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Dans un texte fort étoffé, Sports Illustrated présente sa liste des dix meilleurs lutteurs de l’année 2021.
Justin Barrasso s’est basé sur le travail dans le ring, l’attention accordée par les fans et l’impact sur le monde de la lutte.
“Factors involved in selecting the top 10 included a combination of the wrestler’s work in the ring, the attention their work generated and their overall impact on the business over the past year. An integral part of a wrestler’s brilliance is the ability to make viewers believe in the opponent standing across the ring, so a wrestler’s skill at consistently elevating their opponent was also emphasized.”
Barrasso a opté pour Roman Reigns comme premier choix, soutenant qu’il connecte encore plus avec les fans que les autres lutteurs. Le chroniqueur le trouve naturel dans le ring, avec des matchs qui valent la peine d’être vus.
Il ajoute que sans lui, Smackdown aurait de la difficulté à intéresser les fans de la WWE.
“With depth and swagger, Reigns connected with the audience better than any other wrestler over the past year. His work felt natural, never contrived or forced. And when he stepped in the ring, all the way from January’s Royal Rumble match against Kevin Owens until the last WWE pay-per-view of the year at Survivor Series in a match against Big E, he made those matches gripping, compelling and always worth watching.
What would SmackDown have looked like in 2021 without Reigns? His Bloodline partnership with Paul Heyman and The Usos made every week worth watching. Reigns’s role was to be the biggest star possible for the world’s largest promotion, and he accomplished that in a marvelous manner.
The chance to see Reigns wrestle John Cena helped make SummerSlam—a stadium show taking place during a pandemic—a genuine success. His presence brought constant relevance to WWE whenever he appeared on television. After what we witnessed this past year, it is unfathomable to imagine the WWE product without Reigns.”
Kenny Omega est arrivé en seconde position. Barrasso louange son rôle majeur en tant que champion de trois promotions – dont la AEW – , en plus de mettre en valeur des plus jeunes lutteurs, dont Hangman Adam Page.
Il salue également sa créatitivé et son sens de l’innovation.
“Once the bell rings, Kenny Omega’s brilliance inside the ring is unquestionable.
He spent the majority of the year in 2021 as AEW champion, on top of representing Impact and AAA as their top champ. In addition to outstanding matches, Omega was focused on making stars around him. He relishes that role, and he played a pivotal role in showcasing “Hangman” Adam Page as a legitimate main-event talent.
Omega made an extremely valid claim for the top choice. His creativity and innovation in the ring make him must-see, and that was evident throughout his entire title run. Omega took chances, bringing the semiobscure Japanese concept of the exploding barbed wire death match to an AEW pay-per-view. But his most impressive feat was his work elevating Page to the next tier, putting AEW—and the wrestling world as a whole—in a better position with another breakout star.”
Voici le top 10.
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