#9

Seems like a shit bloke. Definitely a 5 for wresting talent though.

Always a bright spot in TNA, often one of very few. Had some fantastic matches there and in ROH and then also in NJPW before turning up in WWE as a reasonably old indie wrestler with a big name outside of wwe and actually succeeding, which is quite impressive. As someone else said, he and Daniel Bryan are real plug and play main eventers for wwe now. Absolutely able to have a solid match with almost anyone and has the name value that it doesn’t matter that he is fucking around having a tag match with a very large man at WM. Hear he wanted a HHH match, so maybe this is actually better.

Was also in the main event of the first wrestling event I ever went to. Ryogoku Sumo Hall: AJ Styles vs Kota Ibushi for the IWGP Heavyweight Title. Was quite good. Well done.

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#10

Oh man I’m very jealous! Who else was on the card?

#11

Yeah was really very good. Ibushi vs Stules was a MOTY contender I reckon. A lot of the major players were there although mostly in tags (Nakamura, Naito, Ishii in the same six man and then Shibata and Tanahashi teaming against Yano and someone) cos that’s what happens innit. Had Kenny Omega in full Cleaner mode against Mascara Dorada (also very good) , Okada shockingly somehow beating The Underboss Bad Luck Fale (Okada did manage to pull one of Fale’s better matches out of him) Roppongi Vice vs The Young Bucks, Gallows and Anderson vs someone I think losing the IWGP tag titles. Maybe Matt fucking Taven actually. Overall an excellent show for your first one really.

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#12

Oh Jushin Liger was in some ten man tag to kick off the show too

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#13

nice, I’d have loved to have seen Liger live. Shockingly my first (and still only) live wrestling show was this:

there was a lot of confusion regarding the start time meaning I missed Ibushi live, sadly, although from watching it back later I didn’t miss a lot.

Ishii vs Kenta, ZSJ vs Tanahashi & Okada vs Suzuki (especially) were all amazing. ZSJ was very much the babyface in London against Tana :smiley:

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#14

Was very excited for everyone getting to see Okada vs Suzuki at the time. Very disappointed to have not seen Minoru.

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#15

Honestly the crowd singing the chorus of Suzuki’s theme was maybe the loudest pop I’ve ever heard in Wrestling :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

#16

Styles, Joe, Daniels is probably the best spot match I’ve seen outside TLC. Lots of great matches in that era of tna (Joe vs Daniels was cracking as well).

5/5

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#17

A really talented individual with some really questionable personal beliefs that I certainly don’t agree with

5

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#18

Just like Will Ospreay :sweat_smile:

#19

Yeah but he’s had accusations too so… fuck Will Oesprey

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#20

True, at least Styles isn’t that kind of wrong’un that we know of

#21

5 for me, just pure joy to watch in the ring, a great mix of athletic ability and a great mind for building a match. Character stuff can be moderattely entertaining…

He’s got one of the best trophy cabinets in wrestling, really impressive how he turned the last decade round from running down the clock in TNA to being the hottest guy in wrestling for a bit. It was great seeing his WWE gamble pay off, too.

His personal views do seem pretty country fried, but he also seems like a well liked bloke with no personal scandals afaik.

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#22

Yeah I think that’s why people are more forcing of AJ than some of the others is because he has very very Conservative views but he doesn’t seem to be malicious

#23

funnily enough Styles has come up comparing himself to Ospreay, in a weird parallel, Styles beat Ibushi to retain his title at the same show 6 years ago

#24

Yeah I saw that tweet and grimaced

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#25

Alright so, number 50 is next and it’s already decided because it’s the biggest name we haven’t covered yet. After this, I’m starting a new job soon and might not be able to put as much effort in, but I’ll probably just put them up without all the bells and whistles. We’ll see!

All the same, let’s have a poll anyway and see who number 51 could be!

Who’s Next?
  • X-Pac/Sean Waltman
  • Jeff Jarrett
  • Raven
  • Christopher Daniels
  • Samoa Joe
  • Abyss
  • Rhyno
  • Christian Cage
  • Ron Killings/R-Truth
  • Xavier Woods/New Day
  • Prince Devitt/Finn Balor
  • Kazuchika Okada
  • Hiroshi Tanahashi
  • Tetsuya Naito
  • Kota Ibushi
  • Shinsuke Nakamura
  • Jay Lethal
  • Roman Reigns
  • Dean Ambrose
  • Seth Rollins
  • Kevin Owens/Steen
  • Sami Zayn
  • Randy Orton
  • Jeff Hardy

0 voters

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#26

might as well get a gauge on this:

  • Keep going after 50, they’re still fun!
  • It’s run its course
  • Do whatever works for you, don’t mind

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#27

just putting together final touches of thread number 50 so any remaining votes for A.J get them in now!

#28

A.J Styles goes joint 6th! And now…