30 Best Wrestlers Under 30 In 2025, Ranked By Wrestling Inc.

The prime years of an athlete can vary depending on the game. In a sport like soccer for instance, a player’s prime years often begin of their mid-to-late 20s before subsiding of their early-to-mid 30s, while sports that require more endurance like a marathon runner will often have a first-rate age of anywhere between 30 and 40. Nonetheless, it is common for athletes to begin younger and get to a high level on the earliest age possible for the possibility to have an extended profession.

Relating to skilled wrestling, there are performers still wrestling regularly as early as their teen years, in addition to those that are still wrestling well into their 60s, and within the case of a Dory Funk Jr. for instance, he had a match in August 2024 on the age of 83. With that said, an expert wrestler’s prime often sits somewhere after turning 30 because the body has grow to be accustomed to taking bumps, their characters and personas are more fleshed out, they usually’ve been across the block enough to have their psychology and ring awareness down that they’re comfortable wrestling on the most important stages.

We here at Wrestling Inc. have have put together one of the best athletes or performers under the age of 30, so sit back, chill out, and prepare to — if you happen to’re over the age of 30 — feel like you have completed little or no in your individual life in comparison with the 30 best wrestlers under the age of 30. 

To prove how competitive this list is, the present WWE NXT Women’s North American Champion Sol Ruca kicks us off at number 30.

The 25-year old is considered one of the brightest graduates from the WWE Performance Center who doesn’t have a wrestling background, as a substitute coming from the world of acrobatics and tumbling. Nonetheless, her lack of experience within the business hasn’t stopped her from being an exciting young talent that lights up Tuesday nights, especially together with her “Sol Snatcher” ending move, a move that some consider to be considered one of the best finishers in all of wrestling.

After years of speculation as as to if she was actually signed to All Elite Wrestling, Megan Bayne has grow to be a stoic presence on AEW programming in 2025 and appears to have an enormous future ahead of her.

Towering over lots of her colleagues within the AEW women’s division, “The Megasus” originally made a reputation for herself working for STARDOM in Japan, but now that she is full-time in the US. When she does eventually get her hands on gold, expect her to have an extended title reign full of dominant performances. 

Lucha Libre fans were very excited to learn that the person formerly referred to as Aramis was signed to AEW, and can be Tony Khan’s latest pet project, Hologram, and what a journey it has been thus far.

The 26-year old debuted in the summertime of 2024, and still to today has the longest energetic winning streak in AEW as he has not lost a single match of any variety since his debut. A complete of 31 wins in AEW have seen him grow to be considered one of the fastest rising stars in the corporate.

Kosei Fujita was taken under the wing of Zack Sabre Jr. and effectively grew up in front of the NJPW fans every week, which turned out to be one of the best decision he ever made. At just 23-years old, he has already won the Super Junior Tag League with Robbie Eagles, used that tournament win to capture the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships, and in June 2025, he became the youngest man in history to win the Better of the Super Juniors tournament. He’s the long run of the Junior Heavyweight division, and he’s just getting began.

Over the past 4 years since signing with AEW, Daniel Garcia has evolved right into a young man who’s technically sound within the ring, easy to root for, and might hang with one of the best that AEW has to supply. Already with an AEW TNT Championship reign under his belt, and with the undeniable fact that he’s with the corporate for the foreseeable future, if Tony Khan can discover a story for Garcia to really sink his teeth into, he can be a essential eventing AEW pay-per-views sooner reasonably than later.

A graduate of the NJPW Dojo in Los Angeles, California, “The Jet” Kevin Knight was going to be given a try-out by WWE in early 2025, but AEW decided to go all in on the previous NJPW star, and what an investment it has been. Currently teaming with “Speedball” Mike Bailey as a part of JetSpeed, Knight has all of the makings of a top singles star in AEW along with his incredible athleticism, natural charisma, and a personality that makes him feel real and likeable. 

WWE fans are only attending to know Blake Monroe after her debut in June 2025, but long-time fans of hers will know that as Mariah May, she was considered one of the talked about women in each STARDOM and AEW.

Her feud with “Timeless” Toni Storm in AEW has gone down as considered one of the best women’s feuds of all time. Their “Hollywood Ending” at Revolution 2025 is seen by many as perhaps the best women’s match to happen on American soil, and if WWE unlocks that version of her, Monroe will easily rise to the highest of WWE’s women’s division.

2025 has been a breakout 12 months for Dublin’s own Lyra Valkyria, as her feud with Becky Lynch over the WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship, and the honorary title of one of the best female wrestler in WWE to come back from Ireland, has taken this bird to latest heights on WWE’s essential roster and Valkyria is already mixing it up with one of the best that WWE has to supply. A mode that comes with all of her European influences, in addition to what she’s picked up within the WWE Performance Center, makes her unlike anyone else on the roster.

Perhaps the bounciest inclusion on this list, Je’Von Evans might only be 21 years old but he has carved out a popularity as being one of the crucial entertaining wrestlers on this planet.

After a breakout run as Jay Malachi in DPW, Evans signed with WWE and immediately leaped into the hearts of “WWE NXT” fans along with his off the wall style. With experience on the indies in his back pocket, when Evans does eventually leap on to WWE’s essential roster, expect him to grow and evolve at an accelerated rate.

Who would have thought that the little boy who Rey Mysterio and Eddie Guerrero fought over at WWE SummerSlam 2005 would grow as much as grow to be considered one of the most important heels in all of wrestling?

When Dominik Mysterio first debuted in WWE, there have been some skeptics who thought he would not give you the chance to do much. Nonetheless, since becoming “Dirty Dom,” the 28-year old is on track to being a WrestleMania essential eventer with a novel style that blends classic Lucha Libre with the more Americanized WWE style.

To not be confused with the previous Mascara Dorada who went on to grow to be Gran Metalik in WWE, the previous Panterita del Ring Jr. has taken the name for himself, and at just 23-years old, he’s seen by many as the long run of Lucha Libre.

He’s routinely featured in big match situations in CMLL, and his stock has only risen previously 12 months because of his frequent appearances in each AEW and ROH. If CMLL continues its current hot streak, Dorada can be on the forefront of the corporate at a vital time.

Without query, considered one of the hardest women within the business today for the straightforward undeniable fact that she has not only fought, but beaten almost as many men as she has women.

Masha Slamovich originally debuted in Japan, nevertheless it’s her newer work in places like GCW where she’s been in a position to showcase her deathmatch skills, and in TNA where she’s grow to be considered one of the most important names within the Knockout’s division. Her match with Jordynne Grace at Sure For Glory 2024 was voted as the corporate’s match of the 12 months.

Starlight Kid might only be 24-years old on the time of writing, but she is already on track to winning virtually every thing that STARDOM has to supply before she leaves her 20s.

The present Wonder of STARDOM Champion, in addition to one-third of the Artist of STARDOM Champions, Starlight Kid debuted at age 14 with a love of Lucha Libre that has made her a must-see talent in Japan. Every match of hers appears like you are watching a match on 2x speed, making her matches feel almost addictive to observe given how much of adrenaline rush they have an inclination to be.

One of the crucial destructive forces within the history of “WWE NXT,” Oba Femi spent the overwhelming majority of 2024 because the WWE NXT North American Champion, and has spent all of 2025 thus far because the WWE NXT Champion for good reason.

Femi is unlike anyone who has stepped through the doors of the Performance Center. He’s as strong as three men put together, agile enough to maintain up with people half his size, and over the past two years, has developed an untouchable popularity in Orlando, Florida because he knows just how good he’s.

Bron Breakker is one of the crucial frightening men in WWE. His football background has made him so quick and powerful that performers might be minding their very own business one moment, and speared out of their shoes the following. Having already won championships in WWE, Breakker is now getting an enormous push towards the essential event scene under the tutelage of Paul Heyman, and if he does follow within the footsteps of his father Rick Steiner and his uncle Scott, Bron Breakker can have an extended and eventful profession ahead of him. 

American fans were already aware of El Hijo Del Vikingo through his appearances in AEW and ROH, along with his AEW debut against Kenny Omega still considered considered one of the best showcase matches of the past few years. Since then, injuries have set Vikingo back a touch, but he continues to be in a position to perform moves that literally nobody else within the business can do, and now that he’s attending to strut his stuff in front of a WWE audience, Vikingo can be the driving force behind AAA for a few years to come back.

Of the present crop of NJPW talent who’re helping the corporate transition out of its 2010s golden age, all eyes are on Gabe Kidd. Already with a popularity for being a bit unhinged, Kidd is positioning himself as considered one of NJPW’s top gaijins by force. His match with Kenny Omega at Wrestle Dynasty literally made Hiroshi Tanahashi cry, he’s held multiple championships over the past 12 months, and while some NJPW fans aren’t completely happy with him taking trips to AEW to assist the Death Riders, Kidd desires to be the person to hold NJPW into the long run.

An entrant who’s much more deserving of her Top 10 finish because of the undeniable fact that she has just won STARDOM’s 5 Star Grand Prix (defeating AZM in the ultimate no less), but even before that victory, there was no way we were leaving Momo Watanabe out of this list.

The 25-year old is an absolute killer in between the ropes, wrestling with a level of hatred and spite that has kept her in and across the essential event scene in STARDOM for nearly a decade. Watanabe has also proven she will crossover to the US seamlessly with incredible matches against Mercedes Mone in AEW and NJPW STRONG, and with all of the experience she has at such a young age, Watanabe can be looking to achieve the head of STARDOM in the approaching years.

Starting our Top 5 is the “Salt of the Earth” himself, Maxwell Jacob Friedman. MJF was already a standout performer on the independent scene before he signed with AEW in 2019, a move that may see him positioned because the homegrown heel that the corporate desired to push to the moon, but MJF didn’t just deliver on the mic, he delivered within the ring. MJF is back amongst the AEW World Championship scene heading into the back end of 2025, and along with his 30s just across the corner, expect Friedman to potentially cement himself as an AEW legend in the following few years.

Out of everyone we voted for, the one one who people said “THEY’RE UNDER 30 YEARS OLD?” is the present AEW Women’s World Champion, “Timeless” Toni Storm.

Storm originally broke onto the scene through the UK indie boom of the 2010s, in addition to the rise of STARDOM before joining WWE. Nevertheless it was her move to AEW in 2022 that has seen her be considered the most effective women’s wrestlers of her generation. Her “Timeless” gimmick has seen her grow to be considered one of the most important stars in all of wrestling, and someone who Tony Khan has naturally built his entire women’s division around.

Kyle Fletcher was all the time a promising talent dating back to his time on the UK indies and in NJPW as a part of Aussie Open, nevertheless it was paradoxically when he was forced to fly solo resulting from an injury to his partner Mark Davis that Fletcher’s stock really began to grow. He aligned himself with Don Callis, began facing the most important stars in AEW, and when he finally decided to show heel in October 2024, the rocket was strapped to his back.

Over the past 12 months, Fletcher has gone from someone who was a reliable midcard talent in AEW to a bona fide superstar who will almost actually win the AEW World Championship in the following three-to-five years. Currently reigning because the AEW TNT Champion, and constructing himself up as considered one of the highest heels within the business, “The Protostar” can be headlining AEW’s biggest events sooner reasonably than later.

Quite simply, Sareee has grow to be the most effective wrestlers on this planet over the past few years, and she or he has done it without technically having a house promotion. Before her ill-fated WWE run, she was having classic matches in places like Sendai Girls, DIANA, and SEAdLINNNG, and since her return to Japan in 2023, she has grow to be the girl to book on the subject of the world of Joshi.

Sareee has had standout matches for STARDOM of their 5Star Grand Prix as a vicious outsider, became the leader of the Cherry Bomb Girls for Sukeban where she reigns because the promotion’s current World Champion, and helped solidify Marigold as a force to be reckoned with as their World Champion in 2024. Right away, she can also be the present IWGP Women’s Champion, meaning that she can be making much more appearances for STARDOM, and simply to prove how good she is at the entire wrestling thing, she also runs her own events under the “SAREEE-ISM” banner, which have quickly grow to be must-see events each time they’re held in Tokyo.