#7 Aleister Black
Though he's been overshadowed by Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa, Aleister Black has very quietly put together a spectacular 2018. A participant in several of WWE's best matches this year, he also managed to make the best of a bad situation and get involved in one of the hottest angles of the year, which was spun because of his unfortunate injury. It all culminated in another match of the year candidate at TakeOver: War Games II.
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And his year might well not be done. He has a steel cage match with Gargano coming up this month. There might just be one more match of the year candidate in him just before the final bell of 2018.
That we wonder about this so close to the end of the year, in a month that's normally quiet for WWE, tells us all we need to know about Aleister Black as a performer. He's proved it all year.