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 as I only attended one show this weekend. These rankings reflect AWA only.
TOP 10 SINGLES WRESTLERS
10. Damian Dragon- defeated Max Metal.
9. Devious- defeated Jai Kronik in a singles match.
8. Mo Sexy- was downed by Danny Demanto in a losing effort.
7. Danny Demanto- defeated Mo Sexy in his second match with Cherri Delicious by his side.
6. Dan De Man- got himself counted out against Bison Bravado.
5. Bison Bravado- defeated Dan De Man, when Dan De Man saw Bison bust out weapons.
4. Envy- defended his AWA Light Heavyweight title, after help from Deranged.
3. Azraiel- lost to Envy, after being distracted by Deranged.
2. Neeno Capone- lost to Deranged in a very competitive match.
1. Deranged- defeated Neeno Capone in a very good cruiserweight match.
TOP 5 TAG TEAM WRESTLERS
5. Archadia/Ashe Samuels- defeated Cheech and Cloudy in a solid tag match.
4. Eric Cooper/Joe Hardway- lost to the ESK in a competitive match. .
3. The Elm Street Kids- defeated Eric Cooper/Joe Hardway to retain their AWA Tag belts.
2. Jay Lethal/Chris Idol- as NBC, they lost to Donovan/Vegas in AWA.
1. Mike Donovan/Rob Vegas- defeated Jay Lethal/Chris Idol to give the AWA commissionership to Neeno Capone. .
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. Cherri Delicious- managed Danny Demanto to victory again.
4. Luscious Lily- defeated Layla Herrera after faking a leg injury.
3. Layla Herrera- lost to Luscious Lily after interference from Alicia.
2. Alere Little Feather- lost to Alicia in AWA, after Lily helped Alicia out.
1. Alicia- defended her AWA womens title against Alere Little Feather.
TOP 5 INTANGIBLES
The intangibles will be used for the top 5 people/angles/interesting developments that occurred during the week.
5. Rob Moore shoots on Carmine Sabia- In one of the more controversial angles in AWA history, Rob Moore retaliated on the SSCW attacks on AWA, and it looks like we’re going to have some sort of skit next week in AWA.
4. Chyna/X-Pac Sex Tape- I guess both former DX Members really “suck it”. And for a measly 39 bucks you can watch Chyna job out to X-Pac.
3. NBC Dissension in AWA- After losing their commissionership in AWA, the NBC beat up and kicked out one of their own. This big angle in AWA looks like it will be going in all different directions.
2. December 10th/11th weekend- JAPW, AWA, NYWC, WXW, CZW, and many other promotions are holding shows this weekend. While that might be good that there is so much wrestling, it also hurts, as it makes fans have to choose. While Friday is a no brainer with JAPW running, Saturday is a different story as there are 4 promotions running within 75 miles of each other.
1. Samoa Joe d. CM Punk at ASE II- In one of the more highly anticipated rematches in ROH history, Samoa Joe defeated CM Punk to retain maybe the most coveted title in American wrestling today.
