Despite only signing with the company at the end of August, the wrestler formerly known as Kana deserves a place on the list purely because of the way she has been presented. Instead of following the usual path of vignette, vignette, debut, Asuka was played up as a major international acquisition for the company. Why? Because that is exactly what she is. She became the first female performer that I can remember to receive the fabled contract signing treatment, and no opponent has even come close to challenging her as of yet. Many divas make their debut in the company and are immediately protected (see Nia Jax currently), but the presentation of Asuka is something else completely. The future is outrageously bright for Asuka, and only a catastrophe will stop her being higher up this list in 12 months time.
Born in the middle of Wales in the middle of the 1980's, John can't quite remember when he started watching wrestling but he has a terrible feeling that Dino Bravo was involved. Now living in Prague, John spends most of his time trying to work out how Tomohiro Ishii still stands upright. His favourite wrestler of all time is Dean Malenko, but really it is Repo Man. He is the author of 'An Illustrated History of Slavic Misery', the best book about the Slavic people that you haven't yet read. You can get that and others from www.poshlostbooks.com.
