#GWE Genichiro Tenryu vs. Shinya Hashimoto 6/17/93
Not quite all it could be—it's stuck in the mainline vision of what a big match should be, which they'd get beyond— but they beat the crap out of each other, and Hash was already at least as good at Power Guy Selling as his model. Better: Hash (4*)
#GWE Shinobu Kandori vs. Yumiko Hotta 3/21/98
Hotta's whole thing is occasionally letting a match degenerate into unprofessional violence, here headbutting her own face open to crack Kandori, who at that moment decides Hotta doesn't need two arms. Better: Kandori; needs therapy more: Hotta (4¾*)
#GWE Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels 11/9/97
They more than make up for their disappointing Mania XII match until, well, IYKYK. Shawn gives his best WWF singles performance that isn't just a bump show, and he still isn't better than Bret at anything besides bumps and office politics. Better: Bret (4*)
#GWE Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka 4/22/97
Not as beautiful as their June '98 match, but still an intriguing game of human chess. Tamura kicks, Kohsaka grapples, the object is to weaken your opponent to negate their strength and they make the moment that happens obvious. Better: Kohsaka (4*)
#GWE Megumi Kudo vs. Shinobu Kandori 3/14/97
Within the barbed wire constraint that looms over things, both women work well. Kudo brings expected and unexpected violence. Kandori has a clearly defined role, which doesn't mean she'll do anything the easy way, including taking the Kudo Driver. (3¾*)
#GWE Volk Han vs. Kiyoshi Tamura 1/22/97
Leading contender for shoot-style match of the '90s (all the other contenders feature one or both of these two.) Amazing grappling, but what today's wrestlers should study most is how desperate each of them are when going for a rope break. Better: Han (4½*)
#GWE Kawada/Akira Taue vs. Misawa/Jun Akiyama 12/6/96
Within a whisker of matching 1995's Greatest Tag Match Ever with a greenish Akiyama, which doesn't help Kobashi's GWE case. Misawa again shows he's tough enough to elbow his way out of anything, which doesn't mean he will. Best: Misawa (4.99*)
#GWE Fit Finlay vs. Steven Regal 3/24/96
Finlay hits Regal so hard—by any standards, let alone '90s Big Two standards—he wakes him up out of Boring '90s Big Two Regal mode and elicits his actually painful matwork. Suplex and elbow outside are great; the bad ending is very WCW. Better: Finlay (4*)
#GWE Volk Han vs. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka 11/22/96
Ten minutes isn't long enough for this to be among the absolute top RINGS matches, but it's plenty for Kohsaka to show he's learned from previous fights to hang with the world's most credible offensive wrestler. If only for ten minutes. Better: Han (4¼*)
#GWE Steiners/Eddie Guerrero vs. Cactus Jack/Dean Malenko/Scorpio 8/5/95
Exciting if typical all-star tag: everyone hits their spots until an ending nobody's happy with. Guerrero + Malenko are the ones most interested in the actual wrestling match, and you know who does it better. Best: Eddie (3¾*)
#GWE Octagon/Rey Misterio Jr./El Hijo del Santo vs. Blue Panther/Psicosis/Fuerza Guerrera 3/17/95
Stuff nobody else had done in '95, backed by strong fundamentals. Funniest part is Rey doing a wild flip senton to the floor, which Santo one-ups with an even more reckless one. Best: Rey/Santo (4½*)
#GWE El Hijo del Santo/Octagon vs. Eddie Guerrero/Art Barr 11/6/94
This can't be as revelatory to those who've seen many big Santo/Eddie apuestas as it was to '94 US audiences. Stiil, Santo does Santo things, Barr has a heck of a frog splash, and Blue Panther gets the biggest pop. Best: Santo (4¼*)
#GWE Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Super Vader 6/10/94. In a few minutes, Tamura convinces the crowd he might really be the one to get the kick-the-monster, get-the-leglock strategy to work. Vader shows he's great at selling pain when the moment calls; that he's a great clubberer you know. Better: Tamura (4¼*)
Saito seems to stay quietly underrated: just noticed he’s not even nominated for #gwe and got a little sad
don’t know how many lists he would have made but he’s good in multiple eras & worth more discussion
wait, neither Daisuke Sasaki nor Tetsuya Endo are nominated for #gwe don’t know if we’re the one to write the blurbs to nominate either but thought it was wild
gwe 2006: 3 women placed in the top 25 (Jaguar Yokota, Aja Kong, & Akira Hokuto)
gwe 2016: 0 women placed in the top 25
gwe 2026: we have to do better
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nomination document in progress for gwe26 still more names to add as we look at the list of current nominees Name 2 Miss Janeth 3 Sareee 4 Tanny Mouse 5 Misae Genki 6 Poison Sawada Julie 7 Toshie Uematsu 8 Asian Cougar 9 Rumi Kazama 10 Kaoru Ito 11 Sonoko Kato 12 Sugar Sato 13 Eagle Sawai 14 Michiko Nagashima 15 Mizuki Endo 16 Kengo Mashimo 17 Super Crafter U 18 Super Uchu Power 19 Shu Sato 20 Kei Sato 21 Kumiko Maekawa 22 Tomoko Watanabe 23 Saki Kashima
last minute working on #gwe nominations before the weekend: who do you plan on nominating?? 🤼♀️
Hey friends! It’s about time for the decennial greatest wrestler ever poll!!!
Voting is a while away, but nominations are due before the weekend
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#GWE Aja Kong/Bull Nakano vs. Akira Hokuro/Shinobu Kandori 3/27/94. Four of the greatest psychos ever. A team with Hokuto should have an advantage in a psycho-off, but she and hated rival Kandori absolutely won't help each other… OR WILL THEY. The rare match that has to go 30+ min. Best: Hokuto (5*)
#GWE Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart 3/20/94. Still one of the half-dozen best things the Bad Promotion ever did—it's so fluid, the product of thousands of sparring sessions, and then on top of that there's the eternal story of the brother aggrieved he's not the golden boy and who kind of has a point. (4¾*)
#GWE Atsushi Onita/Tarzan Goto vs. Ashura Hara/Genichiro Tenryu 3/2/94. Team WAR hand Onita a standard Onita beating until things turn with a chairshot. The switch from precision to sloppiness suits Team FMW, leaving Tenryu to do everything possible to survive a minute at a time. Best: Tenryu (4¼*)
#GWE Aja Kong vs. Yumiko Hotta 1/24/94. AKA the Stigmata Match, so I'll spare you the link. Aja has no concern for Hotta's safety and Hotta has no concern for either of their safety, so you get the most harrowing violence in joshi history. Hotta even sells well; how could she not? Better: Kong (4¼*)
#GWE Aja Kong vs. Megumi Kudo 12/6/93. Not perfect structurally (oof on the ref bump), but it shows their strengths: Aja dishes out a beating; Kudo takes one to get a surprise shot in; Aja's ire ramps up, giving Kudo more chances. Plus no Cole shouting "WHAT DOES AJA HAVE TO DO". Better: Aja (4*)
#GWE Kawada/Taue vs. Misawa/Kobashi 12/3/93. Kobashi and an improved Taue are still lapped. This is a famous Kawada leg sell, but his character work is equally strong (lots to read into his differing attitudes to M&K.) Misawa's the ultimate gamer, doing what his team needs done. Best: Kawada (4½*)
