2017 Superstar Report Card: The SmackDown Live roster (30 to 11)

#16 Shane McMahon

"The prospect of AJ Styles versus Shane McMahon does absolutely nothing for me," said commentator Corey Graves on WWE Network show ‘Bring It To The Table’ shortly before WrestleMania 33.

With many sharing Corey’s opinion, the pressure was well and truly on for Shane O’Mac when he met Styles at “The Show of Shows”, but not only did he prove his doubters wrong, the two had Match of the Night. Oh, and he jumped off the 20ft-high Hell In A Cell again in October!

Grade: B-

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#15 Shinsuke Nakamura

Let’s face it, SmackDown Live hasn’t been a great year for major star power in 2017, which is why someone as horribly misused as Shinsuke Nakamura still features as high as 15th despite his massively underwhelming first year on the main roster.

There have been a few positives – his clean victories over John Cena and Randy Orton, for example – but if his 2017 was judged on storylines alone and not his incredible talent, he’d probably get an F.

Grade: B-