PWI 500: This Year's Top 10 Wrestlers Revealed

9. Bobby Roode

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Bobby Roode was NXT's franchise player for much of 2017. Debuting in August 2016, he soon became a major star within the developmental brand, and captured Shinsuke Nakamura's NXT Championship this January, embarking upon a dominant run that would stretch two months beyond the 2017 PWI 500's date range.

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