10 Best Wrestlers In NJPW (Right Now)

8. The Young Bucks

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I don't care if it's technically cheating, Matt and Nick Jackson are a package deal, and as a package deal, they're currently one of the top in-ring acts in professional wrestling.

You can scoff at the Young Bucks and their tongue-in-cheek meta shtick, but in the ring, all eyes are on them, and for good reason. Seamlessly combining the sensibilities of American independent wrestling and Japanese puroresu, Matt and Nick Jackson are able to have the crowd popping for insane indie-riffic moves one minute, and generating genuine heat and investment for the match the next. It's this talent, as well as their knack for selling, that they can easily play the faces or heels in a given situation. You want them to be the smarmy geeks who get their butts kicked by the powerful good guys? They've got you covered. You want them to be the fiery babyfaces fighting against the odds? As they showed at Dominion this year, they're damn good at doing that as well.

Dave Meltzer has compared the Young Bucks to iconic tag team The Midnight Express, and while Jim Cornette may be horrified at the comparison, it's a totally valid one.

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