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 JAPW's return show to Philadelphia. These rankings reflect that show only, as I only rank what I see.
TOP 10 SINGLES WRESTLERS
10. Balls Mahoney- made his ECW Arena return, in a loss to Monty Brown.
9. Monty Brown- pounced two people in two seperate victories on Saturday.
8. Trent Acid- lost to Monsta Mack in a Philly Street fight.
7. Monsta Mack- defeated Trent Acid in a wild match.
6. Jay Lethal- failed to become a two-time JAPW Heavyweight Champion.
5. Homicide- lost to Charlie Haas in a hard fought match.
4. Teddy Hart- almost won the JAPW Heavyweight title this past Saturday.
3. Grim Reefer- won a big four way match to become the number 1 contender to the JAPW LHW title.
2. Charlie Haas- defeated Homicide in one of his last ever indy matches.
1. Rhino- defended the JAPW title successfully against Teddy Hart & Jay Lethal.
TOP 5 TAG TEAM WRESTLERS
5. Dead Presidents- soundly defeated Plazma & Dan Barry.
4. OCK & EC Negro- as La Familia, lost to the SAT & Xavier on Saturday. .
3. SAT & Xavier- won a hard fought gutsy match against La Familia.
2. The Briscoe Brothers- put on a hell of a performance, in a loss, against Sabu/Dutt.
1. Sabu/Sonjay Dutt- won a brutal match over the Briscoes.
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. Alicia- stood proud with the D-Factor this weekend.
4. Tammy Sytch- was piss drunk and made a scene this past Saturday.
3. April Hunter- managed Talia this past Saturday.
2. Talia- was defeated by Mercedes Martinez.
1. Mercedes Martinez- defeated Talia in a match where the focus was elsewhere.
TOP 5 INTANGIBLES
The intangibles will be used for the top 5 people/angles/interesting developments that occurred during the week.
5. ABC Wrestling Returns on 3/11- An old-school type of show featuring the return of Dana Dameson? Should be a fun show, and should be a show that brings tons of gossip to the DOI Message Board!
4. Jac Sabboth Returns on 5/19- Hopefully he won't return with the Impact Cup. After being burnt several times, are fans willing to trust Jac Sabboth again?
3. WWE's Exploitation of Eddie Guerrero's Death- If Stephanie McMahon has a miscarriage, will it get as much publicity and attention as this, on WWE TV?
2. Rhino Continues To Gore Up The Indies- Rhino has been a one man wrecking machine since leaving the WWE, capturing the NWA, UXW & JAPW Heavyweight Titles. There's no stopping him.
1. March 25th Shaping Up to Be The Middle of a Packed Weekend- JAPW, UXW, PWE, ROH, IWF, NWS, NWA CS & other indy companies will all be running the weekend of 3/25. If you're a wrestler and can't work this weekend, it might be time to reasses your career.
