Monday, November 25, 2019

The Wrestling Blog's OFFICIAL Best in the World Rankings for November 25, 2019

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Welcome to a feature I like to call "Best in the World" rankings. They're not traditional power rankings per se, but they're rankings to see who is really the best in the world, a term bandied about like it's bottled water or something else really common. They're rankings decided by me, and don't you dare call them arbitrary lest I smack the taste out of your mouth. Without further ado, here's this week's list:

1. Turkey (Last Week: Not Ranked) OFFICIAL HOLZERMAN HUNGERS SPONSORED ENTRY - No, not the country but the bird, turkey takes center stage this week as the protein of choice for a vast majority of non-vegan Thanksgiving plates. Hell, even vegan plates will have vegetable protein made up to look and taste like turkey no doubt. Why is this the bird of choice and not chicken or other land fauna like pig? Well, I don't know. What I do know is that I don't abide by the slander of this noble bird. Although the flesh is mild, well the white meat flesh, it is a perfect complement to the traditional sides, and the gravy tastes great. I salute this noble bird on Thanksgiving.

2. Darby Allin (Last Week: 1) - Sure, he didn't defeat Jon Moxley at Dynamite, but my god, I'm not even sure Kenny Omega took the fight to him as bad even without weapons. Allin should be the AEW Champion within a year the way he's going, and if he's not, well, Cody and his pals done fucked the fuck up.

3. Josh Richardson (Last Week: Not Ranked) - The Sixers destroyed Richardson's former team, the Heat, over the weekend, with the man getting 32 points in a victorious effort. The Sixers got pushed to the limit against the awful Knicks earlier in the week and then blew out the Heat, a team that at that point had been 11-3. The NBA is weird. Anyway, if Richardson can get between 20-35 points on a consistent basis, the Sixers will be a hard team to beat playing that defense.

4. Baby Yoda (Last Week: 8) - Sure, the Mandalorian had to break into Imperial buildings and start a fight with his whole guild, including Carl Weathers, to get them to safety, but that's because Baby Yoda is worth the trouble. Not because they're one with the Force, but I mean, that baby is CUTE.

5. Maki Itoh (Last Week: 3) - If she keeps her vocabulary growth up, well...

6. George Kittle (Last Week: Not Ranked) - The man annihilated a decent Packers defense with a break in his ankle. On top of that, he's a wrestling fan. I have no choice but to stan.

7. Orange Cassidy (Last Week: 5) - So he went toe to toe with Billy Gunn in the Dynamite Dozen battle royale? Pfft, big deal.

8. Biff Busick (Last Week: Not Ranked) - If you don't know, the former Oney Lorcan no longer wishes to be here for porkin' and wants his release from WWE. He's not the only one, and of course management has noticed it enough that Paul Levesque sand up his dickhole about it and whined about the public airing of grievances on a pre-Survivor Series conference call. Busick replied with the best retort possible (even if he deleted the tweet). Oftentimes, when someone goes public, it's because they tried doing it in private and got nowhere. It's only fair.

9. ACH (Last Week: Not Ranked) - ACH got his release and came back to the indies being greeted like a King. There being a place for them on the indies is a given. What it shows is how much of an impact even guys who barely get on NXT television can have coming back. WWE needs to release everyone that's unhappy and wants out because then, the whole wrestling ecosystem can start to come alive again.

10. Tony Schiavone (Last Week: 10) - Well fans, Dynamite was in a word dynamite this past week, and it's all because of... well folks, that's all the time I have for this week. Tune in next time for TWB's Best in the World Rankings!