10 Most Explosive Wrestlers Of All Time

"Oh wonderful! Bloody wonderful! You were boring then, and you're f*cking boring now!"

Sex Pistols and Public Image Limited frontman Johnny Rotten once said this ahead of a live Elvis Costello performance. On the basis of SummerSlam and Clash of Champions, WWE fans have adapted this scathing assessment of the 'Oliver's Army' hit-maker to Randy Orton's style and level of performance in 2019.

Randy Orton represents something of a paradox to the pro wrestling critic, in that it's fairly easy and incredibly difficult to review his performances. It's almost as simple as copy and pasting - "Orton failed to ignite the crowd with his logical, methodical build, but they popped for the RKO, at least" - but then, it's a bit cheeky to do this for every last pay-per-view. But then, that's what he does on every pay-per-view: he casually breezes through his usual routine in total, self-satisfied defiance of the evolving pace.

"F*cking run about a bit!"

That quote can be attributed to former Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp. This was the thoughtful tactical advice he handed to striker Roman Pavlyuchenko as he struggled to adapt to Premier League football.

This list is therefore dedicated to the tax-dodging wheeler-dealer, and the pro wrestling he - and a fandom in revolt at old-timey pacing - presumably enjoys...

PAC might be the greatest pro wrestler on the planet right now. Missing from many year-end lists on the basis of his schedule and the reduced profile of Dragon Gate, when he does wrestle, it's very hard to make a counterargument.

Just look at this spot. Even when PAC performs the most static of rest holds, he finds a way to make it interesting, to make it matter. He looks positively delighted when Dragon Kid looks seconds away from exhaustion - this is how the new PAC aims to win, by the most economic means available - and when Kid shows signs of life, he doesn't pull the usual expression of melodramatic surprise. He just looks very annoyed, because he knows he must unleash that awesome repertoire of which the swine in attendance aren't deserving.

And when PAC does unleash that explosive repertoire, he does it with a masterful level of control. Look at that GIF. Because too many wrestlers don't know how to catch, PAC circumvents this by landing his aerials with inch-perfect precision, avoiding the need to be caught by simply getting all of it and landing on his feet.

He takes the best head bumps in all of wrestling, too, by planting his skull onto the mat and using his propulsive energy to flip in a way that looks less contrived, and more like total death.