Roman Reigns beats Kenny Omega to become the best wrestler of 2021

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WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns beats Kenny Omega to become the best wrestler of 2021

Sports Illustrated recently gave their list of best wrestlers of 2021. Professional wrestling returned to form in 2021 as live crowds were allowed in the arena.

There were some standout performances across every industry level, like when Sasha Banks helped make a star out of Bianca Belair at WrestleMania 37. The Wrestling industry produced a lot of memorable moments last year.

Bianca Belair attacks Sasha Banks at WrestleMania
Bianca Belair in action against Sasha Banks at WrestleMania 37 (WWE)

2020’s list featured Eddie Kingston, Roman Reigns, Kenny Omega, and Jon Moxley, but plenty of new faces emerged as the top performers this year.

The top 10 wrestlers chosen by SI includes Jonathan Gresham, Josh Alexander, Cody Rhodes, Dr Britt Baker, Big E, Bryan Danielson, Shingo Takagi, Bianca Belair, Kenny Omega, and Wrestler of the Year went to Universal Champion Roman Reigns.

Roman Reigns
Reigns is the best wrestler for 2021 (SI)

Roman Reigns also became the most searched wrestler in Google 2021

WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns has topped the list of the most searched active wrestling stars for 2021. He has topped the list both Worldwide and in the United States.

The Tribal Chief has not lost a single PPV match and has beaten CM Punk, who made his comeback to wrestling with AEW after a long gap of 8 years 

“Among wrestling personalities who were active in wrestling programming (so excluding people like Cena, Rock, Hogan, Flair, Austin, etc.) for much of 2021, the most searched-for person based on Google Trends data Jan-Nov was Roman Reigns.”

The Tribal Chief’s reign as the Universal Champion has been growing more potent than ever, and he will look to continue the same this year as well.

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