Predicting The 10 Best Wrestlers In The World Five Years From Now
4. Kyle O'Reilly
Kyle O'Reilly turned 32 years old this year, landing him in his pro wrestler prime five years from now.
O'Reilly is arguably an elite-level talent now, though as a tag team performer, predominantly, he doesn't receive the opportunities to show it on a brand that does not over-expose his talent. But what talent he possesses: O'Reilly is a superb professional wrestler boasting explosive, exquisite technique and a tremendous ability to build a match. There's a real and unique legitimacy to his MMA-influenced act, too, marking him as one of the most distinctive performers in a landscape that has never been more diverse. Nobody out there moves quite like O'Reilly, who like a true ring general conveys how imposing he is without doing anything.
O'Reilly is also a hugely charismatic and funny presence, which you'd expect should enable him to eventually venture on a main event singles run, perhaps as a babyface, the sharpening experience of which would see him flourish.
O'Reilly's mainstream singles potential is untapped, but it's there, and the schedule he works now leaves him very well-positioned to reach it.