Year in Review: Top 10 WWE Superstars in 2013

Like every other year in the WWE, 2013 also came with some great moments. We witnessed some great matches, some talented stars making impressive debuts and some old stars returning and show us that they have still got it. This year too came up with its own highs and lows but in the end we’ll remember the year by these superstars’ names:

Honorable Mentions: The Real Americans, Rob Van Dam, AJ Lee and Damien Sandow

10. The Wyatt Family

This team comprising of three of the most creepiest wrestlers in WWE’s recent history left their mark on the fans despite a late debut. With Luke Harper and Erick Rowan’s strength and Bray Wyatt’s mic skills, this group has been impressing everyone since their debut.

In each of their matches, these guys have delivered big time performances, and their current feud with Daniel Bryan has already produced some great matches and moments.

We can expect them to dominate the WWE for quite long in 2014 and hope for match between them and The Shield.

9. Big E. Langston

Langston was just a bodyguard for Dolph Ziggler and AJ Lee in the beginning of this year but soon he came out of it on his own and didn’t take time to win the Intercontinental Championship.

He is big but unlike many other heavyweights he has the ability to move fast, which when mixed up with his strength makes him one of the most talented rising stars in the WWE.

The audience loves him and in the last weeks he has emerged as a main event superstar, and if his current form continues he will soon eclipse many big superstars of the company.

8. Dolph Ziggler

This could have been Ziggler’s year if he had remained the World Heavyweight Champion a little longer, rather he suffered a concussion and got relegated from the main event spot, back to the mid-card.

Despite this, Ziggler delivered some of his great performances and was a popular babyface among the fans, and with his talent to put up a great match he can actually make 2014 his year. Ziggler can be the real deal in 2014.

7. The Rhodes Brothers

Cody Rhodes didn’t have a good time for a major part of this year. Unlike 2012, he didn’t hold a championship, his partner Sandow betrayed on him at Money in the Bank, and later he lost his job.

But, teaming up with his brother, Goldust, proved to be the turning point as the Rhodes brothers came together to not only regain their jobs but also win the tag team titles from The Shield. They brought back significance to the tag titles and delivered some of the best tag matches in recent years and sometimes even involved in the main event matches.

We know that they will eventually lose the titles, break up, and lead toward their feud. Until then let’s enjoy their great tag team performances.

6. Alberto Del Rio

Alberto definitely had a good year. He was the World Heavyweight Champion for the longest time, retained his title on many occasions, against stars such as Rob Van Dam, Christian and Big Show, ultimately losing it to John Cena, with whom he delivered another good match.

He was good both as a face and a heel. Many wouldn’t have noticed Alberto’s impact this year but his achievements and performance this year put him in the list.

5. The Shield

2013 was expected to be only a debut year for The Shield, but Ambrose, Reigns and Rollins emerged as the most dominating superstars in the WWE.

Not only they wrestled with the best in the WWE, but also brought them down and went on to win the Tag Team titles and the U.S. title. They are currently the best stable in the modern WWE era, and their winning the highest number of Slammy Awards proves this.

The group will eventually break up, but until then we can enjoy their awesome performances every night.

4. John Cena

Although, he couldn’t unify the titles at TLC, Cena still had a good year overall. He won the Royal Rumble, won the WWE Championship from The Rock at WrestleMania and won the Heavyweight Championship from Del Rio.

Despite staying out of action for some months, Cena had a championship around his waist for a major portion of the year and despite the boos he gets from the fans he is still the top contender for Orton’s title.

3. Randy Orton

Orton didn’t start 2014 his way, but in the end he has got all the big gold. Returning as a heel not only made him the WWE World Heavyweight Champion but also the face of the company.

For a long time he was kept out from the top of the WWE, but defeating the best superstars, winning the Money in the Bank and unifying the titles put him back where he was before.

Despite being tagged as boring, the WWE Heavyweight Champion is everybody’s target entering 2014, after the title unification there is only one big title in the company for which there are several challengers, this explains that 2014 is going to be the most challenging year for the “Viper.”

It will be exciting to see that for how long he will be able to hold on to the title and the top spot. 2014 will be his testing year.

2. CM Punk

Punk spent most part of the year with Paul Heyman, initially as his “guy” and later as his enemy. Heyman brought a great heel out of Punk, and also a great face. Punk’s ability to play both roles of heel and face with the same charisma makes him a top performer of 2013.

His memorable matches with The Undertaker, The Rock and Brock Lesnar and his mic skills were second to none. There aren’t much wrestlers who are as much talented as him and if he is booked well by the WWE, then he won’t find it tough to repeat his achievements in 2014. A possible Royal Rumble winner as well.

1. Daniel Bryan

The most talented, most delivering and most loved superstar of the year 2013 is Daniel Bryan. A man of his size outperformed every big superstar in the company.

Despite the large amount of opposition that Bryan had to deal with, he still performed his best and went against the odds to win the WWE Championship twice; both the reigns were very short though.

He doesn’t have the best mic skills but after a long time someone was able to liven up the crowds. Thinking how well Bryan performed even when luck wasn’t in his favor throughout 2013, we can expect him to repeat his heroics in 2014 and this time reign as the champion for a much longer time.