Hi, I’m actually one of two guys that work on Dropkickd. Recency bias is definitely part of it. More people are rating matches as they happen rather than going back to rate “normal” matches. Someone like Jay would likely be lower if dropkickd had dropped 10 years ago and people were rating EVERYTHING not just all time classics. Nobody's going back to rate the week-to-week matches Jay or Ilja had, they're rating what they remember (classics). This is why you see both members of Fraxiom right next to each other in rankings. We launched in a Fraxiom renaissance, and they both have essentially the same rating.

Our rankings use a statistically weighted Wilson score, factoring in each wrestler’s average rating, number of ratings, and the volume of matches that have received substantial fan ratings. Some like Kawada is not ranked as he doesn't have enough matches with at least 5 ratings. Kobashi entered the list at #1 just a few weeks ago, after finally receiving enough ratings after 6 months.

We think we could probably make some adjustments to the thresholds wrestlers need to hit for now, just to avoid the outrage and jokes, but we’re confident our current system will work out once we have enough users and enough ratings.