Ranking 2016's WWE PPV Endings From Worst To Best

For all WWE's problems this year, 2016 has been crammed solid pay-per-views. Few of WWE's major events set the world on fire, but only SummerSlam, WrestleMania, and a handful of others can be considered disappointments. Battleground, Money In The Bank, and Backlash were all excellent, and if you were to draw a line of best fit, 2016's PPVs would likely sit between "good" and "very good" on the quality scale.

Despite this, 2016 hasn't been a great year for PPV endings. WWE's big shows have brought some great action, but it's hard not to feel disheartened when said action is followed by a disappointing conclusion. Take the Royal Rumble as an example: it was legitimately one of the year's best shows, but what's the only thing people still talk about? Triple H, the McMahons, and the closing scene.

The ending is the most important part of any wrestling show, and what the fans will remember most. It's vitally important to make the live fans feel like they've had their money's worth, and stop the audience at home from thinking they've wasted their time. WWE's booking practises often get in the way of this, however, and it's been a particularly prevalent problem in 2016.

Still, it's not all bad, and the past 12 months have served up some genuinely euphoric show endings. With WWE's pay-per-view schedule over and done with for the year, here are all of 2016's PPV endings ranked from best to worst.

A more obvious pick for 2016's worst pay-per-view ending you will not find: Roman Reigns' title celebration at WrestleMania 32 will go down as one of the flattest closing scenes in Mania history.

Roman's Mania coronation felt like an inevitability from the moment Triple H threw him out of the 2016 Royal Rumble, and his eventual victory was a perfect storm of of blandness. The main event was a 27-minuter that felt at least twice that long, and it came at the end of a sluggish, overlong pay-per-view. They tried to go for the slow-building, "epic match" formula, and they failed miserably.

16 months after facing universal rejection as the 2015 Royal Rumble winner, Reigns' WrestleMania moment was in the bag. Nobody asked for it, nobody wanted it, yet WWE swam against the tide regardless, and it resulted in a deflating end to the biggest show of the year.

If WWE officials were expecting a hero's reception for Reigns' victory, they were greatly mistaken. Half the audience headed for the exit as Reigns hoisted his newly won WWE Championship overhead, and the rest only stuck around to jeer the man. Kevin Dunn & co. did their best to mute the boos, but anyone paying attention could recognise the vitriol that showered him.

It's a shame that Roman Reigns' first big 'Mania moment ended this way. The guy's a lot better than some give him credit for, and it's not his fault that he's been asked to play a character that downplays his strengths and highlights his weaknesses. Still, WrestleMania 32 is part of Reigns' legacy now, and nothing can change that.