5 Biggest Winners & Losers From WWE In 2025
Which WWE stars had a great and prosperous 2025, and which ones struggled and failed this year?
The WWE roster in 2025 was so big that it is easy for any one wrestler to get lost in the shuffle, so it's a big deal if they're able to stand out.
On the positive side of things, making a bigger star out of yourself and accomplishing some career highlights to work toward a Hall of Fame legacy can come with accumulating championships, scoring key victories on major shows like WrestleMania, and having a breakout performance which puts the spotlight on you.
But there were also wrestlers this year who stood out in a negative way, becoming great examples of what not to do.
These unfortunate souls were either never put in the position to succeed or had the opportunity and messed it all up. Some suffered injuries. Others got handed their release forms.
Let's take a look at this year's biggest winners in WWE who will look back on the last 12 months with joy and pride, as well as the biggest losers who would definitely like to put 2025 behind them and not revisit those memories.
10. Winner: Oba Femi
NXT has its fair share of options for the "biggest winners" category, including new acquisitions who already became champions like Blake Monroe and Ricky Saints, to double champions like Ethan Page, Jacy Jayne, and Sol Ruca, standouts like EVOLVE Women's Champion and Iron Survivor Kendal Grey, and those who even won TNA titles like Trick Williams and Kelani Jordan.
But if you're going to pick just one name from this group, it's hard to argue it shouldn't be The Ruler of NXT himself, Oba Femi.
Femi ended 2024 by winning the Iron Survivor Challenge match at NXT Deadline, going on to start 2025 at New Year's Evil by dethroning Williams for the NXT Championship.
For 262 days, Femi fought all comers and retained that title, keeping up his nigh-unstoppable track record of having only lost twice in 2024 to Tony D'Angelo.
Femi eventually suffered his third true loss at No Mercy, dropping the NXT Championship to Saints. But after taking a month or so off, Femi returned and promptly won the title back from Saints 69 days later.
Femi is ending his year working John Cena's retirement event, facing the Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. You can't get much better than that.