Ranking every main roster PPV of 2017

#13 No Mercy (September 24)

Hype not lived up to.

This was very much a one match show. The tag team championship match between Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose vs. Cesaro and Sheamus, was as customary, excellent (and still fresh at that time). Everything else was flat and that's what makes it so egregious. This show felt like the RAW-exclusive WrestleMania, with two main events that were indeed worthy of the Show of Shows, as Michael Cole took pains to beat into our heads during the build. The fact that it didn't live up to those expectations, seemingly by design, is just another depressing example of how often this company gets in its own way.

The nadir was when Neville defended his Cruiserweight Championship Enzo Amore in a losing endeavour. It was a 10-minute snoozefest, with Enzo eventually winning the strap with a low blow and a roll-up. It was a depressing end to Neville's dominant run.

Aside from that, Jason Jordan's terrible gimmick was exposed once again after his failure to capture the Intercontinental Championship from The Miz, as he was serenaded with boos during a post-match interview.

Nia Jax put on the best performance of her career in a fatal 5-way match for the RAW women's championship, but it was all squandered in the weeks afterwards thanks to bad booking, and Bayley took the pin, completing an anticlimactic comeback from injury.

Finn Balor beat Bray Wyatt in a match that would only continue their awful feud.

Finally, there were the disappointing main events. John Cena vs. Roman Reigns started off slow and ended with the former "guy" looking all washed up against the current "guy," with no other real story being told, squandering what could have been a mega-match. Then came the biggest disappointment when Brock Lesnar engaged in yet another slow, mailed-in Suplex City match against Braun Strowman, which nearly succeeded in halting the momentum of the hottest act in the company. Fans went in expecting a war between the two based on their incredible performance at SummerSlam and got a dud.

If there was a "biggest disappointment" Slammy, No Mercy would take it.