2026 GWE Ballot

I tweeted out my ballot, so you can look for some short thoughts on each guy over there. I'm gonna post a version of my ballot here, and then give one match recommendation for each wrestler. It may be their best match, or a match that encapsulates them as a wrestler, or something I just think people should check out.



1. El Hijo del Santo
    with Bestia Salvaje & Scorpio Jr. vs Negro Casas, El Dandy, & Hector Garza 11/29/1996


 2. Genichiro Tenryu    
    vs Jumbo Tsuruta 6/5/1989

3. Daniel Bryan
    vs Sheamus 4/29/2012

4. Terry Funk
    vs Jumbo Tsuruta 6/17/1976



5. Toshiaki Kawada
    vs Mitsuharu Misawa 7/24/1995

6. Shinya Hashimoto
 vs Toshiaki Kawada 2/22/2004

7. Negro Casas
w/ Boulder & Patterson vs Hijo del Santo, Atsushi Onita, & Tarzan Goto 5/16/1992

8. Yuki Ishikawa
    vs Sansyu 11/15/2014

9. El Dandy
    vs Hijo del Santo 6/14/1998

10. John Cena
    vs Brock Lesnar 4/29/2012










11. Kiyoshi Tamura
    w/ Kazuo Yamazaki vs Gary Albright & Mark Silver 7/12/1992


12. Stan Hansen
    vs Kenta Kobashi 7/29/1993




13. Rey Mysterio Jr.
    w/ Billy Kidman vs Wor;d's Greatest Tag Team 7/27/2003

14. Jun Akiyama
    vs Yoshinari Ogawa 9/11/1998 

15. Jumbo Tsuruta
    vs Genichiro Tenryu 4/20/1989

16. Mitsuharu Misawa
    vs Toshiaki Kawada 1/22/1999

17. Meiko Satomura
    vs Aja Kong 9/15/1999

18. Yoshiaki Fujiwara
    vs Kazuo Yamazaki 7/24/1989

19. Ric Flair
    vs Vader 12/27/1993

20. Akira Taue
with Tsuruta & Fuchi vs Toshiaki Kawada, Mitsuharu Misawa, & Kenta Kobashi 5/22/1992

21. Jushin Liger
    vs Brian Pillman 12/27/1991

22. Tatsumi Fujinami
    vs Chavo Guerrero 5/9/1980

23. Akira Hokuto
    vs Shinobu Kandori 12/6/1993

24. AJ Styles
    vs John Cena 1/29/2019

25. Perro Aguayo
    vs Sangre Chicana 2/28/1986

26. Daisuke Ikeda
    vs Yuki Ishikawa 8/29/1999

27. Kenta Kobashi
    w/ KENTA vs Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kensuke Sasaki 8/17/2008

28. Greg Valentine
    vs Robby Piper 7/9/1983

29. Ricky Steamboat
    vs Ric Flair 2/20/1989

30. Buddy Rose
    w/ Ed Wiskowski vs Rick Martel & Roddy Piper 8/2/1980


31. Nick Bockwinkel
    vs Dick Slater 4/16/1982



32. Bret Hart
    vs Diesel 11/19/95




33. Brock Lesnar
    vs John Cena 8/17/14



34. Steve Austin
    vs Kurt Angle 8/19/2001






35. Volk Han
    vs Akira Maeda 4/3/1992
36. Roman Reigns
    vs AJ Styles 5/22/2016

37. WALTER/Gunther
    vs Ilja Dragunov 10/29/2020

38. Randy Savage
    w/ Adrian Adonis vs Tito Santana & Bruno Sammartino

39. Eddie Guerrero
    vs Brock Lesnar 2/15/2004

40. Ron Garvin
    vs Ric Flair 3/29/1986

41. Bob Backlund
    vs Adrian Adonis 1/18/1982

42. Mick Foley
    vs Vader 11/16/1994

43. Samoa Joe
    vs Eddie Kingston 3/17/2007

44. Akira Maeda
    vs Nobuhiko Takada 6/11/1988

45. Aja Kong
    vs Dynamite Kansai 8/30/1995





46. CM Punk
    vs John Cena 9/16/2012

47. Chris Hero
    vs Zack Sabre Jr. 5/6/2016

48. Black Terry
    vs Wotan 8/21/2016




49. Giant Baba
    with Rusher Kimra vs Genichiro Tenryu & Jumbo Tsuruta 12/8/1984






50. Johnny Valentine
    vs Wild Bull Curry 6/20/1969


51. Kana/Asuka
    vs Ember Moon 8/19/2017

52. Tully Blanchard
    vs Ron Garvin 7/26/1986

53. Alexander Otsuka
    with Shinya Hashimoto vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinori Ogawa   1/13/2001

54. Mariko Yoshida
    vs Aja Kong 8/6/1999


55. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
    vs Naohiro Hoshikawa 1/6/2002


56. Roddy Piper
    vs Greg Valentine 11/24/1983

57. Carlos Colon
    vs Stan Hansen 10/21/1986

58. Bruno Sammartino
    vs Waldo Von Erich 6/16/1975

59. Barry Windham
    vs Ric Flair 4/11/1987


60. Andre the Giant
    vs Stan Hansen 9/23/1981


61. Antonio Inoki
    vs Bob Backlund 12/14/1978

62. Fuerza Guerrera
    vs Octagon 11/3/1991




63. LA Park
    vs Hijo del Santo 12/23/2001


64. Vader
    vs Nobuhiko Takada 8/18/1994

65. Chigusa Nagayo
    vs Yukari Omori 10/20/1987

66. Rick Martel
    vs Riki Choshu 10/19/1985


67. Sangre Chicana
    vs MS-1 9/23/1983




68. Jerry Lawler
    with Robert Fuller & Jeff Jarrett vs The Moondogs 1/17/1992



69. Command Bolshoi
    vs Tsubasa Kuragaki 8/2/2009



70. Sheamus
    vs Big Show 10/28/2012




71. Virus
    vs Metallico 5/31/2019


72. Arisa Nakajima
    vs ASUKA 6/13/2020






73. Shinobu Kandori
    vs Bull Nakano 7/14/1994


74. Larry Zbyszko
    vs Bruno Sammartino 2/2/1980


75. Invader I
    vs Super Black Ninja 4/21/1988


76. Cesaro
    vs John Cena 7/6/2015



77. Jaguar Yokota
    vs Lioness Asuka 1/11/1998



78. Hulk Hogan
    vs Big Bossman 3/18/1989



79. Sgt. Slaughter
    vs Pat Patterson 5/4/1981



80. Go Shiozaki
     vs Katsuhiko Nakajima 10/4/2018





81. Mr. Gannosuke
    vs Hayabusa 4/30/1998


82. Sami Zayn
    vs Shinsuke Nakamura 4/1/2016




83. Riki Choshu
    with Yoshiaki Yatsu vs Genichiro Tenryu & Jumbo Tsuruta 1/28/1986


84. Tito Santana
    vs Greg Valentine 7/23/1985


85. Buddy Rogers
    vs Pat O'Connor 6/20/1961


86. Bobby Eaton
    with Stan Lane vs Ric Flair & Barry Windham 12/7/1988


87. Arn Anderson
    with Ric Flair vs Steve Austin & Vader 11/13/1993


88. Roderick Strong
    vs Zack Sabre Jr. 7/10/2015

89. Katsuhiko Nakajima
    vs Masao Inoue 6/14/2020

90. Super Porky
    vs Rey Escorpion 8/18/2013




91. Gran Hamada
    vs Perro Aguayo 3/5/1990


92. Lou Thesz
    vs Buddy Rogers 6/21/1950





93. Dory Funk Jr.
    vs Abdullah the Butcher 12/6/1975




94. Jacky Corn
    vs Inca Peruano 2/21/1958




95. Marty Jones
    vs Terry Rudge 11/30/1976

    



96. Drew Gulak
    vs Daniel Bryan 5/15/2020




97. Tajiri
   vs Little Guido 5/16/1999



98. Nobuhiko Takada
    vs Kazuo Yamazaki 8/13/1988



99. Judy Martin
    with Leilani Kai vs The Jumping Bomb Angels 11/24/1987


100. Megumi Fujii
    with Mariko Yoshida vs Ayumi Kurihara & Kyoko Kimura 6/5/2006
         

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