{"id":94086,"date":"2021-06-16T17:00:46","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T21:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=94086"},"modified":"2021-06-16T12:42:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T16:42:18","slug":"whos-the-best-wrestler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/06\/16\/whos-the-best-wrestler\/","title":{"rendered":"“The Best Wrestler” Debate: Does It Actually Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"

The topic of “best wrestler” is one often discussed. The issue is that fans aren’t the ones debating the topic this time – it’s the wrestling personalities themselves. Such discussions aren’t anything new; the yearly PWI-500 and various End-Of-Year awards typically tend to spur this debate. However, there’s just something that feels wrong<\/em> about the wrestlers (and wrestling personalities) themselves arguing about this.<\/p>\n

We’ve heard Jim Ross<\/strong> proclaim Randy Orton<\/strong> and many others have said the same. Then you have Chris Jericho<\/strong> declaring Kenny Omega<\/strong> as the best. Roman Reigns<\/strong> always gets his mention. The big personal question after seeing all this debate is pretty straightforward: “Who cares?”<\/p>\n

\u201cRandy is at the top of his game right now. There\u2019s nobody in WWE<\/strong> or anywhere else that\u2019s better than Randy Orton in my view. I know he\u2019s controversial in real life but there\u2019s some magic surrounding that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The inexplicably polarizing comments of Jim Ross, from the podcast Grilling JR<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The quality of WWE programming has been at an all-time low. Randy Orton is fresh off a bad feud with The Fiend<\/strong> – one which saw him burning the man\/demon to a crisp; the same feud which saw Randy throwing up used car oil various times as WWE staff simply shrug it off as “just another week in the ThunderDome”. How exactly did this feud highlight Jim Ross’ chosen “Best Wrestler in the World”? It didn’t. Orton, now paired with Matt Riddle<\/strong>, while certainly refreshing, is not a “look at what an amazing wrestler he is” type of scenario, either.<\/p>\n

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In my opinion @KennyOmegamanX<\/a> is the best wrestler in the world today. Others may feel differently, but I\u2019ve been in the ring w everybody currently working on top & there\u2019s nobody close. Thats why Kenny is @AEW<\/a> Champ-the most protected title in the biz. It\u2019s Impossible to argue.<\/p>\n

— Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) May 24, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n