10 Best Wrestling Matches For A Free Agent Daniel Bryan

7. Hiroshi Tanahashi

Hiroshi Tanahashi is 40 years old, and odds are that he's won more World championships and had more 5-star matches than he's likely to win or have in the future. Nevertheless, there's an argument to made that he's the greatest wrestler of all time, and for that reason, a match pitting him against Bryan is irresistible.

Both men simply "get" what makes pro wrestling work - it's a spectacle, yes, but it's also a simulated contest and it has to feel real in order to elicit the greatest emotional response from fans. Tanahashi's big matches see the "High Flying Star" labor for every hold, every move, every single advantage he can get on his opponent. Likewise, Bryan's were similar - starting off slowly and using technical holds before earning the opportunity to bust out the big moves.

The two geniuses of the craft may both be a bit past their primes, but wrestling is more mental than anything else, and whatever they'd come up with would be a revelation.