Ranking every WWE pay-per-view in 2018 from worst to best

#2 Royal Rumble

What a huge ending to a historic pay-per-view.

Last year's Royal Rumble was actually really good, but it is easy to forget that because of the aftermath of both the winners. Shinsuke Nakamura and Asuka both ended up losing their WrestleMania title matches and endured sticky spells over the course of the year. But at the time, they were both excellent winners. For almost a decade WWE fans had been left frustrated over the winner of the Royal Rumble match, but here they got two great winners in the same night! The card for this show beyond the male and female 30-person staples was not exactly that strong. AJ Styles retained his WWE Championship in a handicap match against Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn, while Brock Lesnar kept his big red belt following a standard triple threat with Braun Strowman and Kane.

The night did belong to the two Rumble matches though. The men's Royal Rumble was one of the best in a while, as we saw Nakamura win the whole thing from the previously unlucky number 14. Surprise entrants included NXT stars Andrade 'Cien' Almas and Adam Cole, with the former NXT Champion having a particularly strong showing. The biggest surprise, however, was Rey Mysterio entering at number 27 and shocking everyone. He looked amazing and lasted until the final six. After such a great match on the undercard, the first ever all women's Royal Rumble had to deliver. And deliver it did. We saw a whole bunch of female legends making (not so) surprise appearances and mixing it up with the talent of today. Asuka won the match and stood tall, but the main talking point was the monumental debut that followed.

Ronda Rousey made her WWE debut to cap off a history-making night for the women of WWE. Honestly, there could have been no bigger way to end the Royal Rumble pay-per-view and that makes it so close to being the best show of 2018. It would take a greater achievement of the talented ladies of WWE to top what they did in Philadelphia on January 28th, and they ended up doing it.