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 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. EC Negro- lost to Homicide in AWA, and defeated Monsta Mack in JAPW.
9. Sonjay Dutt- lost to Jay Lethal, in a bid to win the JAPW Light Heavyweight championship. .
8. Homicide- defeated EC Negro in AWA, and lost in a tag match in JAPW.
7. El Generico- won an entertaining four way match, in JAPW.
6. Azraiel- defeated Deranged in AWA, and Justice Pain in JAPW.
5. CM Punk- lost to Low Ki in a good match in JAPW.
4. Roderick Stong- lost to Kevin Steen in JAPW.
3. Kevin Steen- defeated Roderick Strong, to retain his IWS World title.
2. Low Ki- defeated CM Punk in JAPW.
1. Jay Lethal- defeated Reefer and Envy in AWA, then went on to defeat Sonjay Dutt in JAPW.
TOP 5 TAG TEAM WRESTLERS
5. Elm Street Kids- defeated Projekt 13 in a solid match in AWA.
4. The H-Effect- lost to The Solution in JAPW.
3. The Solution- retained their JAPW Tag Team titles against The H-Effect.
2. SST (Homicide/B-Boy) lost to Hart/Evans, after the Carnage Crew interfered.
1. Teddy Hart/Jack Evans- defeated the SST in the main event of JAPW.
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. Dana Dameson- did a hell of a job in the crowd at AWA and JAPW this weekend.
4. Alere Little Feather- made her AWA debut, by saving Alicia from a 2 on 1 attack.
3. Layla Herrera- jumped Alicia at the end of her match in AWA. .
2. Cherri Delicious- lost to Alicia, in a bid to win the AWA Womens title.
1. Alicia- defeated Cherri Delicious in AWA, and managed Kevin Matthews in JAPW.
TOP 5 INTANGIBLES
The intangibles will be used for the top 5 people/angles/interesting developments that occurred during the week.
5. JAPW debuts a new lighting set-up at their show- JAPW is taking all the right steps, in making their shows look more professional and making JAPW one of the top promotions today.
4. PWU returns this Friday Night- Pyschosis and Juventud Guerrera return to America for this big event on Friday night.
3. Lex Luger shows up at a CSWF show- You figure having a former multiple time World Heavyweight champion would be such a big thing that you’d advertise it. Not when you’re the CSWF baby!
2. NBC Reveals themselves at AWA- When Lethal and Hardway were exposed as being NBC, it was a great swerve. When VIP was part of NBC, the wind was taken out of the sails.
1. ROH Returns with Jushin Thunder Liger this weekend- This might be one of the biggest weekends in ROH history.
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