10 Most Badass Wrestlers In The World Today

10. Jon Moxley

Watching Jon Moxley's transformation from Sports Entertainer to badass professional wrestler was like witnessing a butterfly burst free from its cocoon.

Wacky Dean Ambrose was forgotten about the moment Moxley strode out at AEW Double Or Nothing, smashing Chris Jericho and a referee before throwing Kenny Omega from the set. Then, at NJPW's Best of the Super Juniors 26 finals, Moxley's transition was solidified. Mox entered a career-best singles performance against Juice Robinson. Their IWGP United States Championship brawl took them all across the arena and the challenger fought with a dangerous, violent edge missing from his work for years, even drawing blood by sinking his teeth into Robinson's eyebrow. Immediately, the Ohioan felt like the most vital thing in wrestling.

Subsequent matches and angles have taken Moxley's rediscovered badassery further, with the 'Purveyor Of Violence' supplementing said violence with genuine ring generalship in the G1 Climax. Every aspect of his game has improved since May. No longer the pillow-fisted rodeo clown of old, he has gone from goofy 'Lunatic Fringe' to genuine lunatic, and he's absolutely fearless with it.