Welcome to the very first article in my new Year In Review series! Here I will take a look back at the best performers, PPVs & matches from each major promotion that I watched this year and give an overall assessment of how much I enjoyed said promotion's product throughout 2012. What better place to start than the world's most famous wrestling giant, the WWE! Find out just how good the WWE was this year after the jump!
The Best WWE Talent of 2012
Win, lose or draw, these were the finest performers of the year
CM Punk, The Best In The World
- CM Punk
- Daniel Bryan
- John Cena
- AJ Lee
- Big Show
- Dolph Ziggler
- Sheamus
- Chris Jericho
- The Shield
- Ryback
The Best WWE PPVs of 2012
These cards delivered the goods and left the viewer the most satisfied
Extreme Rules was arguably, the best event of the year for any company
- Extreme Rules [10/10]
- Wrestlemania XXVIII [8/10]
- Night Of Champions [8/10]
- TLC [8/10]
- Survivor Series [8/10]
The Best WWE Matches of 2012
These are the "must see" WWE matches of the year
Ending an era in style
- Wrestlemania XXVIII: Triple H vs. The Undertaker [*****]
- TLC: The Sheild vs. Ryback & Team Hell No [****3/4]
- Night Of Champions: John Cena vs. CM Punk [****3/4]
- Extreme Rules: John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar [****3/4]
- Extreme Rules: Daniel Bryan vs. Sheamus [****3/4]
- Over The Limit: CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan [****3/4]
- Money In The Bank: CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan [****1/2]
- Raw 4/16/2012: CM Punk vs. Mark Henry [****1/2]
- Wrestlemania XXVIII: CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho [****1/4]
- Superstars 3/8/2012: Dolph Ziggler vs. Kofi Kingston [****1/4]
My Thoughts
The WWE threw everything the could at us this year and they were met with an overwhelmingly positive response from the fans. Sure, a few of the storylines were borderline terrible, but there was no shortage of amazing matches and the PPV lineup was one of the most impressive in the history of pro wrestling. The Rock and John Cena's year-long feud and Brock Lesnar's return kicked things off in high gear, generating a new level of interest from the mainstream media and Raw 1000 was one of the best episodes of television in any genre of entertainment. 2012 was also the year that the WWE finally began to focus on their next generation of stars. Whether or not it was purely out of necessity doesn't really matter when you've got amazing talent like CM Punk, Daniel Bryan, Dolph Ziggler, Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Ryback, AJ Lee, Kaitlyn, Big E Langston, Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow all playing a major role in most of the WWE's storylines. These are all things that have piqued my interest and made me even more excited heading into 2013. And when I look back years from now I will remember 2012 as a year that was a hell of a lot of fun to be a WWE fan.
Overall Grade: A-
Great year for wrestling
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