Monday, December 02, 2013

WWE 2000-2013 stats

After a quick review of the post-WCW, post-ECW era for WWF/WWE most matches...
source data: TheHistoryofWWE.com
Analysis: Chris Harrington (indeedwrestling@gmail.com)

DATA


More than 1,000 matches
Kane: 1581 matches (14 years)
John Cena: 1488 matches (12 years)
Randy Orton: 1466 matches (13 years)
The Big Show: 1397 matches (13 years)
Edge: 1249 matches (12 years)
Chris Jericho: 1238 matches (12 years)
Matt Hardy: 1227 matches (11 years)
Christian: 1191 matches (11 years)
Triple H: 1064 matches (11 years)
Rey Mysterio Jr: 1037 matches (11 years)

More than 800 matches
CM Punk: 996 matches (8 years)
Shelton Benjamin: 940 matches (9 years)
John Morrison: 927 matches (8 years)
The Miz: 915 matches (9 years)
Chavo Guerrero Jr: 885 matches (11 years)
William Regal: 879 matches (12 years)
Mark Henry: 872 matches (12 years)
Batista: 872 matches (9 years)
Chris Benoit: 867 matches (7 years)
Jeff Hardy: 860 matches (8 years)
Kofi Kingston: 842 matches (7 years)
Kurt Angle: 815 matches (7 years)
The Undertaker: 815 matches (11 years)
Cody Rhodes: 803 matches (7 years)

More than 500 matches
Bradshaw: 796 matches (8 years)
Dolph Ziggler: 780 matches (8 years)
Val Venis: 762 matches (9 years)
Hurricane Helms: 691 matches (9 years)
Rob Van Dam: 687 matches (7 years)
Booker T: 683 matches (8 years)
Sho Funaki: 669 matches (10 years)
D-Von Dudley: 666 matches (5 years)
Bubba Ray Dudley: 665 matches (5 years)
Carlito: 663 matches (7 years)
Jack Swagger: 657 matches (6 years)
Albert: 651 matches (7 years)
Ron Killings: 638 matches (8 years)
Santino Marella: 629 matches (7 years)
Charlie Haas: 625 matches (9 years)
Test: 621 matches (7 years)
Bob Holly: 609 matches (9 years)
Sheamus: 607 matches (5 years)
MVP: 584 matches (5 years)
Eddie Guerrero: 581 matches (6 years)
Victoria: 558 matches (7 years)
Tommy Dreamer: 557 matches (7 years)
Beth Phoenix: 545 matches (6 years)
Tajiri: 544 matches (5 years)
Scotty 2 Hotty: 532 matches (8 years)
Zack Ryder: 531 matches (7 years)
Fit Finlay: 520 matches (5 years)
Lance Cade: 517 matches (6 years)
Brian Kendrick: 516 matches (6 years)
Jamie Noble: 516 matches (7 years)
Chris Masters: 516 matches (7 years)

More than 300 matches
Shawn Michaels: 494 matches (8 years)
Ted Dibiase Jr: 492 matches (5 years)
Chuck Palumbo: 485 matches (6 years)
The Great Khali: 481 matches (8 years)
Daniel Bryan: 480 matches (4 years)
Paul London: 475 matches (6 years)
Primo Colon: 465 matches (6 years)
Spike Dudley: 461 matches (5 years)
Mickie James: 459 matches (5 years)
Alberto Del Rio: 453 matches (4 years)
Trish Stratus: 451 matches (7 years)
Steven Richards: 451 matches (9 years)
Tyson Kidd: 434 matches (4 years)
Rikishi: 433 matches (5 years)
Drew McIntyre: 430 matches (6 years)
Nunzio: 426 matches (6 years)
Billy Gunn: 421 matches (5 years)
Kelly Kelly: 411 matches (7 years)
Crash Holly: 408 matches (4 years)
Natalya Neidhart: 403 matches (6 years)
Gene Snitsky: 403 matches (5 years)
Rob Conway: 402 matches (5 years)
Vladimir Kozlov: 394 matches (6 years)
Evan Bourne: 393 matches (5 years)
JTG: 390 matches (7 years)
Rhyno: 383 matches (4 years)
Ric Flair: 382 matches (7 years)
Umaga: 382 matches (5 years)
Molly Holly: 382 matches (6 years)
Melina: 369 matches (7 years)
Wade Barrett: 364 matches (4 years)
Goldust: 364 matches (6 years)
Jimmy Yang: 361 matches (8 years)
Layla: 357 matches (7 years)
Billy Kidman: 355 matches (5 years)
Michelle McCool: 351 matches (6 years)
Trevor Murdoch: 351 matches (4 years)
Rene Dupree: 342 matches (4 years)
Sylvian Grenier: 339 matches (5 years)
Alicia Fox: 330 matches (5 years)
Lance Storm: 329 matches (4 years)
Torrie Wilson: 326 matches (7 years)
Lita: 320 matches (6 years)
Eve: 318 matches (4 years)
Ron Simmons: 317 matches (5 years)
Viscera: 305 matches (5 years)
Nick Dinsmore: 304 matches (5 years)
David Hart Smith: 302 matches (6 years)
Orlando Jordan: 300 matches (4 years)

More than 75 matches
Super Crazy: 295 matches (4 years)
Maven: 292 matches (4 years)
Maryse: 288 matches (4 years)
Ken Kennedy: 288 matches (4 years)
Heath Slater: 286 matches (4 years)
The Rock: 277 matches (3 years)
Perry Saturn: 276 matches (3 years)
X-Pac: 274 matches (3 years)
Rosey: 272 matches (3 years)
Justin Gabriel: 271 matches (4 years)
Ezekiel Jackson: 269 matches (5 years)
Brock Lesnar: 268 matches (4 years)
Mark Jindrak: 267 matches (3 years)
Shad Gaspard: 266 matches (5 years)
Bobby Lashley: 265 matches (3 years)
Shannon Moore: 263 matches (7 years)
Rico: 261 matches (4 years)
Doug Basham: 261 matches (4 years)
Brie Bella: 261 matches (6 years)
Danny Basham: 259 matches (4 years)
Gail Kim: 253 matches (5 years)
D-Lo Brown: 253 matches (4 years)
Kenny Dykstra: 243 matches (4 years)
Raven: 241 matches (3 years)
Mike Knox: 237 matches (4 years)
Jey Uso: 234 matches (4 years)
Alex Riley: 230 matches (4 years)
Jimmy Uso: 229 matches (4 years)
Curt Hawkins: 224 matches (5 years)
Jillian Hall: 223 matches (5 years)
Curtis Axel: 222 matches (4 years)
Yoshi Tatsu: 221 matches (4 years)
Charles Wright: 218 matches (3 years)
Joey Mercury: 216 matches (4 years)
Damien Sandow: 215 matches (4 years)
rumble: 214 matches (8 years)
David Otunga: 214 matches (3 years)
Luke Gallows: 213 matches (4 years)
Nikki Bella: 206 matches (6 years)
Tyson Tomko: 203 matches (4 years)
Brian Christopher: 200 matches (2 years)
Steve Blackman: 196 matches (2 years)
Ivory: 195 matches (4 years)
Steve Austin: 194 matches (3 years)
Paul Birchill: 194 matches (5 years)
John Heidenreich: 194 matches (3 years)
Brodus Clay: 191 matches (3 years)
Al Snow: 190 matches (4 years)
Justin Credible: 188 matches (3 years)
Bull Buchanon: 184 matches (2 years)
Kevin Thorn: 183 matches (3 years)
Darren Young: 182 matches (4 years)
Maria: 181 matches (4 years)
Jinder Mahal: 180 matches (3 years)
Dawn Marie: 179 matches (4 years)
Jackie: 177 matches (4 years)
Johnny Stamboli: 172 matches (2 years)
Tazz: 170 matches (3 years)
Simon Dean: 169 matches (4 years)
Robbie McAllister: 169 matches (3 years)
Dean Malenko: 169 matches (2 years)
Ryback: 167 matches (3 years)
the Big Bossman: 165 matches (3 years)
Jazz: 165 matches (4 years)
Rory McAllister: 161 matches (3 years)
Candice Michelle: 159 matches (4 years)
Matt Striker: 158 matches (4 years)
Titus O'Neil: 158 matches (3 years)
Jim Duggan: 156 matches (3 years)
Sin Cara: 155 matches (3 years)
Bill DeMott: 151 matches (3 years)
Tyler Reks: 148 matches (4 years)
Antonio Cesaro: 146 matches (2 years)
Luther Reigns: 143 matches (3 years)
Essa Rios: 139 matches (2 years)
Ray Gordy: 138 matches (4 years)
Fandango: 138 matches (4 years)
Rodney Mack: 136 matches (2 years)
unknown: 134 matches (6 years)
Elijah Burke: 134 matches (2 years)
Road Dogg: 133 matches (1 years)
Sean O'Haire: 132 matches (2 years)
Johnny Jeter: 131 matches (2 years)
Epico: 128 matches (3 years)
Nidia: 127 matches (2 years)
Taka Michinoku: 127 matches (2 years)
Kaitlyn: 126 matches (3 years)
AJ: 126 matches (3 years)
Deuce: 126 matches (2 years)
Chaz Warrington: 125 matches (1 years)
Tamina: 120 matches (4 years)
Trent Barreta: 114 matches (3 years)
Mike Mondo: 114 matches (1 years)
Scott Steiner: 114 matches (1 years)
Chris Kanyon: 113 matches (2 years)
Domino: 111 matches (2 years)
Mason Ryan: 110 matches (3 years)
Sabu: 106 matches (2 years)
Shawn Stasiak: 103 matches (2 years)
Dean Ambrose: 99 matches (2 years)
Percy Watson: 98 matches (3 years)
Muhammad Hassan: 95 matches (2 years)
Vito: 94 matches (2 years)
Rosa Mendes: 92 matches (3 years)
the Sandman: 88 matches (2 years)
Psychosis: 88 matches (2 years)
Stacy Keibler: 87 matches (3 years)
Seth Rollins: 87 matches (2 years)
Kenzo Suzuki: 87 matches (2 years)
Jerry Lawler: 87 matches (3 years)
Joey Abs: 86 matches (1 years)
Road Warrior Animal: 84 matches (2 years)
Balls Mahoney: 84 matches (2 years)
Hunico: 83 matches (2 years)
Kid Kash: 82 matches (2 years)
Katie Lea Burchill: 81 matches (2 years)
Daivari: 80 matches (3 years)
Hornswoggle: 80 matches (3 years)
the Ultimo Dragon: 79 matches (2 years)
Shane McMahon: 79 matches (4 years)
Tatanka: 78 matches (1 years)
Gangrel: 77 matches (1 years)

A FEW COMMENTS

It's easy to forget about Kane.  The only people who've wrestled more than a decade consistently (with more than ten matches in WWE each year) from 2000 onward are Glen Jacobs, John Cena, Randy Orton, Paul "Big Show" Wight, Chris Jericho, Edge, William Regal and Mark Henry. 2010 marked a lot of endpoints: Undertaker and Triple H's last major runs were in 2010.  Matt Hardy left in 2010.  In 2011, Edge retired, John Morrison left for Hollywood, Chavo Guerrero Jr finally departed and Michelle McCool headed for off for a life as Mrs. Undertaker.  Throughout all of this, Kane continued.

Kane had major tag-teams with his "brother" the Undertaker (especially 2000/2001), with the Big Show (2005, 2006 and again in 2011), Hell No (starring Daniel Bryan and their awkward hugs) 2012-2013 and RVD (2003).  His number one opponent from 2000-2013 was actually Rey Mysterio Jr with more than 75 matches against one another - especially in the 2008-2009 period.  He also had major feuds against MVP (2006-2007), Edge (2005) and Triple H (2000-2001).  Still, overwhelming, the person that Kane worked with the most in the ring (either as a partner or an opponent) was the Undertaker (170+ matches) followed by Big Show (136+ matches) and Rey Mysterio Jr and Chris Jericho (both with 93+ matches).

THE ENDS OF THE SPECTRUM

High Winning Percentage
  • John Cena: 1123-251-54 and 1 other match = 82% win
  • the Undertaker: 642-115-40 = 85% win
  • Shawn Michaels: 378-95-21 = 80% win
  • Bobby Lashley: 226-33-6 = 87% win
  • Ryback: 126-33-5 = 79% win
  • Sin Cara: 120-31-4 = 79% win
  • Bill Goldberg: 43-4-6 = 91% win
  • Christy Hemme: 42-8-2 = 84% win
Lowest Winning Percentage
  • Shannon Moore: 57-205-1 = 22% win
  • Heath Slater: 39-204-1 = 16% win
  • Mike Knox: 51-185-1 = 22% win
  • Jillian Hall: 46-163-1 = 22% win
  • Dawn Marie: 31-145-2 and 1 other match = 18% win
  • Stacy Keibler: 19-66-2 = 22% win
  • Rosa Mendes: 10-73-0 = 12% win
  • Katie Lea Burchill: 18-63-0 = 22% win
  • Gangrel: 18-58-1 = 24% win
  • Dave Taylor: 13-57-1 = 19% win
  • Eric Escobar: 11-58-0 = 16% win
  • Antonio: 9-59-0 = 13% win
  • Romeo: 9-53-0 = 15% win
  • James Curtis: 7-47-1 = 13% win
  • Headbanger Thrasher: 11-41-1 = 21% win
  • Sakoda: 11-41-0 = 21% win
Right in the Middle
  • Randy Orton: 679-657-50 and 1 other match = 51% win
  • Hurricane Helms: 343-340-8 = 50% win
  • Booker T: 336-325-22 = 51% win
  • D-Von Dudley: 332-320-14 = 51% win
  • Bubba Ray Dudley: 323-329-13 = 50% win
  • Bob Holly: 299-299-11 = 50% win
  • Tajiri: 273-265-6 = 51% win
  • Billy Kidman: 179-172-4 = 51% win
  • X-Pac: 133-128-13 = 51% win
  • Brian Christopher: 96-99-5 = 49% win
  • Joey Mercury: 95-92-1 = 51% win
  • Tazz: 84-81-5 = 51% win
  • Ray Gordy: 68-69-1 = 50% win
  • Rodney Mack: 67-68-1 = 50% win
  • Sabu: 53-51-2 = 51% win
  • Dean Ambrose: 48-48-3 = 50% win
  • Christopher Nowinski: 31-32-1 = 49% win
  • Big E Langston: 30-31-1 = 49% win
EDIT: Was missing August-Dec 2010 in the original post.  Updated the match count on 12/5.

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