10 Best Wrestlers Of 2021
4. Syuri
The best and most consistent in-ring performer in the best and most consistent in-ring all-women promotion in the world.
Signing with Stardom in October 2020 has allowed Syuri's pro wrestling career to take off like never before. She has worked at least one bout this year that will be talked about forever, thanks to the lavish praise thrown its way by wrestling's most influential tastemakers, and could potentially throw down another by the year's end. Should her trilogy with fellow 2021 standout Utami Hayashishita wrap as impressively as it began on 12 June, the rivalry will come to be known as one of the modern era's great in-ring series - if it isn't already.
Beyond the Utami matches, Syuri has delivered excellence with talents as diverse as freelancer Takumi Iroha, 21-year-old wunderkind Momo Watanabe, uber-technician Konami, and a relative rookie in Maika. Her efforts have helped elevate SWA World Championship to a previously unforeseen level of prestige, legitimising what was once considered Stardom's black sheep belt by fighting for it like her life is on the line. Never before has the strap felt so big and important, which is to Syuri's credit.
A hybrid fighter who transitions between pro wrestling and MMA techniques, Syuri brings a different flavour to Stardom's house style that helps stave off the ongoing Bushiroadification elsewhere. This, combined with her intensity, emotional core, and poise, makes everything she does must-watch.