Good time are rolling for the Architect of the WWE ever since the beginning of the year. He has been carrying the Monday Night Raw brand for a long time that earned him the Universal Championship for twice in a year. He has received the hottest and happening female wrestler of the world as his fiancée as the two are engaged to be married. Now the elite list of wrestling stars is back crowning Seth Rollins with the top-most position.
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The prestigious PWI 500 rankings have been out and sitting atop the group this year is none other than the WWE Universal Champion Seth Rollins. This is not the first time that he earned the accolade of being the ‘best wrestler in the world’, though. Back in 2015, one of the most decorated superstars in WWE history earned the same recognition.
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No. 1 in the 29th annual @OfficialPWI #PWI500 is WWE Universal champ @WWERollins! Download the issue right now or pre-order the print edition at https://t.co/ylNeV87zar! pic.twitter.com/m238dDD5br
— PWI (@OfficialPWI) August 29, 2019
Seth Rollins has now joined Bret Hart, Steve Austin, Triple H and John Cena who featured at the top the list declared by PWI on multiple occasions. He took his times to respond on receiving this honor and stated the following,
“Those guys obviously are elite. They are in a class all their own. They are Hall of Famers. So, to be mentioned amongst them is pretty special.”
Here are the top 10 names from the list that sorted out 500 male wrestlers, all over the world.
Seth Rollins
Daniel Bryan
AJ Styles
Kofi Kingston
Kazuchika Okada
Johnny Gargano
Roman Reigns
Kenny Omega
Hiroshi Tanahashi
Will Ospreay
Starting from 1991, PWI has been announcing best wrestlers of a particular year, regularly that makes this award the most prestigious cum critically-acclaimed. Here’s a list of names who had the honor of topping those,
2018: Kenny Omega
2017: Kazuchika Okada
2016: Roman Reigns
2015: Seth Rollins
2014: Daniel Bryan
2013: John Cena
2012: CM Punk
2011: The Miz
2010: AJ Styles
2009: Triple H
2008: Randy Orton
2007: John Cena
2006: John Cena
2005: Batista
2004: Chris Benoit
2003: Brock Lesnar
2002: Rob Van Dam
2001: Kurt Angle
2000: Triple H
1999: Steve Austin
1998: Steve Austin
1997: Dean Malenko
1996: Shawn Michaels
1995: Diesel
1994: Bret Hart
1993: Bret Hart
1992: Sting
1991: Hulk Hogan
As for the 2019 wrestler of the year Seth Rollins, he is all set to defend his Universal Championship against Braun Strowman at Clash of Champions.
