10 Best Wrestlers Of 2023 (So Far)
7. Cody Rhodes
Cody Rhodes is currently in the middle of a programme that's nothing to do with him winning the WWE Championship, but it's not the incomplete storyline with Brock Lesnar or his Money In The Bank aspirations getting in the way of him being allowed to "Finish The Story".
It's the in-house "facing adversity" programme that all supposed "superstars" must embark upon now despite every made man in company history doing nothing of the sort en route to the top.
Cody's 2023 resumé was impressive already, but when considering the heavy losses against Lesnar and Roman Reigns, his enduring popularity is frankly astonishing. Nothing can stop 'The American Nightmare', and that thankfully includes WWE's creative and Triple H's post-WrestleMania filibustering about stories not having endings. He will become WWE Champion (not the World Heavyweight one), and he'll do it on loads of merit too.
His Royal Rumble victory featured a blinding mini-match with Gunther, his WrestleMania main event was the best version of the new Roman Reigns epic (despite the result), and his contests with Lesnar have been 'The Beast's most captivating in years. Cody Rhodes is yet again undeniable, in spite of his new employer's desperation to disprove that.