10 Most Popular WWE Smackdown Live Wrestlers According to Google Trends Web Search

It is always interesting to analyze numbers related to our favorite WWE superstars. Smackdown Live boasts a roster full of several top stars. But, who are the most popular wrestlers on the show? As a sequel to the similar list for Monday Night Raw; here, we look at the top ten most searched wrestlers worldwide over the past 12 months according to Google Trends Web search on the blue brand.

This can to a certain extent be considered synonymous to the level of interest people have in these superstars and can also somewhat be considered an index of their relative popularities. Precisely, it shows how much the superstar was searched about on the Internet over the past twelve months. The following list includes only wrestlers from the official WWE. com page for Smackdown Live! superstars. Thus, it does not consider people like Triple H, John Cena, The Rock, The Undertaker and even people like Corey Graves as they are not wrestlers.

#10 Daniel Bryan

Daniel Bryan is one of modern WWE's successful babyface megastars. Fans of different ages and tastes love him alike. He doesn't represent someone who was chosen to be at the top. He is someone all of us forced the management to push to the top. He thrives on the love the fans have for him and never fails to impress them. The kind of emotions he evokes from a crowd is very rare in this day and age. His return to wrestling has been an emotional tale of passion for one's craft making one work the hardest one can be able to do what injury had forbidden one from. Even after three years of being inactive as a wrestler, Daniel Bryan still manages to be one of the most searched Smackdown superstars. Yes! that is truly commendable.

#9 Carmella

Carmella and Daniel Bryan have been equally searched over the past twelve months. However, she has been placed above him as she is more searched the last time their graphs deviated as on 12 September 2018. Anyone may overtake the other any time soon.

Carmella has seen a career surge in 2018. Things have gone uphill for her ever since she cashed in her Money in the Bank contract to defeat Charlotte Flair and become Smackdown Women's champion for the first time in her career. During the course of her three-month reign, she defeated Charlotte clean and also got the better of Asuka on two separate occasions. Although the quality of these contests from an in-ring perspective was a bit tepid, her confidence and consistent character work supported by good microphone skills made her connect well with the audience.

Even after losing the championship to Charlotte recently (in a pretty decent match though), her pairing with R-Truth seems to be fresh and interesting. It wasn't long ago when she was considered the weakest wrestler amongst the trio she was a part of in NXT, but now her position on the roster and on this list shows the incredible progress she has made since then. Her catchphrase "Mella is Money" is therefore quite true.

#8 Shinsuke Nakamura

Shinsuke Nakamura is WWE's most searched wrestler in Japan. He also has a lot of fans in other parts of the world. He is one of the most charismatic and unique wrestlers in WWE today. His heel turn has refreshed his character and he has excelled in his new role. His awesome entrance music, astounding character work, and enchanting wrestling style have endeared him to millions of people all over the world. Although he hasn't lived up to expectations in terms of in-ring action recently, his place on this list is indicative of his success.

#7 Asuka

Asuka is WWE's best female in-ring performer. She is fantastic at selling moves and has had a lot of great matches during her tenure. Her undefeated streak and Royal Rumble victory made her a pillar of the Women's division and made her popular amongst the fans. Although ever since she lost to Charlotte Flair her booking has been irksome, she is just too talented to succumb to it for long. Her position on this list is a good reminder to WWE on what they are missing out on by booking her like a fool. She is definitely an Empress just waiting for her tomorrow on the main roster.

#6 Jeff Hardy

Jeff Hardy is a medical marvel. The fact that he still wrestles full time after almost killing himself time and time again for almost twenty years is miraculous, to say the least. His high flying moves, his fearless attitude and an incredible amount of charisma have kept him immensely popular with the fans over the years. Usually, superstars who spend a considerable portion of their careers outside Vince McMahon's regime are not that high on Google Trends. This is because they are viewed by a much lesser number of people and casual fans slowly lose interest in them. However, the seven years Jeffrey spent outside WWE haven't stopped him from making his mark on this list. It has always been delightful to watch and the fact that we still get to witness him wrestle is just 'wonderful'.

#5 Charlotte Flair

Charlotte has been the face of the Women's division for over two years now. She surprised everyone by breaking Asuka's undefeated streak at WrestleMania this year. She also recently won a triple threat to become Women's Champion for a record-equalling 7th time if we consider her Divas title run and first ever Women's title run as separate. Although her character was better received as a heel, she has also been successful as a babyface, especially with the children who bring posters to Smackdown shows in her support. Being, the daughter of perhaps the greatest superstar ever, she had a lot to live up to. She has more than done that and continues to impress fans with her solid in-ring skills; more distinctively her astonishing athleticism. No wonder people like to Google about her.

#4 A.J. Styles

A. J. Styles is probably the best on the planet today. He is simply phenomenal at everything he does. Despite being new to WWE, he has been immensely popular with the fans. His reign with the company's top prize has also been very successful. On top of all this, he is also one of the most hardworking performers in the company. Even at his age he performs at a high level every week and rewards us with tremendous matches.

Styles recently surpassed JBL to become the longest reigning Smackdown exclusive World Champion ever. Although superstars with a rich WWE past tend to be much more searched on Google, A.J. Styles has still managed to make his mark. He more than deserves to be the cover superstar of WWE 2k19 and be ranked so high on this list.

#3 The Miz

The Miz is a true superstar. He was always great on the microphone and had great character work, but he has worked incredibly hard to become the solid in-ring performer he is today. Whenever the Miz is on television, entertainment is a guarantee. His promos, in my opinion, are on par with those of The Rock and Chris Jericho. He always finds a way to make anything and everything he is involved in interesting. His larger than life enthusiasm and dedication to his work have made him earn the respect of even the hardcore fans who earlier were quite vocal about their disdain for him. He more than deserves to be at this position and as he is still in his prime, it wouldn't be surprising if he tops this list one day.

#2 Randy Orton

Randy Orton is well suited to be at the top of this list. He has been in the WWE main event scene for almost all of his 16-year tenure and is extremely popular with the fans. The despite being 15 years old still gets a great reaction whenever it is hit owing to Orton's picture-perfect execution of the move. He is cheered by fans even when he's a bad guy, which he thankfully is right now. Being a thirteen-time world champion and a two time Royal Rumble match winner have made Orton one of the most prolific and prominent WWE superstars of all time. He would top this list if only image search was considered or only India was considered, but in terms of Web search, there is one superstar who was searched more over the past twelve months.

#1 Kane

Yes, that is correct. The most searched Smackdown superstar is none other than the Big Red Machine. It's astonishing to find Kane here after everything WWE has done to ruin him. He was pretty good in the ring for a man his size for a long time. He has wrestled more WWE/F matches than anybody else and also boasts the same for pay-per-view matches. He has never in his career been involved in any sort of real-life controversy and has always brought nothing but good reputation to the company through his work outside of it. On top of this, no one ever has had a bad word to say about him in real life and he is considered to be one of the nicest and most respected people in WWE. Despite this over his 23-year career he had more kayfabe girlfriends than world title reigns, has been given some of the worst storylines to work with and has never won a Royal Rumble match or been in the main event of WrestleMania. He has always been used as someone to put over the top few stars; something he has always selflessly obliged to do. In spite of all this, he has had one of the best characters ever and his sheer commitment to his work has made him immensely popular amongst the fans. His recent mayoral victory speaks volumes of his dedication for whatever he does. In the absolute twilight of his career, Kane still remains to be an asset for the WWE. The fact that even at this stage of his career and despite making so few appearances recently he tops this list is both surprising and extremely inspiring.