10 Best Wrestlers Of 2023

10. Rhea Ripley

Rhea Ripley was on such incredible form for the first half of 2023 that it's little wonder that the shock-and-awe nature of Nia Jax's return has been the first time her Women's World Championship has felt under threat since she won the gold at WrestleMania 39.

The leader of The Judgment Day and biggest star in the group at that, Ripley's owned the role since she took it up in 2022, but she's elevated herself and the stable to new heights since January 1st. She made an incredible coast-to-coast run in the Royal Rumble look easy, and subsequently made her 'Show Of Shows' victory look anything but. Her 23:35 minutes against Charlotte Flair on the company's grandest stage were minutes as hot as any this year, and stole the show from underneath the epic Bloodline main event drama on the 'Grandest Stage'.

Believably dominant in contrast to the muddled way her character was initially handled on the main roster, there was a measured quality to her thrilling squash wins over Zelina Vega and Natalya at Backlash and Night Of Champions respectively, she became completely unbeatable in television, and made contenders of Raquel Rodriguez, Jax and a flailing Shayna Baszler by the mere fact that she interacted with them.

A multi-tool player, her partnership with Dominik Mysterio continued to be one of the most endearingly appalling things in all of wrestling, and surely inevitable feuds with Becky Lynch and Jade Cargill could be legacy-defining epics if they reach their peak.