The 10 best WWE matches of 2019

#3 WALTER vs. Tyler Bate (NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff)

It's a shame that this took place on the same day as AEW's All Out, which led to its being overlooked somewhat. As far as technical matches go, this was the best showing in all of WWE in 2019.

Tyler Bate has long been known as one of the strongest pound-for-pound wrestlers in the company and he showed it off here, trying to use all of that strength to overcome the ~100-pound weight difference between him and the champion.

It didn't work. Bate had his explosive bouts of energy, but WALTER brutalized him each and every time he tried to summon something. One brutal chop or stomp was all it took to turn the scales and return control to WALTER, who makes them look better than anybody else.

That one final clothesline at the end which sucked all the energy out of the crowd summed it all up. Tyler Bate fought like a Spartan at Thermopylae, but eventually, it wasn't enough, and he was ground down by superior resources.