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 NWA-New Jersey's doubleshot weekend, as they held shows in Brooklyn and in Newark. These rankings reflect those shows only, as I only rank what I see.
TOP 10 SINGLES WRESTLERS
10. Slugger- battled Bison to a double countout on Sunday.
9. Bison Bravado- went to a draw with Slugger on Sunday.
8. Dan De Man- had a good outing against Bandido Jr. on Sunday.
7. Monsta Mack- squashed Sugar on Saturday.
6. Harito Fujinami- picked up two huge victories this weekend.
5. Warpath- lost the NWA NJ Heavyweight championship to Crazy Ivan on Sunday, and lastly defended it against Red Hot Russ on Saturday.
4. Reefer- looked good in a four way match at Saturday's NWA NJ event.
3. Bandido Jr.- went 1-1 this weekend, losing his NWA NJ LHW Title in the process.
2. Archadia- won the NWA NJ Light Heavyweight Championship.
1. Crazy Ivan- won the NWA NJ Heavyweight Championship.
TOP 5 TAG TEAM WRESTLERS
5. NWA NJ/Hector Corchado- teamed up to give the town of Newark a free wrestling show. (Yes I didn't have alot of teams to rank this weekend)
4. Bison Bravado/Jay Santana- waged war against the fan friendly Jammin' Jamiacans on Saturday.
3. Jammin' Jamaicans- defeated Bison/Santana on Saturday.
2. Mayhem/JL Rivera- fought Los Bandits twice this weekend, splitting the series.
1. Los Bandits- went 1-1 this weekend in matches against JL Rivera/Mayhem
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.
I didn't see any females wrestle/work this weekend, so this section will be blank this week
TOP 5 INTANGIBLES
The intangibles will be used for the top 5 people/angles/interesting developments that occurred during the week.
5. Crazy Ivan wins another Heavyweight Title- Ivan won the NWA NJ Heavyweight title his past Sunday, adding another Heavyweight title to his resume.
4. Matt Striker Signs With the WWE- It was now or never for Striker, and it's good to see he is going to get the opportunity to live his dream.
3. Final Forum Debuts in Atlantic City- Pro Wrestling Returns to Atlantic City, as Sal of Final Forum, presents an ECW nostalgia show this Saturday. Check out FinalForum.com for more.
2. IWA-MS Possibly To Shut Down- Check out Ian Rotten's statement on the DOI Main page. If IWA-MS ever needs help, it is now.
1. Bret Hart Visits WWE Offices- Who would've ever thought that they'd see this:
