The 100 (actually 90) Best Big Match Wrestlers in WWF History (Part 1)

Over the past several years, I've been listing star ratings for matches.  This list is the "best big match wrestlers in WWF history" - meaning, I'm just adding up their stars, counting only their 4+ star rated matches (a manageable task).  If you haven't been reading those posts; I'm not including TV matches nor matches in any other promotion, just the big 4 PPVs (a manageable task)

Through WM36 There are 90 WWF wrestlers with 5 and above cumulative stars for their careers.  Here they are, the best big match wrestlers in Counterfactual history. Once I get to 100, I'll cut it off there.  I'm breaking ties with an estimation of how many TV matches they would have had which were also 4 and above.  I'm initally posting this after WM36, but will update this after each PPV, so hopefully, whenever you encounter this list, it's up to date (through SSlam '20)

Runners-up:  4 stars: Drew McIntyre Professor Woods, Bobby Roode, Mascara Dorada, Io Shirai, Becky Lynch, Truth Killings, Greg Valentine, Aguila, Raven, Tyson Kidd, Primo Colon, Dick Togo, Shane Douglas, Booker T, Billy Kidman, Mistico, Ted DiBiase, Terry Funk, Brian Kendrick, Dos Caras, Jr.

4.25 stars: Buddy Murphy, Akira Tozawa, Keith Lee, Kyle O'Reilly, Bobby Fish, Tommaso Ciampa, Matt Riddle, Walter, Ronda Rousey, Austin Aries, Barry Windham, Psychosys, Super Crazy, TJ Perkins, Spike Dudley, Doug Furnas, Phil LaFon, Juventud Guerrera, DLo Brown

4.5 stars: Chad Gable, Jason Jordan, Diesel

4.75 stars: Adam Cole

90. Low Ki (5 stars)

89. Apollo Crews (8 stars)

88. Ray Rougeau (8 stars, WWF Tag Champ)

87. Jacques Rougeau (8 stars, 2 Time WWF Tag Champ)

86. Matt Sydal (8 stars, IC Champ)

85. Bray Wyatt (8 stars, IC Champ)

84. Bayley (8 stars Women's Champ)

83. Sheamus (8 stars, 2 Time IC Champ, 2 Time Tag Champ)

82. Genichiro Tenryu (8.25 stars)

81. Pete Dunne (8.25 stars)

80. The Undertaker (8.25 stars, WWF Tag Champ)

79. Ken Shamrock (8.25 stars IC Champ)

78. Cedric Alexander (8.5 stars)

77. Charlie Haas (8.5 stars, 2 Time Tag Champ)

76. Dean Malenko (8.75 stars)

75. Kenta (9 stars Dark Ride Champ)

74. Jack Swagger (9 stars, WWF Tag Champ)

73. Jamie Noble (12 stars)

72. Hakushi (12 stars)

71. John Cena (12 stars, 2 Time Tag Champ)

70. Kingston (12 stars 3 Time Tag Champ)

69. Roddy Piper (12 stars 2 Time IC Champ, Tag Champ)

68. Charlotte Flair (12 stars, 2 Time Women's Champ)

67. Taka Michinoku (12.25 stars)

66. Lance Storm (12.25 stars, WWF Tag Champ)

65. Chavo Guerrero (12.25 stars, IC Champ, Tag Champ)

64. Tajiri (12.25 stars 2 Time IC Champ)

63. Asuka (12.25 stars, 2 Time Women's Champ)

62. The Rock (12.5 stars, IC Champ, 2 Time Tag Champ)

61. Langston (12.75 stars, 2 Time Tag Champ)

60. Ricochet (13.75 stars, IC Champ)

59. Sasha Banks (16 stars, 3 Time Women's Champ)

58. Luke Harper (16.25 stars, IC Champ)

57. Johnny Nitro (16.25 stars, IC Champ, NWA Champ)

56. Taz (16.25 stars, IC Champ, Tag Champ)

55. Rick Rude (16.25 stars, IC Champ, Tag Champ)

54. Ric Flair (16.25 stars, 2 Time WWF Champ, Tag Champ)

53. Tully Blanchard (16.5 stars, Tag Champ)

52. Fit Finlay (16.5 stars, IC Champ, NWA Champ)

51. Roman Reigns Uso (16.75 stars)

50. Dynamite Kid (16.75 stars, 2 Time WWF Champ)

49. Arn Anderson (20.5 stars, Tag Champ)

48. Sean Waltman (20.5 stars, IC Champ)

47. Kalisto (20.75 stars)

46. Paul London (21 stars)

45/44. The Revival (Dash/Dawson) (21 stars, Tag Champs)

43. Shelton Benjamin (21 stars WWF Champ, 4 Time Tag Champ)

42. Samoa Joe (21.25 stars WWF Champ, Dark Ride Champ)

41. Vader (21.5 stars, IC Champ)

40. DVon Dudley (21.75 stars, 2 time WWF Tag Champ)

39. Ricky Steamboat (22.25 stars, 2 Time WWF Champ)

38. Marty Jannetty (24.75 stars, 2 Time Tag Champ)

37. Hunter Hearst Helmsley-McMahon (25 stars, IC Champ, 2 Time Tag Champ)

36. Rob Van Dam (25.25 stars, 2 time IC Champ, 2 Time Tag Champ)

35. Shinsuke Nakamura (25.25 stars, WWF Champ, Dark Ride Champ)

34. Bubba Ray Dudley (26 stars, 2 Time WWF Tag Champ)

33. Matt Hardy (26.5 stars, 3 time WWF Tag Champ)

32. Pac/Neville (26.75 stars, 2 time WWF Tag Champ)

31-30. Usos (Jimmy/Jey) (29.25 stars, 2 Time WWF Tag Champs)

29. Dean Ambrose (29.5 stars, IC Champ, Tag Champ)

28. Razor Ramon (29.75 stars, 2 Time IC Champ, Tag Champ)

27. Prince Devitt (30 stars, IC Champ)

26. Steve Regal (34 stars, IC Champ)

The Top 25 is coming in June.  

The 100...okay...114 Greatest Wrestlers of All Time

Every one year title reign.

Okay - so I took the previous lists of each title match in Counterfactual history, added as much of the real world as I could manage, generated a scoring system that heavily weighs upon numbers of and lengths of title reigns, and out it spit a list of the greatest wrestlers ever (not a subjective evaluation, not my saying "X was better than Y" just math)  Note, it's not a real world list; I understand about El Santo.  I'm privileging championships won in a curated set of promotions with a heavy weight to WWF, given that it's the protaganist.

Within the world of the Counterfactual, this is a big deal for the WWE Network; it's released ten names at a time over ten weeks, much in the same way the NFL Network has their Top 100 players show each season.  Video, interviews, commentary, arguments.  And these numbers are part of the canon, announcers will talk about wrestlers as if these ratings have real meaning.

Here's the 14 who just missed the top 100.

114. Kevin Steen
-ROH Champion, 3 Time PWG Champion, ROH Tag Champion

113. Mr. Fuji
-5 time WWF Tag Team Champion

112. Tony Garea
-5 time WWF Tag Team Champion

111. Blackjack Mulligan
-4 time NWA US Champion, WWF Tag Team Champion

110. Katsuhiko Nakajima
- 3 time GHC Jr. Champion, AJPW Jr. Champion

109. CIMA
-3 time Dragon Gate Champion

108. Tajiri
- ECW Champion, 2 Time WWF IC Champion, ECW TV Champion

107. Cowboy James Storm
-TNA Champion, 6 time TNA tag Team Champion

106. Hulk Hogan
-WWF Champion, AWA Champion, NWA Tag Team Champion

105. Claudio Castagnoli
-WWF Champion, PWG Champion, 2 Time ROH Tag Team Champion

104. Booker T
-WWF Champion, WWF Tag Team Champion, 2 Time NWA Tag Team Champion

103. Shelton Benjamin
-WWF Champion, 3 Time WWF Tag Team Champion, 2 Time ROH Tag Team Champion

102. Paul Jones
-3 time NWA US Champion, 6 time NWA Tag Team Champion

101. Tyler Black

-ROH Champion, WWF Tag Team Champion, 2 Time ROH tag Team Champion

And now - the 100 greatest wrestlers, sort of, of all time.

100. Masahiro Chono 

-IWGP Champion, 7 time IWGP Tag Champion

99. Greg The Hammer Valentine 
-WWF IC Champion, 3 time NWA US Champion, 4 time NWA Tag Team Champion

98. Tiger Mask IV 
-6 time IWGP Jr. Champion

97. Minoru Tanaka 
-AJPW Jr. Champion, 4 time IWGP Jr. Champion

96. Christian 
-TNA X Champion, 2 Time WWF Tag Champion, 2 Time TNA Tag Team Champion

95. Randy Orton 
-2 time WWF IC Champion, 4 time WWF Tag Team Champion

94. Rick Steiner 
-3 time NWA Tag Team Champion, WWF Tag Team Champion, 2 Time IWGP Tag Team Champion

93. Scott Steiner 
-4 Time NWA Tag Team Champion, WWF Tag Team Champion, 2 Time IWGP Tag Team Champion

92. Road Warrior Hawk 

-2 Time WWF Tag Team Champion, 2 Time NWA Tag Team Champion, 2 Time IWGP Tag Team Champion

91. 2 Cold Scorpio 
-ECW TV Champion, 2 Time NWA US Champion, 2 Time GHC Tag Team Champion

90. Arn Anderson 
-2 Time NWA US Champion, WWF Tag Team Champion, NWA Tag Team Champion

89. Yoshinobu Kanemaru 
-AJPW Jr. Champion, 6 Time GHC Jr. Champion

88. Koji Kanemoto 

-5 Time IWGP Jr. Champion

87. Razor Ramon 
-2 Time WWF IC Champion, WWF Tag Team Champion, 2 Time NWA Tag Team Champion

86. Roddy Piper 
-2 Time WWF IC Champion, 2 Time NWA US Champion, WWF Tag Team Champion

85. Nigel McGuinness 

-ROH Champion, TNA Champion

84. DVon Dudley 

-2 Time WWF Tag Team Champion, 4 Time TNA Tag Champion, 2 Time ECW Tag Team Champion, 2 Time IWGP Tag Team Champion

83. Wahoo McDaniel 
-5 time NWA US Champion, 4 time NWA Tag Team Champion

82. Jay Briscoe 

2 time ROH Champion, 8 time ROH Tag Team Champion

81. Taz 

-ECW Champion, WWF IC Champion, WWF Tag Team Champion

80. Yoshinari Ogawa 

-GHC Champion, 3 time AJPW Jr. Champion, GHC Tag Team Champion, AJPW Tag Team Champion

79. Giant Baba 
-3 time NWA Champion

78. The Franchise Shane Douglas 
-2 Time NWA Champion, 2 Time ECW Champion

77. Kazuyuki Fujita 

-3 time IWGP Champion

76. Kazuchika Okada 
- 3 time IWGP Champion

75. Nature Boy Buddy Rogers 

-WWF Champion, NWA Champion

74. Alex Shelley 

-TNA Champion, 2 time TNA X Champion, 3 time TNA Tag Team Champion

73. Jeff Hardy 
-TNA Champion, 2 Time WWF Tag Team Champion, 2 Time TNA Tag Champion

72. Dean Malenko 
-NWA Champion, 2 Time NWA US Champion

71. Terry Gordy
-2 Time AJPW Triple Crown Champion, 7 Time AJPW Tag Team Champion, NWA Tag Team Champion

70. Frank Gotch 

-World Heavyweight Champion

69. Jack Brisco 
-2 time NWA Champion, 3 time NWA Tag Team Champion

68. Bubba Ray Dudley 

-2 Time WWF Tag Team Champion, 5 Time TNA Tag Champion, 3 Time ECW Tag Team Champion, 2 Time IWGP Tag Team Champion

67. Fallen Angel Christopher Daniels 

-TNA Champion, 2 Time X Division Champion, 3 Time ROH Tag Team Champion, 2 time TNA Tag Team Champion

66. Riki Choshu 

-3 time IWGP Champion, 3 time IWGP Tag Team Champion

65. Taiyo Kea 
-AJPW Triple Crown Champion, AJPW Jr. Champion, 7 time AJPW Tag Team Champion, IWGP Tag Team Champion

64. Kenta 
-GHC Champion, 3 Time GHC Jr. Champion, GHC Tag Champion

63. Shinsuke Nakamura 
-3 Time IWGP Champion, IWGP Tag Champion

62. British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith 
-WWF Champion, 3 Time WWF Tag Team Champion

61. Nick Nemeth 
-WWF Champion, 2 time WWF IC Champion, WWF Tag Team Champion

60. Edge 
-WWF Champion, WWF IC Champion, 2 Time WWF Tag Team Champion

59. Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig 
-WWF Champion, AWA Champion, WWF IC Champion

58. Sabu 
-ECW Champion, WWF Tag Team Champion

57. Dory Funk, Jr. 

-NWA Champion

56. Austin Aries 

-2 Time TNA Champion, 2 Time ROH Champion, 2 time TNA Tag Team Champion,  ROH Tag Team Champion

55. Low Ki 
-ROH Champion, 2 time TNA Champion, 2 time TNA X Champion. 3 time IWGP Jr. Champion, PWG Champion

54. Rob Van Dam 
-ECW Champion, 2 Time WWF IC Champion, ECW TV Champion 2 Time WWF Tag Team Champion, 2 Time TNA tag Team Champion

53. Pedro Morales 

-WWF Champion, 2 Time WWF IC Champion, WWF Tag Team Champion

52. Brock Lesnar 
-2 time WWF Champion, IWGP Champion

51. Kohei Suwama 

-4 time AJPW Triple Crown Champion, AJPW Tag Team Champion

...The Top Fifty...

50. Akira Taue 
-AJPW Triple Crown Champion, GHC Champion, 7 time AJPW Tag Team Champion

49. Go Shiozaki 
-AJPW Triple Crown Champion, 2 time GHC Champion, 2 Time AJPW Tag Team Champion, GHC Tag Team Champion

48. Minoru Suzuki 
-2 Time AJPW Triple Crown Champion, GHC Champion, GHC Tag Team Champion, AJPW Tag Team Champion, IWGP Tag Team Champion

47. Yuji Nagata 

-GHC Champion, 2 time IWGP Champion, AJPW Tag Team Champion, 2 time IWGP tag Champion, GHC Tag Team Champion

46. Naomichi Marufuji 
-2 time GHC Champion, GHC Jr. Champion, AJPW Jr. Champion, IWGP Jr. Champion, 3 time GHC Tag Team Champion

45. Dr. Death Steve Williams 
-AJPW Triple Crown Champion, NWA Champion, 8 Time AJPW Tag Team Champion

44. Shinya Hashimoto 

-AJPW Triple Crown Champion, 3 Time IWGP Champion, 3 Time IWGP Tag Champion

43. Jim Londos 

-World Heavyweight Champion

42. Joe Stecher 
-3 time World Heavyweight Champion

41. Dynamite Kid 
-2 Time WWF Champion

40. Takeshi Morishima 
-3 Time GHC Champion, ROH Champion, 5 Time GHC Tag Team Champion

39. Satoshi Kojima 

-2 time AJPW Triple Crown Champion, 2 time IWGP Champion, 3 time AJPW Tag Team Champion, 6 time IWGP Tag Team Champion

38. Sting 
-2 Time NWA Champion, NWA US Champion, TNA X Champion, TNA Tag Champion

37. Samoa Joe 
-3 time TNA Champion, 2 time TNA X Champion, ROH Champion, GHC Tag Champion

36. Terry Funk 
-2 Time NWA Champion, ECW Champion, NWA US Champion, WWF Tag Team Champion, NWA Tag Team Champion

35. AJ Styles 
-2 time IWGP Champion, 3 Time TNA Champion, PWG Champion, TNA Tag Team Champion, ROH Tag Team Champion

34. Stone Cold Steve Austin 
-WWF Champion, 2 Time WWF IC Champion, WWF Tag Team Champion, NWA US Champion, NWA Tag Champion

33. Randy Macho Man Savage 
-WWF Champion, 2 Time IC Champion, NWA Tag Team Champion

32. Chris Jericho 

-WWF Champion, NWA Champion, 3 Time WWF IC Champion, WWF Tag Team Champion

31. Ed Strangler Lewis 
-3 Time World Heavyweight Champion

30. Hiroyoshi Tenzan 
-4 time IWGP Champion, 11 Time IWGP Tag Team Champion

29. Yoshihiro Takayama 
-AJPW Triple Crown Champion, GHC Champion, IWGP Champion, AJPW Tag Team Champion, GHC Tag Team Champion, IWGP Tag Team Champion

28. Jun Akiyama 
-3 Time GHC Champion, AJPW Triple Crown Champion, 6 Time AJPW Tag Team Champion, 3 Time GHC Tag Team Champion

27. Jumbo Tsuruta 

-3 Time AJPW Triple Crown Champion, 7 Time AJPW Tag Team Champion

26. Stan Hansen 
-4 Time AJPW Triple Crown Champion, 8 Time AJPW Tag Team Champion, NWA US Champion 

25. Kensuke Sasaki 
-GHC Champion, AJPW Triple Crown Champion, 5 time IWGP Champion, 7 time IWGP Tag Team Champion, GHC Tag Team Champion

24. Jushin Thunder Liger 
-NWA Champion, Dragon Gate Champion, CMLL Champion, 11 Time IWGP Jr. Champion, GHC Jr. Champion

23. Cactus Jack 

-2 Time WWF Champion, WWF IC Champion, WWF Tag Team Champion, NWA Tag Team Champion

22. American Dragon Bryan Danielson 
-2 Time WWF Champion, ROH Champion, 2 Time PWG Champion, GHC Jr. Champion

21. Rey Mysterio, Jr. 
-2 Time WWF Champion, NWA Champion, 2 Time WWF IC Champion, NWA US Champion, WWF Tag Team Champion

We've hit...the top 20.....

20. Eddy Guerrero 
-2 Time WWF Champion, NWA Champion, WWF Tag Team Champion, 2 Time WWF IC Champion, NWA US Champion

19. CM Punk 

-3 time WWF Champion, ECW Champion, ROH Champion, TNA X Division Champion, 2 time ROH Tag Team Champion

18. Owen Hart 
-3 Time WWF Champion, 2 Time WWF IC Champion, WWF Tag Team Champion, IWGP Jr. Champion

17. Bob Backlund 
-2 Time WWF Champion; 2 Time WWF Tag Team Champion

16. Kurt Angle 
-2 Time WWF Champion, 2 Time TNA Champion, TNA X Division Champion, WWF Tag Team Champion

15. Ricky The Dragon Steamboat 

-2 Time WWF Champion, NWA Champion, 4 Time NWA US Champion, 6 Time NWA Tag Team Champion

14. Tatsumi Fujinami 

-6 Time IWGP Champion, 5 time IWGP Tag Team Champion

13. Handsome Harley Race 

-8 Time NWA Champion, NWA US Champion

12. Lou Thesz 

-3 Time NWA Champion

11. Hiroshi Tanahashi 
-7 Time IWGP Champion, CMLL Champion, 2 Time IWGP Tag Champion, GHC Tag Champion

Ready for the Top Ten...

10. Toshiaki Kawada 

-5 Time AJPW Triple Crown Champion, 9 Time AJPW Tag Team Champion

9. Vader 
-2 Time AJPW Triple Crown Champion, 3 Time IWGP Champion, 2 Time NWA Champion, WWF IC Champion, AJPW Tag Team Champion, IWGP Tag Team Champion, GHC Tag Team Champion

8. Kenta Kobashi 
-3 Time AJPW Triple Crown Champion, GHC Champion, 6 time AJPW Tag Team Champion, 2 Time GHC Tag Team Champion

7. The Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels 

-2 Time WWF Champion, 5 Time WWF IC Champion, 3 Time WWF Tag Team Champion

6. Bret Hit Man Hart 
-3 Time WWF Champion, WWF IC Champion, 2 Time WWF Tag Team Champion

5. Chris Benoit 
-2 Time WWF Champion, 3 Time NWA Champion, WWF IC Champion, IWGP Jr. Champion, WWF Tag Team Champion

4. Bruno Sammartino 
-2 Time WWF Champion

3. Great Muta 

-3 Time AJPW Triple Crown Champion, 4 Time IWGP Champion, NWA US Champion, 5 Time AJPW Tag Team Champion, 6 Time IWGP Tag Champion, 

2. Mitsuharu Misawa 

-5 time AJPW Triple Crown Champion, 3 time GHC Champion, 6 time AJPW Tag Team Champion, 2 time GHC Tag Team Champion

1. Nature Boy Ric Flair 
-2 Time WWF Champion, 6 Time NWA Champion, 6 Time NWA US Champion, WWF Tag Team Champion, 4 Time NWA Tag Team Champion

Every 1 Year Title Reign...Ever

Title match history is here.

..well, not every one, just the ones that matter in this world. Through WM31.

WWF Title

Bruno Sammartino 7 yrs, 8 mos

Bob Backlund 4 yrs

Bruno Sammartino 3 yrs, 4 mo

Kurt Angle 2 yrs

Bret Hart 2 yrs

Pedro Morales 1 yr, 10 mos

Chris Jericho 1 yr, 9 mos

Curt Hennig 1 yr, 9 mos

Bob Backlund 1 yr, 9 mo

Bryan Danielson, 1 yr, 3 mos

Ricky Steamboat 1 yr, 2 mos

Hulk Hogan 1 yr, 1 mo

Rey Mysterio 1 yr

Chris Benoit 1 yr.

Chris Benoit 1 yr.

Cactus Jack 1 yr

Bret Hart 1 yr

Randy Savage 1 yr

Ricky Steamboat 1 yr

Dynamite Kid 1 yr

AJPW Triple Crown

Mitsuharu Misawa 1 yr, 11 mos

Satoshi Kojima 1 yr, 5 mos

Toshiaki Kawada 1 yr, 5 mos

Mitsuharu Misawa 1 yr, 4 mos

Suwama 1 yr, 2 mos

Minoru Suzuki 1 yr

Mitsuharu Misawa 1 yr

Jumbo Tsuruta 1 yr

GHC Title

Kenta Kobashi 2 yrs

Takeshi Sugiura 1 yr, 8 mos

Mitsuharu Misawa 1 yr, 2 mos

Kenta 1 yr.

Takeshi Morishima 1 yr.

ROH Title

Samoa Joe, 1 yr, 9 mos

Nigel McGuinness 1 yr, 7 mos

Bryan Danielson 1 yr, 2 mos

IWGP Title

Shinya Hashimoto 1 yr, 4 mos

Kazuchika Okada 1 yr, 1 mo

Hiroshi Tanahashi 1 yr, 1 mo

Yuji Nagata 1 yr, 1 mo

Muta 1 yr, 1 mo

Shinya Hashimoto 1 yr

Vader 1 yr

NWA Title

Lou Thesz 6 yrs, 4 mos

Dory Funk 4 yrs 3 mos

Ric Flair 3 yrs, 6 mos

Gene Kiniski 3 yrs, 1 mo

Lou Thesz 3 yrs

Ric Flair 2 yrs.

Orville Brown, 1 yr, 10 mos

Ric Flair 1 yr, 9 mos

Buddy Rogers 1 yr, 7 mos

Harley Race 1 yr, 6 mos

Jack Brisco 1 yr, 5 mos

Pat O'Connor 1 yr, 5 mos

Sting 1 yr, 3 mos

Terry Funk 1 yr, 2 mos

Dick Hutton 1 yr, 2 mos

Steve Williams 1 yr, 1 mo.

Chris Benoit 1 yr.

Sting 1 yr.

Jack Brisco 1 yr

Lou Thesz 1 yr.

ECW Title

Sabu 3 yrs, 1 mo

Taz 1 yr, 6 mos

CM Punk 1 yr, 4 mos

TNA Title

Samoa Joe 2 yrs, 5 mos

AJ Styles 1 yr.

PWG Title

Adam Cole 1 yr, 6 mos

Chris Hero 1 yr, 2 mos

Joey Ryan 1 yr, 1 month

WWF IC Title

Randy Savage 2 yrs

Bret Hart 1 yr, 10 mos

MVP 1 yr, 5 mos

Shawn Michaels 1 yr, 2 mos

Pedro Morales 1 yr, 2 mos

Don Muraco 1 yr, 1 mo

The Rock 1 yr

Sheamus 1 yr

Cactus Jack 1 yr

Roddy Piper 1 yr

AJPW Jr.

Masanobu Fuchi 3 yrs, 6 mos

Masanobu Fuchi 2 yrs

Kaz Hayashi 1 yr, 11 mos

Yoshinori Ogawa 1 yr, 11 mos

Kendo Kashin 1 yr, 10 mos

Shuji Kondo 1 yr, 4 mos

Phil LaFon 1 yr, 2 mos

Katsuhiko Najajima 1 yr, 1 mo

GHC Jr.

Taiji Ishimori 1 yr, 3 mos

Yoshinobu Kanemaru 1 yr, 2 mos

Yoshinobu Kanemaru 1 yr

IWGP Jr.

Jushin Thunder Liger 1 yr, 8 mos

Prince Devitt 1 yr, 2 mos

Minoru Tanaka 1 yr, 1 mo

Jushin Thunder Liger 1 yr, 1 mo

Prince Devitt 1 yr

NWA US 

Tully Blanchard 2 yrs, 4 mos

Sting 1 yr, 1 mo

Barry Windham 1 yr, 1 mo

Arn Anderson 1 yr.

ECW TV

RVD 3 yrs

2 Cold Scorpio 2 yrs

Sandman 1 yr

TNA X

Sanjay Dutt 1 yr

Jay Lethal 1 yr

WWF Tags
The Shield 2 years (as of WM31)

Hart Foundation (Bret/Davey Boy/Anvil) 1 yr, 7 mos

Steiners 1 yr 2 mos

Road Warriors 1 yr. 2 mos

Rougeaus 1 yr

Santana/Beefcake 1 yr

Valiants 1 yr

AJPW Tags

Kea/Suzuki 1 yr, 7 mos

GHC Tags

Saito/Smith 1 yr, 4 mos

Misawa/Ogawa 1 yr

IWGP Tags

Bernard/Anderson 1 yr, 7 mos

Tenzan/Chono 1 yr, 4 mos

Tenzan/Kojima 1 yr, 2 mos

Anderson/Gallows 1 yr

NWA Tags

Road Warriors 2 yrs, 2 mo

Steiners 1 yr, 4 mo

ROH Tag Title

Kings of Wrestling 1 yr

ECW Tags

Public Enemy 2 yrs

Dudleys 1 yr, 6 mos

Bubba Ray/Whipwreck 1 yr.

The Top 10 Wrestlers of All Time

Top 10 Wrestlers in Counterfactual History
(Summer Slam build will be the next posts - who will challenge Rey for the Undisputed Championship? What's the next chapter in Matt/Edge? What will the dastardly 51% Solution do next? All coming on the Road to Summer Slam '06!

Don't know what this post involves? Go to Part I to see the countdown of 64-11.
Don't know why we're here at all? Go to "it begins" and work your way forward.
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10. Ricky The Dragon Steamboat (2 Time WWF Heavyweight Champion, NWA World Champion, 3 Time NWA US Champion, 2 Time NWA Tag Champion)

9. Rey Mysterio, Jr. (Undisputed Heavyweight Champion, WWF Worldwide Champion, WWF Tag Champion, NWA World Champion, 2 Time NWA US Champion Triple Crown Winner)

8. Lou Thesz (6 Time NWA World Champion)

7. The Rocket Owen Hart (3 Time WWF Heavyweight Champion, 2 Time WWF IC Champion, WWF Tag Champion, Triple Crown Winner)

6. Harley Race (7 Time NWA World Champion)

5. Eddy Guerrero (2 Time Undisputed Heavyweight Champion, 2 Time WWF IC Champion, WWF Tag Champion, NWA World Champion, NWA US Champion, Triple Crown Winner)

4. Bret Hit Man Hart (3 Time WWF Heavyweight Champion, 2 Time WWF IC Champion, 2 Time WWF Tag Champion, Triple Crown Winner)

3. Crippler Chris Benoit (2 Time WWF Heavyweight Champion, WWF Worldwide Champion, WWF Tag Champion, 3 Time NWA World Champion, Triple Crown Winner)

2. The Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels (2 Time WWF Heavyweight Champion, 4 Time WWF IC Champion, 3 Time WWF Tag Champion, Triple Crown Winner)

1. Nature Boy Ric Flair (WWF Heavyweight Champion, WWF Unified Tag Champion, 5 Time NWA World Champion, 2 Time NWA US Champion, NWA Tag Champion)

Part One - The Top 64 Wrestlers of All Time

The Top 64 Wrestlers Of All Time
(This concludes a multi-part look at the history of the Counterfactual, a Counterfactual almanac if you will. Not for nothing, but a new edition to wwe.com is called “What if…” and the first installment is “What if Hogan didn’t slam Andre…” I’m just sayin’. I’d anticipate the next posts, which will be the build for Summer Slam ’06 to be in June, and then the big event itself will be in August. This list is an objective look at how, based on the title histories given here, for all four companies, pre-Counterfactual through WM XXII, one would rank the greatest wrestlers in North American history. I’m just doing this numerically, assigning a weight to all of the belts which were attained herein, giving additional points for longevity of title reigns. It’s basically a bullshit exercise, of course, just an excuse to listmake, silliness piled onto silliness, but here it is. This is not, please note, my evaluation of the real world careers or abilities of the workers – I’m assuming that wrestling is a sport and evaluating their careers based on titles. Why 64? Given the point breakdown, neither 50 or 100 made good sense. Actually, the number that makes the most sense turned out to be a top 56. But 56 doesn’t lend itself to brackets. And maybe someone wants to run a tournament. So, I picked 64. Feel free to S curve it. Trade with your friends! In a year, I’ll update, as active wrestlers obviously will move up the list based on performance every year.)

64. Hulk Hogan (WWF Heavyweight Champion, NWA Tag Champion)
63. Lance Storm (WWF Tag Champion, NWA US Champion, ECW TV Champion)
62. Shelton Benjamin (3 Time WWF Unified Tag Champion)
61. George Hackenschmidt (NWA Heavyweight Champion)
60. Ravishing Rick Rude (WWF IC Champion, WWF Tag Champion, NWA Tag Champion)
59. Frank Gotch (NWA Heavyweight Champion)
58. Dory Funk, Jr. (NWA Heavyweight Champion)
57. Flyin’ Brian Pillman (NWA Heavyweight Champion, NWA US Champion, NWA Tag Champion)
56. Wahoo McDaniel (3 Time NWA US Champion, NWA Tag Champion)
55. Dusty Rhodes (2 Time NWA Heavyweight Champion)
54. Iron Sheik (WWF Heavyweight Champion, WWF Tag Champion)
53. Stanislaus Zbysko (2 Time NWA Heavyweight Champion)
52. Bronco Nagurski (2 Time NWA Heavyweight Champion)
51. AJ Styles (2 Time TNA Heavyweight Champion)
50. Rick Steiner (3 Time NWA Tag Champion, WWF Tag Champion)
49. Everett Marshall (2 Time NWA Heavyweight Champion)
48. The Magnificent Don Muraco (2 Time WWF IC Champion)
47. Greg The Hammer Valentine (2 Time NWA US Champion, WWF IC Champion)
46. The Fallen Angel Christopher Daniels (TNA Heavyweight Champion, 2 Time TNA X Division Champion)
45. The Shooter Dean Malenko (NWA Heavyweight Champion, 2 Time NWA US Champion)
44. Chief Jay Strongbow (4 Time WWF Tag Champion)
43. Road Warriors (2 Time WWF Tag Champions, 2 Time NWA Tag Champions)
42. Tito Santana (2 Time WWF Tag Champion, WWF IC Champion)
41. Tully Blanchard (2 Time WWF Tag Champion, NWA US Champion)
40. Scott Steiner (4 Time NWA Tag Champion, WWF Tag Champion)
39. The British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith (WWF Heavyweight Champion, 2 Time WWF Tag Champion)
38. Jack Brisco (2 Time NWA Heavyweight Champion, 2 Time NWA Tag Champion)
37. Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig (WWF Heavyweight Champion, WWF IC Champion)
36. Taz (ECW Heavyweight Champion, WWF Worldwide Champion, WWF Tag Champion)
35. Nature Boy Buddy Rogers (WWF Heavyweight Champion, NWA Heavyweight Champion)
34. Mr. Fuji (5 Time WWF Tag Champion)
33. Tony Garea (5 Time WWF Tag Champion)
32. Giant Baba (3 Time NWA Heavyweight Champion)
31. Scott Hall (2 Time WWF IC Champion, 2 Time NWA Tag Champion, WWF Tag Champion)
30. Dynamite Kid (2 Time WWF Heavyweight Champion)
29. Strangler Lewis (3 Time NWA Heavyweight Champion)
28. Sting (2 Time NWA Heavyweight Champion, NWA US Champion, NWA Tag Champion)
27. Arn Anderson (3 Time NWA US Champion, 2 Time WWF Tag Champion, NWA Tag Champion)
26. Vader (2 Time NWA Heavyweight Champion, WWF IC Champion)
25. Tajiri (ECW Heavyweight Champion, 2 Time WWF Worldwide Champion, ECW Tag Champion)
24. Bill Longston (3 Time NWA Heavyweight Champion)
23. Joe Stecher (3 Time NWA Heavyweight Champion)
22. Terry Funk (2 Time NWA Heavyweight Champion, ECW Heavyweight Champion, WWF Tag Champion,
21. The Franchise Shane Douglas (2 Time NWA Heavyweight Champion, 2 Time ECW Heavyweight Champion)
20. Rowdy Roddy Piper (2 Time WWF IC Champion, 2 Time NWA US Champion, WWF Tag Team Champion
19. Macho Man Randy Savage (WWF Champion, 2 Time WWF IC Champion NWA Tag Champion)
18. Kurt Angle (2 Time Undisputed Heavyweight Champion, WWF Unified Tag Champion)
17. Bob Backlund (2 Time WWF Champion, 2 Time WWF Tag Champion)
16. Lizard King Chris Jericho (NWA World Champion, 3 Time WWF IC Champion, WWF Unified Tag Champion)
15. Pedro Morales (WWF Champion, 2 Time IC Champion, WWF Tag Champion)
14. Bruno Sammartino (2 Time WWF Champion, WWF Tag Champion)
13. Stone Cold Steve Austin (WWF Champion, 2 Time WWF IC Champion, NWA US Champion, WWF Tag Champion, NWA Tag Champion)
12. Cactus Jack (2 Time WWF Champion, WWF IC Champion, WWF Tag Champion, NWA Tag Champion)
11. Rob Van Dam (2 Time ECW World Champion, 2 Time WWF Worldwide Champion, WWF Tag Champion, ECW TV Champion)

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