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Omega Is The Alpha … Again

HEADING INTO THIS year’s “500” meetings, there was one thing everyone on the ratings committee seemed to agree on: This year’s top-ranked wrestler would be in that coveted position for a second time. But would it be WWE’s top dog, Roman Reigns (#1 in 2016), or AEW’s “Belt Collector,” Kenny Omega (#1 in 2018)?

With all respect to the “Head Of The Table”—who, most of our staff feels, is doing the finest work of his career—we’ve never been faced with the prospect of ranking a man who simultaneously held three prestigious world championships from top promotions in the rank him #1?

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