WKO100 (2008)
 

Members on Wrestling KO ranked the best 100 workers of the year 2008. This is based on in-ring work only, so you can forget talking ability and drawing. Let me know your thoughts.

100. Chuck Palumbo (5 votes, 174 points)
99. Vladimir Kozlov (5 votes, 177 points)
98. A.J. Styles (6 votes, 178 points)
97. Chris Michaels (4 votes, 182 points)
96. Tamon Honda (4 votes, 183 points)
95. Hector Garza (5 votes, 193 points)
94. Ikuto Hidaka (4 votes, 196 points)
93. Floyd Mayweather, Jr. (6 votes, 198 points)
92. Mascarita Dorada (4 votes, 200 points)
91. Stuka, Jr. (7 votes, 201 points)
90. John Bradshaw Layfield (5 votes, 204 points)
89. Mammoth Sasaki (3 votes, 206 points)
88. Daisuke Sekimoto (4 votes, 207 points)
87. Kensuke Sasaki (4 votes including 1 top 10 vote, 211 points)
86. Tyler Black (4 votes, 212 points)
85. Munenori Sawa (7 votes, 218 points)
84. Ultimo Guerrero (3 votes, 220 points)
83. Mike Quakenbush (6 votes, 221 points)
81. [Tie] Katsuhiko Nakajima (5 votes including 1 top 10 vote, 224 points)
81. [Tie] Fuerza Guerrera (5 votes, 224 points)
80. Masato Tanaka (4 votes, 229 votes)
79. Mistico (4 votes including 1 top 10 vote, 239 points)
78. Kevin Steen (5 votes, 239 points)
77. Yujiro Yamamoto (5 votes, 241 points)
76. C.M. Punk (6 votes, 246 points)
75. Jay Briscoe (7 votes, 251 points)
74. Yoshiaki Fujiwara (7 votes, 264 points)
73. Homicide (7 votes, 260 points)
72. Yoshihiro Takayama (9 votes, 267 points)
71. Fierro (7 votes, 269 points)
70. Montel Vontavious Porter (7 votes, 276 points)
69. Koji Kanemoto (6 votes, 283 points)
68. Satanico (7 votes, 289 points)
66. [Tie] Shu el Guerrero (8 votes, 293 points)
66. [Tie] Super Tiger II (8 votes, 293 points)
65. Yutaka Yoshie (7 votes, 294 points)
64. Bam Bam (7 votes, 301 points)
63. Kenta Kobashi (6 votes, 304 votes)
62. Takeshi Morishima (8 votes, 306 points)
61. Felino (6 votes, 312 points)
60. Arkangel de la Muerte (6 votes, 314 points)
59. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (7 votes, 315 points)
58. Carl Greco (8 votes, 315 points)
57. The Miz (8 votes, 323 points)
56. Shawn Michaels (7 votes including 1 top 10 vote, 325 points)
55. Ian Rotten (6 votes, 342 points)
54. Bull Pain (6 votes, 348 points)
53. Johnny Saint (10 votes, 349 points)
52. Averno (8 votes, 368 points)
51. John Cena (7 votes, 371 points)
50. Eddie Kingston (7 votes, 375 points)
49. AK-47 (8 votes, 376 points)
48. El Valiente (7 votes, 383 points)
47. Low Ki (8 votes, 397 points)
46. Jun Akiyama (10 votes, 405 points)
45. Pequeño Damian 666 (10 votes, 427 points)
44. John Morrison (10 votes including 1 top 10 vote, 429 points)
43. KENTA (8 votes, 442 points)
42. Chavo Guerrero (9 votes, 444 points)
41. Todd Morton (7 votes including 2 top 5 votes and 1 top 10 vote, 448 points)
40. Hijo del Perro Aguayo (7 votes, 462 points)
39. Super Astro (8 votes, 471 points)
38. Chris Hero (10 votes, 478 points)
37. 911 (8 votes, 496 points)
36. Jeff Hardy (11 votes including 1 top 10 vote, 496 points)
35. Austin Aries (9 votes including 1 top 10 vote, 504 points)
34. Festus (10 votes, 521 points)
33. El Hijo del Santo (8 votes, 522 points)
32. Chris Jericho (9 votes including 1 top 5 and 2 top 10 votes, 524 points)
31. Black Terry (7 votes including 3 top 5 votes, 548 points)
30. Sami Callahan (9 votes, 549 points)
29. Atlantis (11 votes including 1 top 5 vote, 559 points)
28. Villano V (561 points)
27. The Undertaker (12 votes, 574 points)
26. Virus (9 votes including 1 top 10 vote, 579 points)
25. William Regal (10 votes, 583 points)
24. 2 Cold Scorpio (8 votes including 1 top 10 vote, 592 points)
23. Ephesto (9 votes, 592 points)
22. Randy Orton (10 votes including 1 top 10 vote, 593 points)
21. Katsumi Usuda (8 votes including 4 top 10 votes, 597 points)
20. Negro Casas (11 votes including 1 top 5 vote and 1 top 10 vote, 602 points)
19. Solar I (9 votes, 644 points)
18. Mark Henry (10 votes including 1 top 10 vote, 657 points)
17. Necro Butcher (11 votes including 2 top 10 votes, 704 points)
16. Daisuke Ikeda (11 votes including 1 top 5 vote and 1 top 10 vote, 719 points)
15. The Big Show (11 votes, 732 points)
14. Freelance (10 votes including 1 top 5 vote and 1 top 10 vote, 733 points)
13. Cassandro (9 votes including 1 top 5 and 5 top 10 votes, 754 points)
12. Jimmy Jacobs (11 votes including one top 5 and three top 10 votes, 760 points)
11. Mitsuharu Misawa (11 votes including 2 top 10 votes, 777 points)
10. Nigel McGuinness (12 votes including 3 top 5 and 3 top 10 votes, 807 points)
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)

When the first name I see is Chuck Palumbo, I'm not gonna read the rest of the list.

So wait. Mark Henry at 18, Big Show at 15, HBK at 56, yet NO HHH or Randy Oton???

B U L L S H I T

These lists are notoriously hard to compile. But that one is just weird. i am pretty sure Bradshaw was above AJ Styles.

How has no one mentioned that Floyd Mayweather is on the list?

I went on to read the second name.

It's Vladimir Kozlov.

This list is a joke.

Wait a fucking minute. Kozlov is on this list but Triple H isn't!?

What the fuck?

Orton's 22.

Triple H not being there is inexcusable, though, considering some of the other names.

(Triple post! Weeee!)

Trips is not on the list, but Kozlov AND Mayweather are? :wtf:

And Styles is 98...

And no Angle

I was thinking about doing it myself, but that's an awesome system. That may have been the system they used, or similar.

We should do it.

When i see Matt Hardy at #5, i basically stop caring.

Go Jimmy Jacobs at 12... With that said, that list is utter shit. Mayweather, but no HHH? Necro Butcher ahead of HBK? I mean, the placement of some people makes sense, others just boggle my mind.

You are a god damn embarrassment to Ultimo Dragon fans everywhere. Hang your head in shame.

:$

I'll admit I had stopped caring a bit by there

I'm glad 911 is still wrestling.

This is pig fucking bullshit. Kozlov makes the list are they that stupid? This is wrong in every since. Kane is not on the list. What the fuck is wrong with you people?

:lol:

The list is not complete horse shit. Some of the placements make perfect sense. Others are just weird.

Noid, rationalize Kozlov being on there and Hunter not.

This list is complete horse shit when you have such a glaring fuck up like that.

Koslov had a bunch of entertaining squashes and a fun match against Festus. Pretty sure he had a watchable match with Khali, as well. Triple H is a worthless fuck.


Here's all the discussion (includes countdown)
http://z11.invisionfree.com/wrestlin...p?showforum=35

Is that like the Bizarro TPWW? Mysterio, Finlay, and a bunch of Japanese wrestlers in the top 10. HHH is shit? Kozlov is entertaining in squash matches?

I'm sorry, but that is the dumbest thing I have ever read anyone type.

I'll accept Triple H bashing. I'll even accept Triple H not being on a top 100 like that. But to include Kozlov and - and this is what REALLY gets me if it were a "smark" list - Cena and NOT Triple H?

What the fuck is wrong with you? Even the most jaded WWE hater would put Triple H on a list over fucking Kozlov.

Entertaining squashes? Like zucchini?

Besides no HHH, here is easy proof the list is bullshit, Shawn Michaels was 56... Who ranked higher?

55. Ian Rotten (6 votes, 342 points)
50. Eddie Kingston (7 votes, 375 points)
41. Todd Morton (7 votes including 2 top 5 votes and 1 top 10 vote, 448 points)
37. 911 (8 votes, 496 points)
34. Festus (10 votes, 521 points)
18. Mark Henry (10 votes including 1 top 10 vote, 657 points)
17. Necro Butcher (11 votes including 2 top 10 votes, 704 points)

lol Festus

HBK seems too high, can't think of anyone else on the list who has shittier offense.

55. Ian Rotten (6 votes, 342 points) - Great on the mat, great at selling, good brawler, watch IWA MS
50. Eddie Kingston (7 votes, 375 points) - Very good when not pretending to be Japanese
41. Todd Morton (7 votes including 2 top 5 votes and 1 top 10 vote, 448 points) - Watch XCW
37. 911 (8 votes, 496 points) - Lucha guy, not the ECW guy
34. Festus (10 votes, 521 points) - People dislike Festus?
18. Mark Henry (10 votes including 1 top 10 vote, 657 points) - He's been a great big man wrestler for the last few years. You're telling me you didn't watch his matches against Hardy and Finlay?
17. Necro Butcher (11 votes including 2 top 10 votes, 704 points) - He's been a great brawler for years

LOL, come on.

I'd call sock, but you're just too thorough, creating a shitty forum and all.

You're HONESTLY saying FESTUS is BETTER than Shawn Michaels in the ring? I'm sorry, I just can't buy someone who's that ass-backwards.

This list is poopy

People dislike Festus?

Seriously, what? Fuck this thread. :mad:

What's with all the HBK ring rats on this board?

HBK mark-ism aside, how can any wrestling fan say that Kozlov and Festus had better matches than Shawn Michaels?? That's ridiculous.

What's with the HBK and Triple H hate?

Scratch that, what's with you blowing Festus and Kozlov?

He likes them big boys :naughty:

I mean, seriously, I see NO problem with not liking Michaels or Triple H, but to then go and put Kozlov and Festus ahead of them? Something's up your board's ass, clearly.

I want to hear the explanation of Superman Cena being on there ahead of Triple H and Michaels. You want to talk about shitty offense...

lol this is hilarious. Troll troll is troll.

It's such an uber-smark list and then Rey is 6 and Matt Hardy is 5.

FUCK YOU! I AM AN ULTIMO DRAGON RING RAT FOR LIFE! :foc:

I've seen Ian Rotten. The answer is no. He is not great, period.
Eddie Kingston is one of the most overrated indy wrestlers out there right now.
I've seen Todd MOrton, once again, no.

Festus? Are you fucking kidding me?
Mark Henry isn't bad, but he's not the 18th best wrestler of 2008. No way in hell.

Don't get me started on Necro. Yeah, he's a great "brawler" if you want to call it that. The fact is, he can barely put on a passable match when he isn't fighting all over the arena. Yes, he has his moments, but at the same time, he has moments where he's extremely fucking sloppy too.

The fact is, HBK vs Flair at mania was better than anything the people listed above will probably ever do (minus 911, not because I think he will, but because I've never seen the lucha version.)

Anyway, you posted your little list here last year too, and I believe everyone got into the same argument about HBK. You're not going to win that argument. It's nearly impossible to argue that someone like Festus or Necro Butcher is better than HBK without sounding like some sort of elitist douche' who is desperately trying to justify his opinion and look smart, despite the fact that it's grounded in some sort of bizarre fantasy logic.

"NO no no Period blah blah"

Explain. List specific matches etc.

I like the way Festus transforms from a blithering retard into the cornfed colossus at the sound of a bell. You'd never see HBK transform from Michael Hickenbottom into the Showstoppa like that. That's talent you can't teach.

More retarded question: Where's Edge?

You put Ian "my greatest matches involve broken glass taped to my fists" Rotten in there but not Edge? Seriously, you put Ian "Mickie Knuckles, aka my prodigy, broke her leg in a balcony spot at one of my shows just after she signed a big deal with TNA" Rotten in this bullshit list instead of one of the best workers in the 'E, let alone in the main event? Come on.

Also, I actually have no complaints about Finlay being in the top 10. Even at his age he can work circles around most guys.

Yes, we put Ian "I work the mat for 95 percent of the match" Rotten on the list. If Edge didn't work like a diva, I'm sure he would have made the top 100.

There goes all your creditability (if any), down the toilet. Anyone who can't recognize how great Edge has been is clearly retarded. Please leave.

Juan, I think you're pretty terrible for not recognizing how great Floyd Money Mayweather has been throughout the year 2008. Please leave.

Ultimo Tiger, you are a fraud. You don't like Ultimo Dragon at all, do you? :mad:

Whatever man! WWE made him look like a huge pussy!

I think you're all forgetting the fun match Kozlov had with Festus. This list is 100% legit.

I think we're all missing the scariest part here: this was voted on by an entire board. There's a whole legion of retards at his site.

I still want the Cena explanation, by the way. That one blows my mind.

Not because Cena's terrible, but because how this list was done and where everyone is/isn't.

Let's see... Ian Rotten technically RETIRED in 2007. He wrestles occasionally for fill ins, most notably in the King of the Death Match 2008, where he just did a ton of mat work I'm sure. Plus, he joined in on a beat down on a guy with little experience who he was dumb enough to book. So, once again, Ian Rotten, no. You find me matches from 2008 where he "works the mat" 95% of the time. Go on, do it.

I'm upset that 911 isn't ECW 911.

lol

i personally feel that Ultimo Guerrero did not get his fair shake in this. to put him below HBK is a travesty and frankly i cannot take the list seriously until this injustice is rectified.

At least they put the Big Show at 15. Best thing this list has done in its life.

Only if it's BDC approved.

I think it's safe to say the banning is BDC Approved.

If you don't know everyone in the top 10, you really shouldn't be commenting on the list.

Rotten vs Callihan - mostly matwork

Match link is somewhere around here:
http://z11.invisionfree.com/wrestlin...p?showforum=35

lol @ the list.

Sorry, but if you agree with that list in whole, your fucked up and deserve your redundancy.

He clearly doesn't agree with it in whole. He said Michaels should be lower.

I'm not going to rummage through your forum looking for it. Post it here and I'll watch it.

I second this honestly. It's assholes like you that give the non-elitists who watch independent wrestling a bad name. When you say that 'Oh, you don't know one of these people, so you shouldn't have an opinion on this list", you look like a douche'. When your forum has a thread asking if people who don't watch Lucha Libre should be able to vote, you look like a douche'. It's sad, because for every guy who says something like "Hey, Bryan Danielson is a great wrestler, you should check him out." there is some asshole who says "WHAT?!?! You don't watch at least one Danielson match a week? How can you call yourself a fan of wrestling?"

Wait a minute.

This is an actual list from an actual forum?

Out of curiosity BDC, how much of my free time do you actually think I spend watching tapes and going to shows?

It takes considerably less time watching an obscure wrestling match than it does sitting through an entire episode of RAW. Remember that, kids.

BigDaddyCool, you strike me as a loathsome rube, not an elitist.

Please watch more wrestling.

Goodbye.

I checked out their forums, and it seems to be filled with lucha, indy, puro, uber-smarks.

(Nothing wrong with lucha, indy and puro, I was just making an observation)

Seriously??? Wow. Not counting Raw/Smackdown which I dvr through pretty quickly to see if there is anything good, on an average week where I'm not bogged down with school shit, I might watch 1, 2 hours tops. Generally a couple of matches a week... Granted I watched more when I worked third shift and had nothing to do, but even then, I doubt I watched more than 7 hours a week.

You fail to point out though that pound for pound, an episode of RAW is going to be a lot more enjoyable to the average viewer since it has wrestler's they know and storylines they've followed. It's hard for some people just to sit down and watch a random match, especially when they look for more than just "great ring action" in wrestling.

If I didn't DVR it, I probably wouldn't watch it period. Well, if I had time I would (WWE, not TNA), but, with my schedule, it's not happening. Half the time if I actually have Smackdown or TNA on, it's on as background knows, and I'm not even watching it.

Honestly, I don't think I could watch 15 hours of wrestling a week if I wanted to. Even when I watched it at work, I'd fall asleep most of the time. Man, I miss having a job where I could do whatever I want, even sleep, and still get paid.

I HAVE to watch at least 6 hours of wrestling at shows I work on weekly. Not counting watching people train. SO yeah, I probably watch like 25 hours of wrestling a week.

That's a bit different. Watching things live is a lot better.

I don't know what you guys are on about, but I agree with this list 100%

but Ultimo Guerrero, man! ULTIMO GUERRERO!

Still no word on the BDCA banning.

Don't ban him, he's too much fun. Uber-smarks are hilarious.

Well, someone's gotta get banned. :mad:

Ban Juan.

Don't look in the entrances thread, Funky.

:shifty:

He's Mexican, getting deported is second nature.

Where do you get deported to on the internet?

It's also second nature to sneak my way back in.

WKO forums

We will build a fence.

Yeah, like that'll work :roll: