Ranking every WWE Pay Per View of 2018: Part I
The year 2018 is done with its pay per views and what a roller coaster ride it has been indeed.
WWE has hardly been able to be consistent with their pay per view qualities, something which NXT does extremely well.
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2018 marked the return of the dual-branded pay per views which was a step taken to bring back both brands closer and taken due to below the mark attendance figures. Some of them were decent, while some were disappointed, to say the least.
After analysing every pay per view that took place this year, I have formed this opinion that WWE does not always intend absolute viewer satisfaction.
Some of these events are on purpose booked in a way to anger the fans, but, most of us fail to realize that that is exactly how they want to make us feel. This is why the next event feels much better usually.
WWE wants us to feel that mixed bag of emotions to build up to moments such as Daniel Bryan's Wrestlemania 30 triumph and make them the moments of euphoria to cherish forever or to just get a reaction one way or the other and stay in good business.
NXT, however, is a thing of beauty. It never makes the smarks angry, it does evoke the best of our emotions (like the DIY breakup) but always intends to be a better show than it was earlier.
This sharp contrast is probably reflective of differing tastes of Triple H and Vince Mcmahon. I do appreciate this difference in opinion, however as this list ranks pay per views in terms of their quality, not on the larger purpose served.
NXT Takeovers have been excluded from this list for one, they would easily be better than every main roster event and second, opinion remains divided over whether they should be considered pay per view events. Let's delve in to see the best and worst of 2018.
Disclaimer: The opinions written in the article belong to the writer and doesn't essentially reflect Sportskeeda's stand.
#15 Backlash (Rating: 2/10)
This event built as the commencement of Best of Both Worlds was abysmal, to say the least. There was no title change or anything else significant.
The Good
Seth Rollins and the Miz had an amazing match for the Intercontinental Title, which was the perfect start for the show. That was pretty much it.
The Bad
Everything else to be true was either bad or hands down boring. Starting from Bayley vs Ruby Riott on the pre-show to both Women's title matches were poor.
The matches between Bryan and Cass, Hardy and Orton and Lashley with Strowman and Zayn and Owens were poor to mediocre at best.
The Styles and Nakamura match for the WWE title was a decent one with a terrible finish and for some reason, Joe vs Reigns for nothing at stake was the main event instead, which also turned out to be a match far worse than even the matches these two had on RAW.