PWI Female 50 за 2008

[nWoHulkster]

Aйде като сте толкова големи фенове на класациите на PWI ето ви и първата им класация за кечистки.

Pro Wrestling Illustrated has released an issue similar to the "PWI 500," but based on the women of professional wrestling instead. They're calling it the first annual "PWI Female 50," which ranks the top 50 women's wrestlers. PWI feels there is enough credible women's wrestlers out there now to warrant a top 50 ranking. Michelle McCool, Beth Phoenix, Awesome Kong, with "The Beautiful People" - Angelina Love and Velvet Sky - in the front, grace the magazine cover.

It should be noted that PWI has opted to exclude Mexican and Japanese women's wrestlers from the rankings - sans Sarah Stock. Regarding this. PWI wrote: "That isn't intended to be a slight against international competitors. More so than with the male counterparts, women's wrestling varies tremendously between the North American style, the Japanese joshi puroresu styles and the Mexican lucha libre style. With few notable exceptions (such as Sumie Sakai and Gail Kim), a wrestler who excels in one style may fare much more poorly in a different style. Besides, we wanted to shine the spotlight primarily on the U.S. and Canadians competitors first. If reader response to this special section is strong, perhaps we will consider ranking more women, including international competitors, in the future."

On how they ranked the wrestlers, PWI wrote: "To determine this list and compile the rankings, we examined a variety of criteria. While placing special emphasis on a wrestler's accomplishments over the past calender year, we also took note of each women's career accomplishments as well. For example, a veteran like Malia Hosaka may not have wrestled as many matches or as many high-profile bouts as Cherry over the past 12 months, but based on her accomplishments throughout her 20-plus year career, we felt she deserved inclusion."

PWI also went over possible controversy in regards to ranking the likes of Maria and Velvet Sky ahead of more "scientifically skilled technicians" such as Lexie Fyfe and Cindy Rogers. Prominence and marketability factored into the rankings as it's not only based on technical ability and accomplishments. PWI wrote: "We evaluated each woman on championships held, quality of opposition faced, overall athletic ability, prominence, and marketability. To some critics, those last two criteria may be controversial. After all, some may argue that wrestlers like Maria Kanellis and Velvet Sky have no business being ranked ahead of more scientifically skilled technicians like Cindy Rogers and Lexie Fyfe. We would argue that marketability and prominence are an important aspect of pro wrestling, and that the success of these Divas and Knockouts have had on such a major stage has to be taken into consideration."

Here are "The PWI Female 50" rankings in its entirety:

1. Awesome Kong

2. Beth Phoenix

3. Gail Kim

4. Mickie James

5. MsChif

6. Sarah Del Ray

7. Roxxi Laveaux

8. Melina

9. Michelle McCool

10. Candice Michelle

11. Mercedes Martinez

12. Victoria

13. Taylor Wilde

14. ODB

15. Daizee Haze

16. Angelina Love

17. Jacqueline

18. April Hunter

19. Natalya

20. Sumie Sakai

21. Allison Danger

22. Traci Brooks

23. Velvet Sky

24. Sarah Stock

25. Moose Knuckles

26. Katie Lea Burchill

27. Cherry

28. Cheerleader Melisa (a.k.a. Raisha Saeed)

29. Maria Kanellis

30. Amber O'Neal

31. Lexie Fyfe

32. Kelly Kelly

33. Cindy Rogers

34. Jillian Hall

35. Malia Hosaka

36. Christie Ricci

37. Becky Bayless

38. Alere Little Feather

39. Layla El

40. Kelly Couture

41. Jamie D (a.k.a. Sirelda)

42. Christy Hemme

43. Milena Roucka

44. Annie Social

45. Lufisto

46. Rhaka Khan

47. Danyah

48. Jennifer Blake

49. Daffney

50. Portia Perez

[Nastee]

Мислех да я пусна вчера, но знам че повечето тук не са фенове на женски кеч.

Самата класация не е толкова добра. По популярност ли се прави? Има редица имена чието място не е там, или поне не е на нужното високо място, защото като кечистки са пълна скръб. Тези които трябва да са надолу са примерно Michelle, Candice, Taylor, April Hunter(?!?!), Velvet, Cherry, Maria.

Имена като Melissa, Sarah Stock и LuFisto трябва да са доста по нагоре.

Изглежда че в PWI ценят кукличките на WWE доста високо.