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 was only able to check out AWA, so these rankings will reflect that show only. Let’s take a look at how I thought it went down:
TOP 10 SINGLES WRESTLERS
10. Jay Lethal- defeated Red Hot Russ in AWA.
9. Azraiel- lost to Envy in a competitive match.
8. Envy- defeated Azraiel in one of the biggest wins in his career.
7. Mayhem- lost to Deranged in one of his better matches.
6. Deranged- defeated Mayhem in a solid cruiserweight match.
5. Joe Hardway- was pinned in the AWA Heavyweight Title triple threat match.
4. EC Negro- was involved in a triple threat match in AWA, and cut a great promo afterwards.
3. Johnny Thunder- defended his AWA Title successfully in a triple threat match against EC Negro and Joe Hardway.
2. Chris Idol- lost his AWA Light Heavyweight Title to Neeno Capone.
1. Neeno Capone- had the match of the night at AWA, by beating Chris Idol and winning the AWA Light Heavyweight Championship.
Note: I only saw two tag teams this weekend, so that is all I can rank
5. N/A
4. N/A
3. N/A
2. Elm Street Kids- lost to AMIL in a very competitive match.
1. All Money Is Legal- defeated ESK to retain their tag team titles.
5. Dana Dameson- did a hell of a job in the crowd at AWA.
4. Liz- the best ticket taker on the indies!
3. Cherri Delicious- defeated Layla after screwy reffing.
2. Alicia- did a great job reffing and selling in the AWA Womens match.
1. Layla Herrera- lost to Cherri Delicious, after interference from Ref Alicia.
TOP 5 INTANGIBLES
The intangibles will be used for the top 5 people/angles/interesting developments that occurred during the week.
5. JAPW Returns This Weekend- Look for a full DOI Preview of this show during the week.
4. The Shoot Interview Situation- Is anyone these days not doing a shoot interview?
3. Fat Frank on the USA PW Hotline- One of the better interviews on the USA PW Hotline as Fat Frank discusses how all these little promotions in NJ are hurting indy wrestling.
2. SSCW Cancels their 10/29 show- Is anyone really surprised?
1. The NBC angle in AWA- We’ll find out who NBC is this Friday on 10/29.
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Sean “The MiC” McCaffrey
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