Hey everyone, welcome to McRankings, which is a monthly feature in the DOI newsletters. To spice up the DOI website, every week (Or as much free time as I can get) I will rank, in my opinion, the top 10 indy wrestlers that I have seen for the week. The monthly rankings will remain in the newsletter, which is available monthly. I will also rank the top 5 tag teams, top 5 women wrestlers and top 5 “Intangibles”. There will also be one “McMatch of the Weekend.” Rankings will be on what I’ve seen only, and I usually make all the top shows. NWA-TNA wrestlers will only be ranked if they wrestle in the northeast area, but I will not rank wrestlers on what they have done in NWA-TNA, but I will comment on it. This is what I look for in a ranking. The criteria is listed in order.

1- Workrate- how good was the match from a wrestling standpoint. A lot of rest holds? Non stop action? Ring psychology, footwork and selling moves will also factor into this.

2- Character/Crowd Reaction- How the wrestler did with the crowd. Was the crowd chanting boring or were they popping the whole match? Likewise, was the crowd sitting there or booing and cursing the hell out of the heels?

3- Finally win/loss records. This won’t really factor into it too much, but if 2 guys are tied, then I will give the nod to the guy with the better win/loss record.

What up everyone in DOI land and welcome to another McRankings. This weekend I checked out AWA and 3PW, which featured different wrestlers. Let’s take a look at who made the rankings this week.

TOP 10 SINGLES WRESTLERS

10. Neeno Capone- defeated Eric Cooper in AWA, as he gets ready for his big match against Idol next week.

9. Damian Adams- defeated Matt Striker, even though it might be forgotten who won that entertaining match, in 3PW.

8. Monsta Mack- brought a killer instinct to the ring, before getting downed by CJ O’Doyle.

7. CJ O’Doyle- defeated Monsta Mack, before losing to Rob Eckos in 3PW.

6. Matt Striker- was up to his usual antics in 3PW and had a good match with Damian Adams, despite losing.

5. Chris Sabin- went down first in a triple threat match with AJ Styles and 2 Cold Scorpio.

4. Joey Matthews- went down to Chris Daniels in a failed attempt to win back the 3PW Title.

3. 2 Cold Scorpio- was able to pin Chris Sabin in a triple threat match, but went down to AJ Styles at the end.

2. Chris Daniels- defeated Joey Matthews to retain his 3PW Heavyweight Championship.

1. AJ Styles- defeated both 2 Cold Scorpio and Chris Sabin in a 3PW #1 Contenders match.


TOP 5 TAG TEAM WRESTLERS

5. Lockdown/Metal- lost to the ESK in AWA.

4. Elm Street Kids- picked up a big tag win in AWA over Lockdown/Metal.

3. All Money Is Legal- defended their AWA Tag Team Titles successfully against 2/3’s of Mass Destruction.

2. Pitbulls 2004 (Kruel/Wolfe)- Won the 3PW tag team titles, with help from their manager Jasmin St Claire, and with an unexpected 3 count from Tod Gordon.

1. Slyck Wagner Brown/April Hunter- lost their 3PW tag team titles, but broke out new offense and looked good.


TOP 5 WOMEN WRESTLERS
Note: On weeks where there weren’t enough women wrestlers, managers/valets will be placed in spots. Women wrestlers will always be ranked ahead of managers/valets.

5. Layla Herrera- cut a surprisingly killer promo in AWA full of emotion and power.

4. Alicia- as the AWA Womens Champion, she cut a good promo and made an open challenge for her title.

3. Talia- cut a good promo, and was one of the few females who actually knew how to referee, as she displayed those skills in 3PW.

2. Jasmin St. Claire- managed her team of the Pitbulls 2004 to the tag team championships in 3PW.

1. April Hunter- lost the 3PW tag titles with her partner Slyck Wagner Brown.


TOP 5 INTANGIBLES
The intangibles will be used for the top 5 people/angles/interesting developments that occurred during the week.

5. PWU Returns this weekend- Check out www.prowrestlingunplugged.com for more information. They had a fun show last time, and it should be another fun show this week.

4. The Dead Presidents debut in NYWC- great to see NYWC bring in great talent, and interesting to see NYWC use a XPW gimmick.

3. Samoa Joe vs CM Punk goes to another hour draw- These guys are a throwback to the old days of wrestling, and who knows, maybe they’ll have a 2/3 60 minute time limit match.

2. Ricky O to debut Pro Wrestling All In- let’s hope this isn’t JCW lite.

1. The NBC angle in AWA- One of the best angles going on in the indies today. It’s amazing the progress AWA has made this year.


MATCH OF THE WEEK
3PW
For the 3PW #1 Contender Spot
AJ Styles vs 2 Cold Scorpio vs Chris Sabin
A very good match featuring a unique mix of wrestlers. Watching Scorpio and AJ go at it was great. AJ Styles is arguably the top indy wrestler in the world, and was simply phenomenal in this match. Scorpio showed he can still go, while Sabin hung in there with these two. A great match.

Well that’s it for this week. Keep it here on the DOI site for all the good shit!

Let us know on the DOI message board or send us an email and tell us what you think about the rankings!

Sean “The MiC” McCaffrey

BULLSMC@aol.com