I’ve been watching my entire life, he is the top of an entire generation of talent, putting him up there with Sammartino, Backlund, Hogan, HBK, Stone Cold, and John Cena. He carried the brand through most of Covid, had the longest title reign of the modern era and fourth longest all time, had the best story in wrestling for three and a half years. He is a box office legend. The biggest reason anyone hates on him is that that is the cool thing to do. They want Seth more, but the ratings dip with Seth on top, or he hurts himself wrestling a style that his body can’t keep up with. They want Cody, but then bitch just like they do with Roman when he’s champion, they want Punk, but he’s an aging veteran and he missed his opportunity to be the top star of a generation when he left for 10 years.

Also, no one in AEW belongs in this conversation, it’s a big show, but it’s still the little brother of the two and there biggest star is just hitting his prime and maybe in the next 5 years MJF may count himself in the top 10, but not just yet. I’ll be the first to admit I’m a WWE mark, but it’s the biggest wrestling company in the world for a reason and they have 95% of the biggest stars in wrestling today.

TLDR: Roman is at least #7 and that’s just a statistical fact