Grading the 10 best wrestlers of 2017

Brock Lesnar

The current Universal Champion looks unstoppable, and has the gold to prove it. Was 2017 the year of the Beast Incarnate?

Lesnar has a PERFECT record for 2017. In all 12 of his matches, he prevailed as the victorious wrestler.

Insane Vince McMahon ideas that got canceled - Watch Here!

Win/Loss Grade: A

Let's look at championships. Brock won the WWE Universal championship from Goldberg at Wrestlemania 33 and has held it ever since. Nine months as champion is our current bar.

Championship Grade: A

When it comes to cross-media appeal, Lesnar is a media darling. He's appeared as the cover athlete for both WWE and UFC games, and he's known around the world to people who don't follow wrestling, or MMA for that matter.

Cross-Media Appeal: A

About the author

Christopher Scott Wagoner is a writer from Austin, Texas in the United States. He is also a proud descendent of the Choctaw and Lakota people.
Chris has an English and Creative Writing degree, and is a published author with Simon and Schuster. He's ghost-written over eight million words in more than 500 books.
A long time wrestling fan, Chris is also a professional journalist who covers sports-entertainment. He's been writing for Sportskeeda since 2018.

Know More

Make Sportskeeda your preferred choice for WWE content by clicking here: Source preferences

Edited by Nishant Jayaram