Best Wrestler Alive Tourney Quarterfinals --- AJ Styles vs. Tetsuya Naito

[2CT]

Cast your vote for the best wrestler alive using the following metrics

Ring work (10)
Mic work/promos (10)
Personality/gimmicks (10)
Overall rating (10)
Number of matches you like from each person

The poll closes after 7 days and if there's a tie the poll extends for an additional 24 hours

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AJ Styles

Championships and accomplishments

All Access Wrestling
AAW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Ballpark Brawl
Natural Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Christian Wrestling Federation/Entertainment
CWF/CWE Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Family Wrestling Entertainment
FWE Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Independent Wrestling Revolution
IWR King Of The Indies Championship (1 time)

Independent Professional Wrestling (Florida)
IPW Heavyweight Championship (4 times)

International Wrestling Cartel
IWC Super Indy Championship (2 time)

IWA Mid-South
IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Maximum Pro Wrestling
Max-Pro Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)

Midwest Pro Wrestling
MPW Universal Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

New Japan Pro Wrestling
IWGP Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

New Korea Pro Wrestling Association
NKPWA Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

NWA Wildside
NWA Wildside Heavyweight Championship (2 time)
NWA Wildside Television Championship (2 time)

Pennsylvania Premiere Wrestling
PPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Tommy Suede

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
PWG World Championship (1 time)

Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI Match of the Year (2016) vs. John Cena at SummerSlam 2016
PWI Tag Team of the Year (2006) with Christopher Daniels
PWI Most Popular Wrestler (2017, 2018)
PWI Wrestler of the Year (2016, 2017, 2018)
Ranked No. #1 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the year in the PWI 500 in 2010

Revolution Pro Wrestling
RPW British Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Ring of Honor
ROH Pure Championship (1 time, inaugural)
ROH World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Amazing Red
ROH Pure Wrestling Championship Tournament (2004)

Rolling Stone
WWE Wrestler of the Year (2016)

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
NWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
NWA World Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Jerry Lynn (1), Abyss (1) and Christopher Daniels (2)
TNA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
TNA Legends/Global/Television Championship (2 times)
TNA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Tomko (1) and Kurt Angle (1)
TNA X Division Championship (6 times)
Bound For Glory Series 2013
Gauntlet for the Gold (2007 – Tag Team) – with Tomko
First TNA Triple Crown Champion (5 times)
First TNA Grand Slam Champion (2 times)
Feud of the Year (2005) vs. Christopher Daniels
Finisher of the Year (2003) Styles Clash
Match of the Year (2006) with Christopher Daniels vs. Homicide and Hernandez at No Surrender, September 24, 2006
Match of the Year (2009) vs. Sting at Bound for Glory, October 18, 2009
Mr. TNA (2003–2005)
Tag Team of the Year (2006) with Christopher Daniels
X Division Star of the Year (2004)

World Wrestling All-Stars
WWA International Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)

Wrestling Observer Newsletter
5 Star Match (2005) vs. Samoa Joe and Christopher Daniels at Unbreakable on September 11
Best Flying Wrestler (2005)
Best Wrestling Maneuver (2003, 2015) Styles Clash
Most Outstanding Wrestler (2014–2016)
Pro Wrestling Match of the Year (2014) vs. Minoru Suzuki on August 1
Wrestler of the Year (2015, 2016)
Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2017)

World Wrestling Entertainment
WWE Championship (2 times)
WWE United States Championship (3 times)

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Tetsuya Naito

Championships and accomplishments

New Japan Pro Wrestling
IWGP Heavyweight Championship (2 times, Current)
IWGP Intercontinental Championship (5 times, Current)
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Yujiro Takahashi
IWGP Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Yujiro Takahashi
NEVER Openweight Championship (1 time)
G1 Climax (2013, 2017)
New Japan Cup (2016)
New Japan Pro-Wrestling Best Bout (2016) vs. Kenny Omega on August 13
New Japan Pro-Wrestling MVP (2016)

Nikkan Sports
MVP Award (2016)
Match of the Year Award (2016) vs. Kenny Omega on August 13

Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI ranked him #9 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2018

Tokyo Sports
MVP Award (2016, 2017)
Technique Award (2018)

Wrestling Observer Newsletter
5 Star Match (2016) vs. Kenny Omega on August 13
5 Star Match (2017) vs. Michael Elgin on February 11
5 Star Match (2017) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi on August 11
5 3/4 Star Match (2017) vs. Kenny Omega on August 13
5 Star Match (2018) vs. Kenny Omega on July 15
5 Star Match (2019) vs. Shingo Takagi on August 4
5 Star Match (2020) vs. Kazuchika Okada on January 5
Most Charismatic (2017, 2018)
Best Gimmick (2017) Los Ingobernables de Japon

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[Amare's Right Hook]

Naito

 

[THE 101]

Naito....the lowest drawing IWGP champ in New Japan history

 

[Ill-Yaz]

No idea who Naito is and hes in the quarter finals lol

 

[BrehWyatt]

P1 GAWD.

 

[Super Cheech]

TRANQUILO

 

[The Rainmaker]

Misread the title as "quarantinefinals". This shyt is driving me insane.


I could vote for either of these guys. However...

Naito....the lowest drawing IWGP champ in New Japan history

Literally crowds of 0 people

 

[mannyrs13]

This might be the most difficult matchup of this round. I knew of AJ Styles before but really didn't see his work until he came to WWE and he has been phenomenal. He's had quite the career and has just gotten better in WWE and accomplished being a champion twice. Something lots of wrestlers can't say they've done. I will say he's my second favorite current WWE wrestler. Naito is my favorite NJPW wrestler. So this is a tough matchup. Naito got a swagger and presence about him thats one of the best. He can also go in the ring as well. I'm not familiar with all of his work either but what I've seen has impressed me so far. AJ could arguably be one of the best wrestlers WWE has had. I feel like he has a decent reportoire and can hang with pretty much everyone. He's a vet so he knows his stuff. I think Naito is young, maybe early 30s but could be wrong. I love seeing both of their matches. I feel like this is just like the Shawn vs Okada matchup, no not white man vs "chinese playfighter" , but a veteran vs an equally skilled younger guy. And I think I'm gonna go the same route in this matchup and vote for the veteran AJ. Actually I just saw that Naito is 37, so not young but still has some years left. Now hopefully he can continue giving us great matches and maybe 5 years from now I might say him instead but for now I gotta go with AJ

With that being said, I know AJ was in NJPW with him. Are there any matches that you guys are aware of between the two that would be good to watch? Any recommendations? Maybe that would've been something nice to have in the matchups. Any matches between the two could've been posted for the voters viewing pleasure. Maybe in another tournament, something to think about.

 

[Breh the HitMang]

AJ ruled New Japan those short years he was there. Short and sweet like Austin and Rocks WWF run
Naito's cool but AJ was final boss tier as the Champ
Naito still underdog even with those 2 belts

 

[MenacingMonk]

This is moving fast.

 

[Breh the HitMang]

This might be the most difficult matchup of this round. I knew of AJ Styles before but really didn't see his work until he came to WWE and he has been phenomenal. He's had quite the career and has just gotten better in WWE and accomplished being a champion twice. Something lots of wrestlers can't say they've done. I will say he's my second favorite current WWE wrestler. Naito is my favorite NJPW wrestler. So this is a tough matchup. Naito got a swagger and presence about him thats one of the best. He can also go in the ring as well. I'm not familiar with all of his work either but what I've seen has impressed me so far. AJ could arguably be one of the best wrestlers WWE has had. I feel like he has a decent reportoire and can hang with pretty much everyone. He's a vet so he knows his stuff. I think Naito is young, maybe early 30s but could be wrong. I love seeing both of their matches. I feel like this is just like the Shawn vs Okada matchup, no not white man vs "chinese playfighter" , but a veteran vs an equally skilled younger guy. And I think I'm gonna go the same route in this matchup and vote for the veteran AJ. Actually I just saw that Naito is 37, so not young but still has some years left. Now hopefully he can continue giving us great matches and maybe 5 years from now I might say him instead but for now I gotta go with AJ

With that being said, I know AJ was in NJPW with him. Are there any matches that you guys are aware of between the two that would be good to watch? Any recommendations? Maybe that would've been something nice to have in the matchups. Any matches between the two could've been posted for the voters viewing pleasure. Maybe in another tournament, something to think about.

their Wrestle Kingdom 9 match

 

[Playaz Eyez]

I thought that said “Wrestle Kingdom 9 star match”

 

[Breh the HitMang]

I thought that said “Wrestle Kingdom 9 star match”

might as well be