The Top 20 Active Pro Wrestlers

Ian Harrison by Correspondent Written on February 08, 2009
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20. Homicide

With a cult following from his time in Ring of Honor, Homicide has exploded on to the TNA scene.  Homicide is the key feature in TNA's best tag team right now, in LAX.

If TNA had some business sense, they'd let Homicide make a run at their much lacking world title.

Technical Ability - 92
Innovation - 93
Mic Skill - 86
Impact - 83
Over with the fans - 89

Overall - 88.6

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19. Brian Danielson

"The greatest wrestler alive" certainly fits his tag line.  Danielson is one of only 10 men who can claim they've won Ring of Honor's World title.  Other big names that have won the title include Samoa Joe, Homicide, and CM Punk.

Danielson has won various awards, including Match of the Year in 2007 vs Takeshi Morishima.

 

Technical Ability - 95
Innovation - 87
Mic Skill - 86
Impact - 86
Over with the fans - 90

Overall - 88.8

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18. Beth Phoenix

"The Glamazon" is the only woman to make my top 20 list.  She has been such a key of WWE's women's division.  She is the best all-around Woman's wrestler the WWE has seen since Trish Stratus retired.

Phoenix was ranked the second best woman's wrestler in 2008 by PWI.

 

Technical Ability -  90
Innovation -  87
Mic Skill -  89
Impact -  95
Over with the fans - 85

Overall - 89.2

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17.  John Morrison

John Morrison has single-handedly proven why Tough Enough was worth WWE's time and money.  When he won Tough Enough the WWE had struck gold, and they knew it. Morrison is the only Tough Enough winner to  still be under contract for the WWE.

Morrison carried the WWECW through one of the darkest times in Pro Wrestling history, and the company is forever indebted to him for that.  If nothing completely disastrous happens, you can count on "The next Shawn Michaels" main eventing for a long time to come.

The 29-year-old has one of the brightest futures in the WWE.   He also has the third coolest entrance ever.  (Behind Melina's and Stacy Keibler's)

If you haven't seen it, you need to watch Wrestlemania 24's Money in the Bank.  John Morrison puts on a clinic for extreme wrestling.  They need to let him go extreme more often *hint*

 

Technical Ability -  90
Innovation -  90
Mic Skill -  93
Impact -  88
Over with the fans - 86

Overall - 89.4

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16. Rey Mysterio Jr.

Mysterio is one of the very few active wrestlers who can claim they've wrestled in ECW, WCW and WWE.

Mysterio was a huge part of ECW and WCW's Cruiserweight revolution.  Afterwards Rey Mysterio went on to mid-card success before the death of Eddie Guerrero.  In 2006, he won the Royal Rumble and went on to win the World title in the main event of Wrestlemania 22.

 

Technical Ability -  88
Innovation -  90
Mic Skill -  87
Impact -  88
Over with the fans - 95

Overall - 89.6

 

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