10 Best WWE Matches Of 2021
The 10 best matches from WWE in 2021
4. Roman Reigns vs. Daniel Bryan - April 30 episode of SmackDown
2021 was the year that Daniel Bryan left WWE to go to AEW, so you’d have thought they’d have put his final match on a big platform. Nope. It happened on a random episode of SmackDown.
After many, many failed attempts to take the Universal title off Roman Reigns, The American Dragon agreed to one final title match with some big stakes. If he won, the belt was his, but if he lost, he would be banished from SmackDown.
With all this going on, plus the long history between the two competitors, this was a must-watch bout, and the action it produced was worthy of such a moniker.
In one of the best SmackDown finales of all time - though it may as well have been on pay-per-view, considering it went the best part of 30 minutes - Bryan came within inches of besting Reigns many times, before finally succumbing to the guillotine choke.
A brilliantly worked match with plenty of drama throughout and a history-making finish, Reigns vs. Bryan was everything it needed to be and more, and easily the best match of the year to take place in front of zero fans.
