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 JAPW. How would everyone rank up? Find out below:
TOP 10 SINGLES WRESTLERS
10. Azraiel- defeated Eric Cooper at AWA.
9. Mike Donovan- lost to Moore at AWA.
8. Devon Moore- defeated Donovan at AWA.
7. Danny Demanto- lost to Corvis Fear at JAPW & lost to Joe Hardway at AWA.
6. Balls Mahoney- lost to Rhyno at JAPW.
5. Rhyno- defeated Balls Mahoney at JAPW.
4. Archadia- defeated Envy at AWA and lost to B-Boy at JAPW.
3. B-Boy- defeated Archadia in Archadia's breakout match.
2. Sonjay Dutt- lost to Low Ki at JAPW.
1. Low Ki- defeated Sonjay Dutt at JAPW.
TOP 5 TAG TEAM WRESTLERS
5. Scott Cardinal/Jerk Jackson- lost to Cheech/Chong at AWA.
4. Cheech/Chong- defeated Scott Cardinal/Jerk Jackson at AWA.
3. The OutCast Killahz- defeated Neeno Capone and Eric Cooper on Saturday.
2. Jack Evans- defended the JAPW Tag titles by himself, only unsuccessfully.
1. Backseatz- won the JAPW Tag Team Titles.
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. Liz- held it down at AWA but was inconspicuous at JAPW.
4. Cherri Delicious- managed Dan Dynasty at AWA.
3. Helles Belles- managed Archadia at JAPW.
2. Talia- lost to Alicia at JAPW.
1. Alicia- defeated Talia at JAPW and managed at AWA
TOP 5 INTANGIBLES
The intangibles will be used for the top 5 people/angles/interesting developments that occurred during the week.
5. Ricky O announces Smash Mouth Wrestling- I'm looking forward to the first show already. Will SMWrestling be able to overtake Ricky's previous projects in JCW and PWAI?
4. Backseatz return and win the JAPW Tag Team Titles- After more than a year off, as a wrestling fan, it was great to see the Backseatz back together and winning another title. Tag team wrestling may live again.
3. RF Video Gears Up- After conducting shoots with Haas and Rhyno, and a big shoot about to be released soon, things are on the up and up in RF Video land. They are also teasing a major announcement as well.
2. Matt Hardy Returns to the Ring- And shockingly beats Chris Daniels by submission in a finish that has been debated positively and negatively by the fans.
1. Charlie Motherfuckin Haas- Charlie Haas returned to JAPW this past Saturday and JAPW has an awesome main event on their hands, as Haas challenges Lethal on 9/10.
