10 Best WWE Matches Of 2016
Best WWE matches of 2016
WWE underwent some pretty seismic changes in 2016.
Shane McMahon came back, the brand split returned, AJ Styles, Shinsuke Nakamura, and The Good Brothers all jumped ship from New Japan, and some bloke named Cody Rhodes left the promotion to see if he could make it on his own.
As well as these huge moments outside of the ring, the squared circle was also home to some sensational happenings, as you’re about to find out.
These are the 10 Best WWE Matches of 2016.
10. AJ Styles vs. Dean Ambrose - TLC
By the end of his first year with the company, AJ Styles was the WWE Champion with the full force of the WWE machine behind him. This was a minor miracle, considering how badly other ex-TNA stars had been treated once they had joined.
In his final pay-per-view defence of the year, Styles squared off against Dean Ambrose, the man he had taken the title from, in a TLC match at the pay-per-view of the same name.
AJ and Ambrose had built up quite the rapport over the months leading into this match and this very much felt like the culmination of a long-running story. There were crazy spots out the wazoo, including a mad 450 splash from AJ to Dean through a table outside the ring, and it looked like Ambrose was going to win the title back until he was stopped by… James Ellsworth.
The chinless wonder’s involvement in the finish does knock points off this match, but before Ellsworth turned up, it was a mile-a-minute thrill-a-thon.
