Paid Members Up Chuck Posted December 13, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted December 13, 2013 He got me into 65dos with his constant pimping of them. They're one of my absolute favourite bands now. But yeah, he uses a ton of different stuff and it's almost always great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo9292 Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 5: Noam Dar 4: Kris Travis 3: Dave Mastiff 2: El Ligero 1: Martin Kirby  thats how i think the top 5 is going to end up like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Big Benny HG Posted December 30, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted December 30, 2013 No. 5: Dave Mastiff Score: 231 points Total 1st place rankings in 2013 votes: 1 Previous UK50 Rankings: 2012=10th, 2011=3rd, 2010=2nd, 2009=6th, 2008=11th, 2007=25th, 2006=24th, 2005=32nd Twitter: @DaveMastiff Entrance theme: 'Denim & Leather' - Saxon  Photo credit - Gordon Harris & Preston City Wrestling  Another of our UKFF '9-Year Club', Big Bad Dave Mastiff also secures his fifth consecutive Top 10 finish. Hailing from the Black Country, the man known as 'The Bastard' (or still 'Human Hate Machine' in more family-friendly environs) has been one of the top attractions in British wrestling across the country...  Beat El Ligero in a cracking match at PCW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Big Benny HG Posted December 30, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted December 30, 2013 No. 4: Noam Dar Score: 248 points Total 1st place rankings in 2013 votes: 3 Previous UK50 Rankings: 2012=2nd, 2011=19th, 2010=43rd, 2009=NL, 2008=NL, 2007=NL, 2006=NL, 2005=NL Twitter: @NoamDar Entrance theme: '(What's the Story) Morning Glory' - Oasis  Photo credit - Gordon Harris & Preston City Wrestling  A fourth-ever UKFF UK50 appearance for Ayr's favourite young Oasis fan. As well as continuing to appear as a star across Scotland, Dar is now accepted and treated as a top star in British wrestling around the entire United Kingdom. These 12 months have been full of showcase matches, high-profile gigs and rave reviews...  Faced his wrestling idol AJ Styles in the huge attraction bout at Pro Wrestling Elite’s first anniversary event in July 2012… Beat Mikey Whiplash and El Ligero to reach the final of PWE’s Heavyweight Title tournament that September, but was bested by Andy Wild in the championship bout. A title rematch between the pair at ‘One Wild Night’ in February also went the way of the Englishman…Beat Martin Kirby and Liam Thomson in a 3-way on PWE’s May show…Appearances over in PBW included matches with The Dunne Brothers, Lionheart, Switch, Wolfgang, Nathan Cruz, Red Lightning and Mark Coffey, as well as victories in the annual 6-way ‘King of Cruisers’ match at the ‘Maximum Impact’ supershow and over Tommy End and El Ligero in a 3-way at ‘Breaking Limits 8’…  Won a 6-way Scramble match at Preston City Wrestling’s first anniversary to become the promotion’s first Cruiserweight Champion…In September, defended his belt in a really good 3-way against El Ligero and Joey Hayes, then returned later on to take the place of the ill Liam Thomson in Fight Club and successfully defend the PCW tag straps over Disco Madness (Mad Man Manson & Sam Bailey)…Took advantage of Fight Club’s interference to beat Kris Travis by countout in November… December’s ‘Festive Fury’ saw him beat Joey Hayes on the afternoon card, before going down to former WWE star John Morrison in a terrific tussle on the main show…Fell to Dave Mastiff in another good match on PCW’s first card of 2013, before beating Andy Wild in the first round of February’s ‘Road to Glory’ tournament. Was jumped by scheduled second round opponent CJ Banks immediately after, making him easy prey for Dave Rayne to cash-in his ‘Money In The Bank’ briefcase and relieve Dar of the Cruiserweight gold. Despite this, the next day Dar beat Banks, Brian Kendrick and Joey Hayes to win the entire ‘Road to Glory’ tourney and earn a shot at the PCW Heavyweight Championship at August’s second anniversary show. The final, especially, was excellent fare…  Scored a big win over DGUSA Champion Johnny Gargano in an impressive April encounter, before taking PCW Champion Doug Williams to a 15-minute time-limit draw at the ‘Supershow 2’ weekend in June. This would have set the scene for the aforementioned title contest between the pair at the anniversary show (now scheduled as a 60-minute ‘Iron Man’ bout), but also resulted in Dar picking up an injury that would sideline him for several months and be replaced in that championship match by El Ligero…  Lost his ICW Zero-G Title to Andy Wild at ‘Insane In The Membrane’, then replaced the injured James Scott in the 4-way main event of ‘Fear & Loathing V’ that November against former Gold Label members Red Lightning, Lionheart and Wolfgang… ICW singles matches included bouts with Wolfgang, Scott, Mikey Whiplash, and Robbie Solar… Beat ‘Mr WRESTLING’ Paul Robinson and Jimmy Havoc on successive THIS IS PROGRESS shows, then earned a shot at the THIS IS PROGRESS Title by defeating Dave Mastiff at ‘Chapter Six’. Failed to unseat champ El Ligero in a superb contest at ‘Chapter Seven’…  Made his full debut for Dragon Gate UK in February as part of the 2013 tour (having appeared in a 'dark' match the tour prior), battling Dragon Gate Japan names Jimmy Susumu, Masaaki Mochizuki and YAMATO in separate singles bouts to start his 5-match ‘Trial Series’… The following month, competed for FutureShock Wrestling as part of their one-night ‘Lotto Thunder’ tournament for the vacant championship. Beat Dave Rayne and Josh Bodom in the quarter- and semi-finals respectively, before coming second to Zack Gibson in a tremendous final…  Faced international superstars Prince Devitt, Davey Richards, Jerry Lynn and Jay Lethal for a combination of IPW:UK, RevPro and SWE, as well as domestic names The Lion Kid, MK McKinnan, Marty Scurll, Robbie X, Mark Haskins, El Ligero, Zack Sabre Jr, Jonny Storm and Mark Andrews… Also appeared here and there in Scotland for BCW, in Wolverhampton for AWW, in London for FPW, in North Wales for BWP, in Oxfordshire for NBWA, in West Yorkshire for NGW and in Liverpool for Infinite Promotions…  What did the UKFF think? "I feel Noam Dar is often somewhat overrated, but he is very good. Match with Zack Gibson for the Futureshock Title was a truly amazing contest, the third of the night for both men. Always a welcome presence at PCW shows as well"  "Gone from prospect to star. The DGUK shows were when everything started to really click for me and he's been on a roll since, only slowed by his unfortunate shoulder injury. Match with Ligero at Progress was brilliant"  "Another big year for Dar as he carried on riding the moment he built up previously and shows no sign of slowing down. The fact he replaced the departing Pac on Team UK for DragonGate shows how far he has come and he has really impressed in PCW against Gargano and Morrison, against Davey Richards in Southside and Prince Devitt in Rev Pro amongst many others. A couple of injury setbacks have occurred over the past 12 months but it can't take the gloss of what has been another strong year for the young Scotsman"  "He has alot to learn in wrestling but when ever i see him he always impresses. Him vrs davey from southside in particular. Saw him at dguk. By no means stole the show but proved despite his age he is a great british wrestler"  "I generally consider Dar to be overrated, but that's not to say he isn't really good - he's just nowhere near as good as people seem to think he is"  "I am going to try to write this explanation without mentioning the age of the competitor once as I’m sure most other voters will mention this. One of the criteria for voting in the UK50 is whether or not the competitor is able to draw the fans in emotionally, for this we need look no further than Noam Dar vs El Ligero for the Progress Championship at Chapter 7. Dar was the challenger in this contest and the fans were desperate to see the Scotsman take the championship from the Mexican Sensation to the point where I thought had it happened, all the glass behind the bar would have shattered due to the release of emotions in the Garage. Alas it was not to be but in my memory I have never seen a crowd so desperate for an outcome in a match and I was in attendance at Summerslam 92 for Davey Boy vs Bret! Dar seems to have a good idea of the need for character in wrestling more so than a lot of people who have been in the business twice as long as he has. Like Sabre Jr Dar is always someone I look for on a card because I know I’m guaranteed a good match no matter the opponent over the voting period I saw Dar wrestle good matches with diverse talent such as Susumu Yokosuka, Jay Lethal, Dave Mastiff and Danny Hope. A talent who will only get better which can only be a good thing since I ranked him number 2… Did I mention he is only 20 years old?"  "Getting better and better, and is starting to add awesome promos to his skill set too. His matches with El Ligero, John Morrison and Johnny Gargano have been excellent"  "One of the best in Europe at the moment and still so young. What makes Noam stand out for me is the fact that he isnt scared to mix it up, he seems aware that he is still young and wants to be great in all aspects of wrestling. An example of this was a very good comedy style match with Red Lightning at PBW in March"  "one of the most exciting young talents in the UK today, absolutely frightening to think how much a legacy this chap is going to leave behind in wrestling"  "Perhaps a little less prominent in Scotland this time around but only because he seems to be tearing it up all over England. Its only a matter of time before he ends up number 1 on this list, the only thing that could prevent that would be a long term move to the US or Japan although that's maybe a couple of years away at least"  "Great wrestler even if his sole purpose for existence is so that Benny can invent shit (yet but undeniably catchy) songs"  "Not a lot can be said that hasn't already been said. For someone so young, he's almost scarily good. He's been rewarded for his hard work with matches against big names across the last year and as far as I've seen, he's always delivered and stood up to the opponent and done himself justice"  "Yet another strong year with stand out matches against Davey Richards , Jay Lethal , AJ Styles and John Morrison and not ever looked out of his depth - and still a teenager in them matches"  "Getting better all the time and still not the finished product" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Big Benny HG Posted December 30, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted December 30, 2013 No. 3: Kris Travis Score: 257 points Total 1st place rankings in 2013 votes: 4 Previous UK50 Rankings: 2012=4th, 2011=11th, 2010=6th, 2009=11th, 2008=19th, 2007=NL, 2006=NL, 2005=NL Twitter: @RealKrisTravis Entrance theme: - CKY Photo credit - Gordon Harris & Preston City Wrestling  A best-ever ranking in the UKFF UK50 for Sheffield's Kris Travis in the sixth time he has been listed. As well as being recognised as a top singles star, Travis often teams with fellow Yorkshireman Martin Kirby to form Project Ego, one of the best tag acts in the country...  Entered the UKFF UK50 eligibility period as the holder of PCW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members gadge Posted December 30, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted December 30, 2013 Kirby and Ligero in yet another battle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddyjoe Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 A little known fact about Mr Kirby. He once wrestled as El Ligero at a show in Middlesbrough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Big Benny HG Posted December 31, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted December 31, 2013 Well, here we go...   No. 2: Martin Kirby Score: 276 points Total 1st place rankings in 2013 votes: 3 Previous UK50 Rankings: 2012=7th, 2011=7th, 2010=9th, 2009=10th, 2008=15th, 2007=NL, 2006=NL, 2005=NL Twitter: @MKirbyProEgo Entrance themes: Babyface: - O-Zone; Heel: - David Hasselhoff Ego Dragon: - Drowning Pool Project Ego: - CKY Photo credit - Tony Knox & Grand Pro Wrestling  North Yorkshire's Martin Kirby achieves his highest-ever UKFF UK50 ranking in this, the sixth year in which he has been ranked and the fifth consecutive year in which he gains a Top 10 place. In doing so, this year he finishes ahead of regular tag team partner Kris Travis, but fails to unseat the man with whom his career is often linked from the top spot. Kirby's antics alongside With Kris Travis as Project Ego in IPW:UK, RPW, FutureShock, PROGRESS, PBW, ICW, HXC and Infinite were covered in Travis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Nice one Ben. Â El Ligero also had a tremendous match against NJPW's Hiromu Takahashi for Pitbull Pro last month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Big Benny HG Posted December 31, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted December 31, 2013 Ladies and gentlemen, the 2013 UKFF UK50:  1 El Ligero 2 Martin Kirby 3 Kris Travis 4 Noam Dar 5 Dave Mastiff 6 Zack Sabre Jr 7 Mark Haskins 8 Rampage Brown 9 Mad Man Manson 10 Joey Hayes 11 Stixx 12 Rockstar Spud 13 Dave Rayne 14 Dean Allmark 15 Mikey Whiplash 16 MK McKinnan 17 CJ Banks 18 T-Bone 19 Robbie X 20 Nathan Cruz 21 Marty Scurll 22 Zack Gibson 23 Cyanide 24 Grado 25 Jack Gallagher 26 Bubblegum 27 Nikki Storm 28 April Davids 29 Wolfgang 30 Damon Leigh 31 Lee Hunter 32 Kay Lee Ray 33 Jim Hunter 34 Mark Andrews 35 Sam Bailey 36 Danny Hope 37 Liam Thomson 38 Joe Coffey 39 Will Ospreay 40 Lionheart 41 Jack Jester 42 Wild Boar 43 BT Gunn 44 Sha Samuels 45 Johnny Moss 46 Pete Dunne 47 Red Lightning 48 Darrell Allen 49 Mark Coffey 50 Eddie Dennis  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On a personal note, I'd just like to thank anyone that took the time to nominate, vote, leave comments or simply read the project this year - if it wasn't for the continued support, this really would be a bit shit. I know this list gets a lot of stick in some quarters, but it remains the biggest and most serious attempt to do something like this and I think we've yet again ended up with a pretty decent-looking set of rankings.  I'd also like to apologise for the ridiculous amount of time it's taken to get the results written-up and presented this year - as you might guess, I'm not particularly happy with the quality of the write-ups towards the end when it was more important to actually get the results out. A combination of computer problems, real-life business and other factors made this a bit of hard work this time. I know it took until November the year the Shitlist was involved (with the extra 30 write-ups, as well as, you know, THE POLICE) but I'd never expect it to take until ruddy Christmas. So, thanks for bearing with me.  Cheers, Benny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Big Benny HG Posted December 31, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted December 31, 2013 ... and just for a bit of fun, here's what the combined, cumulative 9-year rankings look like: Â 1 Spud 2 El Ligero 3 Dave Mastiff 4 Jonny Storm 5 Stixx 6 Zack Sabre Jr 7 Martin Stone 8 Joey Hayes 9 Martin Kirby 10 Bubblegum 11 Kris Travis 12 Johnny Moss 13 Mark Haskins 14 Mad Man Manson 15 Lionheart 16 James Scott 17 Marty Scurll 18 Doug Williams 19= CJ Banks 19= Mikey Whiplash 19= RJ Singh 22 Greg Burridge 23 Terry Frazier 24 Robbie Brookside 25 Pac (Adiran Neville) 26 Majik 27 Noam Dar 28 James Mason 29= Liam Thomson 29= Sha Samuels 31 Andy Simmonz 32 Joel Redman (Oliver Grey) 33= Alex Shane 33= Ricky Knight 33= Wolfgang 36= Falcon 36= James Tighe 38 Nathan Cruz 39= Jack Gallagher 39= Jody Fleisch 41 Jack Storm 42 Paul Malen 43 Zebra Kid 44 James Wallace 45 T-Bone 46 BT Gunn 47 Johnny Kidd 48= Cameron Kraze 48= Sam Bailey 50 Jetta 51= Dragon Phoenix 51= Kid Fite 53 Aviv Maayan 54 Drew Galloway (Drew McIntyre) 55 Dean Allmark 56= Mark Andrews 56= Rampage Brown 58= Dave Rayne 58= MK McKinnan 60= Hade Vansen 60= Stevie Knight 62 Dragon Aisu 63 Sam Slam 64 Robbie X 65= Iceman 65= Robbie Dynamite 67 Zack Gibson 68= Leroy Kincaide 68= Red Lightning 70= Johnny Saint 70= Phil Powers 72 Andy Wild 73 Wild Boar 74= Scott Renwick 74= Stevie Lynn 76 Cyanide 77= Conscience 77= Danny Hope 77= Joseph Conners 80 Ashe 81= Derice Coffie 81= Steve Grey 83= Carl Conroy 83= Drew McDonald 85 Eden Black 86= Damon Leigh 86= Jon Ryan 88 Seamus O'Shaunessy (Sheamus) 89 Mark Belton 90= Gilligan Gordon 90= Justin Richards 92= Grado 92= JD Knight 92= Lee Hunter 92= Phil Bedwell 92= Val Kabious 97 The Saint 98= Adam Shame 98= Jim Hunter 98= Johnny Phere 98= Mal Sanders 98= Nikki Storm 103 April Davids 104= Ashley Reed 104= JC Thunder 104= Max Angelus 107= Lion Kid 107= Paul Travell 109 Mark Sloan 110 Kay Lee Ray 111= Mohmed Ameen 111= Owen Phoenix 113 Pete Dunne 114 TJ Cain 115= Eric Canyon 115= Jack Jester 115= Sweet Saraya 118 Joe Coffey 119= Andy Hogg 119= Behnam Ali 119= Chris Renfrew 119= Will Ospreay 123 Keith Myatt 124= Danny Garnell 124= Dirk Feelgood 126= Damien O'Connor 126= Trent Seven 128 Jon Ritchie 129 Colossus Kennedy 130 Jack Xavier 131= Bulk 131= Kid Richie 133 Chris Whitton 134= Darrell Allen 134= Heresy 136= Charlie Rage 136= Eddie Reyes 136= Josh Bodom 136= Mark Coffey 140= Dan Head 140= Eddie Dennis 140= Zak Zodiac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobystag Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Thank you once again for another sterling job this year. Kirby and Ligero definitely deserve the top two spots this year, their October No Ropes match was in my eyes the best all British match that took place during the voting period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo9292 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Got to admit i'm not shocked Ligero is number 1 however i had a feeling that Kirby could have trumped him this year after hearing all the plaudits he got as EGO Dragon in Southside and working with top names in PCW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members GlennCullen Posted January 3, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted January 3, 2014 I'm just not sure about Kirby. He's undoubtedly very technically competent, and has a lot of personality, but his look isn't there, especially when he's next to Travis who looks and acts like a star. He's good, very good even, but not quite the full package. He's obviously resonated with the UKFF though, so fair play to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sexy Dad Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Your hard work is appreciated Ben! Â Good solid list again this year and its nice to see the likes of T-Bone and Rampage Brown rise through the ranks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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