Ranking Who Was Really The Man In Wrestling Every Year 1990-2020
4. 2017 - Kenny Omega
Kenny Omega shattered the world of professional wrestling in 2017, following which everything related, in some way, to him. He actually changed the questions.
His seminal match with Kazuchika Okada on January 4 redefined the depth and exhilaration of professional wrestling storytelling and left the old standard in its wake. Seth Rollins could only combine the ripcord and the V-Trigger. He could not equal it. Nobody could; this was the match that set in motion the post-monopoly chapter of professional wrestling because there was no going back from it.
And still, Omega and Okada conspired to better it in June of that year.
Omega also proved himself a true draw, the first in the U.S. of real significance outside of WWE post-2001, as a devil's sky darkened the outlook for WWE's grip on the industry.