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 NMW. With that said, here are the rankings.
TOP 10 SINGLES WRESTLERS
10. Mike Donovan/Mayhem- defeated Danny Demanto in AWA.
9. Joe Hardway- lost the AWA NA Championship to Rob Vegas.
8. Rob Vegas- won the AWA North American Championship from Joe Hardway.
7. Crowbar- defeated Vic Divine for the NMW NE Championship.
6. Simon Diamond- defeated Danny Jaxx in NMW.
5. Archadia- had a good showing in his AWA debut match.
4. Dan Barry- was fooled and pinned by Deranged in AWA.
3. Deranged- defeated Archadia and Dan Barry in AWA.
2. Pinkie Sanchez- valiantly came up short, in a bid to defeat Jay Lethal for the AWA Heavyweight Strap.
1. Jay Lethal- defeated Pinkie Sanchez in AWA, and retained his AWA Heavyweight Title.
TOP 5 TAG TEAM WRESTLERS
5. Striker/Doring/Ace Darling- made their presence felt in NMW this past Satuday.
4. Projekt 13- went down to the ESK in AWA.
3. The Elm Street Kids- defeated Projekt 13 to retain their AWA Tag Belts.
2. The Valedictorians- went down to the Solution in NMW.
1. Solution- defeated The Valedictorians in NMW in a good match.
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. Liz The Ticket Taker- easily the best ticket taker on the indy scene today.
4. Dana Dameson- made her presence felt at AWA on Friday.
3. Layla Herrera- showed support for AWA this past Friday.
2. Cherri Delicious- managed Danny Demanto in AWA.
1. Serena- took a hideous bump, in a match involving Crowbar and Divine.
TOP 5 INTANGIBLES
The intangibles will be used for the top 5 people/angles/interesting developments that occurred during the week.
5. NMW Debuts Successfully- NMW had a debut show that they could be proud of this past Saturday.
4. Johnny Diamond has a heart attack- Get well soon Johnny.
3. Eric Simms Columns on the DOI- It seems everytime I sign online or go to a show, at least one person complains about the DOI letting Simms having a column on the DOI. Is he really that bad? (Probably lol)
2. Sabu- One of the most influential wrestlers of our time needs money to pay his massive medical bills. There are several benefit shows for him, and different ways to donate money to him. If you can, try to help out Sabu, as he killed himself and didn’t get nearly the money he should’ve got for it.
1. ROH returns with All Star Extravaganza II this Saturday- This show looks loaded on all fronts, and has potential to be ROH’s biggest show of the year.
