As mentioned, The Cage Effect put together a top 100. Quite a wildly varying list of contributors, although I think you'll notice a (rather expected?) lack of Puro and Mexico coming through. Here ya go:

This will be the official post for the unveiling of the list, as well as any welcome discussion. Points were awards in reverse order (Spot 1 = 100, Spot 2 = 99, etc.) for each person's list, and then the cumulative totals reflect the final rankings. First place votes recieved are in parentheses. First some fun facts about the rankings:

-8 Contributors from TCE.

-231 wrestlers received votes

-3 female wrestlers recieved votes, but didn't finish in the top 100. Mickie James (#124), Trish Stratus (#127), and Cheerleader Melissa 9 (#229).

-11 Chris/Christophers recieved votes, edging out the 8 John/Johnny's.


So without further ado: The TCE Top 100, starting with numbers 100-81.

100. Naruki Doi - 118 pts
99. Shingo Takagi - 123 pts
98. Andy Douglas - 126 pts.
97. Chris Bosh - 129 pts.
96. Chase Stevens - 143 pts.
95. The Undertaker - 148 pts.
94. Doug Williams - 149 pts.
93. Bobby Roode - 164 pts.
92. Juventud Guerrera - 167 pts.
91. Ace Steel - 168 pts.
90. Scott Steiner - 171 pts.
89. John Bradshaw Layfield - 173 pts.
88. James Storm - 174 pts.
87. Batista - 177 pts.
86. Ryo Saito - 184 pts.
85. Chris Harris - 185 pts.
84. Nicky - 192 pts.
83. Adam Pearce - 195 pts.
82. Little Guido/Nunzio - 199 pts.
81. Mr. Kennedy - 215 pts.

...

80. Bobby Lashley - 218 pts.
79. Umaga - 224 pts.
78. Brent Albright/Gunner Scott - 227 pts.
77. CIMA - 229 pts.
76. Kid Kash - 237 pts.
75. Ron Killings - 240 pts.
74. Super Dragon - 241 pts.
73. Psicosis - 249 pts.
72. Gregory Helms - 251 pts.
71t. Naomichi Marafuji - 253 pts.
71t. Mark Henry - 253 pts.
69. Big Show - 254 pts.
68t. Jack Evans - 256 pts.
68t. Dragon Kid - 256 pts.
66t. Sting - 271 pts.
66t. Rickey Reyes - 271 pts.
64. Johnny - 274 pts.
63. Joey Mercury - 278 pts.
62. Kane - 280 pts.
61t. Raven - 281 pts.
61t. Mick Foley - 281 pts. (1)

...

59t. Jimmy Jacobs - 284 pts.
59t. Chris Sabin -- 284 pts.
57. Mikey - 286 pts.
56. Eric Young - 289 pts.
55. Matt Sydal - 293 pts.
54. Necro Butcher - 295 pts.
53. Petey Williams - 303 pts.
52. Paul Birchall - 304 pts.
51. Jimmy Yang - 305 pts.
50. Sonjay Dutt - 319 pts.
49. BJ Whitmer - 323 pts.
48. Randy Orton - 324 pts.
47t. William Regal - 325 pts.
47t. Delirious - 325 pts.
45. Mark Briscoe - 330 pts.
44. Charlie Haas - 331 pts.
43. Super Crazy - 334 pts.
42. Ric Flair - 358 pts.
41. Brian Kendrick - 364 pts.

...

40. Paul London - 367 pts.
39. Jay Briscoe - 377 pts.
38. Jeff Jarrett - 386 pts.
37. Johnny Nitro - 398 pts.
36. Chris Benoit - 399 pts.
35. Booker T - 401 pts.
34. Kenny - 406 pts.
33. Carlito - 407 pts.
32. Rhino - 408 pts.
31. Sabu - 416 pts.
30. Abyss - 417 pts.
29. Jay Lethal - 427 pts.
28. Shawn Michaels - 443 pts.
27. Kenta Kobashi - 449 pts.
26. Fit Finlay - 453 pts.
25. Jamie Noble - 456 pts.
24. Rob Van Dam - 464 pts.
23. Low-Ki/Senshi - 474 pts.
22. Shelton Benjamin - 481 pts.
21. John Cena - 484 pts. (1)

...

20. Claudio Castagnoli - 484 pts.
19. CM Punk - 485 pts.
18. Homicide - 509 pts.
17. KENTA - 518 pts.
16. Colt Cabana - 527 pts.
15. Rey Mysterio - 534 pts.
14. Jimmy Rave - 538 pts.
13. Nigel McGuinness - 539 pts.
12. Chris Hero - 555 pts.
11. Christian Cage - 559 pts.

...

10. Austin Aries - 561 pts.
9. Roderick Strong - 596 pts.
8. AJ Styles - 633 pts.
7. Edge - 650 pts.
6. Kurt Angle - 656 pts.
5. Alex Shelley - 659 pts.
4. Brian Danielson - 674 pts. (3)
3. Triple H - 697 pts. (1)
2. Christopher Daniels - 728 pts. (1)
1. Samoa Joe - 774 pts. (1)

You just gonna edit this post as more of the list comes out? That'll be good. Kinda hard to critique until we see more of the list. I would already call Steiner and Roode too low, but I am interested to see who is above.

81-61 is added. My brief thoughts:

Numbers 81-61 added.

Definitely some interested trends here. Mark Henry and Big Show back to back over Marafuji will ruffle some feathers, but isn't bad for Marafuji, considering he went unranked by half of the panel. Dragon Kid and Jack Evans tying is a bit of weird poetic justice, as they are two of the top (if not THE top) high fliers in the game today.

Mark Henry even making the list just blows my f'n mind.

Updated to 41.

I've got the rough draft of my first 50 done so far and I have to say the previous year has sucked balls wrestling wise. I haven't felt that any guys outside of the top 15-20 have done anything that great.

Now posted up to #21. The top 20 comes tomorrow.

Updated to #11. A damn fine start to the top 20, I think.

I know you're a little sensitive about it, but I'll be treating our list in the same manner, so it's only fair:

That's about as bad of a top 20 as I can imagine. Claudio, Cabana, Rave, and Hero are way overrated. I've got to assume for them to average out that way that someone had them very high. Wow.

I'd have to agree there. I don't think Rave belongs in the top fifty. Hero, Colt, and Claudio all belong around mid twenties to mid forties in my opinion

I really know some people aren't going to like this but John Cena is top 10 this year. He main evented Wrestlemania and won and he's been the biggest story all year.

I would put Rave, Hero, and Claudio all in the same boat. Colt I would put up in the low twenties.

I wouldn't put him top ten because he can't work a bit. He certainly has had a better year than last, though.

Plus remember, the list is criteria-free, meaning people can interpret how they want on John Cena or anyone else.

While I'm baffled Jimmy Rave placed where he did, I am all for Cabana, Claudio, and Hero where they are. Hero and Claudio have carried the ROH-CZW storyline, and Chris Hero is pretty much the best heel working today, not to mention, he can bring it in the ring.

If you saw Colt Cabana's turn to the serious side and feud with Homicide, I don't know how he couldn't be in the top 20, or possibly top 10.

I would disagree on all counts, so not much else to say.

Just out of curiousity, have you been watching ROH in the last 6-12 months? Again, the list is pretty criteria free, and you can only rank what you've seen.

Have you watched any Hero? Even if you've seen him in ROH, you really haven't seen much, cause he didn't wrestle an actual match till May or something.

Just for an idea of how it balanced out, and just picking one out and going with Hero, he was ranked as such:

34, 23, 7, 12, 24, 2, 87, 15

So, a pretty good representation as his median score puts him in a similiar spot, at 19. Just wanted to toss that out there since it was mentioned that he must've gotten a huge boost from a very high ranking. Although the 2 helped, he also had a very low one, but seemed to be a (generally) consensus top 20.

God damn these lists are fucking terrible. I'm personally boycotting ours as well now. I hate lists. Fuck them in their pointless annoying asses. Drum up discussion another way...

I've seen bits and pieces of RoH and honestly I don't think anyone from there aside from the obvious few deserve to even touch the top 20. Same with almost all the indy workers out there so far. The last year has been terrible for wrestling everywhere.

Also Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro are Top 15 workers this year IMO.

Sweet, TCE wins! Or something.

If the lists are really getting you bent out of shape, then yeah, I would suggest dropping the idea altogehter. It is just one person's opinion, grouped with other people's opinions for an average. Not a big deal. If someone honestly thinks Mick Foley is THEIR #1 wrestler in the last year, who am I to argue with that person? They may have been more entertained by Foley than anyone else, and that is just fine with me.

I just think lists are played out. Plain and simple. I doubt most people over there would even agree with this list. Like I said before, we can find plenty other ways of drumming up discussion.

ROH? Probably not from the last six months, but I have in the past year.

Hero? I've only seen promo stuff from ROH, but I've seen plenty of his matches over the years, and several from this year. The only thing I like about him is when he punches a fan in the face. Other than that, I think he is a very good example of someone who watches Japanese tapes and tries to throw the moves in his matches.

Shit, I wouldn't say Japanese at all. The last 943 times I've seen him he's gone a European with his style.

OK, not neccesarily what I meant. I was referring to the remarks reportedly made about CM Punk upon his entrance to WWE. In other words, he seems to like to throw fancy moves in his matches for no particular reason.

Ahhh.....I know what you mean.

The funny thing is I've thought for quite sometime that Punk is worlds better than Hero in the ring......

I wouldn't argue with that at all.

And the TCE top 100 listing is complete. I'm shocked AJ got so much love, and am quite surprised to see Daniels up there so high as well.

Danielson recieved 3 #1 votes, but got robbed, as one of the voters didn't even rank him. Same with Austin Aries, who would've been even higher had he not been unranked by one voter.

Also, I would wonder why Shelley is listed so high too. Not that I'm not a fan, but to be ranked that high is a bit rediculous....

Shelley's numbers, just for fun:

By Ranking spot:

5. 6. 16. 32. 5. 15. 24. 46.

So, by median, he pulls a 15. So it looks like his high numbers helped him, but so did the fact that everyone ranked him, something the following people can't claim:

Danielson, Aries, Christian, Rey Mysterio, KENTA, Punk, Claudio, and Low Ki.