6. 2011
When looking back on 2011, it's hard to not focus on the year's Money In The Bank PPV. So let's just get that out of the way now. With the possible exception of WrestleMania X-Seven, Money In The Bank 2011 is the greatest PPV WWE has ever produced. While the card is exceptional from top to bottom, it is best remembered for the main event between John Cena and CM Punk in front of the one of the hottest wrestling crowds ever seen. That match, of course, is as big as it was due to CM Punk's earth shattering pipe bomb promo on RAW. Even though WWE would fail to fully capitalise off of the angle they built with CM Punk, for the few weeks surrounding Money In The Bank they had created a storyline that drew people into professional wrestling in a way that hadn't been experienced for years. Outside of that incredible event, though, the WWE had a lot of good things going in 2011. Randy Orton and Christian were putting on one of the most underrated feuds ever, Daniel Bryan was starting to showcase the in-ring work that had already established him as one of the best wrestlers in the world, Dashing Cody Rhodes brought back the best-looking belt in WWE history and Mark Henry shocked the world by revitalising his career and becoming one of the greatest monster heels wrestling had ever seen. The company was even on such a hot streak that they were able to get The Miz, of all people, over as a main-event heel with nuclear heat. 2011 took a little while to get rolling, but once it did fans everywhere were treated to some truly special moments.