Can we please put our thinking caps on...
PUH-LEASE!
Let's be real here, Kyren Wilson would never dominate this sport in any other era and wouldn't even be a World Champion. The stars aligned for him massively due to the usual suspects being in their 40s and near 50s.
If anyone thinks he'd be a World Champion and winning 3 ranking titles during the 90s-end of 2010s, you are being very disingenuous. If you disagree, tell me which edition of the World Championship is he taking? None.
It took Judd until 2019 to finally win one and he reached many semi-finals during the 2010s with far better performances than Wilson in 2024.
Ding would've loved to face Jak Jones in a World Final but some people aren't so lucky. He had to face peak Selby and good versions of O'Sullivan countless of times to get denied. Ding of 2016-2017 annihilates Wilson's 2024 field. Am. I. Wrong?
No need to be "respectful" here. The field is an open goal for him.
Kyren would be at best, a top 10 player in any other era. Achievements doesn't mean you are the better player in any capacity. We simply had far stronger competition.
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