2002 Archive

December 25, 2002
Richard Lopez

This is my fifth official ranking of the year's 50 best wrestlers. This year, I'll rank top 50 wrestlers combined from WWF-renamed WWE and the newly started organizations TNA and ROH. WWE wrestlers from Raw Brand will be listed in red color and SmackDown brand wrestlers will be listed in blue color.

1. Brock Lesnar (World Wrestling Entertainment - SmackDown)
2. World Heavyweight Champion Triple H (World Wrestling Entertainment - Raw)
3. WWE Champion Kurt Angle (World Wrestling Entertainment - SmackDown)
4. The Rock (World Wrestling Entertainment - SmackDown)
5. NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett (Total Nonstop Action Wrestling)
6. Shawn Michaels (World Wrestling Entertainment - Raw)
7. Chris Benoit (World Wrestling Entertainment - SmackDown)
8. The Undertaker (World Wrestling Entertainment - SmackDown)
9. Edge (World Wrestling Entertainment - SmackDown)
10. Chris Jericho (World Wrestling Entertainment - Raw)
11. Kane (World Wrestling Entertainment - Raw)
12. Hulk Hogan (World Wrestling Entertainment - SmackDown)
13. Ken Shamrock (Total Nonstop Action Wrestling)
14. A.J. Styles (Total Nonstop Action Wrestling)
15. Jerry Lynn (Total Nonstop Action Wrestling)
16. Rob Van Dam (World Wrestling Entertainment - Raw)
17. Big Show (World Wrestling Entertainment - SmackDown)
18. ROH World Champion Xavier (Ring of Honor)
19. World Tag Team Champion Booker T (World Wrestling Entertainment - Raw)
20. TNA X Division Champion Sonny Siaki (Total Nonstop Action Wrestling)
21. Chris Harris (Total Nonstop Action Wrestling)
22. James Storm (Total Nonstop Action Wrestling)
23. WWE Tag Team Champion Eddie Guerrero (World Wrestling Entertainment - SmackDown)
24. Christian (World Wrestling Entertainment - Raw)
25. Lance Storm (World Wrestling Entertainment - Raw)
26. Test (World Wrestling Entertainment - Raw)
27. Jeff Hardy (World Wrestling Entertainment - Raw)
28. Low Ki (Ring of Honor / Total Nonstop Action Wrestling)
29. Ron Killings (Total Nonstop Action Wrestling)
30. Ric Flair (World Wrestling Entertainment - Raw)
31. WWE Tag Team Champion Chavo Guerrero (World Wrestling Entertainment - SmackDown)
32. Rikishi (World Wrestling Entertainment - SmackDown)
33. Rey Mysterio (World Wrestling Entertainment - SmackDown)
34. WWE Cruiserweight Champion Billy Kidman (World Wrestling Entertainment - SmackDown)
35. William Regal (World Wrestling Entertainment - Raw)
36. Jamie Noble (World Wrestling Entertainment - SmackDown)
37. ROH World Tag Team Champion Christopher Daniels (Ring of Honor / Total Nonstop Action Wrestling)
38. World Tag Team Champion Goldust (World Wrestling Entertainment - Raw)
39. Hardcore Holly (World Wrestling Entertainment - SmackDown)
40. Bubba Ray Dudley (World Wrestling Entertainment - Raw)
41. Matt Hardy (World Wrestling Entertainment - SmackDown)
42. Batista (World Wrestling Entertainment - Raw)
43. Spike Dudley (World Wrestling Entertainment - Raw)
44. The Hurricane (World Wrestling Entertainment - Raw)
45. Syxx-Pac (Total Nonstop Action Wrestling)
46. A-Train (World Wrestling Entertainment - SmackDown)
47. Bryan Danielson (Ring of Honor)
48. ROH World Tag Team Champion Donovan Morgan (Ring of Honor)
49. Michael Modest (Ring of Honor)
50. Scott Hall (Total Nonstop Action Wrestling)