Who are your top five favorite wrestlers today?

[BestSportsEntertainer]

1 - Daniel Bryan - My all time favorite wrestler. He took a common gimmick of everyday hard-working underdog and made it work better than anyone.

2 - The Fiend - The best and most original character since Undertaker. One of the few wrestlers who is must-see every single appearance.

3 - Chris Jericho - Who else can get the loudest pop of the night with only a clipboard and a scarf? Everything he touches turns to gold.

4 - Alexa Bliss - Fight me.

5 - B Team - I'm probably one of the few fans who still likes the B Team, but it's hard to deny how entertaining and charismatic they are. They'll always be comedy jobbers, but WWE literally has a comedy jobber championship and they still can't make it to TV :lmao:

[Y 2 Jake]

1. Rey Mysterio

2. Tomasso Ciampa

3. Keith Lee

4. Matt Riddle

5. Asuka

[#AbsoluteUnit]

- Braun

- Keith Lee

- Gargano

- Seth Rollins

- Some chick named Rhea Ripley

[Echelon]

On the men's side.

1.) Brock Lesnar - watching him destroy people never gets old.

2.) Braun Strowman - just an all around wildly entertaining dude to watch.

3.) Bray Wyatt - his main appeal is because he's so new and protected that makes watching his matches unpredictable.

4.) Daniel Bryan - His reversion back the dragon has been a joy to watch so far.

5.) Drew McIntyre - Dude is killing it right now. Hopefully he doesn't lose all of his edge though.

Female side

1.) Shayna

2.) Becky

3.) Charlotte

4.) Kabuki Warriors

5.) Rhea

[JHOLCOMB22]

1. The Miz - I was hoping they were setting up face Mix vs Daniel Bryan in a heel/face reversal last WrestleMania, but we didn't get that. Even when he is given less than great material, I find him immensely entertaining.

2. The Fiend - A perfect example of what can happen when someone is given any control over their character. It doesn't always turn out this well, but this has been near flawless (HIAC match aside).

3. Shayna - I like a dominant champion when it is done well. I don't think it was ever done better than with Shayna. Legit terrifying. I can't wait to see what's next.

4. The Street Profits - Quite frankly, I want the smoke

5. MJF - Reminds me of a young Hunter Hearst Helmsley. So pompous. Willing to take chances on the mic. So good at getting you to want to see him get his ass kicked. It feels like so much heat in wrestling recently has been "go away" or "x-pac" heat. I boo this man because he is making me.

[EnviousDominous]

Men:

1. Edge - He proved just how timeless his act is.

2. The Fiend - I can't get enough of his promos, and his ring work is on point.

3. MJF - This dude has "it", I don't care what anyone else says. The worst thing that can possibly happen to AEW is if they let the WWE buy this guy.

4. Daniel Bryan - Love you man.

5. Chris Jericho - He's always been "that" guy who can dominate or be dominated and remain the most entertaining part of the night for it. Confirmed backstage stories about how he beat up Goldberg and had Brock playfully backing off during a confrontation only help his on-screen image with me. The crowd singing "Judas" during his entrances are gold.

Women:

1. Alexa Bliss - I can't get over her. She's been dominant since she had her NXT heel turn, and she hasn't ever had a hiccup. She's one of those performers who you can love to hate while she's "going there" regarding Nia Jax's weight, and she's one of those performers who you can love to love when she teams with Nikki Cross.

2. Rhea Ripley - This woman has carved out her own niche of "badass female" without falling into a Mary Sue type of typecasting. Plenty of women have been that, but not like Rhea. Kudos to the WWE for successfully validating her character, as they often drop the ball on this so hard that it breaks the floor and the whole building collapses.

3. Naomi - Fight me.

4. Asuka - She's got the Joshi market (like me) tuned in, and I really enjoy seeing the western women try to keep up with Asuka's style of wrestling.

5. Mia Yim - See my explanation for Naomi.

[Storm Trooper]

1. Zack Ryder - I went to school with him so I'm bias. Besides he got himself over a years before WWE wanted people to use Social media, got fucked over by creative, then stuck around for a decade and a half. US Title, IC Title, 2 Tag Title reigns for a guy that was (and still is) an afterthought.

2. Brock Lesnar - Literally the last Box Office Hero WWE has had. At the rate they're going they won't get another one (unless another UFC guy makes the jump).

3. Keith Lee - This guy could very well be the next big thing. He does things that no human should be able to do.

4. Shayna Baszler - Arguably the most dominant Womens performer in years.

5. Drew McIntyre - Don't know how it took them this long, but he is finally getting his shot and hot damn is it going really great.

[Yer Maw]

1. Drew McIntyre
2. MJF
3. Buddy Murphy
4. Aleister Black
5. Ricochet

[Stone Cold Tea]

1) Brock Lesnar

I always tune in to watch his matches or see what's happening with him. I find his matches entertaining as theres always a story going on during them.

2) The Fiend

A gimmick. An actual gimmick that works. This guy is also must see TV right now. He's taken 2 hokey pokey gimmicks and made them work. A mind for wrestling beyond his years. Perks if having family in the business I guess.

3) Kevin Owen's

What's not to like about KO?

4) Samoa Joe

If you want legit bad ass then just call Joe. Truly intimidating and a great true heel and not a cool heel.

5) R-Truth

Funny as fuck.

[Big Nick Dudley]

Lesnar - still the best. Understands it's theater, not a stunt show.

Drew McIntyre - guy looks brutal and legitimate.

Randy Orton - still their best worker in the ring.

The Fiend - love this guy and everything he does. Another guy who gets the theatrical aspect.

Daniel Bryan - he's a fast worker, but gets the story part of it. Always entertaining.

[Jack-Hammer]

Men

1. Daniel Bryan - No wrestler in the last decade has made me care remotely as much about what they're doing, who they are and what they're going through, as a person or performer, as Daniel Bryan. I LOVE that he's so far removed from Vince McMahon's notion of what a "WWE Superstar" is supposed to be and will go down as one of the men who helped make smaller or more "normal" looking wrestlers potential stars in WWE.

2. Bray Wyatt - I've been a fan of Bray Wyatt since the NXT days. He has a fantastically creative mind and has come up with two of the most interesting personas and angles in WWE during the last decade. What should happen, IMO, is Vince should just shut up, give Wyatt full creative control over himself and tell him to go nuts so we can watch the greatness unfold.

3. Finn Balor - Finn Balor has become interesting since being back in NXT and becoming heel. He has a confidence, a swagger about him that just didn't seem to be there on Raw or SmackDown. "The Prince" is and has been doing great stuff in NXT and NXT is showing the "main roster" once again how simplicity done right almost always shines through.

4. Chris Jericho - In my opinion, Chris Jericho is by far and away the most important element to AEW's success at this point. Jericho has done some of the best work in a very long time, which is saying a lot as he's done great stuff in WWE but he feels rejuvenated here. Yes, he's older, his physique is going south and he's put on some weight but the charisma is still as white hot as ever before. While I think it's probably time for Jericho to drop the title, AEW should keep him as a top tier star for as long as they possibly can as he's just too damn good to lose.

5. Pete Dunne - Something about Dunne just clicks with me. He's not flashy, he's not popping off one liners on the mic, he doesn't shout catchphrases, etc.. He puts me in mind of a young, less buff Chris Benoit in that he comes off as this brawler, this scrapper who lets his abilities in the ring do much of his talking. Add to that a dash of Daniel Bryan and maybe a little bit of William Regal and a few other British grapplers and you've got a recipe for Dunne. I'd like to see him turned loose on the mic to give an intense, passion filled promo just to see if he can really dig down deep and pull something out.

Women

1. Shayna Baszler - Shayna would've been in my top 5 anyhow but she moved up to #1 this week due to something I read on her. On Twitter, a guy messaged her and said that he didn't like her swearing while he was watching with his kids and thinks WWE should be all PG or not. Shayna responded by saying, roughly, that the guy should be a father and use this as a teachable moment to his kids to explain why Shayna is a bad person, how only bad people use bad words the way she did and that it's also not up to her to modify herself for the sake of this guy or his kids. Apparently, the guy was just fine with Shayna, kayfabe, ripping a chunk of flesh from the back of Becky Lynch's neck with her teeth while blood dribbled down her face and chin but God forbid somebody use a good ol' cuss word in front of his brats. Shayna has been consistently strong, a great character and has made the transition from MMA to wrestling look easy. There's an aura about Shayna in which she comes off like a believable badass female that I never sensed in Ronda Rousey; even though Rousey is a badass with great accomplishments and a win/loss record to back it up, she's also gotten just as famous for using the fact that she's quite pretty to boost her star power as well.

2. Rhea Ripley - I've enjoyed Rhea Ripley since her time in NXT UK. She's only 23 years old but she's also someone who came up through wrestling by spending most of her teen years doing it. She carries herself like a star, looks like a star in the ring, has a unique look and persona while coming off as a "tough chick" sho also is kinda sexy.

3. Becky Lynch - I think the best thing about Becky Lynch, at least for me, is that she still comes off as a hungry bitch with a chip on her shoulder with something to prove. She's been Raw Women's Champion for almost a year but her "the Man" character hasn't lost that drive to keep showing she's the best. She also can deliver promos better than almost anybody in WWE if you want someone who sounds like they're passionate, which I think is where those acting classes she took years back paid off. Even if she's doing something that's scripted, she has the training to take what's on the page and make it sound like it's her own words.

4. Io Shirai - Io Shirai is an example of a woman who doesn't need to say a whole lot as she gets her point across with her mannerisms, her looks and her in-ring abilities. She's out with a knee injury right now, which is unfortunate, and it wouldn't bother me at all if she ultimately winds up being the woman to take the title off Ripley at a later date. Like, Nakamura, Asuka and Kairi Sane, she doesn't utilize the whole American wrestler charisma in which she gabs all the time on the mic but utilizes her charisma in different ways that NXT knows how to use. She's also so crisp inside the ring that she's one of the handful of Japanese wrestlers I've seen, male or female, who holds up to the hype Dave Meltzer has heaped upon her.

5. The Kabuki Warriors - Asuka and Kairi Sane are two women who're underappreciated on the "main roster" because Vince usually doesn't know what to do with them. The old man has very specific ideas in his head as to what works and what doesn't, what gets someone across to fans and what doesn't. As a result, anything that doesn't fall into those, usually, narrow confines don't get used to anything close to their full potential. Both are two of the best women to ever come out of NXT, Asuka was the closest thing we'd seen to Goldberg we'd seen in years, only she was a hundred times better to me because she could actually wrestle whereas Goldberg was protected due to Bischoff booking most of his matches lasting 3 minutes or less. Kairi Sane feels more like a natural babyface than a heel, to me, and I dug her little "Pirate Princess" thing, especially as any and all things involving sailing are among her favorite things to do in life.

[jmt225]

1. Kazuchika Okada - Putting aside the fact he's put on some of the greatest matches I'll ever see just this last decade, I love his look and how he carries himself as a star. There's not a cooler wrestler than Okada, and no one puts on better matches on a consistent basis.

2. AJ Styles - Everything about him has lived up to his nickname for almost 20 years now... phenomenal.

3. Daniel Bryan - One of the best ever.

4. Brock Lesnar - Most unique wrestler of my lifetime. Complete bad ass. Epic matches. Nothing to not love about him.

5. Kota Ibushi - Incredible athlete, awesome look, best fire, great quirkiness... always a joy to watch him perform.

Honorable mentions: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kenny Omega, Cody Rhodes, Undisputed guys, Minoru Suzuki, Charlotte and Alexa Bliss.

[Fallout]

1: MJF

2: Charlotte

3: Braun Strowman

4: Drew McIntyre

5: Shayna Baszler

Honorable mentions for Keith Lee and Cody Rhodes.

[Spidey]

Haven't really kept up all that much last few months but I'm still a fan of Charlotte, MJF, Kofi, Taker, and Darby Allin.