The 21st century has been the most productive time of WWE and there have been hundreds of wrestlers who can be in this list because the quality of wrestling in WWE has gone up drastically and now the WWE is truly the best wrestling promotion in the world. All the best wrestlers in the world want to be with WWE and especially since the launch of NXT more than 10 years ago. It has been 23 years in the 21st century and WWE has been having the best matches in the world and competing with NJPW for being the best wrestling promotion.
Let’s look at the Top 5 Best Wrestlers of the 21st century
1) The Undertaker
The Undertaker has been in WWE for 20 out of the 23 years of the 21st century and he has been the best wrestler till the time he was in WWE. There were a lot of really good ones but The Undertaker was the standard for everyone to follow. In the 21st century he has had Matches such as the WrestleMania 21 match against Randy Orton which was great then there was the WrestleMania 23 match against Batista and the WrestleMania 24 match against Edge which were certificate bangers and those were the best Matches. Then came the golden period from WrestleMania 25 where he had the best match ever against Shawn Michaels and then vs Triple H till WrestleMania 28. CM Punk would follow at WrestleMania 29 and Bray Wyatt at 31.
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2) Shawn Michaels
If The Undertaker is number 1 on this list then Shawn Michaels can be no lower than number 2 because not only he is one of the best of the 21st century but the best of all time. Shawn Michaels returned to WWE in 2002 and his first match was a banger vs Triple H where he won the WWE Championship. Then there was no stopping him as at WrestleMania 21 vs Kurt Angle he had the best match of the year. Then at WrestleMania 23 vs John Cena he had the best match of the year. At WrestleMania 24 he carried Ric Flair in a sensational farewell match and finally those 2 all time classics vs The Undertaker to close out his WWE Career.
3) Brock Lesnar
The beast is number 3 on this list because the things he has achieved in the 21st century are seriously extraordinary. Brock Lesnar arrived in WWE in 2002 and from there the rise started as he had bangers against The Undertaker and he beat him each time. Brock Lesnar had matches against everybody including Kurt Angle where they had an all time classic. He won the Royal Rumble and the WWE Championship against The Rock in one of the best SummerSlam main Events. He came back to WWE in 2012 and for the past 11 years he has dominated WWE. He had great Matches against John Cena, Triple H, CM Punk T SummerSlam 2013. Then in 2014 he broke the undefeated streak of The Undertaker at WrestleMania and then smashed John Cena at SummerSlam. Recently he had bangers against Roman Reigns, Cody Rhodes, AJ Styles, Daniel Bryan, Seth Rollins, Finn Balor and he made all of them better.
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4) Seth Rollins
Seth Rollins is the best wrestler in the world at the moment but he has been one of the Top 5 in the 21st century. Seth Rollins was first introduced in NXT in 2012 and he became the NXT Champion and he carried the brand on his shoulders. Then he came to the main roster and with the Shield he dominated WWE. Seth Rollins has had incredible matches against John Cena and Brock Lesnar at Royal Rumble. Then he had the reign where he had great matches against Dean Ambrose, Dolph Ziggler etc. Recently he has had nothing but bangers against the likes of Roman Reigns, Cody Rhodes, Edge, AJ Styles, Drew McIntyre, Finn Balor etc and he has a lot of years left in him.
5) Charlotte Flair
The best women’s wrestler of the 21st century has to be Charlotte Flair and she has been the standard for other women in WWE. Charlotte Flair is hated too much by the insecure fans and she proves them wrong each time. Charlotte Flair is a 15 time champion and she has had barn burners against everyone going from Trish Stratus to Sasha Banks to Bayley to Becky Lynch to Asuka to even Nia Jax. She has had matches at each WrestleMania, SummerSlam, Royal Rumble since she has been in WWE. The other women have stepped up their game looking at her and she has been given the name Queen rightly. She has main evented WrestleMania as well.
