Top 5 Wrestlers w/the Best 2016

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I gotta say in order...

1.) AJ Styles

So Styles debuts with an amazing Rumble performance. Afterwards he had dope feuds with Jericho, with Reigns, amazing feud with Cena starting with that brilliant heel turn, great feud with Ambrose, got the belt, he's still champ to this day. Styles has been putting on clinics and his character work has continued to impress. Anything you need him to do? He can do and he does it with amazing matches. He just keeps getting better and better. He's had the best year thus far out of any WWE Superstar.

2.) Dean Ambrose

Started off the year as IC Champ feuding with Owens which resulted in an amazing Last Man Standing match, runner-up in the Rumble, actually feuded with Brock Lesnar for WM, won the MITB match and became champion in the same night, beat both the other Shield members at the same time showing he's the best of the Shield, first SD draft pick. Even though he lost the title to Styles, he's still the most protected guy on SD, he even beat Cena clean on SD. He went from a utility main eventer to a certified main eventer this year. Amazing year.

3.) Charlotte

4-time Women's Champion. Hasn't lost a single's ppv match on the main roster yet. She's also gotten out of Ric's shadow a bit and become her own woman and she's great in the ring. Like Trips with the Reign of Terror, when you look at that belt you think it's Charlotte's. The fact is she stands at the top of the division right now. She's just that woman.

4.) Sasha Banks

3-time Women's Champion and the only woman to beat Charlotte on the main roster for the title and she did it 3 times. Sasha's always been in the conversation, she's great in the ring and she always throws it down when it counts. No matter what, she's had an amazing year.

5.) New Day

They broke the record, kept their gimmick rolling and they didn't stop one bit. There were good periods, there were bad periods but they just kept progressing while keeping the titles, keeping their relevancy and staying at the top of the Raw tag team division.

EDIT:

WWE pretty much did their own version of this.

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}1.) AJ Styles
1.) Dean Ambrose (tied with Styles
3.) Roman Reigns
4.) Kevin Owens
5.) New Day

[sunnytaker]

pretty much agree

1) AJ Styles
2) charlotte/sasha (by making history by being the first ever tie for second in my top five listings!)
3) new day
4) BRAAAAAAAAAUN!
5) ellsworth- cause c'mon did anyone think he'd be here still? at all? just getting a contract had to make me...um, you know, that thing Jericho likes to do...
honorable mentions- ambrose and Jericho, asuka if counting nxt

[government mule]

1) James Ellsworth is living the dream. If you saw him before the Braun squash and thought 'This guy will pin AJ Styles, beat him in a ladder match and feature in 2 PPV main events' then you have a special gift.

2) AJ Styles lived up to the hype. Totally amazing debut, beat Cena, now a fully deserving WWE Champ.

3) Deam Ambrose got a WM match with Brock Lesnar, a feud with Jericho, won the MITB, cashed in successfully on the champ, defended at Summerslam and re-aligned with his Shield buddies. Not bad.

4) 'Drink it in maaaaaaan', 'You just made the list!' 'Stupid idiot! 'It'. I never expected Jericho to be so, so over like he has been this year. Once again, 15 years later, he's one of my FAV 5[/Booker T]

5) Charlotte has been able to step away from the old man and come into her own as an asshole everyone wants to boo. Has been put over on almost every PPV and has come out of the Sasha Banks feud the stronger of the 2.

[Abdullah]

The Miz's name should have been here already, so I'll say him. He's just behind Styles.

[Ludwig Kaiser’s Walk]

1. AJ Styles
2. Ellsworth
3. The New Day
4. The Miz
5. Charlotte

Honorable Mention: Jericho, Sasha, Ambrose, Braun

Probably could put my 2-4 in any order and I wouldn't argue against it. I mean, a jobber gets a contract, New Day had an amazing year (even with ups and downs), and The Miz became completely must see tv.

[Magic knows Black Lives Matter]

Replace Sasha with James Ellsworth and I basically agree with the OP's post.

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WWE pretty much did their own version of this.

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}{Spoiler}1.) AJ Styles
1.) Dean Ambrose (tied with Styles)
3.) Roman Reigns
4.) Kevin Owens
5.) New Day

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

If based on achievements, sure, but if based on quality then I disagree with Charlotte, Sasha, and New Day. They've all been in holding patterns for months, they just happen to have been in high-profile holding patterns.

1. AJ. No question, probably the #1 guy in the world right now.

2. The Miz. Turned just about everything he's touched into gold.

3. Jericho. Twelve months ago he was stale as f*** and over-the-hill. Now he's outshining everybody on Raw and has gotten four catchphrases and a clipboard over.

4. Dean Ambrose. Carried the face side of SD since the brand split.

5. Ellsworth. The bloom is off the rose now, I think, but to go from a random job guy to a prominent role in the WWE title program for months is a meteoric rise, and for the most part was hell of a lot of fun.

[Big Bad Kahuna]

Styles
Charlotte
Sasha
Ambrose
Miz, Jericho, Owens, Becky tied for 5th

[Stu]

But .... Roman ... 😞

[Mozenrath]

AJ Styles
Miz
JeriKO
Dean
Xavier Woods, for UpUpDownDown, getting a cereal with the New Day, being an excellent ambassador for the WWE

Rest of the New Day, Nakamura, Sasha and Charlotte, and Ellsworth for honorable mentions.

[Urethra Franklin]

1. AJ Styles - What more needs to be said? He's probably the top wrestler on the planet right now.

2. Charlotte - The door opened for her because of who her father was and she went out and developed an incredible character and turned into a fine wrestler entirely on her own merit.

3. Chris Jericho - The way this guy manages to completely reinvent himself is unbelievable. After all this years, he still might be the most entertaining guy in the company.

4. The New Day - While the act might be getting a little stale at this point, every aspect of their presentation has been amazing. They're good in the ring, great on the mic and always look like they're having a blast.

5. Bobby Roode - He finally leaves a sinking ship, gets the best entrance music in years and carries himself like a megastar. He's gonna have a huge 2017, too.

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Dec 24, 2016 1:32:18 GMT -5 Stu said:

But .... Roman ... 😞

I'm just shocked he didn't make #1 on WWE's list.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Dec 24, 2016 2:27:24 GMT -5 Mighty Attack Tribble said:

Dec 24, 2016 1:32:18 GMT -5 Stu said:

But .... Roman ... 😞

I'm just shocked he didn't make #1 on WWE's list.

Because that was actually a list for most televised wins in the year (although it doesn't seem to match up with my or hbkid718's lists for some reason)... To the shock of many, he barely makes the Top 10 in that regard (as of 12/21):

38 - Ambrose
37 - Styles
36 - Big E
35 - Owens, Zayn
34 - Ryder (!!!)
33 - Reigns, Corbin, Rusev, Jimmy Uso, Jey Uso

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Dec 24, 2016 2:39:20 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

Dec 24, 2016 2:27:24 GMT -5 Mighty Attack Tribble said:

I'm just shocked he didn't make #1 on WWE's list.

Because that was actually a list for most televised wins in the year

Yeah, but it's not as if WWE are above fudging the facts to suit a narrative, is it?

[Gus Richlen Was Wrong]

Dec 24, 2016 3:07:53 GMT -5 Mighty Attack Tribble said:

Dec 24, 2016 2:39:20 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

Because that was actually a list for most televised wins in the year

Yeah, but it's not as if WWE are above fudging the facts to suit a narrative, is it?

Even if it was for who had the best year overall, there would be no way Styles doesn't end up running away with #1. Reigns had his Wellness failure and since then has only been in the main event scene because either the others on that level were either in other programs (Cesaro, Rollins) or injured (Balor).

Were it not for those things, he'd have a strong argument for #2 because between WM and his Wellness failure he was having a monster year. He still is top five but the last few months have hurt him.

[Citizen Snips]

Gotta throw Goldberg into the mix. Not a lot of appearances but had to be the best "Big star from the Attitude Era" returns comebacks in years.

[percymania]

1. AJ Styles
2. Kevin Owens
3. Dean Ambrose
4. Roman Reigns
5. New Day

Looks like my list is very similar to WWE's list. Title reigns mean a lot in my world.