10 Best Wrestlers Of 2018
10. Ronda Rousey
The best real and kayfabe WWE rookie year since Kurt Angle's between 1999 and 2000, Ronda Rousey's ascent to the top of the Raw Women's Division has matched her rapid grasp of every necessary skill to believably carry the belt.
Her WrestleMania debut may have been expertly engineered by her partners and opponents to maximise her minutes, but Rousey herself was incandescent throughout, making "Moments" that didn't require the endless effort and exposition WWE ordinarily apply. Her array of punches caved in Triple H's chest, and simultaneously took millions of audience breaths away. Her emphatic arm-bar victory over Stephanie McMahon completed
Singles matches proved the debut was no well-choreographed fluke.
She gave Nia Jax her best singles match of the year, worked out the minimal kinks in her act with two stellar efforts against Alexa Bliss, and sold like she'd be doing it a decade in a hugely enjoyable Evolution pay-per-view main event against Nikki Bella.
A Survivor Series screamer against Charlotte Flair confirmed her status as a fiercely reliable all-rounder, which may sound like damning with faint praise but is genuinely remarkable considering her inexperience level. She sold 'The Queen's kicking like the pro she's quickly become, and the boos she received in the aftermath may expedite a heel turn that'll help her own 2019, too.