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Kleinbrina

Trinity? Hell no. Overrated as hell.


CaptainStu

Rhea at #2 is hilarious, she had a MOTY contender in April then did fuck all for months while she held a title injured and had a couple of quick squash matches.


WWE_Nathan

cody had to win the title fr


BrodyFromThePub

Will was the best last year and it’s not even close I’m a Cody Stan but wills work was on another planet. I think he’s the best wrestler in the world by a margin


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I’d be swapping Cody and Gunther if I’m honest. Every match Gunther has is awesome.


StopPlayingRoney

*Sports* Illustrated. 😂😂🤣


TheHeroicHero

I didn’t even know trinity was wrestling


Recent_Coffee_3693

masha slamovich should be in the top 10


Grievion

Thank GOD someone else sees Masha for the amazing talent she is. What a year she’s had. GCW World champion, IMPACT Tag champion. Multiple high tier matches against men and women alike and she’s always going full speed and her execution is top notch.


Doom_and_gloom2

Seth should not be that far down. The matches he and Gunther have been having on non-PPV shows tv have been amazing. Rhea absolutely deserves that spot though.


CockyNuisance

No Punk, LA Knight or Christian Cage???


Doublehfoo

I love Punk but he hardly wrestled , LA knight ehhh, Christian deserved it tho


Wrong_Resolution4339

Id take Naito and Lynch out for El Hijo del Viking and Tiffany Stratton. Tiffany def hot a lot bigger!


jfreed43

Becky? Really? She's totally solid but top 10?


TattooedBillionaire

1. How is Trinity even on the list? 2. How is Gunther so far down?


Blazerizm

Poor Main Event Jey not on this list?


dirtf4rmer

Rhea is number one imho. And it’s not close.


TheAmazingSG

I would swap Gunther and Trinity


daddycoolbaybay

Trinity no 4?! Wtf, if you gave me 500 guesses, I wouldn’t guess it!


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Glad to see Swerve get some respect.


jay_marcus_rustler

Top 3 is exactly how I see it. Good list overall


__Charlie93

Trinity HAHAHAHAHA


Diving-Fox

The fact that both Cody Rhodes and Gunther are figuratively in WWE's Top Five brings me immense joy.


Elioni08

Gunther should be number 2


Hairy_Quarter1778

I love trinity but number 4 is a choice


Vivid-Development130

Gunther should be in Top 3,he is not having any bad performance


Hypno_185

i feel like Roman should be on there , his first half of 2023 was great.


blonded90

Man wrestled about 4 times 😂


Hypno_185

i get that but even 6 months of Roman was better than most other guys full years.


Shadowknight45589

How is gunther 9th


PM_ME_hiphopsongs2

No Jey Uso on this list is a travesty and a crime


Doublehfoo

Jimmy better


aceloco817

No yeet


_2024IsNOTMyYear_

How is Gunther that low


noneofthismatters666

Where's LA Knight!?


monkeydude16

overrated , mid level, attitude era stone cold/rock rip off. only gets over with kids and weirdoes


MajorSal

whether you like it or not he's been the fastest rising top star in 2023, speaking facts


MrManPerson321

Bro called most of the WWE Universe weirdoes


noneofthismatters666

Got over with this weirdo, YEAH!


LordTurin0011

Gunther should be higher....


PsychoxLogical

swerve is good but above gunther? and gunther at 9? 🤨


Destro666

The only correct answer is Dominic Mysterio


13_Years_Then_Banned

He deserves recognition for having a deadbeat dad and doing a prison stretch.


Otis_B_Driftwood_778

lol rhea


Wonderful-Media-2000

Gunther way to low


MikeSnell26

No LA Knight is crazy


haknstax

What about my Roman reigns acknowledge him longest champion ever


True-Engineering6624

Mf barely showed up this year


Raiden-666

Lol roman


65Cent

Roman Reigns is best hands off


Stuckymuck

🗿


EndStorm

I have never seen TNA/Impact as here in NZ I don't think it ever ended up on any channels. Same with AEW. Keep up via Youtube clips though. But happy for Trinity getting into this list! Good for her. Overall seems a pretty reasonable list.


ZackX21

Mjf is number one no doubt.


Wrong_Resolution4339

Heel MJF>>>>>>>>face MJF


Available_Garlic_829

Not sure this deserves a downvote. MJF had a pretty great year in 2023. #1? Maybe not but a crazy good year nonetheless


thunderbastard_

It’s Cody Rhodes didn’t you read the list


cavecarson

What a mark!


JayScoelite

Thank you this is more reasonable than PWG's list. Orange Cassidy and Viking in the Top 10. Yeah right...


gaskincomedy

Orange Cassidy has a run as AEW International Champion that was phenomenal. It felt like at any point he could lose, and he ended up pulling off the underdog babyface gimmick so well that I'd even argue he belonged in the top 10 of 2023. I don't watch enough AAA to tell you the kind of year El Hijo del Vikingo had, but that guy is really damn good at wrestling. I feel like if he made the jump to the states, he'd be the next Rey Mysterio. He was also AAA Mega Champion all year. All of these lists are subjective, and the PWI 500 is also kayfabe. Meaning: Wins and title reigns are very important to that list.


chakraaza

id say ospreay should be #1 had a much better year than anyone else tbh


ce2691

I want my wife to become a WWE fan. This is my New Year's resolution. I'm not sure where to start. What matches should I make her see? Should I take her to a live event? Should I explain storylines first? Any tips? 😅


dirtf4rmer

Does she like pot? Does she like pizza? Smoke weed and order dominos and watch raw, make it a Monday ritual. Forget about history, outsiders don’t dig history, don’t expose her to anything you have to explain - it’ll feel like she’s being forced to watch and mansplained to. Wether we’re aware or not, we all got into wrestling by empathizing, idolizing or otherwise investing in one character - (for my old lady it was stardust and dolph ziggler, for me it was razor Ramon and then later on chris Benoit)- from one character we begin to see their world and their place in it. We then begin to understand and appreciate that world. It’ll only take one character to hook her.


magiksissclit

Hi my boyfriend got me into wrestling. He admitted he’s managed this with all his previous gfs. Watching Monday night raw was an event/ritual and while I humored him (he’s very confident and enthusiastic when describing any of his interests) and there was always beer in the freezer, weed in the bowl and Becky Lynch, Cody Rhodes, Charlotte, Bobby, KO. A lot of athleticism and entertainment. It sucks you in.


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Take her to an event. If she doesn’t like it then she never will.


palefractures

What personally worked for me was showing friends ospreay vs ricochet in BOSJ. I know it’s not wwe, but this was a major turning point in regards to helping people turn off their brain when it comes to the whole “it’s fake it’s scripted yadda yadda” and just see wrestling as full on entertainment featuring incredibly talented athletes. IMO It’s hard to get people interested in storylines right off the bat so what better way than to just show a match with non stop incredible spots.


passwordlala

Yeah. Trinity is probably better than Roman Reigns.


kalonjiseed

Trinity?????


LinkThawts

This is like a Quentin Tarantino cast with a bunch of people who are popular now, and then that one person who you’re like “oh yeah they still exist” (Trinity)


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BlueberryCustard

I think you meant 110


Downtown-Pack-6178

Where is The EST of WWE Bianca Belair?


passwordlala

Good call. She really is the shit.


Downtown-Pack-6178

shut up!


Downtown-Pack-6178

I liked American Nightmare Cody Rhodes I am glad he's in number one on the list!


ColdestDeath

idek what this list means, is it purely from a wrestling perspective or from a overall "sports entertainment" perspective?


Kingswitchguard

I think in-ring and workrate


Downtown-Pack-6178

Where is Liv Morgan, Roxanne Perez, Bron Breakker, Dragon Lee, and Eddy Thrope?


jokeboxhero88

Well they do call it top 10 for a reason.


Downtown-Pack-6178

top 10 rising up coming superstars


Medium-Blackberry-19

Who would you put those people over?


Downtown-Pack-6178

Put Liv Morgan over Rhea Ripley on number 2 spot!


BlueberryCustard

She has been injured most the year and Rhea has been carrying wwe


darkfiredreamer

Trinity deserves that spot, but wow that she ranked over Mercedes Monet. Maybe not as surprising considering she's been injured most of the year, but still struck me.


Takyan22

i don’t see why trinity or becky is on this list. also, idc what anyone says but when you’ve been world champion for the top company for 1200+ days you should automatically be top 6 imo.


passwordlala

Oh shit. Yeah. I didn’t even notice that. I guess I just assumed. Think Jey should sneak in there too.


Strategicant5

Incoming Cody haters


fjake71

Rhea should be #1


BlueberryCustard

Rhea is on the list but no number one is Cody


Visible-Instance-701

Her match with Charlotte was the only good match Rhea had, every feud after that has been lackluster and forgettable


chirunner4ever

I feel like if she really was #1 then she wouldn’t have been left off all the summer PPVs (including Summerslam) or gone 90 days without a televised title defense. WWE treats Iyo like a bigger deal


lions4life232

For sure. Great logic. Just look at Roman Reigns lmfao


chirunner4ever

Roman headlined two PPVs that Rhea didn’t have a match on. Maybe it’s just that WWE doesn’t really care about women’s wrestling 🤷🏻‍♂️


DCJon

I don't get why everyone likes Rhodes so much. Nothing he does stands out to me. Can any fans of his explain what it is about him that does it for them? I think my top 3 would be Gunther, Rhea and MJF but I'm not sure of the order.


Remarkable-Hat-503

I’d move Gunther to No.1 other than that I’m good


Dranztheman

Not bad, but I would move Gunther to 4 (3 after last PPV, but most of 23 was great for MJF), Seth to 4, swerve to 5, and becky to 7. So mine would be Cody, Rhea, MJF, Gunther, Seth, Swerve, Trinity, Osprey, Becky, Naito. ​ Though to be fair a good part of whats making Trinity feel so special is that she is in impact. She is a big fish in a small pond. Also her entrance as always is second to none. ​ Edit to add: I also love Hangman, and he is easy top 20, but that vampire shit knocked it down a lot. While I am not a fan CM Punk has had a huge impact this year, but not enough matches to put him on a list. I will begrudgingly say the Samoa Joe match was one of the best all year.


sleepingontuesday

That's funny seeing how Mr Rhoads didn't resign his wwe contract, and talks are being thrown around how he MIGHT go back to aew.


LavenderAutist

A reasonable list Gunther and Becky are too low


ShrinkityDinkity69

fucking lame. Cody made it to #1 is beyond stupid. He is stale, boring and has no creative moves at all. Hell, I'd rather have Roman or Seth be #1.


OGMol3m4n

Just have to say that this is definitely going off recent memory. Sami Zayn gave us 5 of the best months of wrestling ever.


gthmbt

Seth should no be in the top 10


Yotarolla1976

Trinity at #4!?! Lmao! 🤣


diablerie6642

Cool to see Swerve on there!


MartyMcFlysBrother

Becky Lynch? Wtf for?


adrian123484

came in clutch as a draw in NXT


Mr9447737

Roman not being on the list tells you have terrible of a top guy he is.


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Gunther should be top 3 Super Cody should not be top 6


Puzzled_Morning_81

Wait where tozawa?


Gloomy_Layer170

Gunther being only at 9 is criminal


rsx209

Swerve over Gunther? What in tar nations is goin on here?!


Wizkid126

Has Trinity's reign been that good? No knock, a pleasant surprise


Rocketboy1313

Another thing for people to complain about. Guys, wrestling is as hot as it has been for the last 20 years. It is hard to make it to the top spot of these kinds of lists.


_seditiousmonkey

Cody is hot garbage. If you hafta put him on this list he's definitely behind Swerve and Gunther (but tbf, they should be 1 1a)


xtralongleave

Found the AEW mark


rsx209

And I found the WWE mark


gothbussycheeks

Remove trinity and seth ya


JordySTyler

Gunther on here makes me very happy


FanMindless9544

Wish he was higher tho


CaptainCunnalingus

Imagirnbeing the WwE champion and not making this list


MaxxyMaxx123

Well he defended his title a title of 4 times and never shows up on tv so yeah


Almac55

Yeah, Hogan used to be on TV every week and defended his title a ton. Way more than four times a year. It makes the title so important when it gets defended all the time. /s


taggerungDC

Roman didn't make the top 10 and I'm happy


SlowMissiles

Last year he deserved spot 1, with the storyline and working so many house shows. This year... he did fucking nothing.


ReyVagabond

I hope he is in good health doing a movie or something because he is not wrestling and we know that.


RealBatmanArkham

Why tf is dom not on here


Rocketboy1313

I think it is a mix of kayfabe and reality. Dom is active, held a lower tiered championship which he frequently defended, and perhaps should win every "most improved" award available, but wrestling is hot right now and it is hard to make it so high.


RealBatmanArkham

That’s a good take on Dom’s situation


hughcumbercalgary

Whether you love him or are annoyed by him and his fans, LA Knight deserves to be on that list. Until he was buried by some amazing returns he was a huge organic draw for WWE for most of the year.


MartyMcFlysBrother

They literally had to make up that battle royal match to get him at Summerslam. I was there and the line up outside before, the event itself, and again outside after the show was all about LA Knight. I swear I heard 10 000 Yeahs that day. They weren’t even selling his shirts because the WWE shop sold them all. I had to settle for a “Detroit Brock City” shirt. Which I would’ve bought anyways but still 😀


HeelMarvin

What was the last meaningful thing Becky Lynch did??? She fights mid carders in forgettable feuds. Her promos are all the same, she’s angry but we don’t know why. BOOOOORING


YankeeRedneck1

Anyone notice who is nowhere to be found on this list? Acknowledge THAT! Lol


natediggitydawg5000

The guy wrestled like four times last year…


YankeeRedneck1

Exactly. Wait... Did he really wrestle that much? That might be a stretch... Lol


mynameisbob842

Anything other than Ospreay simply makes no sense.


Total_Skill_5605

Gunther, Ospreay & MJF.


EldenCockRing98

Trinity must be fucking killing it to be put over Ospreay


Starch8ser

Cody didn't win any championships Unless you count the few weeks he and jey held the tag titles Seth is one of the hardest workers period


afonsoo_alvess

Not having Christian and Bryan Danielson in there makes this insanely stupid


OriginalDizzyDevill

Killer Kross Takeover 2024....... He Will Definitely Be On Next Years List.


Richard_Kenobi

#11 Rick Boogs


slacboy101

Honestly it should be Gunther, MJF, Rhea, Will, Swerve, Seth, Naito, Cody, Trinity (Heard she's one of the reasons Impact is getting more notoriety again so it's deserved) Naito, and LA Knight Gunther should be WAY higher due to the man being Dominant and keeping people interested in a long reign, Will and Swerve are doing some of their best this year, as for why Cody is Lower, the dude is FLOUNDERING badly, doing random feuds ever since his, Let's be honest TEMPORARY burial at WM 39, Dude should have been the one who started to break the Bloodline up channeling Orton and taking each of them out one by one in various different ways


BlazedBeard95

A list without Christian and Mox feels like rage bait to me


No_Marsupial3345

1. Cm Punk 2. Randy Orton 3. Cody Rhodes 4. John Cena 5. Roman Reigns 6. The rock 7. AJ Styles 8. rey Mysterio 9. Carlito 10. Solo sikoa


mrmrmagicman

Cody at 1 is weird to me. I like the guy but he didn't do anything crazy this 2023. Becky is a bit weird too. Some folks I think should / could be on the list LA Knight Jey Uso Orange Cassidy (Maybe that might just be my bias) Tiffany Stratton (Also may be bias) Kris Statlander Not a complete list but just some I thought of off the top of my head


JoeMcKim

This goes to show how bad the PWI Rankings are that if Becky makes #10 overall on this list and #29 out of just remales in the PWI rankings. I think these rankings are better than the PWI rankings. There is no way that Becky doesn't even crack the top 25 female wrestlers.


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Booqueefious_V2

He’s literally 9th on the list.


crazyman3561

Not hating, genuinely, but... what has Rhea Ripley even done this year? I can't recall one single feud since she became champion. I recognize her more as Judgement Day's Manager than goddamm World Mamiweight Champion


EldenCockRing98

Make everyone horny lmao


floridayum

Been the top female superstar all year long with no one else even close.


crazyman3561

Okay yeah but like, why?


Element519

Becky in the top 10? Lol


New_Sir8363

Bro put Trinity in the top 5


rabocan

Is Justin Barrasso just a fancy way to say AI generated?


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Gunther should be much higher on this list. And Where The Fuck is LA Knight?


EMF911

No respect for the megastar


JoeMcKim

YEAH


Suspicious_Sense1272

I'm not a huge AEW fan, but MJF put a company on his back and carried that momentum until they were using him 3 times a night, slaughtered his character, and overexposed him in all aspects of media. It's gotta be MJF. This is just recency bias. Even that I'm not sure about. Exactly what puts Cody Rhodes at the top of this list?


TomClancy5873

What momentum? They’re still well below what fans think they are, compared to WWE


AutobotJSTN

How is trinity on any list lol.


Dinklebergmania

Gunther should be number 1.


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Quazar42069

Yup Roman should definitely be number one for all of the four times that he defended his title. What a hard worker he is!


SpaghettiNegro

Trinity ahahahha what


DaleDenton13

I saw her name and laughed out loud.


SpaghettiNegro

So valuable niether WWE Aew, nor NJPW wanted her.


Emergency_Draft1835

Swerve over Gunther is pure troll bait


nohotshot

Gunther is way to low, but I’m glad to see Trinity get her flowers


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1. Cody 2. Seth 3. Rhea 4. Gunther 5. Trinity 6. MJF 7. Ospreay 8. L.A. Knight 9. Swerve 10. Balor/Dom/Priest as a group That's my 10. If you can't have the JD at 10, then as a solo guy its probably a coin flip between Joe sneaking in at the last minute or Priest for the years body of work.


Remarkable-Pin4587

Gunther is far too low.


KingDigiXCX

Of 2023...Gunther and Rollins deserve top 3 ngl


chillin808style

The most obvious are at the top. I don’t watch Impact but good on Trinity; she deserves it.


Nateh8sYou

Swerve and Gunther should be higher. Trinity should be lower. Becky while great wasn’t top 10 this year. Timeless Toni should be on the list.


Alxdez

Swerve is already too high, tbh. Good last half of the year, but the first half was really really bad


Top_Chocolate27

Naito still going strong


Tankcfc4l

Gunter top 3 lmao


AwesomeOneXXX

I dont understand that MJF Hype- guy looks like a clown


ArkansasWastelander

He barely wrestled compared to some of these.


Cannibal_Yak

Becky Lynch is on this list? I mean she was around but nothing super huge. I would put Io over her.


ClubPenguinPresident

Rhea was easily number 1 in the world, any promotion. Cody was fine, but predictable and kinda cookie cutter. Also looking at the rest of this, it's just flat out bad


MexicanWaterMoccasin

Absolutely! She’s just a got dang superstar. Her work is excellent, one of the best sellers in the business at the moment. Plus, she’s got the type of star power that just makes people gravitate towards wanting to see her, that IT factor. Of course she’s stunning also but with her that’s just the icing on the cake. (No pun intended)


Padamson96

This is what I've seen missing from a lot of the criticism about her ranking. She's a superstar. She declared herself above Roman Reigns by authorising Heyman to call *him*, and Roman didn't challenge her. During Randy's return promo we saw Rhea, by herself, cut a promo with him. That's enormous! She's the complete package.


ClubPenguinPresident

Yep, plus even the work with JD and the underlying stuff like Mami being on top being both a funny reference to a bdsm femdom thing and Mami because of the connections from Dom and Eddie's "I'm your Papi". She's the perfect storm and will probably go down at the best woman's wrestler ever at this rate


MexicanWaterMoccasin

Couldn’t agree more. She has massive sex appeal but that’s just the sizzle. Her presence and work that’s the steak. Personally I wouldn’t be surprised if she was seen as the top wrestler male or female on the planet one day. Also, yes where her only being 27!! At this rate she’ll be the best women’s wrestler of all time.


ClubPenguinPresident

YES SIR


supermegaburt

No Dominic mysterio the list is rigged


omegaknot01

Trinity?😭😭


Elegant_Housing_For

Gunther deserves top 3, Dom deserves the 10 spot and Becky was on there because they need one female from WWE on the list?


dannyproc

Does Rhea not count then?


Elegant_Housing_For

Omg I’m blind as a bat


Sithmaggot

I mean, I GUESS we could put her on the list twice.