PWI 500: This Year's Top 10 Wrestlers Revealed

6. Shinsuke Nakamura

AJ Styles WWE Champion
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Current SmackDown star Shinsuke Nakamura shone brightly in NXT, capturing the brand's top title on August 20th - just over four months after debuting. His reigns weren't long, but he eventually left developmental as a two-time champion, and has since been positioned as one of the main roster's top babyfaces, losing just one singles match since April.

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