2000

[Grimmas]

Who is the greatest wrestler of the year?

[Jetlag]

Kawada, Tenryu... Tanomusaku Toba. Not kidding in the slightest about the last one.

[soup23]

Akiyama won this for me over Villano III. I really enjoyed how Akiyama came into his own as top heel of early NOAH. 

[ohtani's jacket]

VIllano III just edges it over Blue Panther for Mexico, though not necessarily due to ringwork. I think Panther is clearly a better worker than Villano at this stage, and probably all-time as well, but that's an argument for another day. Kobashi, to me, is the biggest star in Japan. Benoit is probably the best guy in the US. 

[Microstatistics]

Shinya Hashimoto, Triple H, and Jun Akiyama as the Top 3, in that order.