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Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter has compiled a tentative top ten list of the best wrestlers of the past decade. He has gone through the newsletter?s annual awards in a number of different categories over the last ten years, awarding ten points for first place down to one point for tenth place, to generate lists based on consistent performance. The awards are voted on each year by both the newsletter subscribers and industry insiders.

The results are as follows:

Wrestler of the Decade:

01/ Kurt Angle

02/ Kenta Kobashi

03= Keiji Muto

03= Chris Jericho

05= Samoa Joe

05= John Cena

07= Mistico

07= Shawn Michaels

09= Yuji Nagata

09= Bryan Danielson

11/ Edge

12/ Chris Benoit

13= Hiroshi Tanahashi

13= Eddie Guerrero

13= The Rock

Most Outstanding Wrestler of the Decade:

01/ Bryan Danielson

02/ Kurt Angle

03/ Chris Benoit

04/ KENTA

05/ Kenta Kobashi

06/ Shawn Michaels

07/ Samoa Joe

08/ Eddie Guerrero

09/ Nigel McGuinness

10/ Yuji Nagata

11/ A.J. Styles

12/ Chris Jericho

13/ Toshiaki Kawada

14/ Naomichi Marufuji

15/ Takeshi Morishima

Best Box Office Draw of the Decade:

01/ Mistico

02/ John Cena

03/ The Rock

04/ Kenta Kobashi

05/ Bob Sapp

06/ Kazushi Sakuraba

07/ Steve Austin

08/ Naoya Ogawa

09/ Brock Lesnar

10= HHH

10= Tito Ortiz

12/ Mirko Cro Cop

13/ Chuck Liddell

14/ Keiji Muto

15/ Georges St. Pierre

Best Tag Team of the Decade:

01/ Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero

02/ KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji

03/ Chris Harris & James Storm

04/ Mark & Jay Briscoe

05/ Kevin Steen & El Generico

06/ Matt & Jeff Hardy

07= Team 3-D

07= Eddie & Chavo Guerrero

09/ Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley

10= Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan

10= Robert Roode & James Storm

12/ Edge & Christian

13/ Paul London & Brian Kendrick

14= Hernandez & Homicide

14= Masato Yoshino & Naruki Doi

14= The Miz & John Morrison

14= Eddie Edwards & Davey Richards

Best Interviews of the Decade:

01/ Chris Jericho

02/ Ric Flair

03= John Cena

03= The Rock

05/ Kurt Angle

06/ C.M. Punk

07/ Mick Foley

08/ Edge

09/ Quinton Jackson

10= Christian

10= Paul Heyman

12/ Santino Marella

13/ Eddie Guerrero

14/ Jim Cornette

15= JBL

15= Dana White

Most Charismatic of the Decade:

01/ John Cena

02/ The Rock

03/ Chris Jericho

04/ Eddie Guerrero

05/ Shawn Michaels

06/ Bob Sapp

07/ Steve Austin

08/ Tito Ortiz

09/ Kurt Angle

10= Brock Lesnar

10= Kenta Kobashi

10= Edge

13/ Ric Flair

14/ Perro Aguayo Jr.

15/ Quinton Jackson

According to a report on PWInsider.com, Ring Of Honor (ROH) world champion Tyler Black has signed a contract to join the active roster in WWE.

ROH owner Cary Silkin has declined to comment on whether or not there's any substance to the Black/WWE reports.

As soon as more information becomes available, we'll have an update with the details.

undertaker is not on any of the lists....and how the **** does cena beat the rock..... most of the list is bs ( im am talking about the ppl i know, cant really comment on the ones i dont know)

Why would Undertaker be on any of the lists? He wrestles for a month, then takes off for 4 months. Been like that for years now. Not that I blame him mind you. Not to mention, Undertaker is not a mat wrestler, and the others (mostly) are.

As for Cena being higher up than the Rock, let's not forget the Rock only "wrestled" for a few years this decade (full time until what, 2002/03?). I'm pretty sure by this point (2010) Cena's a bigger draw, has sold more stuff and all that. Now if you include the mid to late 90's that's another story (maybe). As I said above, notice how Cena is in the "Best wrestler of the decade" line up but not the "Most outstanding wrestler of the decade" line up. Big distinction there. Not that the Rock was a great mat wrestler either :)

So, who's ready for Cena to turn heel at SS? ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME

Why would Undertaker be on any of the lists? He wrestles for a month, then takes off for 4 months. Been like that for years now. Not that I blame him mind you. Not to mention, Undertaker is not a mat wrestler, and the others (mostly) are.

As for Cena being higher up than the Rock, let's not forget the Rock only "wrestled" for a few years this decade (full time until what, 2002/03?). I'm pretty sure by this point (2010) Cena's a bigger draw, has sold more stuff and all that. Now if you include the mid to late 90's that's another story (maybe). As I said above, notice how Cena is in the "Best wrestler of the decade" line up but not the "Most outstanding wrestler of the decade" line up. Big distinction there. Not that the Rock was a great mat wrestler either :)

So, who's ready for Cena to turn heel at SS? ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME

gotcha. Those were probably the only two i ever followed.

World Wrestling Entertainment has confirmed the death of former superstar Lance Cade. They released the following statement:

?World Wrestling Entertainment was informed Friday morning by Lance McNaught?s father that he has passed away of apparent heart failure. WWE extends its deepest condolences to the McNaught family.?

?Mr. McNaught was under contract from March 2003 to October 2008 and performed under the name ?Lance Cade.? He returned to FCW, WWE?s developmental territory, in September 2009, and was released in April 2010.?

?Lance Cade? is currently the top trending Twitter topic in the United States.

:(

And another young wrestler dies. Sigh. It's really disgusting at this point to be honest.

Not to lessen the fact that Lance died, but I thought some of you might like this podcast from ESPN's Bill Simmons. It's a 50 minute or so discussion with Shawn Michaels. He touches on quite a few things, his retirement, Cena etc.

Podcast Linky

It's the newest podcast (obviously.

Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter

The body of Lance Cade (Lance McNaught) was discovered by his father earlier this morning. Multiple sources are indicating heart failure as the cause of death, although nothing is exactly official until the autopsy report comes back in a few weeks.

Two family members believed there was something wrong with Cade over the past week, including his wife Tracy who noticed he didn't look healthy and that he was having trouble breathing. Cade was rushed to the hospital on Tuesday night and he was later released on Wednesday. He had asked to be released from the hospital on Wednesday claiming he was fine and felt well.

One interesting note is that once he returned home, he later left and never returned. There is a lot of speculation as to where he went and what he got. We're not going to report anything until we can get it absolutely confirmed. It's just not right to speculate so please give us some time to get the facts.

His father, Harley McNaught, noticed that Cade showed up at his work on Thursday and was not looking good at all. He later went to Cade's home in San Antonio, TX and discovered he had passed away. Cade was not believed to have been drinking although there may have been other issues.

McNaught was a student of Shawn Michaels, who he idolized, and had several runs with WWE since signing with the company in 2000 shortly after finishing his training and working for a promotion run by Michaels in the San Antonio area.

He was released from WWE in October 2008 after an incident on an airplane where he had a seizure, believed to have been due to use of either pain killers or muscle relaxers, and had to be taken off the plane. He was then fired.

While McNaught was initially upset about his 2008 release, saying others had done worse and not lost their jobs, he eventually came to grips with it in an interview where he said he only had himself to blame.

McNaught had two young daughters and a stepson that he's left behind. So sad.

On behalf of everyone here on this website we would like to send our condolences to the friends and family of Lance McNaught.

A federal judge sentenced Applied Pharmacy Services supervising pharmacist Michael Bennett to four years in jail on Friday after he was convicted of participating in a nationwide conspiracy to illegally sell anabolic steroids made in Mobile, Alabama. Prosecutors in Albany, NY referred to Bennett and his associates as "drug dealers in lab coats" in a sentencing memorandum.

Applied Pharmacy Services clients included TNA star Kurt Angle, former WWE performer Bob Howard (a/k/a Hardcore Holly), UFC fighter Shane Carwin, and several bodybuilders. All three were named as drug recipients in court on Friday. Court documents referenced five other professional wrestlers by their initials only.

HHH is at the Staples Center apparently for SS events. Whether he shows up on camera (as the leader of Nexus or something else) is another story.

The following are some combined messages from the official Twitter account of WWE Superstar John Cena:

"CeNation. Staples Center is somber, quiet. Calm before storm. I feel nervous, on edge. I want to thank everyone out there who has supported me over the years, as I feel this is one of the most important days in my career. In closing, I will say that if you do not watch SummerSlam tonight you will be missing an epic day in WWE history."

Follow more Cena tweets on Twitter @ JohnCena.

TEE HEE Heel Cena YAY. (I hope)

Wow, looks like big things are afoot when it comes to Cena, The Miz and HHH (maybe) tonight. As alot of wrestling news sites are reporting creative is torn between turning Cena heel or not, making The Miz a HUGE player tonight and whether to bring HHH back on camera tonight or not.

Should be interesting.

WWE.com just posted a huge booboo spoiler on thier site - daniel bryan returns LOL which they have removed instantly btw It said that Miz was miling the whole 7th man thing but that the 7th man turned out to be daniel bryan himself haha!

So far, I feel as if SummerSlam has been a bit of a drag. Very predictable so far. However, if Cena turns heel, that will totally redeem WWE (not that they care about my opinion, lol). I do not think he will though. I am not completely sure what will happen, but I mean look, Cena just came out with a brand new shirt/hat/armbands, etc. That is a pretty silly reason perhaps, but it just leads me to believe he will not be heel. Maybe Morrison? Not sure.

HOLY **** DANIEL BRYAN! OMG OMG OMG THIS IS SWEET!

Wow, WWE sometimes you are just retarded. You have a great storyline going with Nexus, have Daniel Bryan return, everything is going awesome (ha) with the Miz etc etc etc. And then you have SuperCena pull out the victory and beat Nexus and pretty much bury the whole storyline in a split second. Sigh.

Unless Cena helps Orton win and joins Nexus next or something big happens with Nexus and Miz etc, WWE just dropped the ball bigtime. Not really surprising. WTG Vince!

Wait, they already had the Orton match. NM, Vince is a moron. And Creative needs to get powerbombed.

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