Episode 39: The New Year's Day Countdown of the Top 50 to 1 Best Wrestlers of 1975

We’ve counted down the first 50 from 100 to 51, now its time to get to my list of the 50 Best Wrestlers of 1975. This list is my list/ I’ve taken into consideration other lists avaailable of ranked wrestlers for the year, along with my own research notes from our podcast shows throughout the year as well as extra study into territories and wrestlers i didn’t know very much about in order to be fair as possible/

I took into consideration:

• The Territory or territories the wrestler worked in and the significance and importance of that territory

• The programs and matches they had during the year

• The position on cards they held throughout the year

• How much time they spent as singles wrestlers vs being in tag teams during the year

• What championships they held and the importance of that title in drawing money on the cards and in the buildings

• How significant was the wrestling to that terriory, how dependant was the territory on them to draw money

• How significant was 1975 to their overall career? Was thier career trajectory swing up, peaked or on the down swing?

• And a few other things, but that was the main criteria I took into consideration

I freely admit my own biases and preferences did come into play in this process, however I did try to maintain awareness of those biases and suspend them and honestly, i felt like I made some tough calls as far as assignments on the list.

Here it is, my Top 50 Best Professional Wrestlers for the year of 1975!

Chapters

• (00:00:02) - Podcast
• (00:00:35) - Top 100 Wrestlers of the Year 1975
• (00:09:30) - Top 25 Wrestlers in WWE 1975
• (00:20:33) - Ric Flair Won His First Singles Title in 1975
• (00:29:18) - Ken Mantel
• (00:35:20) - Rocky Johnson's Greatest Moments
• (00:40:27) - Waldo Von Erich in the WWF
• (00:50:35) - Baron Von Reschke
• (00:58:51) - Billy Robinson
• (01:07:32) - Dusty Rhodes
• (01:12:52) - Abdullah The Butcher
• (01:17:50) - Top 100 Wrestlers of All Time
• (01:28:08) - Jerry Briscoe and Bobo Brazil
• (01:34:34) - Top 25 Masked Wrestlers in Mexico
• (01:43:02) - Top 20 Wrestlers of 1975
• (01:52:06) - The Making of Pero Ag
• (01:59:46) - Ron Fuller
• (02:06:49) - Giant Baba vs Jumbo Saruta
• (02:15:06) - Mil Mil Mask
• (02:19:26) - Terry Funk at #7 in the Top 10
• (02:24:48) - Top 5 Wrestlers in 1975: Andre the Giant
• (02:32:09) - AWA World Championship Book
• (02:34:04) - The Top 3 Wrestlers in 1975
• (02:44:50) - The Top 100 Wrestlers of All Time Countdown