10 Best Wrestlers Of 2022

7. Sami Zayn

Roman Reigns Sami Zayn
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If this were merely a list of the wrestlers with the highest volume of subjectively great matches, Sami Zayn wouldn't make the cut. Although he has excelled opposite competitors like AJ Styles, Ricochet, and Shinsuke Nakamura, proving he's still capable of reaching into his bag of old in-ring tricks despite his injury-ravaged body, Zayn isn't a "workrate" guy anymore. The 'Honorary Uce' has evolved.

Zayn is now a quintessential WWE-style sports entertainer. This has been the case for years, but until today, it always felt like Sami's ability to make the most of every slither of television time, no matter how meagre, was undervalued by his employers. In 2022, he has proven himself too good to be denied.

Like friend-turned-enemy-turned-friend-turned-enemy-again Kevin Owens, Sami has become one of the most valuable wrestlers on weekly television. His charm and wit make every second he is onscreen enjoyable and those effusive, effervescent performances opposite Roman Reigns and The Bloodline are the primary reason this incredible storyline is so ever. It might be the best thing going on in American wrestling right now - and Sami is at the heart of it.

Earning his stripes in The Bloodline ahead of inevitable heartbreak, when the family finally expels him, Zayn has given us some of 2022's most memorable wrestling moments. That t-shirt segment is just the iceberg's tip.

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