WWE Lists Their Top 25 Matches Of 2011

[No More Sorrow]

25. Rey Mysterio vs. Cody Rhodes from WrestleMania 27
24. Yoshi Tatsu vs. Tyson Kidd from WWE NXT
23. Edge vs. Kane – Last Man Standing Match from Smackdown
22. CM Punk vs. The Miz vs. Alberto Del Rio from WWE TLC
21. Randy Orton vs. Cody Rhodes – Street Fight from Smackdown.
20. The Miz vs. John Morrison – Falls Count Anywhere WWE Championship match from RAW
19. Smackdown Elimination Chamber match
18. Randy Orton vs. CM Punk from Extreme Rules.
17. Alberto Del Rio vs. Rey Mysterio for the WWE Championship from RAW
16. Dolph Ziggler vs. Randy Orton from RAW
15. Mark Henry vs. Daniel Bryan – Steel Cage Match from Smackdown
14. Randy Orton vs. Wade Barrett from WWE TLC
13. Rey Mysterio vs. CM Punk from Capitol Punishment
12. John Cena vs. The Miz. John Morrison Steel Cage Match from Extreme Rules
11. Mark Henry vs. Big Show from Vengeance
10. Smackdown Money in the Bank Match
09. Edge vs. Dolph Ziggler from Royal Rumble
08. John Cena and The Rock vs. Awesome Truth from Survivor Series
07. The 40-Man Royal Rumble Match
06. Christian vs. Alberto Del Rio from Extreme Rules
05. Rey Mysterio vs. John Cena for the WWE Championship from RAW
04. RAW Elimination Chamber Match
03. Randy Orton vs. Christian from Over The Limit
02. John Cena vs. CM Punk from Money in the Bank
01. Triple H vs. Undertaker from WrestleMania 27

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[PHX]

Cena/Punk is my undisputed number 1 really. And could actually put Punk/Cena from SS somewhere on here too. Rock/Cena tag match probably isn't even in Cena's top 10 matches of the year let alone the 8th best match of the year. Didn't expect this list to be that good though.

 

[Prodigy]

Seriously Cena vs Punk should be number one but I guess WWE don't know how to rate matches properly. Stupid really as HHH vs Taker was not so good in my opinion, okay, but not the best...

 

[Defiant]

Its an overall pretty solid list and I know there's always bound to be some things that upset everyone for different reasons, but...

Cena/Punk at MITB should have been #1, no doubt in my mind about that. And I'm very surprised Dolph/Punk from Raw recently didn't make it on the list.

By the way, haven't seen that Yoshi/Kidd match. Can anyone confirm if that's worth checking out?

 

[PHX]

Was wondering the same about that match since that pretty much stuck out due to it being on NXT. The rumble also shouldn't be that high on the list. If it makes the list should barely make it.

 

[The Cork]

Totally disagree with #1, it was a terrible match.

Everything else is reasonable enough though.

Kidd/Tatsu had some dumb gimmick match where there was a leg of a Tatsu figure on a pole (yeah, really) so bit weird to see that on there.

 

[Dale]

I can't remember anything from this year really, but i'm sorta surprised Sheamus/Henry from Summerslam was it didn't make the list and even Orton/Punk at Mania. Hell, even Orton/Christian from SmackDown when he dropped the belt would have made my list.

 

[PHX]

Just realized Punk/Orton from mania didn't make it smh. Match is top 15 worthy.

 

[Kiffy Lube]

I expected that to be #1 when I read this was a WWE made list. Just another garbage list to waste time viewing. Got to love the end of year stuff like this.

 

[The New F'n Show]

It's a WWE made list, so it doesn't really matter but their are some solid matches on there obviously. Punk vs Cena was easily #1 though.

 

[Troy]

Agree with everyone here. Punk vs. Cena should clearly be number one, HHH vs. Taker was the best match of the night but overall it shouldn't be number one.

 

[SAL]

I guess calling it the best match ever retroactively makes up for the fact that the match had no build or logic behind it at all?

 

[Derrick]

These lists overall aren't accurate; they're made for storyline reasons, they're made to make people think that even some bad matches were the best of 2011.

 

[Vita]

In case anyone was wondering...

The Undertaker
Triple H
John Cena III
CM Punk III
Randy Orton IIII
Christian I
Rey Mysterio IIII
Alberto Del Rio III
The Rock
The Miz III
R-Truth
Edge I
Dolph Ziggler I
Mark Henry I
Big Show
John Morrison I
Wade Barrett
Daniel Bryan
Cody Rhodes I
Kane
Yoshi Tatsu
Tyson Kidd

I couldn't be assed to go look up who was in the multi man matches, so I only counted regular ones. Name being up there gives you one match, anything past that is a second. So "Cody Rhodes I" is technically two, not one.

So that would have the performers of the year as Rey Mysterio, who missed time due to injury, and Randy Orton. Hon mention to Miz, Punk, Del Rio and Cena. Also of note Edge has two despite only wrestling for 3 months of the year. I think that speaks to his calibre.