It’s almost the end of December, and you know what that means! It’s time for me to rank my current five favorite professional wrestlers, tag teams, factions or whatever. What better way to spend the holidays than by sending cheer & talking about our favorite wrestlers?

5. Veer Mahaan

He’s coming, you know. He’s been coming to Raw ever since the Draft. We’ve seem this sort of thing in WWE before. Remember when Brodus Clay was coming for months? He finally debuted as the Funkasaurus, and if we’re being honest, the most over that Brodus Clay/Tyrus ever got was during the early days of the Funkasaurus gimmick. Largely due to months of anticipation.

We’ve seen Veer alongside Jinder Mahal & Shanky. He didn’t really get a chance to shine there, but now he might eventually get one. When the videos started, people didn’t really care. Now, people are wondering “Hey, when’s this guy gonna debut already?” That counts for something, right?

Right?

4. Brock Lesnar

Where has this version of Brock Lesnar been all our lives? I know everybody loved the big silent assassin guy that Paul Heyman always talked for, but I’m liking this new spin on Brock. Fun haircut. Flannel shirts. Jokes. What’s not to like?

It’s also nice to have somebody on SmackDown that people actually believe can beat Roman Reigns. We haven’t had one of those since whenever Brock was last around.

3. Sting

My favorite thing about Sting wrestling at this point is how excited his fellow wrestlers are to work with him. I’m pretty sure one of the conditions of CM Punk signing with AEW was that he would get to dress like Sting at some point. I’m also pretty sure that FTR fight with each other over who gets to be put in the Scorpion Deathlock. MJF almost died on Wednesday night, but I’m sure he would agree that death via Sting beal wouldn’t be the worst way to go.

It’s a shame Ric Flair had to get cancelled. Otherwise, I assume AEW would be running Sting vs. Flair the next time they go to Greensboro.

2. Toxic Attraction

.@WWE_MandyRose will put her #WWENXT Women's Title on the line in a Triple Threat Match at #NewYearsEvil against @RaquelWWE and @CoraJadeWWE! pic.twitter.com/NaCjFerswU

— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) December 22, 2021

I am a fan of female heel teams. Back in the day, the Southern indies had Team Blondage with Krissy Vaine & Amber O’Neal, two ladies who were a little ahead of their proper time. 15 years later would have done them right. Same deal with the Minnesota Home Wrecking Crew of Lacey & Rain. If these ladies had a crop of people to work with, they would have been tremendous. Unfortunately, they were it. North American wrestling ran women off for years, until they figured out that maybe there was also a market for women in tights since there was a market for men in tights.

NXT’s women’s division has been a bone of contention for a long time. Very divisive. People would tell me that it was tremendous, but that was largely because of one dominant champion, and the contenders would fail and still be expected to get over on the main roster. Ember Moon’s main failing was that she didn’t beat Asuka, and nobody will convince me otherwise. Asuka patting Ember on the head after she eventually won the title didn’t help.

Mandy Rose, Jacy Jayne & Gigi Dolin are entertaining. They generate interest in their matches. They’re in the right place at the right time. I won’t say they’re better than Team Blondage or the Minnesota Home Wrecklng Crew, but they’re getting the proper spotlight and they’re talented.

1. Hook

I used to hate it when wrestling people would tell us that somebody had “it”, and they couldn’t explain it. Always thought of it as a cop-out for folks that couldn’t explain why somebody was popular. Then I started writing about this bullshit, and I got what they were talking about. “It” is pretty much impossible to explain. People either have it or they don’t. I don’t seem to, at least at anything I’ve tried to do. I might have the “it” factor in bungee jumping or ice hockey or something else I haven’t participated in and not know it.

Hook is the son of Taz. We know Taz had that “it” factor in ECW once he got placed in the proper gimmick. He lost that “it” factor quickly once he signed with the WWF, but sadly we all knew it was going to happen. Was what it was. From the second Hook appeared on AEW television, people took notice. We didn’t know why, we just knew that Hook had something about him. Even if he was just some kid sitting there & eating chips while things would happen in front of him, we were intrigued by Hook. CM Punk asked Taz to “SEND HOOK”, and eventually Taz sent him.

Hook is cold blooded, cold hearted & doesn’t care about any of this. He won’t be posting vlogs inviting us into his life & eventually getting mad at our opinions about his life, because he truly does not give a fuck. He will blow through everybody in his path and become a Pillar of any promotion he’s involved with.