Ranking and grading every WWE PPV in 2020 (WrestleMania onwards)

WWE has had an eventful 2020, to say the least.
WWE has had an eventful 2020, to say the least.

#1 WWE WrestleMania 36

This list ends where it truly began. The first WWE pay-per-view of the 'Pandemic Era', WrestleMania had to be shifted from a packed stadium to an empty gym in a matter of weeks. The way WWE laid the event out was as good as it could have been under the dire circumstances. Among the changes made was the expansion to two nights - Saturday and Sunday.

The action was split with eight matches on both nights, although a few of them did not seem WrestleMania-worthy. That being said, this was still an incredible and unique experience. Night One was headlined by the excellent Boneyard Match between The Undertaker and AJ Styles, the first cinematic match WWE produced this year. Undertaker looked like himself again, with this being the perfect match for him to go out on.

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It also featured a brutal RAW Women's title match between Becky Lynch and Shayna Baszler - The Man's last before her pregnancy - as well as an all-action Ladder Match between John Morrison, Kofi Kingston, and Jimmy Uso. Meanwhile, Daniel Bryan vs. Sami Zayn for the Intercontinental title could have been better.

Kevin Owens got his WrestleMania moment by diving from a giant 'Mania sign onto Seth Rollins before Braun Strowman won the Universal title in a short match against Goldberg. Night Two was also pretty enjoyable, kicking off with a great showing by Charlotte Flair and Rhea Ripley for the NXT Women's title, despite its questionable result.

While Otis and Mandy Rose finally became a couple, Edge and Randy Orton had an intense and overly long Last Man Standing brawl. Bayley defended her SmackDown Women's title in a fun multi-woman match, before the wonderfully unique Firefly Fun House Match between John Cena and The Fiend. Cena's WWE career was deconstructed through various plot points, with a lot of inside jokes being told.

The final match of WrestleMania 36 saw Drew McIntyre pin Brock Lesnar in a matter of minutes, to win the WWE Championship. While there were no fans to witness it, this was an especially special moment. McIntyre was set to lead WWE into the trying times ahead, as the company successfully put smiles on people's faces with an entertaining broadcast.

It wasn't a normal WrestleMania, but WWE did everything possible to make it feel like one. That - along with the moments delivered across the weekend - makes WrestleMania 36 the best pay-per-view since fans stopped coming to shows. Nothing in WWE following this two-night extravaganza has been able to top it.

Grade: A

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Edited by Kaushik Das
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