10 Best Wrestlers Of 2025

5. Mercedes Moné

There aren't too many performers in either major that look as if they're having as much fun simply being a pro wrestling as Mercedes Moné, and it's totally infectious.

Crafting the "Ultimo" belt collector character in 2025, Moné found her stride between the ropes at the back end of 2024 and rode the wave of momentum through a joyous 12 months that have seen her dominate almost as many promotions. Or at very least, win their titles.

Smart enough to know that the physical belts are great for photo opportunities and entrances while the story is good for indie bookings, Mercedes appears for all the world like she's living about 50 different wrestling dreams every time she hits a ring, and does so with all the in-built confidence she's espoused for well over a decade.

The bell-to-bell highs came with the likes of Toni Storm, Athena, Kris Statlander and Jamie Hayter, but even the lesser matches were in service of a bigger picture that put a lot of both company's booking to shame. To watch the former Sasha Banks take the entire business by storm and completely on her own terms has been as captivating an experience as anything she could have done sticking around with the market leader all those years ago. The more legend she builds around herself, the more distant those memories will feel.