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The 2012 TWB 100: Meet Your Voters and Honorable Mentions

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Hello everyone, and welcome to the 2012 TWB 100, a fan-sourced and voted list of the best in-ring competitors of the last full calendar year. We are going to kick things off by introducing to you the voters for this year's list and the wrestlers who did not make the final cut. There were 56 ballots cast and a whopping 483 wrestlers with votes cast for them this year. First thing's first, let's give you the names of everyone who cast a vote for this year's list:

TH - Veteran of two cruise ship vacations

Jesse Powell - TWB reader, commenter, and man of 1,004 haircuts

Cewsh - Writer and curator of Cewsh Reviews, husband of Hello Kitty

Collin Borrell - TWB reader and double L enthusiast

Philip Rosenbaum - TWB reader, Wrestling Bro, and Delirious stand-in/stunt double

Drew Smith - TWB reader and celery farmer

Robot Hammer - TWB reader and intern at Dr. Cube's laboratory

Ryan Kilma - TWB reader whose spirit animal is a cheese grater

Okori Wadsworth - TWB reader who once placed 2nd in a Fabio lookalike contest (the real Fabio placed 4th)

Brett Clendaniel, Jr. - Proprietor of WrestleChat and president of the Spencer Hawes Fan Club

Justin Daley - TWB reader, has not been disproven as a time-traveler just yet

De O'Brien - Drop Toehold contributor, Wrestling Bro, future inventor of unsticky sticky rice

George Murphy - TWB reader and the leading distributor of GFYs on the web today

Josh Ray - Real Men, Real Dads webmaster and man most likely to eat kim chee with his St. Louis spareribs

Alex Torres - Contributor at Free Pro Wrestling, voted most likely to use a Melt grilled cheese sandwich as her contribution to a "Fans bring the weapons" match

Jay Sanudo - TWB reader and world-class breeder of echidnas

Frank McCormick - TWB reader, obsessive Chikara fan, and dragger of wrestling kicking and screaming into the 21st century

Jamie Girouard - TWB reader, boy from Jersey, diagnosed with terminal Jets fandom at a young age (please give him charity)

Devon Hales - TWB reader, Southern wrestling enthusiast, researcher of ways to weaponize sweet tea

Cameron Riley - TWB reader, token Aussie, once survived a 12-hour battle with a dung beetle (which are deadly in Australia)

Martin Bentley - Dirty Dirty Sheets contributor, on lifelong flight from Saraya Knight and her murderous rage

Eamon Paton - Curator and writer of The WrestleFan Writes, hypnotized Jojo Bravo into thinking he was the heaviest sumo in the land

Gregory Davis - Dirty Dirty Sheets site photographer, once tried to convince a hotel clerk he was the real Scottie Pippen and succeeded

Jennifer Logsdon - Pro Wrestling Ponderings contributor, curator and writer of Wrestling Reflections, Twitter's most famous dropper of unintentional sexual innuendo

Samantha Allen - TWB reader and most likely to shout "SPARTY, NO!" on Saturdays in autumn

Pablo Alva - TWB reader, once ate a live mine from WWII on a bet

Mike Pankowski - TWB reader, once bested a Sicilian when death was on the line

Dave Maes - TWB reader and the bitterest reader of the blog ever, narrowly edging out the anthropomorphic grapefruit who famously read last year's match countdown out loud

Jesse Dlugosz - TWB reader who once palmed a bowling ball on a dare

John Rosenberger - TWB reader, Wrestling Bro, world's least self-loathing New York Rangers fan

Victor Rodgers - TWB reader, inventor of the discount double check (bitter at distant relative Aaron stealing it for his State Farm spots)

Paolo Chikiamco - TWB reader, possibly Brazilian, which is cool enough for me not to make anything up about him

Shawn Duckett - TWB reader and possible touchdown vulture

Scott Holland - Co-writer of Irresistible Force vs. Immovable Object, cursed with living until the Cubs win another World Series, which is gonna take awhile

Mike Germano - TWB reader, Nikki and Paolo's time-travel constant

Luke Starr - Drop Toehold contributor, writer and curator of Over As Hell, was once given a choice between a fresh piece of string cheese and a Green Lantern ring (he chose the cheese)

Jamie Dobson - Indie wrestling interviewer, expert hatchet tosser

Lee Spriggs - Writer and curator of Wrestling Is Teleology, only person in world currently with special permissions to wear a fedora legally

Robert Dorman - Writer and curator of Hitting the Mark, was once offered a minor league buzkashi contract

Erin Pronovost - TWB reader, film buff, once had a dream where Ayako Hamada battled Mothra to a time limit draw

Joe Drilling - Co-host of the What a Maneuver podcast, the only known straight edge guy in the state of Wisconsin

Vince Morales - Writer and curator of ¡Olé! Wrestling and Miller Park Drunk, possibly drinking at this very moment

Barry Savant - Ring announcer for several Texas independent promotions including Anarchy Championship Wrestling, the only man in the world who makes a straw hat and suspenders look good

David Shoemaker - The Masked Man, former wrestling necrologist for Deadspin, current wrestling pontiff for Grantland, could very well be El Santo

Jon Parsons - TWB reader, only known resident of the Northwest Territories and thus can only be assumed he's wrestled a polar bear

Jae Renfrow - Voter recommended by the Brothers Hales, scent rated favorably by the Official Hounds of TWB (three corgis and an English bulldog)

Joey Odorisio - TWB reader, Wrestling Bro, certified semiconductor

Sean McLaughlin - TWB reader, Wrestling Bro, first non-Conehead to narfle the gartok

Jerome Cusson - Editor and contributor for Pro Wrestling Ponderings, voice, liver, and possibly the adrenal gland for Pro Wrestling Collision

Dave Musgrave - Co-host of the Wrestling Culture podcast, Canadian bylaws state that I must refer to him as "Grand General of Politeness"

Chris McDonald - TWB reader, may or may not have a farm, eieio

Tim Bridges - TWB reader, is his own three man band

Dylan Hales - Co-host of the Wrestling Culture podcast, reformed liar/fraud, world's second biggest hater of Triple H, after yours truly

Kevin Newburn - TWB reader, alchemist

@typicalROHfan - Man behind foremost Twitter parody account that isn't shitty and awful, New York deli enthusiast

Brandon Infinger - TWB reader, sentenced to life as a fan of Clemson despite the ACLU's protestations that it's cruel and unusual punishment

And now that the voters have been introduced, here are the 383 wrestlers who didn't make the cut. They will be listed in order from highest point total to lowest, so the first name is nominally wrestler #101:

Titus O'Neil
Mercedes Martinez
Ayako Hamada
Zack Ryder
PAC/Adrian Neville
Jey Uso
Arik Cannon
Darren Young
Fire Ant
Jimmy Uso
MsChif
Rey Mysterio
Jack Swagger
Hailey Hatred
Allysin Kay
Kaitlyn
William Regal
Matthew Palmer
Paige
assailANT
Meiko Satomura
Nicole Matthews
Zema Ion
Tara
BJ Whitmer
Brian Cage
Gary Jay
Gail Kim
Stevie Richards
Epico
Frightmare
Silas Young
Jerry Lynn (1 first place vote, Barry Savant)
AJ Lee
Charlie Haas
Kellie Skater
CIMA
Husky Harris/Bray Wyatt
Veda Scott
Magnus
Kobold
R-Truth
Primo
Kyle Matthews
Harry Smith
Obariyon
Vordell Walker
Gran Akuma
Sin Cara
Hunico
Richie Steamboat
Kodama
Bobby Fish
Finlay
Darin Corbin
Shane Hollister
Jake Crist
Estonian Thunder Frog
Shelton Benjamin
Steve Corino
Jeremy Wyatt
Dave Crist
Saturyne
Sonjay Dutt
Ayumi Kurihara
YAMATO
The Rock
Chavo Guerrero
Layla El
Drew McIntyre
Tensai
Big E. Langston
Shaun Tempers
Undertaker
Jakob Hammermeier
TJ Perkins
Uhaa Nation
Addy Starr
Pierre Abernathy
Masato Yoshino
2 Cold Scorpio
Chris Masters
Santino Marella
Tomasso Ciampa
Hiroyo Matsumoto
Scot Summers
Derrick King
Aaron Epic
Jojo Bravo
Michael McGillicutty
Manami Toyota
Louis Lyndon
Brodie Lee/Luke Harper
Luke Hawx
Josh Alexander
Damien Wayne
Natalya Neidhart
Matt Cross
Joey Ryan
David Otunga
Evan Gelistico
Andrew Alexander
Shane Williams
Jazz
Beth Phoenix
Bolt Brady
Triple H
Caprice Coleman
Luke Gallows/Big LG/DOC
Goldust
Mike Mondo
Eric Ryan
Jerry Lawler
Eric Young
Tank
Josh Prohibition
Tadarius Thomas
Jay Bradley
Cedric Alexander
Barbi Hayden
Brother Devon
Biff Busick
1-2-3 Kid
Jessica James/Lady Poison
Christina von Eerie
Rickey Shane Page
Ethan Page
Frankie Tucker
Pinkie Sanchez
Leva Bates
Tony Nese
Robbie E
Robert Anthony
Rhino
Scorpio Sky
Corey Hollis
Leo Kruger
Yoshi Tatsu
Dash Chisako
Tomoka Nakagawa
Mat Fitchett
Sendai Sachiko
Alex Castle
Matt Cage
Kimber Lee
Jon Davis
Courtney Rush
Jaka/Johnny Mangue
Mike Posey
Kalamity
Ken Anderson
Jervis Cottonbelly
Johnny Viper
Naruki Doi (1 first place vote, Jamie Dobson)
Matt Taven
Sting
BxB Hulk
Angel Blue
JD Amazing
Marion Fontaine
Vader
Johnny Knockout
Lancelot Bravado
J./Juntai Miller
Byron Wilcott
Mark Sterling
Carson
Harlem Bravado
Justin Mane
James Claxton
Brodus Clay
Sassy Stephie
GQ Gallo
Tsubasa Kuragaki
Corey Graves
Fred Yehi
Rhett Titus
Allison Danger
Jax Dane
Chris Dickinson
Chip Day
Dan Barry
Ryan Genesis
Glaad Badd
Su Yung
Commando Bolshoi
Johnny Cockstrong
Ice Cream, Jr.
Darius Carter
Jessie McKay
Ryo Saito
El Hijo del Ice Cream
Xavier Woods
Ray Rowe
Chris Marval
Jock Samson
Yumi Ohka
Gregory Iron
Brian Breaker
Shazza McKenzie
Diamond Dallas Page
Colin Delaney
Jinder Mahal
Ricardo Rodriguez/El Local
Sam Shields
Darin Childs
Eric Corvis
Hernandez
Ryo Mizunami
Ray
Rob van Dam
Rob Conway
Michael Tarver
Cyrus
Larry Gligorovic
Tim Storm
Chris Hamrick
Jaykus Plisken
Low Ki
Jimmy Rave
Shaun Ricker
Amazing Kong
Chris Silvio
Precious
Sapphire the Pigeon
Angelus Layne
Leon
Mike Dell
Vince McMahon
Kevin Matthews
Max Smashmaster
Lance Hoyt
Willie Richardson
Timothty Thatcher
Xandra Bale
Caleb Konley
Blaster McMassive
Scott Reed
Adam Page
Rodney Mack
Alex Reigns
QT Marshall
Matt Morgan
Tamina Snuka
Leon Scott
Cherry Bomb
Dom Vitalli
JT LaMotta
Hornswoggle
Thomas Shire
Brian Kendrick
Rufus Black
Bo Rotundo/Dallas
Irish Jack
Ricky Starks
Brian Christopher
JTG
Brett McKenzie
Ashton Vuitton
Mickie James
Shawn Streets
Black Baron
Andy Dalton
Brad Maddox
Wagner Brown
Jack Jameson
Luscious Latasha
Ann Dromeda/Don Juan
Grizzly Redwood
Danny Havoc
Jeremy Barnoff
Kekoa
John Skylar
Taka Suzuki
Mr. 450
Nick Bella
Acid Jaz
Kid Kash
Bobby Beverly
Keith Hamill
KT Hamill
Evan Bourne
combatANT
Danny DeManto
Brad Sherer
Jay Cade
Marshe Rockett
Johnny Vandal
Thunderkitty
Drew Haskins
Chris Hall
Julian Starr
Heidi Lovelace
Teigan James
Teddy Stigma
Ben Thrasher
Tadasuke
Jesse Neal
Stephen Walters
Scott Steiner
Juan Francisco de Coronado
Frankie Villa
Paul London
Petey Williams
Christian Rose
London Vice
CJ Esparza
Devin Cutter
Benz
Brent Gakiya
Drew Delight
Mason Cutter
Erik Watts
EITA
TJ Marconi
Papadon
Ray Gonzalez
Super Dragon
Hy-Zaya
Reed Bentley
Johnny Armani
Oleg the Usurper
Apollyon
Miss Natural
Christian York
Duke Schork
KC Spinelli
Jason Hexx
Latvian Proud Oak
Victor Creed
Necro Butcher
Ted DiBiase, JR.
Gus Money
Façade
Rhia O'Reilly
Mike Cruz
Kory Chavis
Charade
Johnny Yuma/Lars Only
Swamp Monster
B-Boy
Karl Anderson
Delirious
Nikki Roxx
dany only
Mike Sydal
Rush
Tommy Taylor
Ray Rosas
SBC
John Thorne
Flip Kendrick
Eric Cooper
Chiva Kid
Lince Dorado
Bandido, Jr.
Bill Carr
Jake Davis
Kahagas
Wildcat
Bruce Santee
Scott Keys
Perry Winkle
Curt Hawkins
Harker Dirge
Johnny Goodtime
Ace Rockwell
Tommy Rich
Cliff Compton
Orange Cassidy
Kamala, Jr.
D'Angelo Dinero
Alex Colon
Jason Hampton
Derek Hannon
Mascarita Dorada
Dustin Rayz
Gunner
Pretty Peter Avalon
Tucor
Azrieal
Danny Marlow
Homicide

Starting on Monday will be the official countdown in slow release, starting with #100 through #81.

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