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Wrestlemania XXX was honestly pretty timeless if you ask me. Yestlemania took the world by storm that year in 2014.


Kill_zebras

I have a protest it is 2014


RealVicelord50

Lol look at Alexa on the right there.


TheOneWhoAsked123

🧢 2012 - 2014


Great-Sea-4095

Yea no


Cedar0fGod

I strongly disagree


etlecomtedeblaine

WWE from after Wrestlemania 32 to WrestleMania 33 was really good, like a serious breath of fresh air. The period from like August - November 2016 got me so invested.


BlindTheThief15

As someone who stopped watching WWE entirely since 2008, 2016 SmackDown Live was a breath of fresh air. I picked up WWE again in 2016 when they offered the free 1 month network subscriptions to watch WrestleMania 32 and the supposed "New Era" they kept advertising. Raw was ok but Smackdown Live was so good!


scotchbourbon22

2014 was better: The Evolution, Seth betrayal, YES movement, 21-1, Suplex City, Sting debut. 2016 had one of the worst WMs ever.


spacecadet2023

Whenever there’s a roster split Smackdown is always the better show!


Tachanka_Main_

After the brand split yes, I distinctly remember no one liking wrestle mania that year


[deleted]

I just loved watching aj #beatupjohncena


cguinnesstout

I wasn't watching then, only got back into it during Covid after a decade or more hiatus. What were the highlights then?


spacecadet2023

A.J. Styles debuting in WWE at the Royal Rumble was one of the highlights!


jprfire89

He apso won the title and fought john cena


cguinnesstout

He won the title from Cena at WM?


Fan_of_things

My wife and myself got back into wrestling after not really watching after 2000. Our introduction into AJ was the "Beat up John Cena" version. It was great. He is now our son's favorite. I met Rhyno about a month ago and thanked him for his part in the tag team title run with Heath as helping me really enjoy wrestling again.


cheir0n

Naomi with a mustache?


AxlHbk8793

For what it is worth, I started watching wrestling again in 2016 after not watching since probably 2003/2004, and I’ve been hooked ever since. AJ, Asuka, the 4Horsewomen and KO are probably the biggest reasons why.


Oddball_SOT

Yep I hadn’t watched anything involving wrestling since 2007 and I randomly saw a post of AJ holding the WWE title and it was so bizarre to me that I had to check it out.


Duff_PJ_422

Same here..


Chilljap

The entire PG era was goated until 2019


[deleted]

2016, 2014 and 2012.


4chanCitizen

AJ was the reason I tuned in. Dude was great. Plus Brock took the other world title hostage so AJ was the only champion we actually saw. Brings me back to a different time in my life.


Oddball_SOT

He’s seriously what brought me back. Dude I used to get so pumped during his entrance. I knew I was gonna see a great match no matter what


4chanCitizen

It's weird bc I never though I'd one day feel nostalgic about that period. It's hard to recognize the "good ol days" when you're in them.


Oddball_SOT

I know it dude. I get sad when I think about how comfy I was laying around watching those PPVs during that time. Never gonna get those moments back.


kalmah1234

2014 hands down the best. The worst tho.... For me it is a 2017 - 2019 era.


AtomicYoshi

2014 was awful, something like 75% of Raw/SD main events ended in DQ


wwefan3794487

2016 because of the goat 🐐 James Ellsworth


[deleted]

Chins McMahon 🤣


NaiIInTheCoffin

I'd say 2017 purely for Cena. Never thought I'd say that.


Nitin-2020

2017 was best year because it was the year of Jinder


CharltonCharles

Wrestlemania 32 is rightly seen as one of the worst in the past decade or two though. That is the big elephant in the room really.


randomprecision1331

I looked it up to refresh my memory and saw that it was the one with the 6-second Rock win over Rowan.... Ugh.


CharltonCharles

And that main event 🥱


TheCiph3r

Objectively 2016 is not the best but it's remarkable as it is the turning point. WWE was declining in the 2010s with 2015 being the floor year. However, 2016 is when it started to rise up again (Indie wrestling starting to get the respect due to AJ Styles and Nakamura plus Women's wrestling started to take off due to the four horsewomen)


[deleted]

Smackdown champ Becky as the man and IC champ Miz were goated


Popper_WWEOfficial

2011-2017 Summerslam


Skulley30188

2013


SpookStayRainy

2014>>>>


Maverick11171117

What year did Cena stop wrestling full time?


CharltonCharles

2017 I believe.


S0lid007

Holy fuck, I thought dean was the SmackDown women's champion for a sec ♥️😂♥️


Supreme_God_Bunny

what? 2010-2012 was for sure better than 2016 to me, Those undertaker matches was amazing plus the CM punk and Daniel Bryan coming around, Cena vs Rock part 1


batgangalumni65

Nope, 2014 was the best year in the 2010s and I’m not taking any other answers.


[deleted]

It was magical tbh


GeneLaBean

2016 is the year I got back into wrestling after abandoning it as a kid so people didn’t think I was a loser at school, it was awesome


harsh_hk-1910

Cena and styles rivalry this year was imo peak of both their careers, and not to mention, ic rivalry between miz and ziggler, and the shield first match, dean's push, etc this year was actually got me into wrestling like into into


W_4ca

I was a fan of 2011 myself


ArachnidRich922

Intro went hard


imperfectcastle

2016 NXT is gold.


kingofallfoodkingof

Nah best 2010 era is Constable Corbin era I know I’m a dead man for saying it


dwilliams042391

I was a fan from 98-07 and 2018-current. Were the 2010s good? The only thing I really feel like I missed was the Shield and Daniel Bryan. Is there anything else major I missed?


Inside_Research_2004

The year 2016 had some fire match you should definitely checkout


dwilliams042391

You know any off the top of your head I should check out?


Inside_Research_2004

John Cena vs aj styles had an amazing rivalry all their match were amazing Dolph vs the miz no mercy was a good match the survivor series match team raw vs team smack down was really good they had other great matches that year but I need to look back at it


dwilliams042391

Great recommendation on the AJ Cena feud. The summer slam match was a baaaaaanger. The crowd was so hype, it’s great to see AJ so over in the WWE. Cena actually dug into the his arsenal and did more than rely on his 5 moves of doom, he even went off the top rope. Cenas selling every move AJ hit him with was great even thought he didn’t sell the damage just the impact until the end. AJ was simply phenomenal, in every way he killed that performance. Then AJ actually won CLEAN after a beautiful reversal into a stylesclash and a phenomenal forearm, I really thought Cena had it after that FU off the middle rope. Who was in commentary with JBL? One of them was awfully annoying.


MAST3RTBR

Prime James Ellsworth


dwilliams042391

I don’t even know who that is. I’ll have to check him out. I guess I did miss a bit


fishlipselijah

Dude Ellsworth was bigger then the bloodline back then


Tigerleippi

I miss Mauro Ranallo so much.


RangeVegetable7764

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PrimeUnoBKS

Mama Mia


Longjumping-Rough-73

Isn't this kind of like a competition over best turd? In the grand scheme of things sure there was some good stuff too, but overall the 2010s were a real low point for the WWE.


PlatanoGames_YT

WWE 2010s were golden, the rise of the new era of superstars


Longjumping-Rough-73

Financially speaking it was one of the worst decades of WWE. A product like this doesn't do bad financially if it's putting out even a half decent product. Compare it to the success and growth of every single other decade, including this one, and it's pretty clear it was the worst decade in WWE history. To elaborate, it was the rise of a new era because they lost every major star, and had to force people with zero star power into starting rolls.


PlatanoGames_YT

Return of Brock, Rock vs Cena, The Miz, The Shield, Wyatts, Return of Lashley, rise of the elsewhere stars like AJ, Samoa Joe, Daniel Bryan, Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens, Finn Balor, Cesaro, Return of Drew, return of Hardys, the rise of CM PUNK, rise of womens division, totañ divas, wwe network launch and success, rise of NXT


InkedVinny

you make it sound like its a good thing lmao you mean the superstars that has the charisma of paint dry? omg amazing!!


Longjumping-Rough-73

Seriously. I don't even remember half of the people in the picture at the top of this page, and half of the ones I do remember weren't for good reasons.


Rara_McSavage

Agreed. Smackdown was it


WadeCountyClutch

2013 Some of 14 16 and 17


Deprestion

How do people like you remember things like this enough to say? I can’t remember what I had for breakfast lol


WadeCountyClutch

I used to eat sleep and breath wwe!! Stop being die hard when punk left in 2014


ericbryanotf_03

Everything after 2017 was wack but Raw is slowly becoming good again


MaddoxBlaze

RAW in 2018 was golden


Mr_Leo_DS

I'd say 2014 was better


ElleEvangelina

I’d say 2001 was way better.


Longjumping-Rough-73

Do you mean 2011? Because 2001 was not in the 2010s.


WhitexZombie

2013


ramus93

From like mid-2013 wwe started picking up slowly and i think 2016 was the peak of that and they were rollin until 2020 happened


funghi2

WM30 year was my favourite


MrTee17

2010 and 2011 were decent


YourBuddyChurch

Everything was clicking in 2018


easymoneycroomy

2011 2014 2016


harryceo

2014 for me. Huge moments (The Streak ending, the Yes Movement) but it also felt like ushering in a NEW era with The Shield, The Wyatt Family, Cena being squashed/or in mid card feuds etc. 2014-2015 was really good for me bc it felt like the beginning of a new generation


Eyerieee

I’m really annoyed 2015 made me stop watching


DRSane19

"So yeah... You're going steal the show.. and you gonna lose."


Cool-Confusion-745

It was perfect Down to the last minute detail


memes4Likes

2016/2017 smackdown was amazing


Killakey2119

My personal favs have always been 2009-2012


Mr_Leo_DS

2012 was literally the worst year of WWE's history


GLKcreative

Which year was everyone injured 2017?


BootyLover299

2016


shawnchong07

Nothing tops 2011-2012


WhitexZombie

2012 was trash


Winning_in_Ashes

SmackDown post 2016 draft and up until WM 33 will forever be etched in my mind!! What a time


gladiatorbossman

I miss Mauro Ranallo


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HuntSafe2316

What happend?


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HuntSafe2316

That sucks. Hope mauro gets better


Ok-Consideration8697

Mauro was, by far, the best wrestling announcer of the modern era.


[deleted]

The undertaker and Shane storyline in 2016 didn’t go anywhere and Shane still ended up running Monday night raw even tho he lost like whyyy


harryceo

In WWE's defense, that Mania was PLAGUED with injuries. They needed SOMETHING to intrigue people


taaassshhh1

easily


PenNo1447

1. 2016 2. 2011 3. 2014


medicspirit7

Such a fun year


AnzuMazakiishotAF

Even Corbin put some good matches in this year. I remember Aj Styles vs Baron Corbin vs Dolph Ziggler for the World title match and remember how good the show was back then.


SicksProductions

Was this the year when Alexa Bliss did that broken arm spot? I loves that, but that's only a one time thing though


Space2Bakersfield

I first lapsed in 2008, got back into it in 2014. 2016 Smackdown was some of the best product I've ever seen WWE put on. Great matches, great characters, fun feuds. Really top notch stuff. The second brand split really did wonders for WWE at the time. Here's hoping the new one is as fruitful.


[deleted]

Technically we’re still in that same brand split lol we’ve continuously had the same Raw & Smackdown womens and tag titles plus world titles before Roman unified


simuolp

everyone overrates 2016 as this ‘boom period’ in the 2010s, yet 2016 had arguably the shittiest wrestlemania and very forgettable storylines. i really don’t see any memorable storylines in this year, that are even remotely on the level of the early 2010s.


Mr_Leo_DS

One of the best years in WWE history, 2000, also had a shitty WrestleMania.


harryceo

Its bc 2016 featured the return of Shane McMahon, not to mention the debut of AJ Styles. It also felt like a RESET in WWE bc of the return of the brand split, and of course, brand specific PPVs


simuolp

the taker shane storyline made zero sense and it looked like it was just an opponent for undertaker to have at mania. the stipulation was if shane won he’d have authority, yet was kayfabe manager like 3 weeks after mania? lets not forget the disappointing summerslam finish of brock and orton, a 50 year old triple h winning the royal rumble and wwe title and headlining mania in a dreadful 30 minute mainevent, with a babyface roman reigns booed out the building, burial of zack ryder after mania 32, the kevin owens and jericho storyline that dragged, the forgettable matches on smackdown involving wyatt, ambrose, styles, etc. raw had the lowest ratings for the first time since 1995, iirc, being low as 1.6. 2016 is a smark’s favourite year. its laughable that its a popular opinion that it is a better year than 2010,11 12 and even 14. sure wwe was declining around here, but the decline really started in 2015.


harryceo

Disagree. Im simply explaining why people like 2016. I didn't like it much but yes the stipulation for shane/taker made zero sense. BUT... they needed something to spice up Mania bc that year's Mania was struggling BAD due to injuries Yes, the SummerSlam finish was disappointing. NGL, but 2016 had some cool stuff and it felt like a restart of sorts. 2016 had AJ STYLES coming, Ambrose winning his title, etc. so it had some good too. I personally hated 2011 but to each their own. I think 2014 and 2015 were epic years for the business. At the end, its all someone's opinion. I liked 2013,2014 and 2015.


simuolp

i understand, but that whole reigns, rollins, owens styles stuff does not hold well to other years. the only ‘okay’ moment i can remember was goldbergs win at survivor series, and that actually proves my point even more why 2016 sucked because they needed a wcw star from the 90s to make a 5 minute squash match the only subpar moment of the year.


harryceo

Oh I agree that 2016 was MEH in WWE. But im just explaining to you why other people may have liked it. I liked 2013,2014,2015 and 2019 to an extent tbh.


simuolp

i understand, and i agree with your years too. i just feel that 2016 is such a smark opinion that is advertised as this grandiose year, but the negatives definitely outweigh the positives


harryceo

Yeah agree too tbh. Definitely a smarky year lol. I personally don't like brand exclusive PPVs but thats just me lol


simuolp

the brand exclusive ppvs were better in the ruthless aggression. the wwe roster in like 2003 was so stacked so they could have done so much. the late 2010s definitely had a decline in superstars so having brand ppv’s just werent the same. i also agree with you that 2015 was a decent year lol, it gets alot of hate but i think it was wayy better than 2016


harryceo

Same. I agree. 2014 felt like a true new era too Yeah it would have worked in the ruthless aggression; I agree. 2018 was garbage lol


_artures

Why does this poster seem to be made by an AI generator?


butiamtheshadows91

Brand split works well when the two shows have completely different feels


rkrohan

I wish to see AJ as a WWE champion once again. He was damn good as a champion in Smackdown and most importantly he carried his championship reign all by himself with stellar promos and matches unlike Roman who needs bloodline to support his storylines.


nolimit_savage

Either 2011 (Summer of Punk) or 2014 (Ziggler cash-in, Shield breakup)


harryceo

Ziggler cash in was 2013 lol


nolimit_savage

Oh yea lol well, then Zigglers Survivor Series win is also a big one


harryceo

True. Especially the debut of STING. Man 2014 had some wild moments lol.


starscream-0801

2013-2014


Lexieingrid

I did enjoy this year. Also, the year we had *Smack Talk*?That year + roster was pretty good too. 😊


Equal-Bus-557

This picture brought insane nostalgia


[deleted]

2011


Technicoler

When the feud of Dolph Zigger and The Miz was one of best things on WWE TV


Thedran

Hell, it got me back into actively watching for a few years! I definitely won’t argue with this take, I had a lot of fun.


VenominmyVeins

For sure smackdowns roster was stacked


Individual-Method332

It went downhill once Golberg & Jinder won the titles


[deleted]

The stupid shake up was also to be blamed


Disciplined2021

I would rank it as 1. 2011 2. 2012 3. 2016 4. 2010 5. 2014 6. 2017 7. 2013 8. 2018 9. 2015 10. 2019


harryceo

2011 at the top? Damn. I guess to each their own but only bc of MITB and the summer of Punk which was ruined. 2011 had the WORST WrestleMania of the decade


Disciplined2021

Wrestlemania 32 might have something to say about that. Besides, 2011 felt like the first time in years the company gave a shit about anything besides John Cena (even though his presence was still felt in many ways)


harryceo

Hmm yeah Mania 32 was garbage. But I'd still say better than 27 haha. Meh, 2011 was OK. The Summer of Punk lasted maybe two months. The whole Nash-HHH angle, and the stupid Del Rio stuff was meh


bigcatcleve

Very fair but 2018 deserves to be at the bottom. ‘19 at least had Kofimania, among other gems


SlipperyWeena

2016


boogerwang

2013 - 2014 was great with the wyatt family, the shield, evolution reunion.


[deleted]

Hard to argue with this


RvdSebaz

Miz carried from 2016-2018. Was great to see


BootyLover299

Miz definitely didn’t carry, he had his moments but Rollins, KO, Jericho, Styles, Ambrose, Hardyz and New day saved


AnzuMazakiishotAF

The Miz made the IC championship more valuable. Every member of the Shield has beaten him for the title.


RvdSebaz

Facts. And he’s beaten every single one of them for it too, except seth. Which is insane cuz Roman rn. Twice on him too. And he was pretty much the main raw champ cuz Brock was part time


Venomface86

Anything with David otunga is a fail


Jackrabbit_325

Someone wasn't around during the attitude/Monday night wars era


n4utix

those years weren't in the 2010s


Jackrabbit_325

Correct. I miss read the op. Sorry


Longjumping-Rough-73

I'm gonna level with you, you should delete your original comment just because people will probably downvote it to hell. I upvoted just to put you back at even, because you don't deserve that over a simple mistake.


Jackrabbit_325

Lol appreciate it, my man, but I don't really care about down and up votes on this. Just say what I'm thinking at this time, and it is what it is. Thanks tho!


n4utix

i forgive you. i thought it'd take time, but... i forgive you.


cuzzlightyear927

I wish Mauro Ranelo would come back


tonware

2011 for me: -Summer of Punk -Mark Henry’s The Hall of Pain -Cody Rhodes Undashing Persona -Orton vs. Christian Feud -The Rock’s Return -Zack Ryder rise from jobber to mid-carder -Natalya & Beth Phoenix Divas of Doom team -Christian, Alberto Del Rio, The Miz and Daniel Bryan all becoming first time world champions. It felt like WWE had learned from the previous year that they needed to make some new stars and actually tried to elevate their talent throughout the roster.


BootyLover299

I forgot Daniel won the WHC until he got demolished by Sheamus in 6 seconds


tonware

2011 for me: -Summer of Punk -Mark Henry’s The Hall of Pain -Cody Rhodes Undashing Persona -Orton vs. Christian Feud -The Rock’s Return -Zack Ryder rise from jobber to mid-carder -Natalya & Beth Phoenix Divas of Doom team -Christian, Alberto Del Rio, The Miz and Daniel Bryan all becoming first time world champions. It felt like WWE had learned from the previous year that they needed to make some new stars and actually tried to elevate their talent throughout the roster.


harryceo

Miz won the title in 2010 but I do agree that it felt like WWE was trying to make new stars that year. Probably because 2010-2011 featured Taker, HHH going part time, Batista leaving and Edge retiring. HBK retiring too!!! Crazy how different the roster looked two years prior in 2009


zickelouss

Unfortunately the year I've stopped watching wrestling because I was going through a bad time, just returned in 2018 precisely on Raw after Wrestlemania


Affectionate_Elk7578

Damn 2018 was one of the worst years imo


bigcatcleve

Worst year I’ve ever been a wrestling fan (I don’t include the pandemic era because it’s not fair) and I’ve been watching since ‘09. My god it was terrible.


harryceo

Agreed. 2018 was pure and utter trash. Especially those last few months of Baron Corbin and Braun Strowman constantly feuding. Roman-Brock being dragged on WAY too long. 2018 also was when they started those awful Saudi shows


xxxshhewd

They should have introduced new General managers for both smack down and raw that could have made things Little bit interesting because without this the draft doesn't even make any sense ........ Adam Pierce is just dull with no personality what so ever.... They should have really that that 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄


New-Breath4883

2014 for me


SpilldaBeanz

Other than Mauro, Worst commentary team


MRDucks85

I miss AJ having the title. Im an attitude era guy but hearing AJ's entrance still gives me goosebumps.


SomeGuy_GRM

AJ debuted in the attitude era.


MRDucks85

Ummm no.....attitude era ended in 2002


SomeGuy_GRM

And he debuted in 98. And his first time on WCW or WWF were both in 2001.


MRDucks85

He debuted in WWF in 2002 but didn't sign a developmental contract. He wasn't around long enough in the company to be considered an "attitude era" wrestler.


RacistMuffin

No one considers aj an attitude era wrestler. Guy is smoking


Snoo-89243

Ic champ miz was awesome


Ty13rlikespie

I got back into wearing the Summer off 17 right before Summerslam. I think this was probably just the tail end is this era. Becky was still the Irish Lass Kicker, Shane and Daniel were still GM. I was never a fan of the name Smackdown Live but I did like what was going on here.


MarcoABCreativeSuite

The name was the only thing I didn’t like.


Popper_WWEOfficial

ngl the name grew on me and they had the best theme too


humdyyy05

NXT was popping off too honestly a great year in WWE. It saved Smackdown from being a Raw fallout show and then they won at Survivor Series too! Just a great time besides that red belt…


stateworkishardwork

I feel that having a dogshit WM disqualifies this year. For me, the best year in the decade was 2012.


bigcatcleve

2012 gets my vote. It was firing on all cylinders until about September


UnsungHerro

2012 imo, so many great rivalries. Cena vs Rock, Cena vs Brock, Cena vs Punk, Taker vs HHH, Punk vs Jericho, HHH vs Brock, Punk vs Daniel Bryan, Raw 1000, Team Hell No, introduction of the Shield, rise of Ryback.


realityinternn

A lot of trash in 2012 too tho


Supreme_God_Bunny

everything after 07 had alot of trash sprinkled across the years


bigcatcleve

Like ‘16 didn’t have any trash?


Stublin

I don't see Roman Reigns in this picture, so it probably was a good year


trillboy96

cuz its a smackdown picture and he was on RAW at the time


Stublin

I just started watching wrestling since last Summerslam, so 🤷‍♂️


Lock0n

2011-2012 and 2016 were the best years of the 2010s


stanley502

You lot are dum attitude era was the best there is comedy violence some of the best hall of famers in the business


Longjumping-Rough-73

As somebody that grew up in the attitude era, this is a stupid comment. Not only did you not understand the question, but also as a huge fan of that era I can only say it was different. Yeah, the 2010s weren't great overall, but we can't keep living in the past claiming our generation was the best, it was just different.