Board 8 > All-Purpose Wrestling Topic 418: McGregor vs Mayweather II in a Punjabi Prison

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Oh hell yes. That means in a couple weeks I can take a Sporcle quiz on the Top 300.
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1. Kazuchika Okada
2. AJ Styles
3. Kevin Owens
4. Roman Reigns
5. Kenny Omega
6. Shinsuke Nakamura
7. Dean Ambrose
8. Samoa Joe
9. Bobby Roode
10. The Miz

Based on kayfabe accomplishments
July 1st 2016 through June 30th 2017
Discuss
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Yeah go my AJ.
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Just to note:

Goldberg ineligible. Too few matches

Brock WAS eligible, but results deemed not good enough to be worthy of Top Ten
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Omega feels too high.

Winning the G1 shouldn't really be worth so much.
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But he won the presitigious and historic United States Title.
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Jakyl25 posted...

through June 30th 2017

The two shows took place on July 1 and 2, 2017, in Long Beach, California,
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Oh, just out of the cutoff.
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Feels like Naito should have snuck into the top 10.
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He was too tranquilo this year.
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Kenny won the G1, but he had no NJPW singles titles in that time period.

Elgin won the IC title prior to the G1, Kenny's high profile singles matches after involved beating YOSHI-HASHI, losing to Okada, losing to Ishii, drawing with Okada.

No titles, low profile briefcase defense, title match losses, didn't win the NJ Cup.

This ain't a workrate list.
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He worked other companies too though right?
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https://twitter.com/samoajoe/status/903046960986382336

Legit LOL
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Jakyl25 posted...

https://twitter.com/samoajoe/status/903046960986382336

Legit LOL

Who was bitching?
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Presumably some indie geeks
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Interesting tidbit...

Cena tops the list of number of 4*+ matches of current WWE people (Counting only 1 on 1 WWE matches)

He has more 4* against unique opponents than second place has total.
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who IS second?
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Orton.

Top 10 Most 4* + Matches In WWE Today SINGLES ONLY (1 vs. 1) !
John Cena: 32
Randy Orton: 16
Seth Rollins: 14
Brock Lesnar: 12
Kevin Owens: 10
Dean Ambrose: 9
Roman Reigns: 9
Cesaro: 9
AJ Styles: 9
Sami Zayn: 7
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One year. already halfway to second place.

Go AJ.
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I assume that counts NXT? I can't see Sami having 7 on the main roster alone, especially not counting multi-man matches
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Yeah, looks like it counts NXT
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Man Seth Rollins is only two behind Orton and Orton debuted like a decade before him.
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Keep in mind Dave has absolutely softened on his rating strictness over the years so a 10 year advantage isn't worth as much as you'd think
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Jakyl25 posted...

1. Kazuchika Okada
2. AJ Styles
3. Kevin Owens
4. Roman Reigns
5. Kenny Omega
6. Shinsuke Nakamura
7. Dean Ambrose
8. Samoa Joe
9. Bobby Roode
10. The Miz

Based on kayfabe accomplishments
July 1st 2016 through June 30th 2017
Discuss

Why is Nakamura so high?
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Won the NXT Title twice

Only three losses were two to Roode and one to Joe, right?
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And the MitB match
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Cesaro so high for never being allowed anywhere near a legit title.
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Okay according to Cagematch, Nakamura has a total of 7 losses during the timeframe

The four singles matches I mentioned

A tag team loss with No Way Jose to Roode & Joe

A six-man loss with Lorcan and Swann to Sanity

A six-man loss with TM61 to Joe & Authors of Pain

All on NXT house shows
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If it's all kayfabe accomplishments, how is Asuka not top ten?
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Jakyl25 posted...

Won the NXT Title twice

Only three losses were two to Roode and one to Joe, right?

Oh...the NXT seems pretty overvalued
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Ambrose seems super high too. Was he world champ that recently? Seems like forever ago.
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Oh yeah, the Talk is Jericho with Taya Valkyrie is great btw. She is incredibly sweet and down to earth. She also talks all about how AAA screwed her too.
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PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

If it's all kayfabe accomplishments, how is Asuka not top ten?

There's a separate list for women.
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JetJaguar posted...

Ambrose seems super high too. Was he world champ that recently? Seems like forever ago.

Started the ranking period as WWE Champion, won the Shield triple threat, defended at Summerslam, also had an IC reign beating #10 The Miz
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JetJaguar posted...

Jakyl25 posted...

Won the NXT Title twice

Only three losses were two to Roode and one to Joe, right?

Oh...the NXT seems pretty overvalued

Who else do you put over the NXT Champs though?

There was no other IWGP Champ besides Okada

The WWE/Universal Champs not listed are Balor (long injury), Goldberg (ineligible), Lesnar (barely enough matches to be qualified), Cena (part-timer), Bray (lol), Jinder (lol), and Orton (lost to both of those lols)

Orton probably would make my top ten over Miz, but not over the NXT guys
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So according to this mark ranking

Iwgp hw title >g1 tournament if you are a gaijin> iwgp ic title is worthless
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Well it has fallen in stature since it headlined WK8
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Where did nakamura rank that year?
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http://www.profightdb.com/pwi-500/2014.html

17
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Nakamura's NXT run is then legitimately the greatest move of his career then.

(It actually is given how much money he's making for going quarter speed)
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watching the Mae Young

first person to make me really feel they can be on the roster is Rhea Ripley

Martinez seems like a lock too but she didnt make me pause like Ripley did.

some of these girls really lack in chemistry though.Like Evers and her opponent. Just didnt know how to work the match and the crowd. Good begining but it slowed down so quick and its like they were confused
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I liked Rhea a lot
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I enjoyed Logan vs Yim. They fixed the issueI had earliar about chemistry, but it was pointed out in the match the fought before so thatmakes sense. I kept thinking Logan looks like the perfect loveable jobber, but the more the match went on I was really pulling for her (which I guess is good for a loveable jobber). They both showed a lot of charisma, and I wanted to see the loser's finisher the way she was trying to set it up
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And the move that won that match I am really not a big fan of, not many people do it in a way where I think it looks good. Like in a real fight sure it can be damaging, but theway it looks for a finisher not so much.Seems like a much better signature as opposed to finisher
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Dakota Kai > Finn Balor on that one
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niven and santana was very good
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More renee michelle please
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Wow, the Psycho Clown vs Dr Wagner Jr match drew a 22 RATING in Mexico.

According to Dave, more people watched that match than any match since '80s Saturday Night's Main Event stuff with Hogan.

For fucking AAA of all companies.
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I haven't watched TripleMania yet but I was really looking forward to that match.
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Just to be clear, that was the most watched match in the WORLD since the '80s, not just Mexico
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