Ranking EVERY 2020 WWE Pay-Per-View From Worst To Best

1. Royal Rumble

Randy Orton Bray Wyatt Fiend
WWE.com

The Good: Drew McIntyre's elimination of Brock Lesnar was as powerful as his eventual victory. An inspired idea yielded an equally inspired (and ultimately successful) outcome. This was the sort of thing WWE so rarely seems able to pull off anymore. The same could be said for Edge's evocative return, mostly (more on that shortly). Charlotte Flair winning the women's match was the divisive, but the contest itself was again strong. Becky Lynch's match with Asuka was outstanding, delivering the contest the build had inadvertently obscured. Roman Reigns' Falls Count Anywhere battle with King Corbin was a blast, even though the feud still carried on afterwards.

The Bad: The Fiend's match with Daniel Bryan was passable, but that wasn't really enough to haul the gimmick back from the brink following the late-2019 disasters with Seth Rollins. Bayley and Lacey Evans was too boring to feel big-time. Evans' abrupt face turn hadn't worked.

The Ugly: The cut away from Edge's first Spear was unforgivable, yet inevitable. The style is jarring and unnecessary generally, let alone when it undermines the really important stuff.

WWE Quiz: How Closely Were You Watching WWE Clash Of Champions 2020?

Roman Reigns Jey Uso
WWE.com

1. Which Match Opened The Main Show?

Contributor
Contributor

Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation nearly 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett