10 Best Wrestlers Of 2024

5. Willow Nightingale

Best Wrestlers Of 2024
AEW

Hot on the heels of Toni Storm as All Elite Wrestling's next female ace, Willow Nightingale has continued to be the one of the most consistently fantastic and over wrestlers in the entire company.

Quantity and quality have defined her 2024, but the sheer amount of matches she's worked (40+ at time of writing - a high number for a weekly television wrestler in the modern era) might have counted against her had she not been so awesome every single time out. She's one of AEW's newest common denominators - everybody has their best matches with her, and the likes of Mercedes Moné and Mariah May in particular have been truly established in the division's top spots as result of their bouts with Willow.

A vital player in the continued growth of the division and somebody so good and so over that she’ll future-proof it for herself and others, Nightingale is without question as valuable a full-time wrestler as anybody in the industry. 

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation nearly 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett