The following list is the Top 100 wrestlers ever as voted by the members of TWV Asylum and set up by Matt Green.
Matt Green compiled a list of 300 wrestlers from past to present who are generally considered the best. The members of TWV Asylum then voted people in and out on the basis of "Yes," "No," or "Maybe." In the end, there were 2 spots left so the "Maybe" list was voted upon.
After this, the wrestler were organized alphabetically 1 to 100 and were separated into 10 groups of 10. Members then ranked the wrestlers from 10 to 1 with 10 being the highest. This went on for about nine rounds.
At the end of the nine rounds, one more round was placed to judge the top ten placement. People then made their arguments for each spot and why and the results were compilied.
The following was the criteria of this whole list:
Workrate How much effort they put in the ring and how consistent that effort is. Most important
Longevity How long the workers' career lasted. Taking into consideration the length of each workers prime.
Fairing Outside Home How they faired outside their home promotion. Best example would be Lawler leaving Memphis
Number Of Classics How many classics matches they were in that were legitmately thought by the majority of fans to be five star.
Drawing Power How much they drew in gates and buyrates while in the main event as well as how buisness went as they main evented. Least important.
TWV 100
1. Terry Funk
2. Dory Funk Jr.
3. Ricky Steamboat
4. Ric Flair
5. Jushin Liger
6. Mitsuharu Misawa
7. Steve Austin
8. Bret Hart
9. Toshiaki Kawada
10. Jumbo Tsuruta
11. Chris Benoit
12. Shawn Michaels
13. Antonio Inoki
14. Barry Windham
15. Dynamite Kid
16. Eddie Guerrero
17. Kenta Kobashi
18. Jerry Lawler
19. Giant Baba
20. Dick Beyer
21. Stan Hansen
22. Vader
23. Tracy Smothers
24. Randy Savage
25. Genichiro Tenryu
26. The Great Sasuke
27. Eddie Gilbert
28. Shinya Hashimoto
29. Bobby Eaton
30. Manami Toyota
31. Ted DiBiase
32. Brian Pillman
33. Dean Malenko
34. Owen Hart
35. Harley Race
36. Psychosis
37. Ricky Morton
38. Tully Blanchard
39. Jack Brisco
40. Arn Anderson
41. Shinjiro Ohtani
42. Art Barr
43. Rey Misterio Jr.
44. Curt Hennig
45. Roddy Piper
46. Ultimo Dragon
47. Steven Regal
48. Terry Gordy
49. Fit Finlay
50. Jake Roberts
51. Billy Robinson
52. Andre The Giant
53. Chris Jericho
54. Bruiser Brody
55. Yuji Nagata
56. Tatsumi Fujinami
57. Rick Rude
58. 2 Cold Scorpio
59. Dusty Rhodes
60. Davey Boy Smith
61. Dick Murdoch
62. Bam Bam Bigelow
63. Scott Hall
64. Jun Akiyama
65. TAKA Michinoku
66. Mick Foley
67. Rick Martel
68. Lou Thesz
69. The Undertaker
70. Atushi Onita
71. Michael Hayes
72. Kurt Angle
73. Pat Patterson
74. El Hijo Del Santo
75. Satoru Sayama
76. Toshiyo Yamada
77. Dick Togo
78. Jimmy Snuka
79. Rikidozan
80. Bruno Sammartino
81. Gran Hamada
82. Riki Choshu
83. Greg Valentine
84. Mariko Yoshida
85. Scott Steiner
86. Osamu Nishimura
87. The Rock
88. Al Snow
89. Dustin Rhodes
90. Hulk Hogan
91. Abdullah The Butcher
92. Triple H
93. Dick Slater
94. La Parka
95. Don Muraco
96. Hiroshi Hase
97. Nick Bockwinkel
98. Buddy Rogers
99. Dennis Conderey
100. El Samurai
