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Originally Posted by Rob
230 plus wrestlers better than Teddy Hart? 300 odd better than Taka Michinoku?
Speaks for itself really.
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Originally Posted by #1-wwf-fan
I never really understood what PWI base their top 500 on. If it's based on wrestling ability/quality of matches, no one can possibly be nearly as off as they are on a yearly basis. Popularity as well.
I always assumed it was treated as if wrestling were unscripted, like a kayfabe top 500 in which case it makes much more sense.
You've got more WWE/TNA guys near the top because they are "in the big leagues" therefore likely "better" and such...
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Rankings really have nothing to do with in-ring skill. It's based on the wrestler's accomplishments. In that regard, kayfabe is involved. You think it's coincidence that the decline of quality in the annual PWI 500, mirrors the decline in quality of top superstars?
The PWI 500 used to be pretty great, from it's first publication, all the way to the attitude era. Mainly because they didn't immediately push guys who are still pretty green to the top, just because they get a few big pops. (Yeah, I realize there were a couple in the past, but not as many as there are now.)
So because the list follows kayfabe, they really have to give high spots to people like Cena, Orton and Batista. Which makes the IWC cringe.
So it's not really their fault the list sucks.