End of the Decade
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Asuka vs. Sara Del Rey Is the Wrestling Match of the Decade
If you’ve been following my series about the best wrestlers of the decade, you might think I’d give the honorific to the Okada/Shibata match that cut short the resurgence of Katsuyori Shibata’s career, but if there’s anything you should know about me as a critic, it’s that multiple things can exist as the best, simultaneously.…
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Dustin Rhodes: Wrestler of the Decade
Dustin Rhodes is the wrestler of the decade. There is no critical gesture emptier than declaring something or someone the best of the decade. Look at who I’ve gone with thus far—Katsuyori Shibata, Daniel Bryan and Toru Yano. They’re great at what they do, but in declaring them the best wrestlers of the decade I…
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Daniel Bryan is the Wrestler of the Decade, but Not for the Reason You Might Think
Yes, he is the best wrestler in WWE, a title you can easily give him every single year he was active this decade. Yes, his 2014 conquest of Evolution at WrestleMania XXX may be the single best moment WWE ever produced. Yes, his return, despite being tied, three-legged race style, to another McMahons vs. Labor…
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Katsuyori Shibata Is the Wrestler of the Decade
He is still alive. That is all.