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 WXW's double-shot weekend of events. These rankings reflect those shows only, as I only rank what I see.
TOP 10 SINGLES WRESTLERS
10. Kevin Matthews- wrestled in a 10-man tag on Friday, and took on T-Bolt on Saturday.
9. Mean Gene Snitsky- lost to LA Smooth by DQ on Saturday.
8. Joe Muraco- won a triple threat match on Saturday.
7. Devon Moore- lost to Shorty Smalls on Friday, but defeated Billy Rayz on Saturday.
6. Rockin Rebel- lost the WXW World Title to Bison Bravado on Friday.
5. Havoc- lost to Sabu in the main event of Sportsfest.
4. Sabian- challenged Blood and lost on Friday.
3. Drew Blood- defended the WXW Cruiserweight title against Sabian.
2. Bison Bravado- won the WXW World Heavyweight title on Friday, and defended it on Saturday.
1. Sabu- defeated Havoc in the main event of Sportsfest.
TOP 5 TAG TEAM WRESTLERS
5. KC Blade/Sugaa- lost twice over the weekend.
4. Havoc/Drew Blood- lost to Sabu/Afa Jr on Saturday night.
3. The Untouchables- defended the WXW Tag titles on Friday, but lost them on Saturday.
2. Sabu/Afa Jr.- defeated Drew Blood/Havoc in the main event of WXW's Saturday night show.
1. Tonic/TDS- won the WXW Tag Team Championships on Saturday, and were victorious at Sportsfest.
TOP 5 WOMEN WRESTLERS
Note: On weeks where there weren’t enough women wrestlers, managers/valets will be placed in spots. Women wrestlers (who wrestle) will always be ranked ahead of managers/valets.
5. Pyscho- Does a good job in her Moonshiner role, as she challenged for the WXW Women tag titles on Friday.
4. Cindy Rogers- picked up the win in her tag team match, to keep the WXW Women tag belts around the waists of herself and Alicia.
3. Talia- The longest reigning WXW Womens Champion, lost the WXW Womens Title on Friday.
2. Krissy Vaine- managed Kevin Matthews over the weekend, and was unsuccessful in an attempt to win the WXW Womens title on Saturday.
1. Mercedes Martinez- won the WXW Womens Championship from Talia on Friday, and defended it agaisnt Krissy Vaine on Saturday.
TOP 5 INTANGIBLES
The intangibles will be used for the top 5 people/angles/interesting developments that occurred during the week.
5. Rhyno and Matt Hardy Make Their Indy Returns- Rhyno will be at JAPW this Saturday night and Matt Hardy will be at ROH this Saturday night. It should be interesting to see how these two do.
4. CZW To Run TOD in Philly- It's great that Philly is finally lifting a ban that should've never been put in place to begin with.
3. Asian Wrestlers Wrestling In America- ROH announced Kobashi this week. JAPW aired a Bison match on World Wide... but in this DOI exclusive... the best is yet to come.
2. WWE Releases 18 People- Well at least they have 8 bimbos parading around on Raw.
1. No Really, This Is CM Punk's Last ROH Match Ever- By the way ROH is handling Punk's title reign, I have a funny feeling Gabe and ROH will be saying this till 2006.
