PWI 500: This Year's Top 10 Wrestlers Revealed

5. Kenny Omega

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Kenny Omega's monster NJPW run began in August 2016, when he blitzed through the company's gruelling G1 Climax tournament to earn a shot at Kazuchika Okada's IWGP Heavyweight Championship. He was unsuccessful, but his performances have been dazzling critics all year long, and he has become one of his company's most marketable main event stars.

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