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 only checked out three shows, as I saw
AWA, NWS and NWA NJ. These rankings
reflect those shows only.
TOP 10 SINGLES WRESTLERS
10. Kid Kash- made his return at UXW, although in a loss, to Elix Skipper.
9. Axl Rotten- defeated Corporal Robinson at UXW.
8. Elix Skipper- retained the UXW US Championship by defeating Kid Kash, was part of the Crazy 10 match at PWU.
7. Mike Kruel- won the UXW US Championship.
6. Justin Credible- lost to Billy Gunn at UXW.
5. D-Lo Brown- lost to Balls Mahoney in his 2nd bid to win the UXW Championship.
4. Billy Gunn- defeated Justin Credible in a brawl at UXW.
3. Sandman- defeated Raven at UXW.
2. Raven- lost to The Sandman in a great match at UXW.
1. Balls Mahoney- defeated D-Lo Brown to retain the UXW Heavyweight title, and went to the finals in the Candido Memorial match.
TOP 5 TAG TEAM WRESTLERS
5. Blackballed- beat Fine/Brown at PWU.
4. The Solution- lost to Knightlife at UXW.
3. Masked Maniac/Sharkboy- Actually a good match against The CSC, and won it.
2. Trent Acid/Mike Tobin- defended the UXW Tag Team Titles against The Solution.
1. The Christopher Street Connection- were all over the UXW show, despite losing their match, accepeted a challenge to take on the NAO at the next UXW event.
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. Tammy Sytch- managed Balls Mahoney and Johnny Candido at the Chris Candido Memorial show.
4. Simply Luscious- defeated Alere Little Feather at UXW.
3. Pyscho Bitch- lost her PWU womens title, despite not being pinned.
2. Alere Little Feather- lost at PWU and at UXW this weekend.
1. Cindy Rogers- won the PWU womens title on Friday night.
TOP 5 INTANGIBLES
The intangibles will be used for the top 5 people/angles/interesting developments that occurred during the week.
5. PWU's Crazy 10 Match- PWU debuted a new match in professional wrestling with their Crazy 10 match. Will it be brought back? It definitely was an innovative and creative match.
4. IEW Returns This Saturday Night- After one successful show, can Danny Demanto repeat the magic?
3. Roadkill wins the 3PW Heavyweight Championship- Is Roadkill really the right guy who can change the face of 3PW? We'll see with time.
2. Jay Lethal wins the JAPW Heavyweight Championship- It was a long time coming and a long build-up, but Jay Lethal is finally the JAPW Champion. I see good things for him and JAPW in the future.
1. Chris Candido Memorial Show a Success- The UXW event this past weekend, was arguably one of the top UXW shows ever, and wound up generating over $2500 for Tammy Sytch. Just a great show and great evening all around.
