The 10 best WWE matches of 2019

#1 Daniel Bryan vs. Kofi Kingston (WrestleMania 35)

It all came down to this. This might not have been the most technically sound match of the year, though, with Daniel Bryan and Kofi Kingston in there, it certainly didn't lack. Rather, this was the culmination of a great story in the most magical of all places in WWE, which did everything it could to enhance the moment.

Kofi Kingston's 11-year journey was compelling enough, but it was enhanced even more by callbacks to Bryan's own journey five years earlier. Now, the tables had turned and Bryan was playing the role of antagonist.

There was some high drama in the home stretch, with the SOS being turned into the Lebelle Lock. Kofi Kingston dared Bryan to kick him. The New Day and Rowan's brawls outside added to the atmosphere of urgency.

Finally, after it looked like another LeBell Lock would put Kofi out, he miraculously escaped. He would hit Trouble in Paradise and, after 11 years of wandering and months of heartbreak, became WWE Champion.

The aftermath was just as emotional, with the celebration in the ring including his New Day brothers and his two young sons.

The rise of Kofi Kingston was certainly accidental, but WWE took advantage of the opportunity it gave them. This was a feel-good story that you rarely see in today's WWE, calling back the best of WrestleMania in the 1980s. For its technical soundness and its execution of the climax of this red hot story, this was WWE's best match of 2019.