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#4. Matt Hardy names AEW and WWE stars as his picks for Wrestler of the Year

Matt Hardy

AEW's Matt Hardy gave his picks for who he believes are the MVPs for 2021. A topic like Wrestler of the Year is sure to spark a debate and there can never be a unanimous decision. The subjectivity of the topic leads to different answers from everyone.

On his Twitch AMA, Matt Hardy named 3 superstars, one each from AEW, RAW and Smackdown. Showering tons of praise on the AEW World Champion, Hardy said:

The first person in AEW, I would say its Kenny Omega. I think he has done great. There's bunch of guys that have really elevated themselves, you know, with the help of the company and other people as well on a young guys which they're doing a great process of building as like MJF and Jungle Boy, even Orange Cassidy, its interesting to see the reaction that he gets. Now that we're back in front of like legitimate crowd and you know, a real fans like a true barometer.

For the WWE brands, Matt picked two names: Drew McIntyre from RAW and Roman Reigns from Smackdown.

I would say on the RAW show is probably Drew McIntyre and on SmackDown it would be Roman Reigns.

It's hard to argue with his choices as all three members have been huge assets for their respective brands.