The “PS 50” produced every year by Power Slam Magazine was the trendsetter for what became Fighting Spirit Magazine’s FSM 50. For six years now, Voices of Wrestling has kept the annual tradition alive with the same spirit and intention as its predecessors.
The goal of the list is to be as well-informed and wide-ranging as possible. One of the beauties of the list in previous years was being able to highlight names that a reader may not be aware of. For me, that was a gateway into Japanese wrestling over 20 years ago. The first time I saw the names KENTA, CIMA, and Naomichi Marufuji was in the PS 50, and I was encouraged by the list to seek them out. We hope to not only provide a credible ranking but also to expose readers to some new wrestling. Discovering new wrestling was always one of the most enjoyable parts of my fandom when I was younger, and too often nowadays, people are closed off in that regard like it’s some kind of bad thing.
I think it’s important this year to provide a better understanding of the criteria our panelists use. While each panelist will have their own individual tastes and speciality areas (necessary for the variety we hope to achieve) the focus of the ranking is on bell to bell performance. That can be whatever appeals to individual tastes but it’s important to distinguish that things like promos and backstage angles are not considered here. Charisma, crowd connection, the ability to get your story across in a match – those things are of course all valued as they are things that occur in the context of bell to bell performance. A big reason for this distinction is to remove things where certain performers don’t have a level playing field …. i.e promos in foreign languages. Another aspect to note is that a huge worldwide star is viewed no differently to a kid plying their trade in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. Everyone’s on a level playing field here.
Some voters value the quantity of a wrestler’s portfolio, some will value peak quality. I think that was a more pressing question than usual in 2024 for me personally. In contrast to arguments recently made by Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer, I’m of the view that standards have slipped greatly for in-ring performance. I understand Dave’s point and where he was coming from (please don’t confuse me for an anti-Dave grifter) but I just view things differently. I think the peaks are incredible and a match like Will Ospreay vs. PAC from All Out may have set a new bar for me when it comes to that style. However I think the broad standard and most importantly the care for, and attention to, detail has never been lower. Wrestlers are less focused on detail work, don’t get enough reps for things to come naturally (more a US problem), and fans and promotions generally don’t value those things to a meaningful degree. We live in an error of low standards in many walks of life and in-ring wrestling performance is no different.
From 2024, I probably had as many “MOTYC” level bouts as I had in previous years, but the volume and depth drop-off was much starker than usual. A big part of that I think is match quality dropping considerably on AEW TV. That promotion was usually good for a half dozen or so excellent TV matches a month in prior years, but that is not the case anymore. Lethargic, small crowds and the issues I described above will cause that. On PPV though, they’re still undeniable and that’s borne out in this list.
I don’t want to end this on a sour note, so let me just say that this is a positive list. These wrestlers were all tremendous in 2024 and every single one of them is a worthwhile inclusion in my view. We hope you enjoy this breakdown of all 50 wrestlers (and some honorable mentions) with some short blurbs about each of their years. I know it’s tempting to skip straight to the list, but there are some sneaky match recommendations and other pearls of wisdom you’ll miss out on, so do so at your peril!
Thanks for reading!
The FSM 50 2024 Panel
Adam Summers. Bringing nearly 20 years of wrestling writing and podcasting experience to the table. Co-host of the Adam & Mike Big Audio Nightmare and Wrestling@Random podcasts. Writer/Editor of the Three Count Fall newsletter.
Alan4L. Host of ProWres Paradise at PWTorch VIP, and columnist for the PWTorch newsletter. Wrestling fan since 1991 and these days focusing mainly on AEW and Japan.
Case Lowe. Co-host of Open The Voice Gate, lucharesu historian with a wide-ranging wrestling knowledge that defies his years.
Fred Morlan. Co-host of The Good, the Bad, and the Hungee. Statistically minded analyst who does his best to keep up on wrestling around the world.
Gerard Di Trolio. Co-host of The Emerald Flowshow specializing in NOAH and All Japan. Knows the Japanese scene inside out.
Ian Hamilton. Writer and podcaster for BackBodyDrop.com and an expert in European wrestling to complement a well-rounded knowledge of worldwide wrestling.
Jesse Collings. A writer for VoicesofWrestling.com and host of the Gentlemen’s Wrestling Podcast. He has been writing about the global world of wrestling online since 2012.
Joe Gagne. Wrestling podcast OG and trivia master! Joe keeps his tabs on everything and often provides a balanced voice to our rankings.
Joe Lanza (SENIOR EXECUTIVE ADVISOR). The King Of Banter. The Most Compelling Voice In Wrestling Media. A Reasoned And Well Explained Man. The Leader Of The Hardcore Wrestling Intelligentsia. Internationally Acclaimed Broadcast Journalist As Heard On BBC Radio. Also heard and read on FlagshipPatreon.com.
Joey Bay. Regular contributor to ProWres Paradise & Dr. Keith Presents before that. Big fan of Japanese wrestling from the major leagues to the smallest indies, and always keeps close tabs on the US indie scene too.
Rich Kraetsch. Co-host of the long-running Flagship Podcast on Voices of Wrestling, editor of VoicesofWrestling.com and one-half of FlagshipPatreon.com. Rich keeps an eye on the full world of wrestling with an emphasis on America and Japan.
Scott Edwards. One of the most passionate up-and-coming wrestling writers around. Scott represents VOW, Fightful and Fightgamemedia where he hosts the Five Star Joshi Show.
The 2024 FSM 50
The 50 Best Wrestlers in the World
50 Axiom & Nathan Frazer (NXT)
A weekly highlight of NXT, Frazer & Axiom put on great matches every time they were between the ropes. The definition of high workrate, this team pulled out fast paced show stealers against the likes of Edris Enofe & Malik Blade, Andre Chase & Ridge Holland, Cedric Alexander & Je’Von Evans, and Mark Coffey & Wolfgang, which were the highlight matches of the year for all of those teams. (FM)
49 The Saito Brothers (AJPW)
With tag team wrestling flailing seemingly everywhere else these days, The Saito Brothers are a rarity – a tag team that basically now has a company built around them. 2024 saw All Japan really go all in on Jun and Rei, and with great success. They’ve drawn well, have done a ton of media, and now have their own TV show on GAORA. Their in-ring work continues to take a step forward and can usually deliver a very good match. They have also begun to deliver in singles matches too, with Jun vs. Kento Miyahara in the Champion Carnival finals and Rei vs. Yuma Anzai for the Triple Crown being notable examples. (GDT)
48 Miu Watanabe (TJPW)
In a breakout year for TJPW, Watanabe established herself as a top level worker that will be a star in her promotion for years to come. Matches against Ryo Mizunami, Shoko Nakajima, and Miyu Yamashita ranked among the very best of the year in all of joshi. She’s shockingly strong for her size, implementing power moves to her arsenal that help set her apart. (FM)
47 Robbie Eagles (NJPW)
He may not have a portfolio of MOTYC’s, but every time you saw the Australian veteran in the ring, you saw a master of the craft and someone who does the little things as well as anyone. His peak was a Best Of The Super Juniors gem against Hiromu Takahashi – one of the best storytelling matches of the year. (A4L)
46 Go Shiozaki (NOAH)
The last of a dying breed, Shiozaki ditched the flashy gear for plain black trunks and reemployed a meat and potatoes style in 2024. You can tell he’s clearly hurting but he still puts his body on the line every time he’s booked in a big spot. Many of Shiozaki’s best moments in 2024 came on his own low profile, boutique Limit Break shows, where as the ZERO1 World Heavyweight Champion, he delivered no BS, hard hitting matches. Because mainline NOAH didn’t put its best foot forward until the very end of the year, the Shiozaki booked Limit Break shows were very much among the company’s highlights of 2024, giving us Shiozaki’s straight forward vision of pro-wrestling, free of whatever wild and nonsensical stuff NOSAWA Rongai thought of while probably drinking at the bar. (GDT)
45 Neon (CMLL)
Neon became appointment viewing in 2024 because you knew you were either going to see him do something utterly spectacular, or you were going to see him fail spectacularly in the process of trying something insane. His February 2nd tag match with Mascara Dorada vs. Mistico & Brillante Jr was his high-point of his year, and a glimpse into his absurd potential. (CL)
44 The Young Bucks (AEW)
The handpicked opponents of Sting for his retirement match, the Bucks were fantastic heels in the legend’s farewell. Toss in great matches against FTR, Kyle Fletcher & Will Ospreay, and even Private Party, and the Bucks racked up yet another extremely impressive year in the ring. (FM)
43 Darby Allin (AEW)
Allin continues to be one of the most dynamic performers in wrestling history. Against Will Ospreay, Darby had the best television match of the Continental Classic, in addition to other fantastic TV bouts against Konosuke Takeshita, Jay White, Jon Moxley, and The Beast Mortos. And of course, don’t forget his (insane) efforts in Sting’s retirement match, either. (FM)
42 Jacky Kamei (DG)
Jacky Kamei began the year with absurd high quality output, and was perhaps the best wrestler in the world not named Bryan Danielson or Will Ospreay from January through May. Sadly, his momentum waned and his stunning pace slowed over the back half of the year, curtailing what was looking like one of the best overall years in Dragongate history and slipping him into the bottom half of this list. (CL)
41 Dragon Kid (DG)
Kid’s “No Hug” tag team (with partner Naruki Doi) produced one of the best year’s we’ve seen from a tag team in many years. Kid’s chemistry with Doi was off the charts, and they delivered in multiple big spots during Rey de Parejas and as Open The Twin Gate champs. On the singles front, the 48-year-old legend put forth a masterclass in working with a young talent in his outstanding WrestleMania weekend bout against Marcus Mathers. The Toryumon original is simply timeless. (A4L)
40 Hirooki Goto (NJPW)
With 13 tournament wins under his belt, including five World Tag Leagues, three New Japan Cups, and the 2008 G1 Climax, Hirooki Goto is arguably the most prolific tournament wrestler in NJPW history. The historically underappreciated Goto nearly claimed three more tournaments in 2024, coming this close to winning his fourth NJC, sixth WTL, and second G1, finding himself eliminated on the final night of all three. While Bishimon remained the backbone of the NJPW tag team division, Goto’s year was highlighted by a killer NJC final against Yota Tsuji, and his emotional run in the B Block of the G1, punctuated by his upset win over David Finlay, one of the best matches of the entire tournament. Goto, who will receive his 9th crack at the IWGP Title in early 2025, remains one of the best and most underrated wrestlers in the world as he enters his 23rd year as a pro. (JL)
39 TJP (NJPW / MLW)
From a technical standpoint, there are very few wrestlers in the world more proficient and clean than TJP, who can work virtually any style at a high level as one of the holdovers of an era where globetrotting and learning to work all over the world was expected of top level workers and rather than being an exception. Catch 22 was once again one of the best tag teams in the world in 2024, with TJP serving as a backbone in both of New Japan’s junior divisions and tournaments, while also making nifty little runs in heavyweight tournaments like the G1 Qualifying Tournament and the MLW Opera Cup. (JL)
38 DOUKI (NJPW)
Over the first half of 2024, things like a Rambo appearance, Fantasticamania, a nice little run in the Best Of The Super Juniors, and trips to CMLL were the kinds of things we’ve come to expect from the always steady DOUKI. What few of us saw coming over the back half of the year was an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title win and a kick ass junior title run, solidifying what was the best year of his career. (JL)
37 Ryohei Oiwa (NJPW / NOAH)
“The Grip” established himself on the puro scene this year as a key member of the NOAH roster while on his domestic excursion from NJPW. His standout matches came against NOAH ace Kaito Kiyomiya, delivering to the standard you’d expect from someone who is expected to eventually rise to the top of the card in NJPW. His fiery performance in the Christmas Korakuen tag team main event showed that once NJPW gives this TMDK member a chance, he will soar as one of their new top stars. (SE)
36 Mascara Dorada (CMLL)
Mascara Dorada is beginning to remind me of a young Will Ospreay. After garnering attention for mind-numbing athleticism, Dorada spent 2024 developing into a better all-around wrestler who peaks as highly as anyone in his home promotion of CMLL. Dorada was able to deliver in singles, tags, and trios matches consistently throughout the year, and I can’t help but think that he’ll be a mortal lock for this list every year moving forward. (CL)
35 Cody Rhodes (WWE)
While Cody “finishing the story” was more of a sports entertainment style spectacle and not the kind of match that would impress our panel in a project like this, the WrestleMania entrance-pop-a-thon undoubtedly set the stage for 2024 to be “Cody’s year” in pro wrestling, and that has to count for something. Cody’s best work came when he was away from The Bloodline, notably against AJ Styles and Logan Paul. A decent TV feud with Shinsuke Nakamura and good PPV matches against Kevin Owens and Gunther supplement the resume. (JL)
34 Mio Momono (Marvelous)
One of the more talented wrestlers in the world who just needed the opportunity to show it, and 2024 served as that opportunity for Momono, who opened the year by winning the OZ Academy Openweight Championship and closed the year as a double tag team champ alongside partner Yurika Oka. Whether it’s in singles or tags, her effort is sensational and her ability is off the charts. (SE)
33 Hangman Page (AEW)
Page continued his fantastic rivalry with Swerve Strickland, but also had a great series with Jay White, as well as solid matches against Big Tom Ishii, Claudio Castagnoli, and Jay White. Page was on such a hot streak that a program with 57-year old Jeff Jarrett resulted in a highlight Dynamite match. (FM)
32 Kenoh (NOAH)
Another great year for the hardest working man in NOAH. When Kenoh wasn’t busy being a menace on the internet, he was tearing it up in the ring with classics against old reliables like Go Shiozaki and new blood like Titus Alexander. Kenoh got a better match out of Minoru Suzuki this year than anyone has this decade. He remains the heart and soul of NOAH, with his uncompromising, stiff style sending a clear message to anyone that watches his matches. (JC / A4L)
31 Yota Tsuji (NJPW)
In his first full year back from excursion, Yota Tsuji’s 2024 was loaded with accolades as New Japan continues working out who “THE Guy” is going to be out of their new generation of talents. A loss to Yuya Uemura had Tsuji supporters concerned he had fallen behind Uemura in the pecking order, but victory in a hair vs. hair rematch at New Beginning not only ensured that he would keep his hair, but also that he was seen as no worse than Uemura’s equal. March’s NJ Cup was a big breakthrough, as Tsuji beat Hirooki Goto in the final, before falling short against Tetsuya Naito in the ensuing title match. A brief run with the NEVER six-man titles acted as a precursor to an excellent G1 Climax, as Tsuji came agonisingly close to beating Zack Sabre Jr. in the finals. (IH)
30 Michael Oku (Independent)
Despite losing the Undisputed British Heavyweight title to Luke Jacobs, Oku was effectively Rev Pro’s tentpole star throughout the year – a year that saw him shatter the title’s defense record, which included a MOTY contender against Will Ospreay at High Stakes in February. Travels to foreign lands (and seas) were mostly successful, winning three matches on the Jericho Cruise in January, in addition to a winning week in CMLL, while his 16 Carat Gold run saw him reach the quarterfinals. Summer speculation of a move to AEW mysteriously fizzled out, but look for Oku, who regained the Undisputed British title from Jacobs in late December, to remain in demand worldwide heading into 2025. (IH)
29 Mark Briscoe (AEW / ROH)
Briscoe spent most of the year as Ring of Honor’s World Champion, giving us great title matches against Roderick Strong, Kyle Fletcher, and Eddie Kingston. He also served as a key competitor in the Continental Classic, with matches with Kazuchika Okada, Fletcher, and Daniel Garcia ranking among the best of the tournament. Here’s hoping Briscoe will be set up to star in 2025. (FM)
28 Gabe Kidd (NJPW)
Kidd was a genuine breakout star in 2024, and if he continues on this current trajectory, he figures to be a key top star in New Japan for as long as he chooses to remain in the promotion, and a constant presence on this list. His work is nasty and unwieldy (in all of the right ways), and he continues to evolve and find balance between his off putting (in all of the wrong ways) edgy boy routine and what it is he really excels at – being an unpredictable, intimidating menace, the likes of which are few and far between in today’s wrestling landscape. (JL)
27 Naruki Doi (Independent)
2024 is the year that Naruki Doi finally got the worldwide respect that he always deserved. Between his Tag Team Of The Year level output with Dragon Kid and his stellar work leading the charge in All Japan’s junior division, Doi staked his claim as being undeniably great, no matter the setting or the opponent. (CL)
26 Yuki Ueno (DDT)
With Konosuke Takeshita and Tetsuya Endo splitting their time and plying their trades in multiple promotions, Ueno is nicely positioned to solidify claims to the undisputed ace role in DDT. His first KO-D Openweight title reign was highlighted by outstanding title defenses against HARASHIMA in March and MAO at Peter Pan in July. (JL)
25 Mayu Iwatani (STARDOM)
If anyone else had to deal with what Mayu Iwatani did as the STARDOM ace in 2024, they’d likely fail to rise to the occasion and no one would bat an eye. But when you’re “The Icon,” you have one of the best years of your career. Iwatani was on another level any time she had a big match, opening up 2024 with a MOTYC against Syuri at Ittenyon. She’d go on to have more top-of-the-line bouts against Sareee, Toni Storm, and Momo Watanabe. Mayu also had one of her best 5STAR GPs to date in what she announced would be her last. It was another hall of fame level year in the career of STARDOM’s greatest wrestler. (SE)
24 Templario (CMLL)
Templario picked up right where his stellar 2023 left off when he and Mascara Dorada brought the house down on January 5th in a certified classic. This continued the trend of Templario being one of CMLL’s safest bets when it comes to delivering in big matches. It’s been fascinating to watch him hang with CMLL’s most athletic and energetic roster members while also figuring out how to get compelling matches out of a clearly beaten and battered Volador Jr. 2024 was a year of variety for Templario, but throughout the last 12 months, it was marked consistently by greatness. (CL)
23 Gunther (WWE)
Bell to bell, 2024 was perhaps Gunther’s weakest year since the pandemic – but also the most successful from a kayfabe standpoint. Dropping the Intercontinental title at WrestleMania after a devilish 666-day reign cleared the path for Gunther to win King of the Ring in May. He beat Damian Priest for the World Heavyweight title at SummerSlam, just in time to headline Bash In Berlin following a series of house show matches against long-time rival Ilja Dragunov (which are well worth hunting down on fancam). As long as he’s kept away from the Bloodline orbit, Gunther will likely continue having great matches while holding down gold. (IH)
22 PAC (AEW)
20 years into a career which began with a great deal of punishment to his body, it’s no surprise that PAC saves himself for the big games. In 2024, he showed that when he’s on, he’s still world class and one of the most gifted, technically sound wrestlers of all time. When he had important matches with guys at his level – Ospreay, Danielson & Okada – he not only matched them, but in some ways outshined them. The beauty of PAC is that even when he’s holding back, like in a random TV tag match, you’re still struck by just how polished he is. If ever anyone was worthy of having the “Excellence Of Execution” nickname passed on to them, it’s this Geordie. (A4L)
21 Chihiro Hashimoto (Sendai Girls)
Chihiro Hashimoto is the best wrestler in the world that not nearly enough people watch on a regular basis. The top student of Meiko Satomura has only managed to get better and better over time, and 2024 saw her at her best, particularly in tag team action. Hashimoto, one-half of Team 200kg, held the Sendai Girls Tag Team Championship on two occasions while adding the AJPW TV Six Man Tag belts and a short reign with the AAAW Tag Team titles. Hashimoto’s level of consistency is what sets her apart from most, as every match she has is a quality outing worth watching. Her powerhouse style and amateur wrestling ability place her in a league of her own when it comes to the Joshi scene. (SE)
20 Mistico (CMLL)
Last year I wrote, “Mistico wrestles in a way that brings me unbridled joy. He restores my childhood innocence when he’s in the ring in Arena Mexico.” 2024 continued that trend, as we saw the busiest wrestler in the world shine in a variety of settings. He excelled in a mat-based classic against Hechicero. He was stellar in the Gran Alternativa finals with his less-experienced partner, Brillante Jr. When AEW invaded Arena Mexico, it was Mistico who came across like the biggest star of the bunch. It feels like the weight of CMLL is constantly on Mistico’s shoulders, and time after time, he delivers in the clutch. (CL)
19 Mike Bailey (TNA / Independent)
Had Bailey become a victim of his own success and the quality and consistency he’s produced for so many years? Speedball has been such a workhorse and so omnipresent, that coming into 2024 the criticism being directed at him was that he had become stale. Anyone watching him for the first time would no doubt be blown away, but for those of us more familiar, it was becoming hard to be excited when you’d hear Brass Monkey rip through the speakers. A stroke of genius by the braintrust of North Carolina independent promotion Deadlock Pro was just the tonic for this. They teamed Bailey up with powerhouse Jake Something, and the instant chemistry these men had jumped off the screen. This team gave Speedball the purpose and freshness he needed for yet another tremendous year. A true plug-and-play wrestler that not only adapts his style to any type of match, but also lifts the stock of any card he’s on. (AC / JB)
18 ISHIN (DG)
Dragongate fans have spent the past year comparing the 27-year-old ISHIN to a wide array of different names. “He’s the new Doi!”, “he’s like 1996 Dick Togo!”, “ISHIN’s out there acting like Dump Matsumoto!”. A wild assortment of performers no doubt, but the bond that ties them together is that they all are/were wonderful, well roundedl professional wrestlers, and that is exactly what ISHIN is as well. You need a heel stooge? He’s as good as there is. You need a guy to throw bombs or base for your flashiest high flyer? ISHIN’s the man for the job. He can do it all, and he’s apparently fire on the mic too. In addition to being the MVP of most of DG’s best tags, he also shined in singles action, with bouts against Mochizuki Jr. and YAMATO qualifying as must-see. (A4L)
17 Claudio Castagnoli (AEW)
Whether it be as an invading heel in CMLL, a hard working babyface in the first half of AEW’s year, or as a physically intimidating heel with the BCC, Claudio delivered in every role he stepped into in 2024. A pair of highlight tags with Jon Moxley against FTR, a great Collision challenge of world champion Swerve Strickland, and a high impact rivalry with Darby Allin were among the highlights of Claudio’s year. He’s still possibly the strongest man in wrestling today. (FM)
16 Luke Jacobs (Independent)
2024 was the year that saw Luke finally rack up signature wins, as he became the first person to hold both Rev Pro and PROGRESS top titles at the same time. Just under 4,000 fans packed the Copperbox in London to see a bloodied Jacobs unseat Michael Oku for the Undisputed British Heavyweight title. Months earlier, Jacobs was victorious in the PROGRESS Super Strong Style 16, and quickly parlayed that into a victory over Kid Lykos for the PROGRESS World title. In addition to finally getting over the hump and finally defeating his nemesis Tomohiro Ishii, Jacobs developed something of a touring rivalry with 1 Called Manders, working against the hoss in England, Germany, and the United States in 2024. Aside from the big win over Ishii at Global Wars UK, Jacobs’ Rev Pro title run never really gained as much momentum as expected, before surprisingly dropping the title back to Oku in December. (IH)
15 Shun Skywalker (DG)
Shun Skywalker is the modern-day Nick Bockwinkel. Throughout 2024, I marveled at the way Dragongate’s premier heel was able to adapt between being a stooging, vulnerable heel, and a feared beast capable of beating anyone on the roster at any time. Shun faced a variety of opponents this year, from the lowest ranked wrestler on Dragongate’s roster, Punch Tominaga, to New Japan’s Great-O-Khan. No matter who was across from him, Skywalker was able to elevate the performance of whoever he was in the ring with. Few wrestlers have more tools in the toolbox than Skywalker. (CL)
14 Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW)
The Stone Pitbull simply refuses to crumble. Each year, the idea of “this is the year Ishii slows down” feels appropriate in January, and by December he’s once again made you look like a fool. In fact, this December Ishii had one of his best performances in years as he stole the show in the Christmas Korakuen main event tag. Ishii wasn’t even officially part of the G1, but he still managed to have one of the best “G1” matches with his amazing qualifying bout against stablemate YOSHI-HASHI. As always he was over like Rover in the UK, tearing the house down with JJ Gale at the Copper Box in August and against Luke Jacobs at Global Wars UK in October. (A4L)
13 Kaito Kiyomiya (NOAH)
Will 2024 go down as the year Kaito Kiyomiya finally silenced MOST of his critics? While questions remain regarding his ability to lead a company as its top star, there is no longer any doubt that he can hang with the best of the best in the ring. Kiyomiya’s third reign as GHC Champion lasted over 240 days and helped finally establish Kiyomiya as a main eventer with his own agency, away from the egotistical shadow of Keiji Muto. Standout matches this year included title defenses against Kenoh, El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., and YOICHI, but what really highlighted Kiyomiya’s year was his year-long feud with NJPW young lion Ryohei Oiwa, who began the year as Kiyomiya’s protege of sorts, and ended the year as his bitter cross-promotion rival, meaning Kiyomiya and Oiwa will now potentially be linked as generational rivals. (RK)
12 Swerve Strickland (AEW)
Now fully established as a top line star in AEW, Swerve Strickland experienced a breakout year and was a true stand out in what in many ways was a tough overall year for AEW. His violent feud with Hangman Page carried over from 2023, and he acquitted himself extremely well in his world title loss to Bryan Danielson. Other highlight matches against opponents like Konosuke Takeshita, Claudio Castagnoli, and Will Ospreay rounded out a career year. (FM)
11 Kento Miyahara (AJPW)
Miyahara took a step back from the top of the card in 2024, the first year since 2015 that he didn’t hold the Triple Crown for a single day. Miyahara has clearly accumulated a significant amount of backstage power in All Japan, but he has wisely and graciously allowed younger talent to step up and take the spotlight. Kento put over both Yuma Anzai and Ren Ayabe in singles matches that went a long way in helping to establish them as main event players. But while Kento may be out of the spotlight, he quietly put together another strong year in-ring. From his epic match against Jun Saito in the Champion Carnival finals, to an incredible Triple Crown match challenge of Yuma Anzai, while along the way putting together a strong tag team resume with partners Yuma Aoyagi, Davey Boy Smith Jr., and Ryo Inoue, Miyahara remained one of the world’s best even if he wasn’t in the familiar role of ace. (GDT)
10 Kyle Fletcher (AEW)
Perhaps AEW’s top success story of 2024, Fletcher’s push was played perfectly all year as he moved up the card at just the right pace. The push itself was the easy bit, but the man himself had to do the work, and the Aussie gained tangible confidence with each great outing while developing tremendous heel charisma and instincts that really popped by the back end of the year. His trilogy against Will Ospreay, a rivalry that spanned the entire calendar year, were Kyle’s top highlights, but he tore the house down with everyone he stepped in a ring with, whether it was Kommander, Mark Briscoe, Beast Mortos, or Lee Johnson. Now that he’s broken through and entered our Top 10, I don’t think he’ll be leaving any time soon. (A4L)
9 Shingo Takagi (NJPW)
In my view, Shingo has been a Top 50 wrestler every year since 2005, a 20-year run of greatness that to me makes the freshly inducted Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Famer one of the greatest in-ring workers of all time. Although he now plies his trade as a heavyweight, Shingo is probably the greatest power junior to ever live, employing a rare combination of the power (Pumping Bomber), big bombs (Made In Japan, Last Of The Dragon) and intensity of a heavyweight with the speed, explosiveness, and frenetic non stop energy on par with any top junior historically. Shingo’s closing stretches are some of the most exciting and entertaining of his era, combining traditional Toryumon speed and motion with King’s Road drama and escalation. Some of his top matches this year include his nasty two match series versus Henare, his fantastic Owen Hart quarterfinal against Bryan Danielson (a rematch 14-years in the making of their classic 2010 Dragon Gate USA showdown), and an utterly fantastic G1 Block Final against Zack Sabre Jr. (JL)
8 Yuma Anzai (AJPW)
Yuma Anzai was thrust into the main event scene this year following the sudden departure of Katsuhiko Nakajima from All Japan, and while the circumstances of Anzai’s first Triple Crown win were far from ideal, he quickly and competently stepped up into the role of champion and ace. There was very little to critique regarding Anzai’s first title reign. Following a strong showing in the Champion Carnival, Anzai successfully defended the title against Kento Miyahara in one of the best matches of 2024, cementing the prodigy’s status as a legitimate Triple Crown holder. He’s over with fans, delivers high-end singles matches, and he’s already one of the best sellers and overall workers in the business. He’s likely to rank high in the FSM 50 for many years to come. (GDT)
7 Hechicero (CMLL)
Hechicero’s international acclaim has continued to rise steadily since a grimy mat classic against Charles Lucero in 2013 was adored by a subsect of hardcore American tape watchers. That match finished #11 in the 2013 Voices of Wrestling MOTY poll, which caught Hechicero by surprise when he found out. That type of international acclaim should no longer shock the Monterrey export. Between his AEW TV classic against Bryan Danielson, his multi-promotional feud against Zack Sabre Jr, and his performance on September’s CMLL’s anniversary show – the single-best in-ring performance of the year – in 2024 Hechicero ascended as a global powerhouse that has earned every bit of his international stardom. (CL)
6 YAMATO (DG)
YAMATO has been wrestling for nearly two decades, spending that time as one of Dragongate’s most important wrestlers. This year, however, YAMATO, on his sixth run as Open The Dream Gate champion, finally rounded into the world champion that Dragongate has always wanted him to be. He defended the belt four times after winning it in July, with each defense being brilliant in its own unique way. His best title defense was in December against Dragon Dia, which firmly cemented YAMATO as the best world champion of 2024. (CL)
5 Sareee (Independent)
“The Sun God” is one of one in the world of wrestling today. She’s a freelancer, making the most of any and all opportunities by creating them for herself. Marigold put trust in her as their inaugural champion when she defeated Giulia at Summer Destiny. From there, she defended the championship twice in two of Joshi’s best matches in 2024 – first, in a bloody war against Bozilla, before stylistically turning back the clock to the Zenjo (AJW) era in her match against Nanae Takahashi. She entered herself into the DREAM STAR Grand Prix tournament, matching any tournament run in wrestling this year. On her own Sareee-ISM shows, she delivered two Match of the Year contenders, first against Chihiro Hashimoto, and then a dream tag match with Mayu Iwatani against Hashimoto and VENY. The tag match felt like a throwback to the peak years of Joshi and will go down as a classic.In being awarded the Tokyo Sports Women’s MVP, Saree was the first non-STARDOM competitor to win the award since 2018. A one-of-a-kind year for a one-of-a-kind wrestler. (SE)
4 Zack Sabre Jr (NJPW)
This is Zack Sabre Jr.’s sixth top-10 finish in the FSM50 and his first top-10 since finishing second in 2018. Undoubtedly, it was Sabre’s most accomplished year as he became only the second gaijin in history (Kenny Omega) to win NJPW’s annual G1 Climax, and in October won his first IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. In addition to those in-ring accomplishments, Sabre continued his unimpeachable run as the world’s best technical wrestler, showcased in great matches against the likes of Bryan Danielson, Daniel Makabe, Hechicero, Shingo Takagi, Gabe Kidd, and a host of others. (RK)
3 Konosuke Takeshita (AEW / DDT / NJPW)
The busiest big stage wrestler of the year, Takeshita bounced around from AEW to the G1 Climax to DDT’s biggest shows, and more often than not stole the show. He began the year with an insane Dynamite outing against Darby Allin, and shortly thereafter welcomed Ospreay to the company with one of the best PPV matches of the year. In July, he competed in his first G1 Climax, where he was quite possibly the MVP, after absolutely smashing it against El Phantasmo, Yuya Uemura and Hirooki Goto in particular. In the middle of the G1 in between tour stops on his day off, he casually strolled into Sumo Hall for DDT and had a great match against Masato Tanaka. Factor in look and athletic ability, and Takeshita has evolved into one of the most perfect pro wrestlers of his generation. (A4L)
2 Bryan Danielson (AEW)
While we can debate the merits and the booking of his AEW World title reign, what can not reasonably be in dispute is the insane quality of work Bryan Danielson delivered in what was his final “full time” year as a pro wrestler. Danielson checked a lot of boxes off of his personal wrestling bucket list, kicking the year off against Kazuchika Okada at Wrestle Kingdom, a rematch every bit as good (or better) than their Forbidden Door bout a few months earlier. An assembly line of vanity matches followed, all of them cool as fuck, against the likes of Yuji Nagata, Hechicero, Jun Akiyama, Katsuyora Shibata, and his personal dream opponent, Blue Panther in Arena Mexico. Old ROH nemesis Nigel McGuinness spent all year baiting his clam digger rival, shit talk that eventually paid off with Nigel’s first singles match in nearly 13 years at Grand Slam. In between, Danielson produced a near universal 5-star match against Zack Sabre Jr in New Japan, won the Owen Hart Tournament with three consecutive awesome matches against Shingo Takagi, PAC, and Hangman Page, had a match of the decade contender against Will Ospreay, won the AEW World title from Swerve Strickland in a great match at All In in front of ~54,000 in Wembley Stadium, and found time to have some off-beat shenanigans against Satnam Singh, Jeff Jarrett (in an “Anything Goes” match), and Anarchy In The Arena before being suffocated with a plastic bag in one of the most shocking angles in years. All of this was accomplished while being held together by keto tape, ignoring injuries, and putting off neck surgery in order to get to the finish line. Quite simply, this was one of the most diverse and greatest in-ring years we have ever witnessed, capping off (for now) an incredible three and half year run that would not have been possible if Danielson had never left WWE. (JL)
1 Will Ospreay (AEW)
Another year, another #1 in the FSM50 for Will Ospreay.
This marks his fourth #1 selection overall and his ninth straight Top 10 finish. What more can you say about Ospreay’s in-ring excellence? He continues to raise the bar yearly and shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. In past years, setting Ospreay apart from other top wrestlers, Ospreay’s resume was packed with stellar matches across various promotions, regions, and opponents. If you booked Ospreay in your company, you were all but guaranteed to get 100% effort and often your promotion’s best match of the year. 2024 was no exception, as Ospreay kicked off January with TNA’s Match of the Year against Josh Alexander, and in February, concluded his years-long feud with Michael Oku in what was probably RevPro’s best match of the year as well.
In the spring, Ospreay signed with AEW. Unlike Kazuchika Okada (see Honorable Mentions below), Ospreay didn’t treat his new digs as a vacation or easy paycheck; instead firing out of the gates with Match of the Year-level matches against the likes of Konosuke Takeshita, Kyle Fletcher, and Bryan Danielson. Questions of how Ospreay would handle the potential limitations of American television wrestling were answered swiftly, with must-watch high level matches whenever he appeared on AEW Dynamite or Collision.
The range of opponents and styles Ospreay excelled against was as wide ranging as ever, with high caliber performances against the likes of Kazuchika Okada, Michael Oku, Konosuke Takeshita, Kyle Fletcher, Claudio Castagnoli, Bryan Danielson, Roderick Strong, Kyle O’Reilly, Swerve Strickland, MJF, PAC, Darby Allin, and Brody King, among many others. That speaks sustained and continued excellence we’ve all been lucky enough to witness repeatedly, year after year.
Similar to LeBron James’ continued excellence in the NBA despite his advanced age, NBA fans continue to ponder and wonder when James will finally start showing his age and slowing down. Tweets from a decade ago speak about the inevitability of LeBron not being great sometime soon. It’s 2025, he’s 40, and he’s still pretty damn great.
At some point, Ospreay is going to slow it down, no longer able to deliver these 100% effort, world class caliber performances every single time he’s called upon.
Until then, enjoy the ride and appreciate the greatness of the world’s best professional wrestler. (RK)
The FSM 50 2024
Honorable Mentions
Kazuchika Okada (AEW)
2, 3, 1, 1, 6, 4, 8, 9, 2, 6.
What are these numbers? They are Kazuchika Okada’s FSM 50 landing spots every year since 2014. Ten years. Ten top ten finishes. The Rainmaker’s first year as an AEW contracted wrestler saw him fall out of not just the top ten, but the Top 50 entirely. That fact alone is notable enough to demand mention in this section, but we should also note that in the midst of his underwhelming year, he still showed what he’s capable of with classic Okada performances against Bryan Danielson at Wrestle Kingdom, and PAC & Will Ospreay on AEW PPV. (A4L)
Riita (DG)
Riiita stands 5’1”, making it easy for fans to not take him seriously. In 2024, Riiita proved that he’s anything but a size gimmick. After returning from injury in June, Riiita ripped through an incredible string of matches against virtually the entire Dragongate roster. Don’t be fooled by his size, Riiita is an incredible all-arounder. (CL)
Villano III Jr (CMLL)
Fresh off of a late 2023 jump from AAA, V3J became one of the can’t miss Arena Mexico acts this year alongside his brother El Hijo del Villano III. He’s a rudo to the core, but still delivers plenty when it comes to spectacular action, stepping out of the tag format for two of CMLL’s best singles bouts of the year against Titan and Flip Gordon. Sadly, he went down to a bad knee injury right before the year’s end. His absence will be felt in early 2025. (A4L)
Henare (NJPW)
Were it not for multiple injuries, Henare would surely have cracked the Top 50. In matches against Gabe Kidd and Hiromu Takahashi at Korakuen Hall, he showed he was capable of reaching a level that I don’t think many had envisioned. His fierce striking and jump-off-the-screen intensity give him the natural tools that will make him as qualified as anyone to potentially slide into the hard to fill shoes of NJPW’s next Tomohiro Ishii. (A4L)
NOAH’s Luchadors (NOAH)
El Hijo de Dr Wagner Jr, Alpha Wolf and Dragon Bane all left their mark on NOAH in 2024, and at times flat out carried the promotion. “Wagner 3” shockingly ended Kenoh’s surprisingly short GHC Heavyweight title reign. While Wagner 3’s reign also proved to be short lived, it was something fresh at the top of the NOAH card and ended with a great match against Kaito Kiyomiya at Sumo Hall. Had Wagner’s year not been cut short with an injury during the N-1 Victory, he may have cracked the Top 50. Brother tag team Alpha Wolf & Dragon Bane carried not only the junior tag division with hot undercard tags, but their surprising addition to the heavyweight N-1 helped to boost what ended up being an injury plagued tournament. In an era where tag team wrestling is often neglected by many promotions, Wolf & Bane have become refreshing stand outs with their high flying style that always gets big responses from the NOAH audience. A great example of the chemistry & electricity these men have was displayed in the Mexico vs. USA atomicos match on the final Monday Magic show of the year in November. (GDT / A4L)
Zozaya (Independent)
All it took was one booking to change the career trajectory of Zozaya, a name that was unknown in Britain to all but the most ardent of fans of European indies or LDN Wrestling. In the main event of Rev Pro’s first (and only to date) collaboration with Lucha Libre Barcelona, Zozaya defeated Michael Oku in Spain. This earned him a RevPro Undisputed British title match one week later in Stevenage, which saw Zozaya turn a crowd from the silence of “who’s he?” to being a hero in defeat. Zozaya is now a constant presence in RevPro’s upper-midcard scene, and surely destined for TV screens. Zozaya has already started strong in 2025, having made his debut with Pro Wrestling NOAH in January. (IH)
Mad Dog Connelly (Independent)
2024 was the year of the dog collar match for Mad Dog Connelly, beginning with a much-lauded victory over Manders in St. Louis Anarchy in January, followed up with what some considered a match of the year contender vs Demus on the critically acclaimed DEAN~!!!! Show at WrestleMania weekend. Two more highly acclaimed matches against Manders highlighted Mad Dog’s year – a Texas Bull Rope outing at SLA’s Circus Maximus show in July; and then another Dog Collar match (and ACTION title defense) in Germany for wXw in October. In total, Connelly worked FIVE dog collar matches in 2024, and has now strapped the collar (at least) TWELVE times in his career. (IH)
Mike D Vecchio (Independent)
A veteran of the mainland European scene, 2024 began with Mike D taking part in TNA’s Gut Check tryouts. Despite winning the tryouts in Scotland, the closest Mike D has come to working with TNA was a GFW World title match against Moose in July. Mike D did break out in the British scene in 2024, with appearances for PROGRESS and Rev Pro, and after winning wXw’s European Championship, it was a year-ending tour in All Japan’s Real World Tag League that caught many international fans’ eyes. And to be fair, when someone with Mike D’s size and physique flies around the way he does, it’s hard not to catch the eye! (IH)
Nanae Takahashi (Marigold)
Despite her age and many injuries through the years, Nanae Takahashi continues to display passion in her matches. The veteran was back in the limelight in 2024 as a core member of Marigold’s roster. Her matches against Sareee in the DREAM STAR GP and in December for the Marigold World Title are the bouts that will be remembered, especially the latter, after which she announced she’d be retiring in 2025. Nanae left it all out there in her last full year as a wrestler. (SE)
Fuminori Abe (Independent)
The last wrestler we’ll talk about here in this piece was the busiest wrestler on earth in 2024. With 246 documented matches during the year, Abe topped his previous high of 224. I don’t know what the life of a Buddhist monk entails, but that profession is clearly allowing the BatiBati disciple plenty of time to shine in his “other” job as a pro wrestler. Whether in singles action or representing the Astronauts/Fighting Detectives along side Takuya Nomura (or fighting against him), or his newly formed Baka no Jidai (Age of Fools) team with Yuma Aoyagi (or fighting against him), Abe pumped out another extensive list of really fun matches that likely won’t get seen or appreciated by enough fans. (AC/JB)
The FSM 50 2024
Final Ranking
- Will Ospreay
- Bryan Danielson
- Konosuke Takeshita
- Zack Sabre Jr
- Sareee
- YAMATO
- Hechicero
- Yuma Anzai
- Shingo Takagi
- Kyle Fletcher
- Kento Miyahara
- Swerve Strickland
- Kaito Kiyomiya
- Tomohiro Ishii
- Shun Skywalker
- Luke Jacobs
- Claudio Castagnoli
- ISHIN
- Mike Bailey
- Mistico
- Chihiro Hashimoto
- PAC
- Gunther
- Templario
- Mayu Iwatani
- Yuki Ueno
- Naruki Doi
- Gabe Kidd
- Mark Briscoe
- Michael Oku
- Yota Tsuji
- Kenoh
- Hangman Page
- Mio Momono
- Cody Rhodes
- Mascara Dorada
- Ryohei Oiwa
- DOUKI
- TJP
- Hirooki Goto
- Dragon Kid
- Jacky Kamei
- Darby Allin
- The Young Bucks
- Neon
- Go Shiozaki
- Robbie Eagles
- Miu Watanabe
- The Saito Brothers
- Axiom & Nathan Frazer
Full list of names that received at least one vote in The FSM 50 2024
- 1 Called Manders
- Aigle Blanc
- Alex Windsor
- Angel de Oro
- Arisa Nakajima
- Arisu Endo & Suzume
- Athena
- Atlantis Jr
- Axel Tischer
- Axiom & Nathan Frazer
- AZM
- Beast Mortos
- Ben-K
- Big Boss Shimizu
- Blue Panther
- Bozilla
- Bron Breakker
- Bryan Danielson
- Calvin Tankman
- Chihiro Hashimoto
- Claudio Castagnoli
- CM Punk
- Cody Rhodes
- Connor Mills
- Dan Tamura
- Dani Luna
- Daniel Garcia
- Darby Allin
- DASH Chisako
- David Finlay
- DOUKI
- Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf
- Dragon Dia
- Dragon Kid
- Dragon Kid & Naruki Doi
- Drew McIntyre
- Eddie Kingston
- El Desperado
- El Hijo de Dr Wagner Jr
- El Lindaman
- Elijah Blum
- Flamita
- Francesco Akira
- FTR
- Fuminori Abe
- FWC
- Gabe Kidd
- Giulia
- Go Shiozaki
- Gunther
- Hanan & Saya Iida
- Hangman Page
- Hayato Tamura
- Hazuki
- Hazuki & Koguma
- Hechicero
- Henare
- Hideyoshi Kamitani
- Hikaru Sato
- Hiromu Takahashi
- Hirooki Goto
- Hologram
- HYO
- ISHIN
- IYO SKY
- Jacky Kamei
- Jake Something
- Jason Lee
- Jay White
- Jon Moxley
- Jonathan Gresham
- Josh Alexander
- Kaito Kiyomiya
- Kazuchika Okada
- Kenoh
- Kento Miyahara
- Komander
- Konosuke Takeshita
- Kyle Fletcher
- Kzy
- Laurance Roman
- Leon Slater
- Lio Rush
- Logan Paul
- Luis Mante
- Luke Jacobs
- Mad Dog Connelly
- Mai Sakurai
- Maika
- Manabu Soya
- Mance Warner
- MAO
- Mark Briscoe
- Masa Kitamiya
- Masashi Takeda
- Mascara Dorada
- Masha Slamovich
- Mayu Iwatani
- Mei Seira
- Mercedes Mone
- Michael Oku
- Mika Iwata
- Mike Bailey
- Mike D Vecchio
- Miku Aono
- Mio Momono
- MIRAI
- Mistico
- Miu Watanabe
- Miyu Yamashita
- MJF
- Mochizuki Jr
- Momo Watanabe
- Nanae Takahashi
- Naruki Doi
- Natsupoi
- Neon
- Orange Cassidy
- PAC
- Peter Tihanyi
- Ricochet
- Riiita
- Robbie Eagles
- Robbie X
- Rocky Romero
- Roderick Strong
- Ryo Inoue
- Ryohei Oiwa
- Ryoya Tanaka
- Ryuki Honda
- Samoa Joe
- Saori Anou
- Sareee
- Saya Kamitani
- Seigo Tachibana
- Shigehiro Irie
- Shingo Takagi
- Shoko Nakajima
- Shun Skywalker
- So Daimonji
- Starlight Kid
- Stephanie Vaquer
- Swerve Strickland
- Takuya Nomura
- Tam Nakano
- Templario
- The Saito Brothers
- The Young Bucks
- Titan
- TJP
- TJP & Francesco Akira
- Tomohiro Ishii
- Tomoka Inaba
- Utami Hayashishita
- VENY
- VIF
- Villano III Jr
- Will Ospreay
- Willow Nightingale
- Xelhua
- YAMATO
- YO-HEY
- Yoshiki Inamura
- Yota Tsuji
- Yuki Ueno
- Yuma Anzai
- Yuma Aoyagi
- Yuya Aoki
- Yuya Uemura
- Zack Sabre Jr
- Zara Zakher
- Zozaya
The FSM 50 All-Time Rankings
(2024-2014)
Wrestler | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
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ACH | - | - | - | - | 44 | - | - | 38 | - | - | - |
Adam Cole | - | - | - | 39 | - | 30 | - | - | - | - | 17 |
AJ Styles | - | - | - | - | - | - | 50 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Akira Tozawa | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 22 | 10 |
Asuka | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 32 | - | - | - |
Athena | - | 48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Atsuki Aoyagi | - | - | 43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Aussie Open | - | - | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Austin Aries | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 32 |
Axel Tischer | - | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Axiom & Nathan Frazer | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
AZM | - | - | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bandido | - | - | 39 | - | - | 44 | 45 | - | - | - | - |
Bayley | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 45 | - |
Ben-K | - | - | - | - | 30 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - |
Big Boss Shimizu | - | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Braun Strowman | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 41 | - | - | - |
Britt Baker | - | - | - | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Brock Lesnar | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | - |
Bryan Danielson | 2 | 2 | 13 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28 |
Bryan Keith | - | 49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Buddy Murphy | - | - | - | - | - | - | 42 | - | - | - | - |
Cavernario | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 48 | - | - | - |
CHANGO & Kaji Tomato | - | - | - | - | 48 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Charlotte Flair | - | - | - | - | - | - | 48 | - | - | - | - |
Chihiro Hashimoto | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Chris Brookes | - | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Chris Dickinson | - | - | - | - | - | 47 | - | - | - | - | - |
Chris Hero | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 12 | - |
Chris Jericho | - | - | 18 | - | - | 26 | - | - | 46 | - | - |
Christian Cage | - | - | - | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
CIMA | - | - | - | - | - | - | 49 | 34 | - | - | 27 |
Claudio Castagnoli | 17 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 39 | 17 | 13 |
CM Punk | - | - | 45 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Cody Rhodes | 35 | - | - | - | 13 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - |
Daichi Hashimoto | - | - | - | - | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Daisuke Sekimoto | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 47 | 19 | 8 | 18 | 22 |
Daniel Garcia | - | - | 38 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Darby Allin | 43 | 37 | - | 6 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Davey Richards | - | - | - | 43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
David Starr | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 33 | 30 | - | - | - |
Dax Harwood | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Diamante | - | - | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Dolph Ziggler | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 31 |
DOUKI | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Dragon Dia | - | - | 34 | - | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Dragon Kid | 41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Dragon Lee | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | - | - | - | 48 | - |
Drew Galloway | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 37 | - |
Eddie Kingston | - | 25 | - | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Eita | - | - | - | - | 22 | - | - | - | 41 | - | 44 |
El Barbaro Cavernario | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26 |
El Desperado | - | 41 | 24 | 28 | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
El Hijo Del Vikingo | - | 27 | 44 | - | - | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
El Lindaman | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
El Phantasmo | - | - | - | - | - | 31 | - | - | - | - | - |
EVIL | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 44 | - | - | - |
Finn Balor | - | - | - | - | 42 | - | - | - | 27 | 21 | - |
Fuminori Abe | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Gabe Kidd | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Giulia | - | 15 | 26 | - | 49 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Go Shiozaki | 46 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 41 | - | - | - | - |
Gunther | 23 | 36 | 17 | 26 | - | 17 | 1 | 8 | - | - | 43 |
Hangman Page | 33 | 18 | 41 | 15 | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
HARASHIMA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | - |
Hechicero | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Hiromu Takahashi | - | 40 | - | - | 2 | - | 28 | 9 | - | - | - |
Hirooki Goto | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 40 | 32 | 35 |
Hiroshi Tanahashi | - | - | - | 20 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 12 |
Ilja Dragunov | - | - | - | - | - | - | 38 | 46 | - | - | - |
Io Shirai | - | - | - | - | - | 48 | - | 40 | - | - | - |
ISHIN | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jacky Kamei | 42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jamie Hayter | - | - | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jason Lee | - | - | - | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jay Briscoe | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 46 | 33 |
Jay Lethal | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 43 | - |
Jay White | - | - | - | - | 32 | 18 | 37 | - | - | - | - |
Jeff Cobb | - | - | - | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
John Cena | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | 5 | 25 |
Johnny Gargano | - | - | - | - | - | 38 | 12 | 23 | 49 | - | 40 |
Jon Moxley | - | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 23 | - | - | - | - | 19 |
Jonathan Gresham | - | - | - | - | - | 40 | 26 | - | - | - | - |
Jordan Devlin | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 11 | 49 | - | - | - |
Josh Alexander | - | - | 36 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Juice Robinson | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | - | - | - | - |
Jun Akiyama | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 44 | 48 |
Jungle Boy | - | - | - | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Jungle Kyona | - | - | - | - | - | 49 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kairi Sane | - | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | - | - | - | - |
Kaito Ishida | - | - | - | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Kaito Kiyomiya | 13 | 46 | 8 | 35 | 33 | 45 | - | - | - | - | - |
Katsuhiko Nakajima | - | 13 | - | 4 | 11 | - | 36 | - | - | - | - |
Katsuyori Shibata | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 35 | 16 |
Kazuchika Okada | - | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Kazusada Higuchi | - | - | 6 | - | 43 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Keith Lee | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | - | - | - |
Kenny Omega | - | 9 | - | 2 | 4 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 4 | - | - |
Kenoh | 32 | 21 | 31 | 10 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
KENTA | - | - | - | - | 41 | 43 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kento Miyahara | 11 | 3 | 23 | 48 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 18 | - | - |
Kevin Owens | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 2 | - |
Konosuke Takeshita | 3 | 42 | 5 | 24 | 35 | - | - | 24 | - | - | - |
Kota Ibushi | - | - | - | 36 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | - | 9 | 34 |
Kota Minoura | - | - | - | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
KUSHIDA | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 37 |
Kyle Fletcher | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Kyle O’Reilly | - | - | - | - | - | - | 31 | - | 24 | 28 | 15 |
Kzy | - | - | - | 22 | 20 | 32 | 40 | - | - | - | - |
La Sombra | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 39 | - |
Lance Archer | - | - | - | - | - | 37 | - | - | - | - | - |
Luke Harper | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 |
Luke Jacobs | 16 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Madoka Kikuta | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Maika | - | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Manabu Soya | - | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mark Andrews | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 46 |
Mark Briscoe | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mark Haskins | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 50 | 49 | - |
Marty Scurll | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 37 | 11 | 47 | - |
Masaaki Mochizuki | - | - | - | 33 | 38 | 21 | - | - | - | - | 9 |
Masashi Takeda | - | - | - | - | - | - | 32 | - | - | - | - |
Masato Tanaka | - | - | - | - | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Masato Yoshino | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | 39 |
Mascara Dorada | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Matt Riddle | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 26 | 37 | - | - |
Matt Sydal | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - |
Mayu Iwatani | 25 | - | 29 | - | 37 | - | - | 42 | - | - | - |
Meiko Satomura | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | 47 | 25 | 40 | - |
Michael Elgin | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 19 | 36 | - |
Michael Oku | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mike Bailey | 19 | 7 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 50 | - | 41 | - |
Minoru Suzuki | - | - | - | - | 28 | - | 22 | - | - | - | 30 |
Mio Momono | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
MIRAI | - | 44 | 49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mistico | 20 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Miu Watanabe | 48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
MJF | - | - | - | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Momo Watanabe | - | - | - | - | 46 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mustafa Ali | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | - | - | - | - |
Naomichi Marufuji | - | - | - | - | - | - | 43 | - | 22 | - | - |
Naoya Nomura | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | - | - | - | - | - |
Naruki Doi | 27 | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Neon | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Nick Jackson | - | - | - | - | - | 42 | - | - | - | - | - |
Orange Cassidy | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
PAC | 22 | - | 28 | 18 | 29 | 7 | - | 43 | - | 30 | 29 |
Pentagon Jr | - | - | - | - | - | - | 35 | - | 45 | 31 | - |
Pete Dunne | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 14 | 29 | - | - |
Randy Orton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 36 |
Rey Fenix | - | - | 21 | 14 | 27 | 14 | 16 | 33 | 43 | 33 | - |
Rey Hechicero | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 47 |
Ricky Knight Jr. | - | - | 42 | 42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ricky Starks | - | - | - | - | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ricochet | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | 16 | 28 | 27 | 6 |
Robbie Eagles | 47 | - | - | 38 | - | 33 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rocky Romero | - | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Roderick Strong | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | - | - | 7 | - |
Roman Reigns | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 36 | 20 | 38 | 45 |
Rusev/Miro | - | - | - | 46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 49 |
Rush | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 42 |
Ryohei Oiwa | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sami Zayn | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | - | 8 |
SANADA | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | 39 | - | - | - | - |
Sareee | 5 | - | - | - | - | 27 | - | - | - | - | - |
Sasha Banks | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - |
Saya Kamitani | - | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
SB KENTo | - | - | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Serena Deeb | - | - | - | 49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Seth Rollins | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | - | 47 | 14 | 4 |
Shane Strickland | - | - | - | - | - | - | 46 | - | - | - | - |
Sheamus | - | - | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 |
Shigehiro Irie | - | - | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Shingo Takagi | 9 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 26 | - |
Shinsuke Nakamura | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | 13 | 3 |
SHO | - | - | - | - | 26 | 39 | - | - | - | - | - |
Shotaro Ashino | - | - | - | - | 39 | 41 | - | 39 | - | - | - |
Shuji Ishikawa | - | - | - | - | - | 46 | - | 29 | 31 | - | - |
Shun Skywalker | 15 | 43 | 3 | 11 | - | 35 | - | - | - | - | - |
Soberano Jr | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Starlight Kid | - | - | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Suzu Suzuki | - | 23 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Swerve Strickland | 12 | 19 | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Syuri | - | - | 10 | 44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
T-Hawk | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | - | - | - | - | 20 |
Takashi Sugiura | - | - | - | 40 | 15 | 34 | 19 | - | - | - | - |
Takuma Fujiwara | - | - | 48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Takuya Nomura | - | 35 | - | - | - | 36 | - | - | - | - | - |
Tam Nakano | - | - | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Templario | 24 | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Tetsuya Endo | - | - | - | - | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Tetsuya Naito | - | 47 | 33 | - | 17 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 7 | - | 11 |
The Bar | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 35 | - | - | - |
The Briscoe Brothers | - | - | 46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
The New Day | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | - | - | - |
The Saito Brothers | 49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
The Usos | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | - | 21 |
The Young Bucks | 44 | - | 11 | 5 | 9 | - | 13 | 31 | 32 | 23 | 7 |
Thunder Rosa | - | - | - | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Timothy Thatcher | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | 30 | - | - | 25 | - |
Titan | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
TJP | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Tom Lawlor | - | - | - | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Tommaso Ciampa | - | - | - | - | - | - | 44 | - | - | - | - |
Tommy End | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | 41 |
Tomoaki Honma | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 42 | 24 |
Tomohiro Ishii | 14 | 22 | 20 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 5 |
Trent Barreta | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | - | - | - |
Trevor Lee | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | 44 | - | - |
Tyler Bate | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 17 | - | - | - |
Utami Hayashishita | - | - | - | 41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Volador Jr | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 45 | 35 | 50 | - |
Will Ospreay | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 50 |
YAMATO | 6 | - | - | 17 | - | - | - | - | 36 | - | 38 |
Yota Tsuji | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Yuji Nagata | - | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Yuji Okabayashi | - | 39 | - | 34 | 21 | 8 | - | 28 | 16 | 15 | - |
Yuki Ueno | 26 | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Yuki Yoshioka | - | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Yuma Anzai | 8 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Yuma Aoyagi | - | 5 | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Yuya Aoki | - | - | - | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Zack Sabre Jr. | 4 | 10 | - | 31 | - | 13 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 |