December WWE/Overall analysis of the brand split from the WWE Draft to 12/31

Quick Results of Takeover Toronto and Survivor Series
Bobby Roode def. Tye Dillinger
The Authors of Pain def. TM-61 for the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic
#DIY (Ciampa and Gargano) def. The Revival (Dash and Dawson) to win the NxT Tag Team Championships
Asuka def. Mickie James to retain the NxT Women's Championship
Samoa Joe def. Shinsuke Nakamura to win the NxT Championship

TJ Perkins, Rich Swann, and Noam Dar def. Drew Gulak, Tony Nese, and Ariya Daivari
Kane def. Luke Harper
Team Raw (Charlotte, Bayley, Nia Jax, Sasha Banks, and Alicia Fox) def. Smackdown (Becky Lynch, Alexa Bliss, Natalya (who replaced an injured Nikki Bella), Naomi, and Carmella).
The Miz def. Sami Zayn to retain the Intercontinental Championship
Raw (Sheamus & Cesaro, Enzo Amore & Big Cass, The Club (Gallows & Anderson), The Shining Stars (Primo & Epico), and The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Big E, and Xavier Woods)) def. Smackdown (The Usos (Jimmy & Jey), Heath Slater & Rhyno, American Alpha (Chad Gable & Jason Jordan), The Hype Bros (Mojo Rawley & Zack Ryder), and Breezango (Fandango & Tyler Breeze)
The Brian Kendrick def. Kalisto to retain the Cruiserweight Championship
Smackdown (Bray Wyatt, Randy Orton, AJ Styles, Shane McMahon, and Dean Ambrose) def. Raw (Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Chris Jericho, Kevin Owens, and Braun Strowman)
Goldberg def. Brock Lesnar (in 86 seconds)


Going into WWE TLC and Roadblock, here are the current champions
Raw
Universal:Kevin Owens (def. Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, and Big Cass on Raw in October)
United States:Roman Reigns (def. Rusev at Night of Champions)
Women's:Sasha Banks (def. Charlotte Flair On Raw on Nov. 28)
Cruiserweight:Rich Swann (Def. Brian Kendrick on 205 Live on Nov. 29)
Tag Team: The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Big E, and Xavier Woods) (Def. The Lucha Dragons(Kalisto and Sin Cara), The Prime Time Players(Darren Young and Titus O'Neill), and Los Matadores(Diego and Fernando) at Summerslam 2015)

Smackdown:
World Heavyweight:AJ Styles (Def. Dean Ambrose at Backlash)
Intercontinental: The Miz (def. Dolph Ziggler on Smackdown on November 15)
Women's:Becky Lynch(def. Alexa Bliss, Nikki Bella, Naomi, Natalya, and Carmella at Backlash)
Tag Team:Heath Slater and Rhyno (def. The Usos at Backlash)

NxT:
Champion: Shinsuke Nakamura (def. Samoa Joe at NxT Live in Osaka, will be shown on 12/7)
Women's Champion: Asuka (def. Bayley at NxT Takeover Dallas)
Tag Team: #DIY (Tomasso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano) (def. The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) at NxT Takeover Toronto)

TLC: Tables Ladders and Chairs
Kickoff Match: Apollo Crews, The Hype Bros (Mojo Rawley and Zack Ryder), and American Alpha (Chad Gable and Jason Jordan) def. Curt Hawkins, The Vaudevillians (Aiden English and Simon Gotch), and The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor)
-Useless match....seen an incarnation of this on multiple occasions.

The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt and Randy Orton) w/Luke Harper def. Heath Slater and Rhyno to win the Tag Team Championships
-Short match, but The WYATT's WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP!

Nikki Bella def. Carmella in a No Disqualification Match
-As a match, this was blah. Carmella wasn't so dangerous as I had hoped her to be with a Kendo Stick....and Nikki Bella's insistence on continually using the fire extinguisher smoke was monotonous. In fact, the only thing that saved that spot was JBL explaining how it would actually affect Carmella, which made it easier to understand. The post match, with Carmella stating that Natalya attacked Nikki....could have been better. This was a rare dud in a Smackdown PPV.
4 out of 10

Baron Corbin def. Kalisto in a Chairs match
-This had no reason to be a good match....and it was a great match.

The Miz (w/Maryse) def.  Dolph Ziggler for the Intercontinental Championship in a Ladder Match

Alexa Bliss def. Becky Lynch in a Tables Match to win the Women's Championship

AJ Styles def. Dean Ambrose for the World Heavyweight Championship in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs Match

Roadblock: End of the Line
Rusev def. Big Cass via Countout
-Dumb match, interesting storyline....roles are flipped. Rusev Wins! (3 out of 10)
Sheamus and Cesaro def. The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston) w/Xavier Woods to win the Raw Tag Team Championships (7.75 out of 10)
-Fantastic match, great and logical finish, and Hell...it was great post match as well.
Sami Zayn def. Braun Strowman via Survival (6 out of 10)
-Condescending match, good storytelling....but admittedly I want more.
Seth Rollins def. Chris Jericho (6 out of 10)
-Good match, Jericho and Rollins both solid....would have been better as a featured Raw match.
Rich Swann def. T.J. Perkins and The Brian Kendrick to retain the WWE Cruiserweight Championship (5 out of 10)
-Good match, dead crowd...NEVILLE RETURNS AS A HEEL!
Charlotte def. Sasha Banks in Overtime (3-2) to win the Women's Championship in an Ironman/Ironwoman match. (7.5 out of 10)
-Glad the feud is finally ending, way to balloon the Title Reigns, fantastic last 10-15 minutes (including overtime...so basically when all the falls were counted)
Kevin Owens def. Roman Reigns via Disqualification to retain the WWE Universal Championship
-Decent match, fantastic ending to the match (even if it was a cop-out) and fantastic ending to the PPV (SHIELD LIKE THINGS!) (6.9 out of 10)

WWE UK Championship Tournament Announced
Finn Balor, William Regal, Michael Cole, Triple H involved
Nigel McGuinness brought on as a Commentator
The 16 Members of The Tournament are:
Trent Seven (Progress, Fight Club Pro)
Jack Starz
Pete Dunne (Progress, Revolution Pro, Attack Pro)
Wolfgang(ICW)
Roy Johnson
Sam Gradwell
James Drake
Jordan Devlin
Tyler Bate (progress, Fight Club Pro)
Joseph Conners (WCPW)
Tyson T. Bone
HC Dyer
Dan Moloney (Fight Club pro)
Chris Tyler
Saxon Huxley
Ringo Ryan
Tiger Ali
Tucker
Mark Andrews

Raw:
Pros: There is more prestige overall and the talent pool honestly is bigger on Raw (due to the three hour Raw). Squash matches work in this scenario. Balor, Rollins, Jericho, Zayn, Owens, the Cruiserweight Division(Swann, Neville, Gallagher), and the greater usage of Women's Wrestling branching out (Hell in a Cell, Street Fights, 2 out of 3 falls).
Cons:Storylines tend to lack quality build until PPVs, booking is very inconsistent. Lack of using talent to best extent (CESARO, ZAYN), Limited Women's Division

Smackdown:TALKING SMACK, Better usage of GM and Commissioners, Better utilization of both young and old talent (Corbin, Styles, Lynch, Bliss, Bella, Cena, etc.). Breathing new life into stale characters (Miz, Ziggler, Orton, Wyatt), Better build and payoff on storylines (Corbin/Kalisto, Miz/Ziggler, Ambrose/Ellsworth/Styles) and Still some talent being unused: Apollo Crews, Naomi. Questionable decisions on talent usage (James Ellsworth, Dean Ambrose), John Cena Booking Problem (well...the 12/27 part)

Section 1:Roster Usage:Advantage Smackdown
Section 2: Storylines: Advantage Smackdown
Section 3:Ability to reach past current viewership: Advantage Raw
Section 4:usage of talk shows and affect on product: Advantage Smackdown

Smackdown is the better show. Who would have guessed?

According To Meltzer:
Top Matches of the Year:
4.5 Stars
AJ Styles vs. Dean Ambrose TLC
#DIY vs. The Revival NxT Takeover Toronto
Dolph Ziggler vs. The Miz No Mercy
TJ Perkins vs. Kota Ibushi CWC Finals
AJ Styles vs. John Cena Summerslam
The Revival vs. #DIY NxT Takeover Brooklyn II
Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens Battleground
Kota Ibushi vs. Cedric Alexander CWC Second Round
The Miz vs. Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn vs. Cesaro Extreme Rules
Roman Reigns vs. AJ Styles Extreme Rules
Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Sami Zayn NxT Takeover Dallas
Roman Reigns vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Brock Lesnar Fastlane

4.25
The Shining Stars, Amore and Cass, Cesaro and Sheamus, Gallows and Anderson, and The New Day vs. Breezango, The Usos, American Alpha, The Hype Bros, and Heath Slater and Rhyno Survivor Series
Samoa Joe vs. Shinsuke Nakamura NxT Takeover Toronto
TJ Perkins vs. Gran Metalik CWC Finals
AJ Styles vs. Dean Ambrose Backlash
Gran Metalik vs. Akira Tozawa CWC Quarterfinals
Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Samoa Joe NxT Takeover Brooklyn II
Dean Ambrose vs. Cesaro vs. Kevin Owens vs. Chris Jericho vs. Alberto Del Rio vs. Sami Zayn Money in the Bank
AJ Styles vs. John Cena Money in the Bank
Zack Ryder vs. Stardust vs. Sin Cara vs. Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn vs. Miz vs. Dolph Ziggler Wrestlemania
Triple H vs. Dean Ambrose Roadblock
Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens Royal Rumble

4
Miz vs. Ziggler TLC
Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte Raw 11/28
Kevin Owens vs. Seth Rollins Hell in a Cell
Banks vs. Flair 10/3
Chris Jericho vs. Sami Zayn Clash of Champions
Cesaro vs. Sheamus Clash of Champions
Finn Balor vs. Seth Rollins Summerslam
Asuka vs. Bayley NxT Takeover Brooklyn II
Dean Ambrose vs. Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins Battleground
The Revival vs. American Alpha NxT Takeover The End
Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn Payback
AJ Styles vs. Sami Zayn Raw 4/11
AJ Styles vs. Kevin Owens vs. Cesaro vs. Chris Jericho Raw 4/4
Charlotte Flair vs. Becky Lynch vs. Sasha Banks Wrestlemania
American Alpha vs. The Revival NxT Takeover Dallas
AJ Styles vs. Chris Jericho Fastlane
Triple H vs. Sheamus, Ziggler, Wyatt, Del Rio, Miz, Swagger, Lesnar, Henry, Rowan, Zayn, Ambrose, Owens, Strowman, Neville, Show, Stardust, Harper, Truth, O'Neil, Kingston, Ryback, Goldust, Kane, Jericho, Axel, Breeze, Styles, Rusev,Reigns (The Royal Rumble Match)
Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Finn Balor NxT 6/24

Top 10 Matches of the Year:
1)Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Sami Zayn NxT Takeover Dallas
2) AJ Styles vs. Chris Jericho vs. Kevin Owens vs. Cesaro Raw after Wrestlemania
3)AJ Styles vs. John Cena Summerslam
4)Kota Ibushi vs. Cedric Alexander CWC Round 2
5)Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte Raw after Battleground
6)#DIY vs. The Revival NxT Takeover Toronto
7))Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens Battleground
8))The Miz vs. Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn vs. Cesaro Extreme Rules
9)Johnny Gargano vs. Tomasson Ciampa CWC Round 1
10)Dolph Ziggler vs. The Miz No Mercy


Ranking the PPVs (NxT Takeover's will be in Parenthesis)(then Best/2nd Best match of the night and Main Event)
A)(NxT Takeover Toronto (#DIY vs. The Revival in a 2 out of 3 Falls match for the NxT Tag Team Championships, Samoa Joe vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the NxT Championship)

B)(NxT Takeover Brooklyn II (The Revival vs. #DIY for the NxT Tag Team Championships, Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Samoa Joe for the NxT Championship))

C)(NxT Takeover Dallas(Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Sami Zayn, Finn Balor vs. Samoa Joe for the NxT Championship))

1D)Battleground (Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens, Dean Ambrose vs. Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship)

2E)Survivor Series (Tag Team Survivor Series elimination match, Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar)

3F)Money In the Bank (AJ Styles vs. John Cena, Seth Rollins vs. Roman Reigns for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship)

4G)Payback (Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn, Roman Reigns vs. AJ Styles for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship)

5H)Extreme Rules (The Miz vs. Cesaro vs. Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn for the IC Championship, Roman Reigns vs. AJ Styles for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship)

6I)Royal Rumble (Royal Rumble Match and Ambrose vs. Owens for the IC Championship)

7J)No Mercy (Dolph Ziggler vs. The Miss for the IC Championship in a Career vs. Title Match, Bray Wyatt vs. Randy Orton)

8K)Roadblock:End of the Line (Cesaro and Sheamus vs. The New Day, Kevin Owens vs. Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal Championship

9L)TLC (Baron Corbin vs. Kalisto in a Chairs Match, AJ Styles vs. Dean Ambrose in a TLC Match for the WWE World Championship)

10M)Summerslam (AJ Styles vs. John Cena, Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Orton)

11N)WrestleMania 32 (Zack Ryder vs. Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Dolph Ziggler, Stardust, The Miz, and Sin Cara for the IC Championship, Roman Reigns vs. Triple H for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship)

12O)Backlash (The Miz vs. Dolph Ziggler for the IC Championship, AJ Styles vs. Dean Ambrose for the WWE World Championship)

P)(NxT Takeover The End(The Revival vs. American Alpha for the NxT Tag Team Championships, Samoa Joe vs. Finn Balor for the NxT Championship in a Cage Match))

13Q)Hell in a Cell (Kevin Owens vs. Seth Rollins in a Hell in the Cell Universal Championship match, Charlotte Flair vs. Sasha Banks in a Hell in a Cell Women's Championship Match)

14R)Fastlane (AJ Styles vs. Chris Jericho, Roman Reigns vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Brock Lesnar)

15S)Clash of Champions (Cesaro vs. Sheamus Match 7, Kevin Owens vs. Seth Rollins for the WWE Universal Championship)

16T)Roadblock (The Revival vs. Enzo and Cass for the NxT Tag Team Championships, Triple H vs. Dean Ambrose for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship)


Royal Rumble
30 Man Royal Rumble: Goldberg, Brock Lesnar, Kofi Kingston, Big E, Xavier Woods, Chris Jericho all entered.
NxT Takeover: San Antonio
Bobby Roode vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the NxT Championship