WrestleTalk's Wrestler of the Year 2024!

[@southnewton1]

They have not tried to turn Gunther babyface. Wrestletalk are the only ones I have seen that keep saying that.

[@anthonycairo9202]

They should never turn Gunther babyface. He is a perfect heel and I honestly can’t see him being a great babyface.

[@Debajyoti_P]

⁠@@anthonycairo9202 he is a honourable heel why are people still saying he is turning face😅

[@alt_ronnie]

He feels pretty tweenery lately, definitely not babyface yet although it seems that might be where they’re headed

[@shinister9720]

He felt like a babyface in the Finn Balor judgment day feud

[@eddieblake4039]

I want Gunther to be a heel forever. But yeah. He’s changed to giving his opponents props and stopping Kaiser from trash talking. He’s definitely turning face, regardless of WWE’s intent.

[@joeyattack99]

it's ospreay innit?

[@joeyattack99]

yup

[@TriViuM2k22]

Bruv

[@Raveyboy641]

Innit

[@colin12684]

Money on it being number one…again

[@scullyplays3992]

It’s so so ridiculous

[@Leopoldbloomed]

I was there for the Danielson Ospreay match, and that was easily the most magical wrestling moment I’ve ever had. Genuinely came close to tears.

[@legendkiller1099]

Tempest mad they aren’t talking about ospeary for an hour

[@codyjames52]

Or Okada. Or

[@sagakun06]

why do they still keep that guy around 🙄

[@AmbushIntheDark]

Tempest is going to have a hit list of people who vote for memes on their list after this year.

[@TinkSalsa]

Gee, i wonder if wrestler of the year will be at all similar to the TLC list. lol

[@Rocketboy1313]

Weird choice to release those so close together.

[@TheBlackamura]

Shout out to the person who put Ethan Page as their #2 😂😂😂

[@spencertrainer8488]

Joe Hendry above Toni Storm is not right

[@AzumiLP]

Ospreay's chants are baked into his theme Luke. The singer sings "Ospreay Ospreay" when he points at the crowd.

[@TristanSneed-ei1sl]

I believe considering how her run as knockout’s champion and arguably being the one to instigate the partnership between TNA and WWE/NXT Jordan Grace deserves a mention

[@nicolasstarheart2903]

You know what I just remembered? Among the list of fantastic matches Will Ospreay has had this year, the one we somehow forgot about was the United Empire vs War Dogs pseudo-WarGames match. So much stuff happened this year for Will and for everyone else on this list, that that match somehow was forgotten about.

[@9raff]

Maybe it's sour grapes but the fact that Will is #1 and Cody isn't makes me sick. Has everyone forgotten the year Cody had? Cody won Royal Rumble for a second year in a row. Lost his spot but got it back because WE believed in him that much we choose him over a wrestler who's on a lot of people's mount rushmore? Do have any idea how crazy that is? He ended a historical reign, and has had this company on his back all year. Gave Aj his best work in years, really delivered so far with his story with KO, beat Gunther and established himself as the top champion. Cody is the man and this was his year. Just like how MJF was robbed last year from #1.

[@fscorpion678]

womp womp

[@Jackko889]

I find it genuinely baffling that most of the names mentioned in this list had a largely mediocre body of work this year. This list is hilarious

[@RileyPaige]

Yeah, hi. That was me who asked about your system, lol. I can help you do it easier in the future, if you like! Won't be dirt easy, but it'll be so much less math lol.

[@WrestleTalkPod]

LUKE: But I like the math 😂

[@HosephJoseph]

So I know its just the way its shot but Tempest looks like a little kid sitting at the adult table.

[@dripsoup6639]

They needed someone to be the new Pete. 😂

[@lazypaladin]

This list is bonkers but half the comment secontion have *_no clue_*_ what they're talking about and it's _*_killing_*_ me._ 💀

[@SliderGamer55]

I get she missed a lot of the second half of the year, but I don't think anyone in AEW raised their stock in AEW this year like Toni Storm. 2 years ago, she was well liked of course, but not a lot of people's favorite, now she's one of THE main reasons to watch AEW imo. She was so good, Tony Khan was forced to do reliably good booking for its women's division for a while, I can't think of higher praise for a wrestler (half-serious).

[@abirchy93]

Well if you put it in an excel sheet then you don't have to count manually. Just sort and count the row for a particular column

[@WrestleTalkPod]

LUKE: I don’t count it manually, I just add it in manually. Then count how many top levels each one got.

[@oscarcandelasperez9546]

Luke: The current WWE champion, Cody Rhodes Tempest: The current WWE champion has to be Kevin Owens They're both correct

[@Jhakri_]

Swerve & Danielson had my spot of the year. Swerve stomping in Bryan's head infront of his kids followed by Danielson screaming "i love you" as he starts to put Swerve down

[@keithsinister7121]

The memes of Joe Hendry helped get him over, and honestly? I still love the guy. My friends and I are all believe in Joe Hendry, and are ready to pop big when he's in the rumble

[@diabeticman2194]

Same here. He needs to be in the Rumble, that will be an all timer moment in wrestling

[@perfectlyse9859]

joe hendry was huge even beyond wrestling i had non wrestling fans found it so funny. these people have no clue who Seth rollins is but they know joe hendry

[@MoxHalite]

Has tempest always been this negative?

[@KenKage20]

Yes lol

[@croggie]

Living in England will do that to ya.

[@rafaelkhaimov6683]

Dude is a cancer to wrestletalk. He believes his own hype.

[@ghostlee6434]

Yeah. He's think he's doing something original..

[@harryhawkins999]

bro there’s more to being a “best wrestler of the year” than just having good matches 😭

[@ThomSin1985]

Zack not being in the top 10 is a crime. ZSJ is top 3 for me this year.

[@shinister9720]

Same I was really surprised

[@MrBertWayne]

MASHA SLAMOVICH... WREATLER OF THE YEAR

[@mewr11]

I'm actually kind of excited for worst match of the year, because I'm pretty sure #1 is going to be a landslide, and I have a decent idea which match might take #2, but I genuinely have no idea what any of the rest of the top 10 might be. (EDIT: Spoiler blocker) #1 Jimmy vs Jey; #2 Mercedes Mone vs Britt Baker

[@AndyRoo3121]

Watch for the shoe... Oof Toni storm needed to be higher. Especially over jey uce and j hendry.

[@stuartpenzer773]

Turns out if you have a moty match weekly you get to be wrestler of the year. People like in ring wrestling

[@dreengel1113]

"people like" no, only the iwc neckbeard bubble does

[@stuartpenzer773]

​@dreengel1113 you do you. You're entitled to like what you like, you can even go into the comment section of an Internet wrestling channel and argue with the community about it.

[@TheWannabeexpert]

Ospreay was a no brainer for this year.

[@JHaller_]

I agree with the top 5, but that back half is😬 Anyone who voted for Hendry needs to have their voting rights stripped.

[@MrDegan2]

Luke I can tell you why TNA haven't put the belt on Joe Hendry, if you rewind this video about a minute before you ask that question a very intelligent bald man muses on how he's WWE bound.... why would you put a belt on someone who's one foot out the door? especially your top belt

[@diabeticman2194]

Aw yeah, Luke gets to look at spreadsheet numbers! It’s between Ospreay, Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre for best wrestler of the year. Honourable mentions to Roxanne Perez, Oba Femi, Hangman Page, Toni Storm and Jey Uso

[@brentsmith9134]

Just watched the TLC video, I can't wait for this one 😁

[@SOTriggered]

Very surprised Damian Priest was left off this list.

[@CanaleImprobabile]

For a minute I thought I was tripping and dreamed about this same topic being discussed in a TLC episode 🤣 now I realized it's 2 different videos

[@waynemacaulay9327]

No Takeshita that's disappointing

[@Thraeryn]

If he makes the final few strides with his English and carries a solid program/feud with Don only being his opening act, like Don currently is for Fletcher, Take should shoot right up to the stratosphere. He needs a feud that's HIS, though; maybe against Fletcher?

[@chriswagstaff4934]

I'd be intrigued as to how NJPW stars have fallen off the top 10/rankings in general over the years...

[@KelJLinton]

Osprey best enjoy his last number 1 because the real best in the world is back in early January... Kenny Bah Gawd OMEGAAA

[@joshkaid]

Toni Storm is an interesting choice considering she JUST debuted on Rampage.

[@SpaceViking2000]

27:47 I think the world has been hurting. Covid, politics, healthcare, bills, and those are just some of the shared issues. Different people have different issues, but I think we all wanted the good guys to win. WM40 is described as Endgame, but I think Return of the Jedi is a better comparison. We are essentially in a reset now

[@the.alphaartist]

Who in the hell are voting for these? Jey Uso & Joe Jendry in top 10? WTF????

[@BigmanDogs]

The goal of a good wrestler is to make people miss you if you're gone. If the show you're on is not impacted for the worse by your absence, then you're unlikely to be a good wrestler.

[@antonioreciomatamoros1773]

People who don’t care only for matches and workrate

[@diabeticman2194]

Jey and Hendry had a breakout year, I can respect them being in the top 10

[@notTrezy]

I’m with tempest, I need to know who unironically put in Joe Hendry and Jey Uso (especially as ROTY!!!!!)

[@CanaleImprobabile]

12:00 can't agree more with Tempest 🤣 where has the guy gone?

[@ScottHill-s7u]

roxanne perez criminally underrated

[@MorbidFayde]

The thing that sucks about Gunther's world title reign is that the guys at the top of the card on Raw AREN'T the best wrestlers, so he's stuck with Orton and Priest and people like that who he can have "good" matches with, but Gable and Sheamus and Sami and Finn are in the midcard and the best top guys on Raw (Drew, Punk and MAYBE Rollins) have been engaged with each other literally all year so Gunther is just fed scraps

[@christopherdunstan1519]

Hello 👋🏻 and Merry Christmas 🎄

[@JustinWPruett]

Can’t wait to find out who the Number 2 and Number 3 wrestlers are! We all know who Number 1 is.

[@SupportEachOther4ever]

Havent seen it yet but I bet Luke picked Jeff Jarrett

[@brentsmith9134]

Did you watch the TLC video? Based on that you'll probably be wrong 😅

[@SupportEachOther4ever]

@ no I didn't see they released one

[@brentsmith9134]

@@SupportEachOther4ever well he didn't pick Jarrett in TLC

[@tonyamerica4481]

No Hangman is crazy

[@easter_sunday]

The correct answer is Jacob Fatu.

[@Rocketboy1313]

I like Ethan Page. He is not wrestler of the year, but he had a good year in NXT.

[@sidzy]

No darby allen is crazy

[@Leopoldbloomed]

CM Punk is the wrestler I want to like, but can’t, while Cody Rhodes is the wrestler I want to hate, but just can’t.

[@chocobosage]

No Mayu Iwatani or Sareee, i'm not surprised just disappointed.

[@mohammedalsaad1966]

WHERE IS THE HANGMAN RESPECT

[@michaelsinger4638]

Ospreay should be in the World Title picture in 2025. No reason not to.

[@joshuaaparicio3085]

SAY HIS NAME AND HE APPEARS!!!!

[@anthonycatalfamojr2403]

I don't get the whole joe hendry thing....

[@TriViuM2k22]

You don't believe in Joe Hendry CLAP CLAP

[@anthonycatalfamojr2403]

​​@@TriViuM2k22I'll have to watch more tna, I'll give him a shot....

[@dylangross3702]

Ospreay though innit?

[@TheHipersonic22]

Ospreay 5 star year indeed

[@JamesJr8350]

I wanted to like this episode 😢🤦🏼 but i just couldnt lol.....God Bless

[@michaelsinger4638]

WWE has a bad habit of changing characters once they become champion, and making them LESS interesting. I don’t get it?

[@TrayvonWickliffe]

Gotta give it to osprey hes good but he isnt the one

[@HeyItsAJ]

Seth was Mania MVP and didn’t crack top 10? Robbed

[@commandercommander7233]

Id argue with jey being top that he should yeah his matches r mid but he has a lot of matches and as u guys said he is over argue most over wrestler now top 5 for sure

[@gofastandwynn]

Anyone beside Osprey as #1 is wrong

[@Juan-tyler69]

its obviously ricochet

[@louiescott6145]

Just started the video is Ospreay isn’t 1 the games gone

[@commandercommander7233]

Jey way better then punk i think this year jey yes maybe mid wrestler but he over anda work horse this year

[@ShiivaWilding]

I think Ospreay is overrated. He does very similar things in every match that consistently get praised, but when other wrestlers do the same thing in each match, they're torn apart in reviews.

[@owaiscarneiro226]

Joey hendryyyyyyyy yes yes yes

[@kevinmcintosh3222]

The fact Jacob Fatu nor Bronson Reed was mentioned in TLC was Criminal. I Love You Solo and The Bronson Reed vs Braun Strowman feud was awesome plus when he squased rollins

[@kendalld19]

No Roxanne Perez here either 🥴😭.. I’m just going to assume this company doesn’t pay attention to NXT anymore which saddens me because some of those wrestlers have been at times better than the main roster gentleman/ladies and they just get overlooked.. NXT has really grown since the terrible 2.0 fiasco. There’s a reason they beat AEW in the ratings beside AEW being “cold”

[@RAP7ORv]

Perez killed it this year. Great run. Also NXT has the best womens division in the world. It practically runs NXT. Frazer, Perez, Oba would all have spots in my best wrestler list this year.

[@Lostpoet24]

He's really not no 1 he's good but he's nowhere near Cody. WM night 2 is literally the best main event EVER!!!

[@brianboazo]

Yeah these guys dick ride Ospreay hard... I don't get it he can't cut promos and build stories at all 🤷🏻‍♂️ also how do they be upset that Jey made it when he is the most over guy of the year? Also wanna note this list didn't include Liv, Rhea, Mariah May, Owens, Darby, Priest I mean I could go on and on with the people they missed... Normally they get these right but the placements wrong, this year this is the worst top 10 they've ever done like they missed so many people

[@pwnmaster3002]

you cited a match that had like 10+ other wrestlers in it

[@dragonknight1994]

Where was my tribal chief?

[@evendrag6302]

Solo?

[@fscorpion678]

gone for most of the year

[@yurlp]

Please take away the votes of the people who voted for Hendry jesus.

[@BigmanDogs]

1. Roman 2. Cody 3. Bryan 4. Punk 5. Swerve 6. Ospreay 7. Mistico 8. Toni 9. Gunther 10. Rhea

[@jael7163]

I wonder how many Joe Hendry matches from this year the people who voted him have seen.

[@alanwakeish]

As usual with WrestleTalk, nobody is allowed to have a different opinion than theirs. So they winge whine and complain, grow the F up WrestleTalk.

[@boycottactivision]

1. Roman 2. Swerve Strickland 3. Drew McIntyre 4. Toni Storm 5. Cody 6. Joe Hendry 7. Rhea 8. Liv 9. CM Punk 10. Seth Rollins 11. Sami Zayn 12. Hangman Paige 13. Dom 14. Will Osprey 15. The Rock

[@MrGanjie]

I feel like jey was more solid than the rock this year tbh The rock did great but he was the cherry on an already great cake. A great addition but they already had it.

[@boycottactivision]

@MrGanjie I think almost all the memorable moments on The Road to WrestleMania came from/Involved The Rock, & he carried them. The Smack During The Kickoff, The Til Toks, The Rain Beatdown, The Belt blud, The Mama Rhodes, The Cody Crybabies etc. Jey having one of the worst matches this year, & Revolving around Roman is where he lost points

[@alpacagangaffiliated]

We know who the top iyo nom was lmao

[@HenNgTr]

Why did i think Jey was Drake on your thumbnail

[@owaiscarneiro226]

Bruv

[@rodkneejorge9866]

that's not gonna work for me brothers

[@starscreammtfan]

If Will isn't in anyones top 2 this year. That's all I need to know that I don't need to hear any of your opinions on wresting.

[@brianboazo]

Name me one good promo he cut... or one good storyline that was told to where when the match was gonna happen in the ring I needed to watch because of the story told? .... You can't. He has zero promo skills and is the reason the ratings are the worst they've ever been... this has been his year and they're doing awful as a company.... You can sell dream matches and it'll work the first time maybe even the second but next year everybody will wake up when he doesn't have dream matches left to do and can't be carried by having insane people to wrestle with. Ospreay will not even be a top 5 wrestler next year

[@Debajyoti_P]

Define wrestler of the year? Was hulk hogan ,rock & stone cold the best in ring workers of their era?No they were not but they are called one of the best wrestlers because they were over, they cut promos that touched people, they moved numbers, they sold loads of merchandise. So for me Roman and cody are in a level above ospreay😊

[@yarmy9846]

Ospreay did all of those btw, same numbers? no but why should how many shirts a wrestler sold impact what i think about them as a wrestler? it's still a subjective list after all

[@brianboazo]

The fact that you guys trashed Jey Uso who has cut decent promos, had decent matches, and been the most over guy of the entire year with the feel good IC title moment but at the same time think Will Ospreay is the best of the year?.... How? He has had great matches but aside from the Danielson match they were all terrible stories, he hasn't cut a single good promo since being in AEW, it's been the worst year for ratings in the history of AEW and it's been while he has been presented as the biggest star... Tempest said Jey's in ring was lacking but he had moments and good character work all year. Ospreay has good matches but I haven't cared about any of the matches cause he hasn't had any good stories and on top of that he can't sell me by cutting promos cause they're awful lol.... Now this year he has had all the "dream matches" possible. Next year he will not even be considered a top 5 in the world when he is exposed because you won't have any "dream matches" left to sell. That's all he has is the fact he is having new matches most people who watch haven't seen before. Once that fades and he runs out of people to carry him in promos like MJF, Danielson, etc. he will fall off

[@yarmy9846]

so what you're basically saying is he deserves it this year but you're praying on his downfall in the future? and the ratings mention is just proof that this is a bad faith take and you probably don't even watch the product

[@juliand.breakdown463]

If it isnt Kevin Owens you are all wrong

[@brianboazo]

If Cody had the ratings decline terribly while he was champion he would've been crucified and dropped in this list... Will Ospreay is the main reason that AEW is failing now and nobody cares about it. You can be a good wrestler all you want but whenever you can't cut a promo or build a story to make me wanna see you wrestle then I'm sorry you're not the best wrestler

[@pwnmaster3002]

... Ospreay isn't even champion

[@XcessOM9]

… have you ever heard a Will Ospreay promo? He’s genuinely an amazing promo, he could wrestle like LA Knight and still be engaging because he’s got such heart and soul in every word he says on the mic.

[@sonic5993]

It's Ospreay

[@JamesJr8350]

Dont mock Jesus Christ tempest! 😡

[@machenrix9128]

Will is not as good as his hype

[@robg8307]

You're right, he's better

[@MrAstro720]

Can’t wait for all these lists to be biased towards aew again

[@jacobrandlett2726]

Joe Hendry made the Top 10, you numpty. They love Bad Wrestlers too.

[@MrAstro720]

@ that’s why osprey is number 1

[@jacobrandlett2726]

@MrAstro720 that's british bias, not AEW bias. Brits LOVE WWE. They cover it and love it a lot and gloss over all the.....you know.

[@fscorpion678]

The company that focuses on the wrestling shockingly wins list on best wrestling. who would've guessed!

[@shazbaggle8268]

It's Osprey because bias i guess. I dont really get all the love for the guy.

[@Thraeryn]

1) "bias"? This is people voting their opinions. so yes, their opinions color the results? I'm not sure what you expect, to have used a charged word like "bias". We're not talking about which ball player had the best stats this season; this is a discussion of scripted entertainment, so it's more like "top ten Gossip Girl episodes". 2) If you don't get all the love for the guy, you didn't actually listen to anything anyone said after the reveal. Would you LIKE to "get all the love for the guy"? Would you LIKE to understand? Well, go back and listen to everyone TELL YOU EXACTLY WHY THEY LOVE HIM.

[@Debajyoti_P]

Of course it’s biased because it’s their opinion 😅😅 everyone has different taste in wrestling some people like only in ring stuff for many the story matters more .ospreay get support from many IWC members and 5stars from dave but that doesn’t make much difference in rating, ticket sales or merchandise sales. Roman got zero nominations for this list but sells more tickets and merchandise than entire aew roaster . So it depends on your perspective. How many 6star matches did the rock, stone cold or hogan get? None but they are called the best in the history. Why? Because they sold tickets got ratings and made money for years

[@shazbaggle8268]

@Thraeryn biased because he's English.

[@salimabdulaziz4417]

How can you begrudge CM for being in the top 10 and want ZSJ in there lol…. Utter woke nonsense

[@lazypaladin]

Or it could be cause Skunk has been carried all year whilst ZSJ has done actual work 🤔

[@pwnmaster3002]

im convinced social media has ruined people's understanding of basic words. what about this is woke?

[@fscorpion678]

Because ZSJ is leagues ahead of punk like be fr

[@robg8307]

Come back when you've learnt what woke actually means

[@AustinPowerz817]

A e dub on top🫡