Ranking every main roster PPV of 2017

#1 Royal Rumble (January 29)

Fun matches, fun night.

More by the process of elimination than a clear victory, the Royal Rumble emerges as the strongest main roster PPV of 2017.

The Royal Rumble match itself can always be counted on for fun, even if the endings in recent years have been sour ones. Randy Orton's victory by last eliminating Roman Reigns gave the fans something to be happy about in that moment at least, even if he wasn't the guy that needed that win the most.

The real highlights of the show were the two title matches. Roman Reigns and Kevin Owens had a very enjoyable, chaotic, no disqualification match for the Universal Championship. The shark cage with Chris Jericho inside was a bit of a distraction, but it generally didn't make the match any worse. Afterward, we saw John Cena defeat AJ Styles for the WWE Championship in the best main roster match of the year. Contrasting well with the car crash of Reigns and Owens, this one was a display of work rate wizardry. Its biggest flaw, if it can be called that, was the finisher spam, but that's, unfortunately, par for the course in WWE these days. The audience in the Alamodome was entranced, giving both performers, even Cena, a unanimous standing ovation.

The undercard also featured some strong matches in Charlotte vs. Bayley and Neville vs. Rich Swann, where the former would become the new Cruiserweight Champion and begin his dominant run.

With good matches and not many glaring weaknesses to speak of, the Royal Rumble takes the gold medal.