Sports Illustrated has released a special feature ranking the top ten wrestlers of 2021.
The popular sports media outlet posted the feature on their official website this week, with a detailed breakdown of each wrestler included on the list.
Coming in at number one on the list is Roman Reigns, with Kenny Omega, Bianca Belair, Shinto Takagi and Bryan Danielson rounding out the top five, in that order.
The rest of the list looks as follows:
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED TOP TEN WRESTLERS OF 2021
1. Roman Reigns (WWE)
2. Kenny Omega (AEW)
3. Bianca Belair (WWE)
4. Shingo Takagi (NJPW)
5. Bryan Danielson (AEW)
6. Big E. (WWE)
7. Dr. Britt Baker (AEW)
8. Cody Rhodes (AEW)
9. Josh Alexander (IMPACT)
10. Jonathan Gresham (ROH/TERMINUS)
Former X-Division Champion Josh Alexander took to social media on Friday to comment on being the only IMPACT Wrestling representative on the list.
"Top 10 in 2021," he started in a statement released via his official Twitter feed. "For anyone who's followed along [and] supported. Thank you."
Alexander continued, "If you haven't it's not too late. I'm happy to represent IMPACT Wrestling in 2021 [and] I'm only climbing higher in 2022. #Bet."
IMPACT Wrestling later responded on their official Twitter feed, writing, "Congrats to Josh Alexander for being acknowledged by Sports Illustrated as one of the top ten wrestlers of 2021!"
Check out the complete Sports Illustrated Top 10 Wrestlers Of 2021 feature by Justin Barrasso at SI.com.
Sports Illustrated joins the likes of John Cena, The Rock (@TheRock), and Paul Heyman in acknowledging Roman Reigns 🙌
Congratulations @WWERomanReigns, SI's No.1 Wrestler of 2021: https://t.co/T16uIM6ktk pic.twitter.com/5HRtWzUo7q— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) January 6, 2022
Congrats to @Walking_Weapon for being acknowledged by @SInow as one of the top 10 wrestlers of 2021!#IMPACTWRESTLING https://t.co/7YShcOo12R
— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) January 7, 2022
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