Pro Wrestling Illustrated Reveals #1 Wrestler For 2021, Top 10 Posted

Who did PWI name the best wrestler in 2021?

Every year Pro Wrestling Illustrated posts their list of the best 500 male wrestlers in the world. The evaluation period every year is from July 1 till June 30 of the next year. The PWI 500 has been around since 1991 and a number of major wrestlers have been given the number one slot. Only John Cena has won the top prize three times as Bret Hart, Steve Austin, and Seth Rollins have won twice. Last year the number one spot went to Seth Rollins.

When looking at how is in this top 500 and how they should be ranked there are a number of qualifications they look at.

• Win-loss record
• Technical ability
• Influence on the sport
• Success against the highest grade of competition
• Success against the most diverse competition
• Activity

As far as this year, PWI has revealed the top 10, and the remainder of the 500 will be revealed when the magazine comes out in December. This year’s number one is the current AEW World Champion Kenny. This is the second year Omega has been ranked number one. Omega also took the top spot on this list back in 2018.

https://twitter.com/OfficialPWI/status/1435611376148533256

The top 10 are as followed,

1. Kenny Omega
2. Roman Reigns
3. Bobby Lashley
4. Drew McIntyre
5. Kota Ibushi
6. Jon Moxley
7. Will Ospreay
8. Finn Balor
9. Shingo Takagi
10. Rich Swann