Tough to choose. In the 80s, there were three guys you could make a strong case for (Flair, Hogan & Jumbo) and the 90s had no less than four (Bret, HBK, Austin & Misawa). The 00s? Nobody had more than really a dominating 2 or three year run.
I've kicked names around my head, but I don't think I can pick one...
John Cena: Top North American star...great run of main events from '06-'07...no questioning the fact he's the most over wrestler here
Shawn Michaels: Had a nearly three strecth where it seemed he never had a bad match...involved some of the decade's best matches and feuds
Triple H: Top guy in WWE at the start of the decade and remains one of them today...great match after great match...leader of the only stable that mattered in years...influential backstage and can make or break a career with three words "he can't work"
Kenta Kobashi: A dominating two year run from '03-'05...was really the only wrestler in Japan that mattered until he went down to cancer
Kurt Angle: Great matches...Huge influence on the more workrate friendly style of WWE midway through the decade...seems like he's about to breakdown but then pulls off a great match
Chris Benoit: Seemed to never have a bad match...Countless great matches even when he was on Velocity...Big influence along with Angle...biggest mainstream wrestling story of the modern era...killed the huge momentum WWE had in '07
Edge: All around best performer in North America from '06 on...WWE's top heel...an actual draw
Bryan Danielson: Reagrded by many as the finest in ring performer...Great matches within all styles...top guy in America's number three promotion...unquestionable draw at the indy level
Perosnally, I lean toward Cena. But he's not a blow away candidate and the best reason I have is "just beacause". Really all these guys have negatives so it's hard.
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