Kazuchika Okada will be #1 on the PWI 500 list (first Japanese wrestler to ever do so).

[mrken12]

Okada da most overrated wrestler of all time lmaooooo!

Braun Stroman/Brock/AJ should EASILY be number 1 over him.

No they shouldn't. Especially not Brock. Okada has been putting in work against numerous opponents and has been a dominant competitive active champion.

 

[El Guapo]

Over Brock, thats interesting. Kayfabe brock beat the all time kayfabe GOAT, GOLDBERG, and kicked out of a jackhammer, a feat nobody in wrestling history (outside of a hogan/nash 'botch') has ever done. And has since defeated samoa joe, and strowman/joe/reign and came back from like everyones finisher.

I'd give it to brock, but i get it.

Ranking imo should be

Brock
Okada
Braun
Omega
Naito
Jinder mahal
Aj styles
Reigns
Joe
Cena

I think the time period is July to July (or something like that) so the Goldberg loss and Rumble elimination fit in the timeline for what it's worth.

 

[MenacingMonk]

Where's Omega ranked? He should be top 3.

 

[Apex]

Where's Omega ranked? He should be top 3.

eh if we talking in terms of accomplishments all he did was win the us title and finally beat okada in their third match

best wrestlers in the world tho hes top 3 for sure. him, okada and lesnar.

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

eh if we talking in terms of accomplishments all he did was win the us title and finally beat okada in their third match

best wrestlers in the world tho hes top 3 for sure. him, okada and lesnar.

Popularity is maybe a bigger factor which is why almost every #1 ever has been a bayface

 

[El Guapo]

Hopefully he'll get a better cover than when Roman Reigns was number 1

 

[Hey_zeus]

Gedo booking works
Seriously, he deserves it. The matches he has put on this year rival some of the best years by march quality we've ever seen.

 

[Jmare007]

Like what are the prerequisites or conditions one is evaluated on to be ranked?

Cuz why are no LU/AAA guys in any of you guys top 10?


Martha

Try to come up with someone that will generate buzz, that's PWI's main factor when doing this list, that's why kayfabe is used prominently in it.

2015 he definitely deserved it over Seth king Slayer architect freaking burn it down Rollins

Dude was IWGP champ for a long time and led the PRIME bullet club before they got raided

In retrospect that is a goat stable right then

In 2015 AJ was a 4 month transitional champ, used in the middle of the useless 2.0 version of the "Okada tries to be the new Ace trying to surpass Tanahashi" angle. And given how stables are filler more than anything else in New Japan, leading the BC isn't that big of a deal kayfabe wise.

Having said that, I have no clue who else could've won that year. But my point is AJ's case wasn't a slam dunk, kayfabe wise

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

Hopefully he'll get a better cover than when Roman Reigns was number 1

That was terrible...this tho

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

Try to come up with someone that will generate buzz, that's PWI's main factor when doing this list, that's why kayfabe is used prominently in it.



In 2015 AJ was a 4 month transitional champ, used in the middle of the useless 2.0 version of the "Okada tries to be the new Ace trying to surpass Tanahashi" angle. And given how stables are filler more than anything else in New Japan, leading the BC isn't that big of a deal kayfabe wise.

Having said that, I have no clue who else could've won that year. But my point is AJ's case wasn't a slam dunk, kayfabe wise

I will defer to you on this one

 

[PlayerNinety_Nine]

Okada deserves it. The run of matches he's had since Wrestle Kingdom has been

Dude has been on one for damn near 7 months straight.

 

[dh86]

Okada has been champion for 430 days, how could he not be #1 kayfabe?

 

[R=G]

jinder should be no higher than 300, foh

Lol

 

[R=G]

Where is Asuka ranked??

 

[Morrison17]

Lashley should be #1.