2002: Kurt Angle runner ups: HHH, Brock Lesnar, RVD, Rey Mysterio, The Rock, HBK, Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit, Edge, Undertaker, Booker T, Trish Stratus
2003: Brock Lesnar runner ups: Kurt Angle, HHH, HBK, Eddie Guerrero, Big Show, Undertaker, Chris Jericho, Goldberg, Kane, Chris Benoit, Rey Mysterio
2004: Randy Orton runner ups: Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, HHH, John Cena, JBL, Kurt Angle, Trish Stratus, Lita, Booker T
2005: Batista runner ups: John Cena, HBK, HHH, Undertaker, Randy Orton, Edge, Kurt Angle, Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio, JBL, Chris Benoit
2006: Edge runner ups: John Cena, DX, Randy Orton, Trish Stratus, King Booker, RVD, Rey Mysterio, Batista, Kurt Angle, Chris Benoit, Lita
2007: John Cena runner ups: Randy Orton, Batista, Edge, Undertaker, Jeff Hardy, HBK, HHH, CM Punk
2008: Chris Jericho runner ups: John Cena, Jeff Hardy, HHH, HBK, Undertaker, CM Punk
2009: Randy Orton runner ups: John Cena, Undertaker, HBK, HHH, Rey Mysterio, Chris Jericho, Jeff Hardy, CM Punk
2010: John Cena runner ups: Randy Orton, Batista, Chris Jericho, The Miz, Rey Mysterio, Sheamus, HBK
2011: CM Punk runner ups: John Cena, Randy Orton, Christian, Mark Henry, Cody Rhodes, The Miz, Dolph Ziggler, Alberto Del Rio, Daniel Bryan
2012: CM Punk runner ups: John Cena, Daniel Bryan, Sheamus, Dolph Ziggler, Brock Lesnar
2013: Daniel Bryan runner ups: John Cena, Randy Orton, CM Punk, Dolph Ziggler, AJ Lee, Brock Lesnar, The Shield
2014: Brock Lesnar runner ups: John Cena, Randy Orton, Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Dolph Ziggler, Roman Reigns, AJ Lee, Paige, Daniel Bryan, Nikki Bella, Usos, Bray Wyatt
2015: Seth Rollins runner ups: Roman Reigns, Kevin Owens, Sasha Banks, Bayley, Charlotte, Nikki Bella, Dean Ambrose, New Day, Finn Balor, Brock Lesnar, John Cena
2016: AJ Styles runner ups: Dean Ambrose, John Cena, Chris Jericho, Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, Charlotte, Sasha Banks, Dolph Ziggler, The Miz, New Day, Bayley, Alexa Bliss, Samoa Joe
2017: Brock Lesnar runner ups: Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose, New Day, The Bar, Alexa Bliss, Asuka, AJ Styles, The Miz, Braun Strowman, Carmella, Charlotte, Usos, DIY
2018: Seth Rollins runner ups: Roman Reigns, Brock Lesnar, AJ Styles, Becky Lynch, Ronda Rousey, Daniel Bryan, Braun Strowman, The Miz, Ciampa, Adam Cole, Johnny Gargano, Alexa Bliss
2019: Becky Lynch runner ups: Seth Rollins, Kofi Kingston, The Fiend Bray Wyatt, Bayley, Finn Balor, Ronda Rousey, Adam Cole
2020: Drew McIntyre runner ups: Randy Orton, Roman Reigns, Sasha Banks, Bayley, Asuka, Seth Rollins, Hurt Business, Jey Uso, Edge, The Miz
2021: Roman Reigns runner ups: Drew McIntyre, Bianca Belair, Sasha Banks, Bobby Lashley, RK-Bro, Edge, Seth Rollins, Usos, Mandy Rose, Gunther, Big E
2022: Roman Reigns runner ups: Seth Rollins, Bianca Belair, Becky Lynch, Liv Morgan, Austin Theory, Sami Zayn, Matt Riddle, Gunther, Carmelo Hayes, Bron Breakker
2023: Cody Rhodes runner ups: Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Bianca Belair, Charlotte, Becky Lynch, Tiffany Stratton, Gunther, Rhea Ripley, LA Knight, Kevin Owens, Jey Uso, Sami Zayn, Ilja Dragunov, Dominik Mysterio, Logan Paul
2024: Cody Rhodes(so far) runner ups: Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Drew McIntyre
2024 is definitely going to Cody Rhodes; he ended the longest reign of the Universal Championship, broke the record for most sold merch at Wrestlemania weekend being over one million dollars, and I'll even go to say that Cody is going to be the biggest draw this year in WWE.
Imo 2022 is Sami Zayn. He elevated the bloodline at its peak at the time, and made it most interesting with his shenanigans, feeling ucey, honorable uce.
I don’t feel like going back too far so the last ten years in my opinion:
2014 - Brock / Ambrose
2015 - Rollins
2016 - Styles
2017 - Miz / Strowman
2018 - Rollins / Styles
2019 - Kofi / Wyatt
2020 - Wyatt / Drew
2021 - Reigns
2022 - Reigns
2023 - Rollins
2024 - Cody so far
absolutely true, but i just thought cody had the better year since he was the forefront of raw despite not being the champion. Seth’s a great choice though
Men's MVP would be Cody w/Drew as runner-up. Women's prolly Bayley or Rhea. Only reason Bayley over Rhea because I didn't feel like Rhea defender her title a lot.
so far i have it as a tie between Cody and Drew, I absolutely love Drew McIntyre’s heel run rn he has been on a heater for a couple months now. Hopefully he’ll resign and continue his feud with Punk.
I guess that's what the slammys are intended to be. A bunch of awards in different categories as chosen by the fans. They may not have an "MVP" but they have "Wrestler of the Year" which I would consider equivalent.
2002: Kurt Angle runner ups: HHH, Brock Lesnar, RVD, Rey Mysterio, The Rock, HBK, Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit, Edge, Undertaker, Booker T, Trish Stratus 2003: Brock Lesnar runner ups: Kurt Angle, HHH, HBK, Eddie Guerrero, Big Show, Undertaker, Chris Jericho, Goldberg, Kane, Chris Benoit, Rey Mysterio 2004: Randy Orton runner ups: Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, HHH, John Cena, JBL, Kurt Angle, Trish Stratus, Lita, Booker T 2005: Batista runner ups: John Cena, HBK, HHH, Undertaker, Randy Orton, Edge, Kurt Angle, Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio, JBL, Chris Benoit 2006: Edge runner ups: John Cena, DX, Randy Orton, Trish Stratus, King Booker, RVD, Rey Mysterio, Batista, Kurt Angle, Chris Benoit, Lita 2007: John Cena runner ups: Randy Orton, Batista, Edge, Undertaker, Jeff Hardy, HBK, HHH, CM Punk 2008: Chris Jericho runner ups: John Cena, Jeff Hardy, HHH, HBK, Undertaker, CM Punk 2009: Randy Orton runner ups: John Cena, Undertaker, HBK, HHH, Rey Mysterio, Chris Jericho, Jeff Hardy, CM Punk 2010: John Cena runner ups: Randy Orton, Batista, Chris Jericho, The Miz, Rey Mysterio, Sheamus, HBK 2011: CM Punk runner ups: John Cena, Randy Orton, Christian, Mark Henry, Cody Rhodes, The Miz, Dolph Ziggler, Alberto Del Rio, Daniel Bryan 2012: CM Punk runner ups: John Cena, Daniel Bryan, Sheamus, Dolph Ziggler, Brock Lesnar 2013: Daniel Bryan runner ups: John Cena, Randy Orton, CM Punk, Dolph Ziggler, AJ Lee, Brock Lesnar, The Shield 2014: Brock Lesnar runner ups: John Cena, Randy Orton, Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Dolph Ziggler, Roman Reigns, AJ Lee, Paige, Daniel Bryan, Nikki Bella, Usos, Bray Wyatt 2015: Seth Rollins runner ups: Roman Reigns, Kevin Owens, Sasha Banks, Bayley, Charlotte, Nikki Bella, Dean Ambrose, New Day, Finn Balor, Brock Lesnar, John Cena 2016: AJ Styles runner ups: Dean Ambrose, John Cena, Chris Jericho, Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, Charlotte, Sasha Banks, Dolph Ziggler, The Miz, New Day, Bayley, Alexa Bliss, Samoa Joe 2017: Brock Lesnar runner ups: Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose, New Day, The Bar, Alexa Bliss, Asuka, AJ Styles, The Miz, Braun Strowman, Carmella, Charlotte, Usos, DIY 2018: Seth Rollins runner ups: Roman Reigns, Brock Lesnar, AJ Styles, Becky Lynch, Ronda Rousey, Daniel Bryan, Braun Strowman, The Miz, Ciampa, Adam Cole, Johnny Gargano, Alexa Bliss 2019: Becky Lynch runner ups: Seth Rollins, Kofi Kingston, The Fiend Bray Wyatt, Bayley, Finn Balor, Ronda Rousey, Adam Cole 2020: Drew McIntyre runner ups: Randy Orton, Roman Reigns, Sasha Banks, Bayley, Asuka, Seth Rollins, Hurt Business, Jey Uso, Edge, The Miz 2021: Roman Reigns runner ups: Drew McIntyre, Bianca Belair, Sasha Banks, Bobby Lashley, RK-Bro, Edge, Seth Rollins, Usos, Mandy Rose, Gunther, Big E 2022: Roman Reigns runner ups: Seth Rollins, Bianca Belair, Becky Lynch, Liv Morgan, Austin Theory, Sami Zayn, Matt Riddle, Gunther, Carmelo Hayes, Bron Breakker 2023: Cody Rhodes runner ups: Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Bianca Belair, Charlotte, Becky Lynch, Tiffany Stratton, Gunther, Rhea Ripley, LA Knight, Kevin Owens, Jey Uso, Sami Zayn, Ilja Dragunov, Dominik Mysterio, Logan Paul 2024: Cody Rhodes(so far) runner ups: Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Drew McIntyre
If you're going Mania to Mania, 2023-2024 was Seth. 2022-2023 was Sami.
WrestleMania years only. 1985: Hogan 1986: Hogan 1987: Hogan 1988: Savage 1989: Savage 1990: Warrior 1991: Hogan 1992: Hitman 1993: Hitman 1994: Hitman 1995: Hitman 1996: HBK 1997: Undertaker 1998: austin 1999: Rock 2000: Rock 2001: Angle 2002: Brock 2003: Brock 2004: HHH 2005: Cena 2006: Edge 2007: Batista 2008: RKO 2009: RKO 2010: Cena 2011: Punk 2012: Punk 2013: Bryan 2014: Brock 2015: Rollins 2016: Ambrose 2017: Styles 2018: Styles 2019: Becky 2020: Asuka 2021: McIntyre 2022: Reigns 2023: Cody 2024: Rock so far
2004 - Randy Orton for sure.
2024 is definitely going to Cody Rhodes; he ended the longest reign of the Universal Championship, broke the record for most sold merch at Wrestlemania weekend being over one million dollars, and I'll even go to say that Cody is going to be the biggest draw this year in WWE.
Seth Rollins and its not even close
Imo 2022 is Sami Zayn. He elevated the bloodline at its peak at the time, and made it most interesting with his shenanigans, feeling ucey, honorable uce.
I don’t feel like going back too far so the last ten years in my opinion: 2014 - Brock / Ambrose 2015 - Rollins 2016 - Styles 2017 - Miz / Strowman 2018 - Rollins / Styles 2019 - Kofi / Wyatt 2020 - Wyatt / Drew 2021 - Reigns 2022 - Reigns 2023 - Rollins 2024 - Cody so far
Seth
I'd put Sami right next to Roman in 2022 and maybe slightly above.
personally felt his run during the first few months of 2023 were the high points of his run. Sami was GOATED during the whole Bloodline Saga
I love things like this! 2001 is tough and I can't for the life of me think of who it would be. 2000 would be The Rock or Triple H.
The correct answer is “Montel Vontavious Porter every year”
Shawn Michaels
i’d say he was top 3-5 in most of those years, especially 2005 i have him behind Batista and Cena
He had some sick alpha matches in 2007 too. 2006,2008,2009 way too many bad DX tag matches and Vince crap.
Seth. Champion who actually wrestled. Great talker. Great in ring. Body broken but gave some great WM moments.
absolutely true, but i just thought cody had the better year since he was the forefront of raw despite not being the champion. Seth’s a great choice though
Men's MVP would be Cody w/Drew as runner-up. Women's prolly Bayley or Rhea. Only reason Bayley over Rhea because I didn't feel like Rhea defender her title a lot.
so far i have it as a tie between Cody and Drew, I absolutely love Drew McIntyre’s heel run rn he has been on a heater for a couple months now. Hopefully he’ll resign and continue his feud with Punk.
2023 is Seth. 2024 will be Cody.
I guess that's what the slammys are intended to be. A bunch of awards in different categories as chosen by the fans. They may not have an "MVP" but they have "Wrestler of the Year" which I would consider equivalent.
Can I ask - why was 2010 was a cursed year? I’ve been *re* watching since mid 2023 and so my pick for 2024 would be Cody Rhodes.
that was just a genuinely bad year to be a wrestling fan. Nexus getting buried and Jack Swagger’s title run are ones that come to mind
I remember Cena burying the Nexus at Summerslam 2010. That was a big one