WWE: Ranking Every PPV from 2016

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14. WrestleMania 32

It’s probably not a good thing when the biggest spectacle in wrestling comes in as the second-worst PPV of the year. But between their seemingly intentional decision to ignore the fans and the countless other baffling booking decisions that took place at this year’s WrestleMania, this ranking is more than fair. And honestly, if this list were ordered based on which PPVs fell shortest of expectations, this would unequivocally be number one.

WrestleMania’s had some good wrestling, there’s no denying that. But almost none of the match results were satisfying to the fans. The only ones that were were Zack Ryder’s shock Intercontinental title win and Baron Corbin’s surprise entry and victory in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal.

As far as the unsatisfying match results go, Chris Jericho defeating AJ Styles at Styles’ first WrestleMania is the first one that comes to mind. Obviously that match didn’t hurt Styles in the long run, but Jericho simply did not need that victory. It would have been special to see Styles have his big WrestleMania moment after spending so many years competing in other promotions.

On top of that, the League of Nations defeated the tag team champions, the New Day, in a non-title match, Brock Lesnar defeated Dean Ambrose in what could have been a much better match than it was, and Charlotte defended her Women’s title in an excellent match that was marred by her father’s interference at the very end.

And of course, it all culminated with Reigns’ super push finally reaching its apex. Leading into the event, the Reigns hate was so strong that fans actually thought WWE might choose to keep the title on Triple H after all. But nope. Reigns won clean and fireworks started popping off, meaning we had reached the peak of WWE’s delusional fantasy that fans actually wanted this to happen.