10 most valuable WWE players of 2018

#1 Tommaso Ciampa

Good as Becky Lynch has been, the winner of WWE's 2018 MVP award was never in any doubt.

A year ago, Tommaso Ciampa was on the shelf with an ACL injury, which often ends careers. Instead, Ciampa used his to take his to a level few manage to reach. Ciampa emerged at NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia in January, haunted Johnny Gargano for months, had a couple of the best matches of all time in April and June, and went on to win the NXT Championship in one of the most shocking moments in the yellow brand's history a month later.

Finishing 2018 off with yet another match of the year contender with Velveteen Dream, he is without question WWE's most compelling character, and one of the greatest heels in the company's history.

All within the course of a year.

Ciampa has become such a big deal that it will truly be a massive, monumental moment when he finally loses the NXT Championship, and one of the defining episodes of 2019. It will likely come on WrestleMania weekend.

I'm in no rush to see it happen, though. Ciampa is too good for that. He has a lot yet to do as champion, and he should start 2019 as hot as ever. He truly is the main event and makes things feel far more important just by his mere presence.

CIAMPA. IS. NXT. pic.twitter.com/nLlmF2ai3g

— BLACKHEART (@ProjectCiampa) December 9, 2018