10 Things That Prove January Is The Best Month For Wrestling

10. The Road To WrestleMania Begins

Whether it's the Royal Rumble PPV or the ensuing episodes of WWE programming, Vince McMahon's company begins its annual Road to WrestleMania during each and every January.

Of course, 'Mania is the company's biggest show of the year, subsequently featuring the biggest matches and the biggest payoffs. As such, WWE actually *shock horror* tries with its storylines! Crazy concept, right?

One would hope that WWE creative is trying year-round to deliver quality, engaging content on a weekly basis, but the sad truth of the matter is that WWE programming is more often than not a painful watch. On the Road to WrestleMania, however, that usually changes.

Instead of drab, overplayed action, WWE tends to serve up an engaging, exciting product during the first few months of the year as the Showcase of the Immortals looms large. And that entertaining, interesting content usually begins to kick into gear during January - such as the tease of The Shield breaking up in January 2014, fully incorporating Sting into WWE programming in January 2015, and sowing the seeds for Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar or Goldberg vs. The Undertaker in 2017 as just a few examples from recent memory of improvements in creative come January.

Regardless of how bad WWE can be at times, the Road to WrestleMania at least offers some hope that WWE programming isn't always horrendous and doesn't always have to be monotonous and bland.