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**Vincent Lane** · (08-13-2017)

Blizz, good to see you.

Let me assure you, something I really want to do is sort of bridge the gap and close some old wounds between the various eras of XWF. I think in our advanced age, the things that seemed like devastating and unforgivable betrayals 15 or even 10 years ago are becoming more and more water under the bridge.

A year ago, I think the idea of James Raven being involved with the XWF in any way would have brought knee slapping laughter, but here we are.

We did what we could to keep a fair list that was not only respectful to older names, but also pertinent to the people who would actually see the list on a daily basis.

Now, keep in mind that as you mentioned "who beats who" is only a fraction of it. There are names at the bottom who could beat names at the top. There are names not on the list who could do the same. There's sort of an immeasurable "what does this person mean to the XWF overall" aspect as well, and yeah, a recency bias is sort of unavoidable. The current roster has no interest in a list that's 90% people they have never heard of and can't even go back and research.

Guys like Gilmour, god bless him, he's been a stalwart in the XWF for longer than anyone except maybe Barney. He is known all over the internet. He deserves a spot.

Take that into consideration and this as well - fedding in 2000 and fedding and 2017 are vastly different. I think an objective eye would read work from that era and this era and see things differently than you or I. Their list would be really different. I'll mention a name from an old list who had a recent semi-run, Killjoy. He's an old Hall of Legends guy, I'm pretty sure, and I gotta say, dude, I wasn't impressed. No disrespect to the guy at all, but it wasn't there. I don't think you'd argue that your 2014 run was "legendary" either, although I know for a fact your older runs were much better.

Think of the WWE HoF. You have guys in there that absolutely definitely should be, like Bret Hart and Ric Flair. You have guys that got bounced for dumb shit like Hogan. You have guys you CAN'T put in there for obvious reasons, like Benoit. You have Koko B. Ware, for some reason.

The way I see it, your "pre-2011" idea is kind of what I hope to have as revived Hall of Legends sometime in the near future. The guys who are long gone but deserve the nod. Then there's guys like you and Raven who are still alive and kicking, and have a huge impact on the fed's past present and hopefully future. You guys and the newer guys would make the "Current Top 50," instead of branding it as the "all-time," because honestly I think making a TRUE, valid, all-time list is probably impossible.

Blizz I like you. I do. You can ask Raven, you're always a guy I ask about. You were a favorite of mine as soon as I joined up and I thought it sucked things went the way they did. This was the first step of making the list right, and it's a marathon, not a sprint.

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