The top 10 posts on Cageside Seats in 2017

This is not a list of the best content produced on Cageside Seats over the past year but rather the most popular.

The Rumor Roundup is far and away our most popular post each day and because of that it dominated the top 10 in traffic (eight of the top 10 stories, although not the top two). So we’ll break this up into the top 10 Rumor Roundups, and the top 10 outside of that.

Top 10 Rumor Roundups:

1. Rumor Roundup (Oct. 17, 2017): Shield break-up plans, Survivor Series card, WWE exits, more!
2. Rumor Roundup (Oct. 11, 2017): Neville quitting WWE, cruiserweight title, Shield plans, more!
3. Rumor Roundup (Feb. 1, 2017): Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar, John Cena plans, Nikki Bella leaving WWE, more!
4. Rumor Roundup (June 15, 2017): Reigns announcement, Triple H frustrated, SmackDown woes, more!
5. Rumor Roundup (June 5, 2017): Jeff Hardy singles push, WWE ratings slump, more!
6. Rumor Roundup (Nov. 24, 2017): Royal Rumble plans, Kurt Angle injury, WWE booking, more!
7. Rumor Roundup (May 12, 2017): WWE brand split, Brock Lesnar vs. Braun Strowman, more!
8. Rumor Roundup (June 28, 2017): Vince McMahon unhappy, Money in the Bank, Bayley plans, more!
9. Rumor Roundup (Mar. 16, 2017): Raw/SmackDown trade, AJ Styles, Seth Rollins, more!
10. Rumor Roundup (May 4, 2017): Undertaker surgery, Adam Cole's future, Vince McMahon slowing down, more!

Top 10 stories:

1. Vince McMahon fired The Rock before Raw went on the air in Los Angeles
2. BREAKING: Visual evidence Undertaker doesn’t actually appear out of nowhere
3. Two of Stephanie McMahon and Triple H’s daughters have big WWE plans
4. The Rock called CM Punk from the ring after Raw went off the air in Los Angeles
5. Is this Seth Rollins’ new finisher?
6. Kevin Owens’ friends are leaving WWE
7. The possible answers to ‘WHY SAMI WHY?’ are also reasons to be really excited about the angle
8. WWE has nearly ruined Seth Rollins
9. Neville reportedly walked out on WWE before Raw this week
10. Braun and Roman set blood feud aside for a little sightseeing

And, as usual, the list of the top live blogs for each WWE pay-per-view of the year:

1. WrestleMania 33
2. SummerSlam
3. No Mercy
4. Survivor Series
5. TLC
6. Royal Rumble
7. Fastlane
8. Elimination Chamber
9. Great Balls of Fire
10. Hell in a Cell
11. Backlash
12. Money in the Bank
13. Extreme Rules
14. Battleground
15. Payback
16. Clash of Champions

On to 2018!