10 Best Wrestlers Of 2024

4. Will Ospreay

Best Wrestlers Of 2024
AEW

2024 was the year Will Ospreay committed to the grind of North American television wrestling, and while that decision resulted in Triple H taking potshots at the ‘Aerial Assassin’, Ospreay responded with a slate of matches so wickedly hard-going that they put some of ‘The Game’s busiest full-timer years to shame.

As well as proving any remaining doubters wrong, Ospreay adjusted to TV wrestling seamlessly, and became an MVP in AEW for the noise he’s been able to generate in noticeably quieter and emptier buildings. And the volume is rooted in reason - he continued to stack up yet more contemporary bangers against Bryan Danielson and Konosuke Takeshita and alongside Kyle Fletcher in trios and tags against The Young Bucks.

Currently the perfect version of himself in terms of reliability between the ropes and with a bar so consistently high that it’s rendered many of his workrate peers feeling somewhat surplus, Ospreay continues to simultaneously push boundaries of wrestling expectation and reality.

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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