Ranking every WWE PPV in 2019 from worst to best

#5 Extreme Rules

Almost every match clicked.

Fresh off the announcements of Paul Heyman and Eric Bischoff as the executive directors of RAW and SmackDown respectively, the WWE Universe was buzzing with excitement. Some of the buzz carried over to the Extreme Rules pay-per-view. While WWE had to conclude some unappealing storylines, they did so in the best way possible. The Undertaker returned to redeem himself following his Super ShowDown disaster, teaming with Roman Reigns to defeat Drew McIntyre and Shane McMahon in an Extreme Rules tag team match.

Various matches impressed, including Cesaro vs. Aleister Black and The Usos vs. The Revival. However, some other highly-anticipated matches failed to live up to expectations. AJ Styles vs. Ricochet for the United States Championship was good but not great, while Kofi Kingston and Samoa Joe's WWE Championship match failed to engage the WWE Universe.

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#4 Survivor Series

The crowd was electric for this.

The inclusion of NXT in Survivor Series surely spiced things up and made the show much more exciting. The black-and-gold brand's rise to prominence could be classed as one of the highlights of 2019, starting with the post-Crown Jewel episode of SmackDown. We saw a number of triple threats, with the champions of RAW, SmackDown and NXT going head-to-head-to-head, as well as 15-person elimination tag team matches, for both the men and the women. In the end, WWE did a pretty great job.

The show made stars out of Rhea Ripley and Keith Lee, while Adam Cole and Pete Dunne shared a tremendous Takeover-style NXT Title match on a main roster pay-per-view. It was incredible. Brock Lesnar also had an enjoyable No Holds Barred match against Rey Mysterio, who almost pulled off the upset with help from his son, Dominic. Unfortunately, the show ended on a bit of a down note as the triple threat match between Becky Lynch, Shayna Baszler, and Bayley was not on the level that people expected it to be.