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The best WWE pay-per-view matches of 2018

By Geno Mrosko
WWE.com

Throughout the year, we asked you to tell us the best match of the night following each and every WWE pay-per-view (PPV) of 2018, from Royal Rumble right on through to TLC. We did so, of course, for the purposes of compiling this very list right here, to tell us what matches you believed were the best.

Let’s get it:

Royal Rumble

  1. Men’s Royal Rumble
  2. Women’s Royal Rumble
  3. AJ Styles vs. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn
  4. Brock Lesnar vs. Braun Strowman vs. Kane
  5. The Usos vs. Chad Gable & Shelton Benjamin
  6. The Bar vs. Seth Rollins & Jason Jordan
  7. Kalisto & Lince Dorado & Gran Metalik vs. Jack Gallagher & TJP & Drew Gulak
  8. Good Brothers vs. The Revival
  9. Bobby Roode vs. Mojo Rawley

Elimination Chamber

  1. Women’s Elimination Chamber
  2. Men’s Elimination Chamber
  3. Asuka vs. Nia Jax
  4. Matt Hardy vs. Bray Wyatt
  5. Good Brothers vs. The Miztourage
  6. The Bar vs. Titus Worldwide

Fastlane

  1. Six Pack Challenge
  2. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Rusev
  3. Charlotte vs. Ruby Riott
  4. Bobby Roode vs. Randy Orton
  5. The Usos vs. The New Day
  6. Breezano & Tye Dillinger vs. Chad Gable & Shelton Benjamin & Mojo Rawley
  7. Becky Lynch & Naomi vs. Natalya & Carmella

WrestleMania 34

  1. Ronda Rousey & Kurt Angle vs. Stephanie McMahon & Triple H
  2. Charlotte vs. Asuka
  3. The Miz vs. Finn Balor vs. Seth Rollins
  4. AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
  5. Daniel Bryan & Shane McMahon vs. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn
  6. Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns
  7. WrestleMania Women’s Battle Royal
  8. John Cena vs. Undertaker
  9. The Bar vs. Braun Strowman & Some Kid
  10. Cedric Alexander vs. Mustafa Ali
  11. Alexa Bliss vs. Nia Jax
  12. Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal
  13. The Usos vs. The Bludgeon Brothers vs. The New Day
  14. Randy Orton vs. Rusev vs. Bobby Roode vs. Jinder Mahal

Greatest Royal Rumble

  1. Seth Rollins vs. Finn Balor vs. The Miz vs. Samoa Joe
  2. Greatest Royal Rumble
  3. AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
  4. Undertaker vs. Rusev
  5. John Cena vs. Triple H
  6. Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns
  7. Cedric Alexander vs. Kalisto
  8. The Deleters of Worlds vs. The Bar
  9. Jeff Hardy vs. Jinder Mahal
  10. The Bludgeon Brothers vs. The Usos

Backlash

  1. Seth Rollins vs. The Miz
  2. AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
  3. Roman Reigns vs. Samoa Joe
  4. Ruby Riott vs. Bayley
  5. Jeff Hardy vs. Randy Orton
  6. Daniel Bryan vs. Big Cass
  7. Carmella vs. Charlotte
  8. Nia Jax vs. Alexa Bliss
  9. Braun Strowman & Bobby Lashley vs. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn

Money in the Bank

  1. AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
  2. Women’s Money in the Bank ladder match
  3. Ronda Rousey vs. Nia Jax
  4. Men’s Money in the Bank ladder match
  5. Seth Rollins vs. Elias
  6. Roman Reigns vs. Jinder Mahal
  7. Daniel Bryan vs. Big Cass
  8. The Bludgeon Brothers vs. Good Brothers
  9. Carmella vs. Asuka
  10. Bobby Lashley vs. Sami Zayn

Extreme Rules

  1. Seth Rollins vs. Dolph Ziggler
  2. AJ Styles vs. Rusev
  3. Kevin Owens vs. Braun Strowman
  4. Bobby Lashley vs. Roman Reigns
  5. SAnitY vs. The New Day
  6. Andrade Almas vs. Sin Cara
  7. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Jeff Hardy
  8. The B-Team vs. The Deleters of Worlds
  9. Alexa Bliss vs. Nia Jax
  10. Finn Balor vs. Baron Corbin
  11. Carmella vs. Asuka
  12. The Bludgeon Brothers vs. Team Hell No

SummerSlam

  1. Samoa Joe vs. AJ Styles
  2. Seth Rollins vs. Dolph Ziggler
  3. Becky Lynch vs. Carmella vs. Charlotte Flair
  4. Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar
  5. Finn Balor vs. Baron Corbin
  6. Ronda Rousey vs. Alexa Bliss
  7. Jeff Hardy vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
  8. The New Day vs. The Bludgeon Brothers
  9. Kevin Owens vs. Braun Strowman
  10. Lana & Rusev vs. Zelina Vega & Andrade Almas
  11. The B-Team vs. The Revival
  12. Cedric Alexander vs. Drew Gulak

Hell in a Cell

  1. Drew McIntyre & Dolph Ziggler vs. Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose
  2. Jeff Hardy vs. Randy Orton
  3. Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair
  4. AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe
  5. Roman Reigns vs. Braun Strowman
  6. Ronda Rousey vs. Alexa Bliss
  7. Daniel Bryan & Brie Bella vs. The Miz & Maryse
  8. The New Day vs. Rusev Day

Super Show-Down

  1. Cedric Alexander vs. Buddy Murphy
  2. AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe
  3. The Shield vs. Braun Strowman & Dolph Ziggler & Drew McIntyre
  4. Undertaker vs. Triple H
  5. Charlotte Flair vs. Becky Lynch
  6. The Miz vs. Daniel Bryan
  7. The New Day vs. The Bar
  8. The IIconics vs. Asuka & Naomi
  9. John Cena & Bobby Lashley vs. Elias & Kevin Owens
  10. The Riott Squad vs. Ronda Rousey & The Bella Twins

Evolution

  1. Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair
  2. Kairi Sane vs. Shayna Baszler
  3. Toni Storm vs. Io Shirai
  4. Ronda Rousey vs. Nikki Bella
  5. Sasha Banks & Bayley & Natalya vs. The Riott Squad
  6. Battle Royal
  7. Trish Stratus & Lita vs. Mickie James & Alicia Fox

Crown Jewel

  1. Seth Rollins vs. Dolph Ziggler
  2. AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe
  3. DX vs. Brothers of Destruction
  4. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Rusev
  5. Shane McMahon vs. Dolph Ziggler
  6. Brock Lesnar vs. Braun Strowman
  7. Rey Mysterio vs. The Miz
  8. Randy Orton vs. Rey Mysterio
  9. Kurt Angle vs. Dolph Ziggler
  10. The Bar vs. The New Day
  11. Seth Rollins vs. Bobby Lashley
  12. The Miz vs. Jeff Hardy

Survivor Series

  1. Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte Flair
  2. Brock Lesnar vs. Daniel Bryan
  3. Buddy Murphy vs. Mustafa Ali
  4. Seth Rollins vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
  5. Raw men vs. SmackDown men
  6. Raw tag teams vs. SmackDown tag teams
  7. Raw women vs. SmackDown women
  8. AOP vs. The Bar

TLC

  1. Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Asuka
  2. Daniel Bryan vs. AJ Styles
  3. Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose
  4. Braun Strowman vs. Baron Corbin
  5. Ronda Rousey vs. Nia Jax
  6. The Bar vs. The Usos vs. The New Day
  7. Finn Balor vs. Drew McIntyre
  8. Buddy Murphy vs. Cedric Alexander
  9. Rey Mysterio vs. Randy Orton
  10. Fabulous Truth vs. Mahalicia
  11. Natalya vs. Ruby Riott
  12. Elias vs. Bobby Lashley

Here’s the list of just the top matches (this isn’t a ranking list, just each of the top matches from Royal Rumble to Clash of TLC):

  • Men’s Royal Rumble
  • Women’s Elimination Chamber
  • Six-Pack Challenge
  • Ronda Rousey & Kurt Angle vs. Stephanie McMahon & Triple H
  • Seth Rollins vs. Finn Balor vs. The Miz vs. Samoa Joe
  • Seth Rollins vs. The Miz
  • AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
  • Seth Rollins vs. Dolph Ziggler
  • Samoa Joe vs. AJ Styles
  • Drew McIntyre & Dolph Ziggler vs. Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose
  • Cedric Alexander vs. Buddy Murphy
  • Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair
  • Seth Rollins vs. Dolph Ziggler
  • Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte Flair
  • Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Asuka

This was the year of Seth Rollins, despite a couple clunkers at the end there. Charlotte Flair had a really strong year as well.

See you again in 2019!

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