Every Wrestling Rookie Of The Year: Where Are They Now?
20. 2003: Chris Sabin
One of many young, small technical standouts to have sprouted in the wake of the monopoly, Sabin differentiated himself from an army of indistinguishable kick pad-clad cruiserweight acolytes by A) being really, really good and B) forming a legitimately all-time great tag team, the Motor City Machine Guns, alongside Alex Shelly.
To this day, he's still ageless. Last year, he worked one of the less-discussed matches of the year against Kazarian for Impact Wrestling on June 30. It was superb; so well-crafted that attention did not drift once throughout an 18:42 runtime that felt like a breeze. He worked AEW All Out in a merely good trios match in 2022 also.
One of the most reliable and consistent North American workers ever, he deserves another crack to show a bigger audience just how fantastic he is.