The Prophet

Easily one of the best babyfaces I've seen from this past decade. However, she's also impressed me a fair bit working heel with Kana/Asuka. The matches are far from her peak stuff, but I think it helps her out in terms of versatility.

He's pretty good to great for more than a handful of years, and for 2-3 years was easily one of the best in the world and arguably the most over wrestler in NJPW. Great IC champion. Had pretty strong feuds with some of the top guys of the last decade. Has shown a wide range of roles he can play well in the last few G1 Climax tournaments. The Double champion runs last year weren't good but I blame that on circumstances related to COVID than him failing as the top guy. I'll need to check out more of his tag work from NO LIMIT but what I have seen I've enjoyed a lot.

Her character and mic work are pretty good. The rest? Not really my cup of tea. Her offence on top I've never found engaging. The top rope splash she sometimes does is nice but she also looks scared of getting hurt if someone brings the knees up. She's one of the few women who aren't Nia Jax or Tamina Snuka that rarely take a proper bump in the ring. These things are pretty prominent across most of her matches since moving up to the main roster.

He's someone who I feel like we've been waiting for years now to see him reach his potential and outside of a few standout performances, he just hasn't done it yet from what I've seen. It's probably unfair on him, he's not even 25 yet. Definitely someone I'm interested to see moving forward these next 5 years.

I always thought she was a great babyface worker from early 2016 to SSlam 2018 that just never got the same chances for big matches and feuds like a Charlotte, Sasha Banks or an Alexa Bliss did. Then we got "The Man" and it was off to the races from there. One thing I don't really see brought up (and maybe it's because of how matches are prioritized for discussions like these) is how great of a promo she generally was. I don't think there was any woman on the rosters around that time who came close to her on the mic once she started really getting that push around late 2018. She probably won't make it on my list, but it is interesting to find someone like that who still excelled in certain ways that only a few of her peers could match, let alone top.

He might be the wrestler with the most inflated case for an all-time great imo. Someone who "feels" different compared to the rest of the roster in large part due to working part-time and not sticking around long enough on TV for creative to screw him up. It's a bonus when his mouthpiece is one of the best to ever cut a promo in Paul Heyman. The majority of matches since returning tend to be derivative and heavily reliant on how his opponents can sell the damage of his frankly limited offense while playing the face in peril. It's not surprising then that his best work is often against some of the best talent on the roster at the time who can play to that strength of his (Bryan, Styles, Mysterio, Reigns at WM31, etc.) It's also not like his misses boil down to him being unmotivated. We're talking about a guy who got to work several marquee matches against guys like The Undertaker and heir to the devil's throne Triple H; legends who are respected by the vast majority of wrestlers. If this dude really couldn't have cared less working with those guys, would be have still been employed with the company up until just last year? Even if we do entertain the idea, it's not a good excuse by any means, especially given the relatively small body of work he had from 2012-2020. Note: I'm aware that my tone can come across as confronting or condescending, so I wanted to add here that I understand why people might hold Lesnar in high regard. It's not like he was in the Top 100 in 2016 for no reason. But when I've seen him show up these last few years, I don't see him as a guy who held up as this special attraction, nor as someone who was beneficial for the WWE. Rather, he's one of the very few to benefit at the expense of modern-day WWE, both the talent and product.