36. Jeff Hardy

35. Austin Aries

34. Festus

33. El Hijo del Santo

32. Chris Jericho

31. Black Terry

30. Sami Callahan

29. Atlantis

28. Villano V

27. The Undertaker

26. Virus

25. William Regal

24. 2 Cold Scorpio

23. Ephesto

22. Randy Orton

21. Katsumi Usuda

20. Negro Casas

19. Solar I

18. Mark Henry

17. Necro Butcher

16. Daisuke Ikeda

15. The Big Show

14. Freelance

13. Cassandro

12. Jimmy Jacobs

11. Mitsuharu Misawa

10. Nigel McGuinness

9. Evan Bourne (13 votes including 4 top 10 votes, 809 points)

8. Negro Navarro (10 votes including 2 top 5 votes and 3 top 10 votes, 825 points)

7. Finlay (11 votes including 2 first place votes, 3 top 5 votes, and three top 10 votes, 870 points)

6. Rey Mysterio (13 votes, 883 points)

5. Matt Hardy (13 votes including 2 top 5 votes, 909 votes)

4. Bryan Danielson (13 votes including 5 top 5 votes, 943 points)

3. Alexander Otsuka (12 votes including 2 top 5 votes and 4 top 10 votes, 1009 points)

2. Blue Panther (12 votes including 5 first-place votes and 6 top five votes, 1034 points)

1. Yuki Ishikawa (13 votes including 4 first-place votes and 6 top 5 votes, 1089 points)

 

 

Here's who didn't make the cut on the 100 list:

101 JOEY MATTHEWS

102 YOSHITSUNE

103 EL GENERICO

104 PIMPINELA ESCARLATA

105 DICK TOGO

106 YUKO MIYAMOTO

107 MARK BRISCOE

108 EDGE

109 FABI APACHE

110 LA SOMBRA

111 MIKE KNOX

112. ATSUSHI AOKI

113 GREAT SASUKE

114 TAKASHI SASAKI

115 GRAN APACHE

116 MEPHISTO

117 MANABU HARA

118 JERRY LAWLER

119 ERICK STEVENS

120 OSAMU NISHIMURA

121 DR WAGNER JR

122 JAMIE DUNDEE

123 MINORU SUZUKI

124 HERNANDEZ

125 TEDDY HART

126 RODERICK STRONG

127 MR NIEBLA

128 DAVE TAYLOR

129 YUJI NAGATA

130 MARY APACHE

131 SHINSUKE NAKAMURA

132 HIROSHI TANAHASHI

133 TRIK DAVIS

134 BATISTA

135 AJA KONG

136 DAMIEN WAYNE

137 TAKESHI SUGIURA

138 NAOMICHI MARUFUJI

139 ALEX SHELLEY

140 MEN’S TEIOH

141 TRACY SMOTHERS

142. MINORU

143 HAYATO JR FUJITA

144 NAOYA OGAWA

145 KOTA IBUSHI

146 ZORRO

147 HIROOKI GOTO

148 TOSHIAKI KAWADA

149 VILLANO 3

150 VOLADOR, JR

151 ULTRAMAN

152 VILLANO 4

153 CHRIS SABIN

154 RIC FLAIR

155 MOHAMMAD YONE

156 JUSHIN LIGER

157 GO SHIOZAKI

158 MASAAKI MOCHIZUKI

159 KEIJI MUTOH

160 MANUBU NAKANISHI

161 MITCH RYDER

162 RAYO DE JALISCO JR

163 PANTERA

164 ULTIMO DRAGONCITO

165 PIERROTHCITO

166 KOFI KINGSTON

167 MARCO CORLEONE

168 JORGE RIVERA

169 CHESSMAN

170 TREVOR MURDOCH

171 JAMES STORM

172 KURT ANGLE

173 KAYOKO HARUYAMA

174 UMAGA

175 PEQUENO HALLOWEEN

176 SILVER KING

177 TAKESHI RIKIO

178 KYOKO KIMURA

179 SHOCKERCITO

180 ABDULLAH KOBAYASHI

181 JAMIE NOBLE

182 DR CEREBRO

183 REY BUCANERO

184 SHINOBU

185 TAKA MICHINOKU

186 AERO STAR

187 SHANE SEWELL

188 CLAUDIO CASTAGNOLI

189 SARA DEL RAY

190 SUWAMA

191 MISTERIOSO II

192 JOSH BARNETT

193 RICKY MARVIN

194 AKITOSHI SAITO

195 DINGO

196 LOCO MAX

197 MIYAWAKI

198 TOGI MAKABE

199 TAKUMA SANO

200 GENICHIRO TENRYU

201 OZZ

202 PIRATA MORGAN

203 SANTINO MARELLA

204 SHELTON BENJAMIN

205 BOOKER T

206 BILLY BOY

207 TETSUYA NAITO

208. MANU

209 YUJIRO

210 UNIVERSO 2000

211 RIKI CHOSHU

212 BROTHER RAY

213 MINI ABISMO NEGRO

214 CINTHIA MORENO

215 GEDO

216 AWESOME KONG

217 BETH PHOENIX

218 JIMMY YANG

219 SATOSHI KOJIMA

220 DRAGON ROJO JR

221 JACK EVANS

222 BxB HULK

223 BOBBY EATON

224 JIGSAW

225 HHH

226 DELIRIOUS

227 RICKY BANDERAS

228 RYUJI HIJIKATA

229 CARLOS AMANO

230 MASAO INOUE

231 TIGER MASK I

232 KEITA YANO

233 SUPER FLY

234 TOMOHIRO ISHII

235 MASCARA PURPURA

236 SHUJI KONDO

237 BRODIE LEE

238 HUMAN TORNADO

239 GATO EVEREADY

240 SHINGO TAKAGI

241 KOTARO SUZUKI

242 RAY GONZALEZ

243 NARUKI DOI

244 MASATO YOSHINO

245 CEREBRO NEGRO

246 CYBER KONG

247 MESSALA

248 MASCARA ANO DOS MIL

249 ALAN STONE

250 CALIGULA

251 DAVE LOGAN

252 RICKY MORTON

253 VIN GERARD

254 HOOLIGAN

255 TAKASHI IIZUKA

256 KAORI YONEYAMA

257 TURBO

258 ESTRELLITA

259 SKANDALO

260 KINTARO KANEMURA

261 DAVEY RICHARDS

262 NOSFERATU

263 KISHIN KAWABATA

264 GIANT BERNARD

265 DRAGON KID

266 BJ WHITMER

267 SUPER CRAZY

268 PRINCE DEVITT

269 DOLPH ZIGGLER

270 MINI BLACK WARRIOR

271 GENBA HIRAYANAGI

272 EUFORIA

273 TANK TOLLAND

274 MINI BATISTA

275 BRIAN KENDRICK

276 DANNY GARNELL

277 DANSHOKU DINO

278 AERO MAN / MIKE SEGURA

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What did AJ Styles do in 2008 better than Mark Henry's series against Matt Hardy or Necro vs. 2 cold scorpio? AJ probably didn't even belong on the list to be honest. Besides I believe AJ voted for JOHN MCCAIN to be the next U.S president.

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Political preference doesn't reflect in-ring talent. AJ has done more just by, I dunno, NOT LOOKING LIKE A FAT SLUG in '08 than Mark Henry's ever done in his entire career. And Matt Hardy actually ranked higher than McGuinness or Danielson? Pfft!

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So, this was done on purely 'kayfabe' basis? So if you won a match it was more in your favor then the guy who might have carried you to that win? These lists always confuse me, as what makes them an 'expert elite panel of judges'? Opinions are opinions no matter how great, or small, your reputation is.

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I'll have you know that I am the one who recruited Dr. Funk to this board and I don't appreciate you taking that tone with Julio, Mr. Barron.

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Okay. Serious question, how are Rey and Bourne so high when Rey spent most of the year on the shelf/feuding with Kane and Bourne was in the developmental fed/injured for a few months?

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No, this list is failtacular. Misawa at 11 is hilarious because he's sucked for years, Floyd Mayweather even being on the list is amazing seeing as he worked one match, Chavo Guerrero didn't do a single interesting thing during the entire calendar year and yet he's ranked two spots higher than John Morrison, and the list goes on and on and on.

 

I mean, everyone's entitled to their opinion, but I guess that goes for me too and my opinion is that this list is made of lame.

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Chuck Taylor

Great [ 1 ] [7.69%]

Good [ 4 ] [30.77%]

OK [ 1 ] [7.69%]

Bad [ 7 ] [53.85%]

I'm never going back there again, Chuck Taylor is awesome!

 

Jingus is a member too, he's everywhere :ph34r:

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97. Chris Michaels

 

He's still wrestling?

 

I'm going to make my own list.

 

1. Nigel McGuinness

2. Bryan Danielson

 

[commercial break]

 

245. Necro Butcher

246. arm-BAR

 

[commercial break]

 

20,345. Mark Henry

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