PWI 500 reveals top ten Wrestlers of 2017

Modified Dec 05, 2017 15:13 GMT

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#1 Kazuchika Okada

Okada is now the first Japanese wrestler to ever top the PWI 500. For most of you who don’t know, Okada is the current IWGP Heavyweight Champion and has held the belt for 432 days. He is widely regarded as the cornerstone of NJPW’s success. Being considered as NJPW’s franchise player for well over a year, Okada has had stellar matches throughout the year. Okada has successfully defended his title against every challenger.

The Kenny Omega Vs Kazuchika Okada trilogy may be the best trilogy of all time. I didn’t expect to find anyone else ranked at number one than Okada. For those of you who have never watched Okada and Kenny Omega wrestle, you are missing out on something really special.

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Sunil is a pro wrestling journalist, covering AEW and WWE news stories at Sportskeeda. He holds an MBA degree in Marketing, and has nearly 7 years of experience. A wrestling aficionado since childhood, Sunil used to imitate his favorite wrestlers as a young kid, and started writing professionally about the sport via Sportskeeda’s revenue-sharing opportunity.

Sunil admires former world champions AJ Styles, Will Ospreay, and Kenny Omega for their ability to consistently deliver great matches as well as entertain crowds with their mic skills.

If ever given a chance to change a storyline, Sunil would have booked Roman Reigns to end The Undertaker’s WrestleMania streak instead of Brock Lesnar. According to him, The Tribal Chief needed the victory more than Brock Lesnar, as the latter was already an established performer when he defeated ‘Taker. He would’ve also made that as Taker’s final match.

Always focused on making his work accurate and reliable, Sunil thoroughly checks his facts before writing his articles. When not writing for pro wrestling, he spends his time watching cricket.

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Edited by Shruti Sadbhav