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The 2017 TWB 100 Epilogue: My Ballot

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Dakota Kai was one of my votes who didn't make the list this year Photo Credit: WWE.com Another TWB 100 is in the books, and despite the lower voter turnout, I consider it a success. Honestly, I don't care if ten or 10,000 people vote; the point is to get people thinking about the wrestling they watch in a critical manner. I feel like the fact that nearly 75 percent of ballots had 100 wrestlers on them and the width and breadth of wrestlers voted for is as much a signpost for success as the number of voters. Anyway, I shall close the festivities this year as I do most years, with my own ballot, with blurbs of varying lengths for wrestlers that did not appear on the final list: 1. Johnny Gargano 2. Zack Sabre, Jr. 3. Jimmy Uso 4. Jey Uso 5. Braun Strowman 6. AJ Styles 7. Cesaro 8. Sheamus 9. Tomohiro Ishii - I didn't watch as much non-WWE wrestling as I would have liked in 2017 for various reasons. I'm not going to get into them, because most are deeply personal, but bec...

The 2017 TWB 100 Slow Release: 76-100

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The Peacock of Pro Wrestling kicks off this year's TWB 100 Screenshot from Ring of Honor YouTube Come one, come all to the breaking of the seal on the 2017 TWB 100! The list begins with entry number 100 and will count down. Today, the first 25 wrestlers will be unveiled based on the points they received from voting. The voting system gives 100 points for a first place vote, 99 for a second, 98 for a third, and so on and so forth until you get down to one point for a 100th place vote. The first tiebreaker is higher high vote, and the second is number of ballots. Luckily, no ties occurred in the top 100 this year. Without further ado, the list, it begins: 100. Dalton Castle Points: 325 Number of Ballots: 7 Highest Vote: 29th Place (Mike Pankowski) Last Year�s Ranking: 58th Place Photo Credit: WWE.com 99. Abbey Laith/Kimber Lee Points: 329 Number of Ballots: 7 Highest Vote: 21st Place (Mat Morgan) Last Year�s Ranking: 43rd Place TH: Due to her signing in NXT, the world didn�t...

The Wrestling Blog's OFFICIAL Best in the World Rankings for January 8, 2018

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Let's see how long this lasts Screenshot credit: WWE.com Welcome to a feature I like to call "Best in the World" rankings. They're not traditional power rankings per se, but they're rankings to see who is really the best in the world, a term bandied about like it's bottled water or something else really common. They're rankings decided by me, and don't you dare call them arbitrary lest I smack the taste out of your mouth. Without further ado, here's this week's list: 1. Asuka (Last Poll: 4) - Asuka's partner for the Mixed Match Classic was announced today, The Miz. In addition to being the favorite team to win just because of how destruction and cheating form such a formidable duo, the possibility exists that at some point, Asuka will kick Miz's head clean off his shoulders for no other reason than she can, which is always primo. 2. Joey Janela (Last Poll: Not Ranked) - Missed in TWB's winter break was the first wrestling match o...