5 shortest current SmackDown Superstars

Over the last few years, SmackDown Live has built a reputation of being the brand which has the better in-ring action, as it has had great pro wrestlers who are technically proficient than RAW, which has the bigger, stronger men.

SmackDown's top wrestlers are smaller in size, bringing a different style of wrestling to what RAW has to offer. With AJ Styles dominating the blue brand's main title, the WWE Championship, for a long time, his impressive array of moves and finishes show that size does not actually matter in the wrestling ring.

Here, we take a look at 5 of the shortest current SmackDown Live Superstars (billed height). (This list does not include 205 Live Superstars)

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#5 AJ Styles - 5'11"

AJ Styles is the current WWE Champion

The longest reigning champion in SmackDown history, AJ Styles is one of the most athletic and entertaining pro wrestlers in the business, let alone the WWE.

This Phenomenal One took to the bright lights of WWE television with ease and has wowed and entertained the WWE Universe around the world.

At 5'11", Styles is a lot shorter than the big guns in WWE like Roman Reigns, Brock Lesnar, or Braun Strowman, which is an indication of how loved he is by the WWE Universal and WWE's creative team.

Styles has held the WWE Championship belt twice in his spell with the WWE. He's much-loved by the WWE Universe and is often deemed as the 'model champion', a champ who defends his title at every PPV and shows up week in, week out on SmackDown Live, which is quite the contrast to what has happened on RAW and the Universal title.

The WWE champion, at 41 years of age, is showing no signs of slowing down and it looks like he can go on for a few years.

Other stars like The New Day's Big E and Xavier Woods, and former NXT Tag Team champion Eric Young are 5'11" as well.

#4 Sin Cara - 5'10" & #3 Andrade "Cien" Almas - 5'9"

Andrade "Cien" Almas and Sin Cara

Two Superstars who are widely popular in Latin America, Mexican-American Sin Cara, and Mexican wrestler Andrade "Cien" Almas, have great skills on the mat, with their smaller size allowing them to perform moves that have the audience wanting for more.

Both Superstars are under 5'10", and have used their shorter height to their advantage wherever they have wrestled.

Sin Cara has been part of the main roster since 2011, and even went on to win the NXT Tag Team Championship in 2014, with Kalisto, who were then known as The Lucha Dragons.

Meanwhile, Almas has shone a little more brightly than Sin Cara on WWE television, winning the NXT Championship, before moving to the main roster in 2018. Almas, who is tipped to have a bright future in the WWE, has the talent and ingredients to become top stars.

Incidentally, both men faced each other at Extreme Rules 2018, where Almas won the singles match.

#2 Daniel Bryan - 5'8"

One of the biggest success stories of smaller men making it in the WWE is Daniel Bryan, who held the biggest titles in the WWE prior to his first retirement in the WWE due to injuries.

The 5'8" SmackDown Live Superstar, who honed is craft in the indies for many years before moving to the WWE, returned to in-ring action in 2018.

The highlight of Bryan's career happened at WrestleMania 30, where he defeated Triple H earlier in the day, and later faced Randy Orton and Batista for the World Heavyweight title. Bryan won the match against The Game, and then defeated Orton and Batista in the main event, winning against all odds.

Bryan, who had to step away from the ring due to injuries to his head, was cleared by WWE doctors in 2018, following which he laced up his wrestling boots once more, on SmackDown Live.

#1 Rey Mysterio - 5'6"

A pro wrestling great, Rey Mysterio showed that size didn't matter to propel to the top of the pro wrestling and WWE business.

The 5'6" wrestler wrestle in ECW and WCW, before making the switch to WWE. In WWE, diminutive Superstar won world titles, tag titles and even won the Royal Rumble, and has been a fan favourite throughout his WWE career.

His high-flying, acrobatic moves, and never-say-die attitude won him numerous fans around the world, and paved the way for smaller wrestlers to make it in the big-sized world of pro wrestling.

Mysterio, who left the WWE in 2015 after 13 years with the Vince McMahon-run promotion, wrestled in the indie circuit around the world. He returned to the WWE in 2018, and after months of speculation, signed a full-time contract to join WWE and SmackDown Live.