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 PW Elite and JAPW. These rankings reflect the PW Elite and JAPW shows, which you can find two reviews of on the DOI main page.
TOP 10 SINGLES WRESTLERS
10. Franky The Mobster- defeated Excess to retain his IWS Heavyweight Championship.
9. Dixie- won an impressive three way match over Negro and Neeno Capone at JAPW.
8. Matt Striker- lost to Josh Daniels at PW Elite.
7. Deranged- busted his ass in a victory over Dan Paesan in JAPW.
6. Azraiel- defeated Beef Wellington to retain his JAPW Light Heavyweight Championship.
5. Josh Daniels- defeated Matt Striker to retain his PW Elite Heavyweight Championship.
4. EC Negro- defeated Ricky Landell at PW Elite, and wrestled in a three way match at JAPW.
3. Mike Kruel- lost to Jay Lethal in a bid to win the PW Elite Interstate Championship.
2. Dan Maff- defended his JAPW Championship against Jay Lethal with a big assist from Ref Sean Hanson.
1. Jay Lethal- swept the Match of the Night category this weekend as he defeated Kruel in PW Elite and lost in a very controversial manner to Dan Maff at JAPW.
TOP 5 TAG TEAM WRESTLERS
5. The Nelson Brothers- lost to the OCK at PW Elite.
4. Carnage Crew- defeated H20 at JAPW.
3. OutCast Killahz- defended their PW Elite Tag Team Titles against the Nelson brothers at PW Elite.
2. El Generico/Kevin Steen/Teddy Hart- lost to the SST at JAPW.
1. The Strong Style Thugs (Homicide/B-Boy/Low Ki)- 187/B-Boy picked up the JAPW Tag Titles in convincing fashion over the CSC, and as a full unit, defeated Generico/Steen/Teddy Hart 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. The Girls at Breathless at the JAPW After Party- Hey it was a slow weekend for womens wrestling.
4. Liz- did her magic at PW Elite and at JAPW this weekend.
3. Cherri Payne- was part of the H-Effect at JAPW.
2. Alere Little Feather- managed at JAPW.
1. Alicia- managed at PW Elite and JAPW.
TOP 5 INTANGIBLES
The intangibles will be used for the top 5 people/angles/interesting developments that occurred during the week.
5. PW Elite Has A Decent Show- Good matches, but unfortunately the promotion felt the Boonton Curse.
4. Ref Hanson Let go from ROH- First Steve D'Angelis, then Ref Hanson, like Bill Goldberg would say, "Who's Next?"
3. Lex Luger Arrested for DUI- This story recently just broke over at an Atlanta newspaper. How the mighty have fallen.
2. Dan Maff vs Jay Lethal at JAPW- Now that's how you do a Dusty Finish.
1. NWA TNA Title To be Defended this Saturday Night- Check out CSWF this Saturday night to see Jeff Jarrett defend the NWA TNA Championship.
