Omega, Styles or Okada, who is the best pure in ring worker of the modern wrestling era

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The modern era of professional wrestling, spanning the last decade or so across WWE, AEW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, has produced a genuine golden age of in ring quality, with three names consistently mentioned above all others when the conversation turns to pure wrestling ability. Kenny Omega built a reputation as the self styled Best Bout Machine, delivering a run of critically acclaimed matches in New Japan before helping found AEW and continuing to produce widely praised bouts across multiple different styles and opponents, earning a reputation for genuinely elevating the standard of what a modern main event match is expected to look like.

AJ Styles, known as the Phenomenal One, built his own legacy across TNA, New Japan and eventually WWE, becoming a former IWGP Heavyweight Champion and multiple time WWE Champion whose combination of athleticism, technical ability and longevity across three completely different major promotions gives him a genuinely unique resume compared to almost anyone else currently working.

Kazuchika Okada, meanwhile, became the ace of New Japan Pro Wrestling, holding the IWGP Heavyweight title for a record breaking reign and headlining a string of Tokyo Dome main events, including a celebrated series of matches against Omega himself that are still regularly cited among the greatest professional wrestling matches ever produced anywhere in the world.

Three genuinely elite in ring performers who have all worked with and against each other across their careers. Which one actually deserves the title of the modern era's best pure worker?