The WrestleMania 33 Awards!

7. Biggest Overperformer: Nia Jax

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It may sound a little harsh, but I don't think it's especially unfair to say our Nia is the least technically able of the quartet who competed for the Raw women's title at WrestleMania. Yet bizarrely, the match actually suffered for her elimination.

It's a very obvious tactic to play to somebody's strengths, and thankfully that's exactly what WWE have been doing with the Samoan powerhouse. Jax is clearly of a different breed to her waify contemporaries, and the way she was booked as a brutish threat enhanced the match massively. It may have been something of an overstatement on commentary to suggest she is the most dominant WWE superstar of all time, but her performance at WrestleMania certainly transformed her into a legitimate monster.

Runner-up: Shane McMahon

Shane O'Mac's performance opposite AJ Styles had no right to be anything beyond utter gash, yet the fact this match came off relatively smoothly - albeit a bit tediously - is a credit to the middle-aged non-wrestler. Let's make this the last though, eh?

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