Ranking EVERY WWE Premium Live Event in 2023 (WWE Tier List)

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[@MrSantiZap]

Sorry for the editing errors :(. Working on fixing these. Still - enjoy!

[@tekkenaddict1]

Please don't hurt the editor

[@tupapi0179]

Mr Santi can you upload the 100k special 🆘🆘

[@jax6958]

Beat the editors candy ass 😂

[@Mr.DontOverThinkIt]

Santi you know you're too smexy to have editing errors ruin a video

[@ShotsofVictory]

Did the editor escape again?

[@alvarolizaraso9512]

I got back into watching wrestling this year after a 7-year break. Treated myself to tickets for the first and last main roster PLEs of the year. The Rumble was a blast and, obviously, I still get chills thinking about that magical night in Chicago. Wrestling has undoubtedly become a cherished part of my life once again. What a year.

[@LavishDgoat]

Literally the same for me. I left it back in 2018. Came back to it with Rumble 23 and I'm absolutely loving it again.

[@liftinwitmarcus7625]

Same here dude I started back this year, left in 08-09ish. I love wrestling again✊🏾

[@TLG__]

i started watching again this year after stopping in 2016

[@scullyplays3992]

Same man, back in for first time for 8 years. It’s incredible.

[@dillonkimbrell1441]

i started back after a 5-10 year break last year or the year before. and this year and some of last year, Ive felt like a kid again. the roster is at a peak right now, and its been fun watching on and keep up with raw and smackdown. it now feels like a smackdown vs. raw for me. like which show is going to be better this week. very similar to how i felt back in the early 2000s. the only thing, i wish they would introduce mid card womens titles and each show have a pair of tag titles.

[@pauldenton7669]

Triple H booking this year has me so excited for years to come as a new fan

[@Superduperjxy]

I was in the crowd for summerslam and ofc it’s a stadium show and the acoustics plays a factor but the crowd was definitely into most of the matches throughout the night. And most definitely one of the biggest pops of the night came from the Rollins and Balor match at the end, but I think summerslam was fine this year and definitely don’t think it was trash.

[@pleaseshutup7053]

It was trash

[@sady5096]

lol kid

[@mc_819]

i agree

[@BloodeeJacob]

@sady5096 lol he’s a kid because he liked the match and could actually speak to what it was like in the audience?

[@sady5096]

@@BloodeeJacob kid

[@barrackokoth5595]

With Backlash going to France next year, I think the WWE should make Backlash an international PPV and take the show to outside audiences at least often.

[@dillonkimbrell1441]

i think it would be awesome to see some ppvs in Australia, Ireland, and possibly Germany. Could you imagine a crowd watch Finn, Becky, and Sheamus?!

[@MekhiWilson24]

@@dillonkimbrell1441Australia is getting Elimination Chamber and Germany is getting Bash in Berlin. Both in 2024

[@dillonkimbrell1441]

@@MekhiWilson24 ahh so Perth is Australia. didnt even think to look it up. thanks for the clarification!

[@zanethind]

Very true and I honestly think they should do that with other PLEs too. Also Baron Corbin is apparently so over in France that he literally should be on the Backlash ple this year too

[@zanethind]

​@@dillonkimbrell1441 honestly this has already happened with the NXT UK stars and their takeover ppvs and my god was it so over it just reminds you of how Summerslam in England when British Bulldog was over. I really wish they did more outside of the US because they always say that one city in the US hasn't seen this ple in over a decade and honestly I don't care about that stat because it doesn't matter imo you should put your popular stars in international waters to get that market going and its popularity and its only really failed with India and I'm sorry I know India has a big fan base for wrestling and Bryan Strowman is more over than the Great Khali and Jinder Mahal in India imo and WWE did even feature Braun going to India and we all saw him being loved more than Jinder but yeah dip your toe in the international waters that want you because it'll benefit because you can come back to the US anytime and it doesn't have to be every year

[@blainechaney8617]

Glad to see you included the NXT PLEs. You’re such an ambassador for NXT, I wish you would make more videos covering it because NXT really has been great all year.

[@MlungisiNkosi-pe5gd]

Facts ❤NXT has been Great all year 🔥🔥💯

[@uchutv2386]

Hot take: Cody vs brock at summerslam was the best match for me. It was your not so typical wrestling match that was unique and the match had storytelling in it itself. The match doesnt really begin until cody can get into the ring to fight brock which ive never seen in my 10 years of watching wrestling. It was great and the crowd was definitely into it.

[@acdctc117]

Hot take for a reason that match sucked hard the match wasn’t unique it’s similar to the lesnar vs cena extreme rules with lesnar dominating until the end and Cody should’ve been disqualified for the step shot

[@BlaxkSun]

So like John Cena?

[@drewgoff652]

I thought the story was pretty dumb actually. Brock kept throwing Cody out of the ring doing the whole "I don't wanna do this to you just give up" as if he hasn't been randomly attacking him for months

[@colonelmustard5248]

Did the same thing against Seth at wrestlmania in like 17 or 18 or something

[@teemimika7105]

The funniest thing is we still don't know why Brock attacks Cody to this day and the most memorable thing about their feuds is Brock sausage hanging because of ripped shorts 😂💀

[@ruffin207]

The backlash crown made that PLE 🔥🔥🔥 even though it had the weakest card.

[@ThisGuyTomTV]

I was sitting front row for Deadline and I also really enjoyed the Iron Survivor matches. Most of the other matches were okay, wasn't big on the Lexis King/Carmello Hayes match tbh. The opening segment with HBK and CM Punk did get me mad hyped though. Wrestlemania Night 1 was my definite favorite PLE for this year

[@andreassvensson724]

2024 has all the potential to be the best year in WWE in a long time

[@zanethind]

And it's already looking like that

[@bl0opsytv13]

I went to deadline and lemme tell you, the crowd was electric one of the most hype crowds I’ve ever been apart of! Roxanne Perez vs Kiana James was so boring but the rest of the card was insanely good!

[@WWE4LlFE]

WHOOP THAT TRICK

[@kyecleaver]

The kickoff match with Frazier and axiom at deadline was one of the best kickoff matches I've seen.

[@coax5071]

as usual pretty much spot on althought i think u missed BAD on mania night 2. That night had match of the year (ic title match), Roman v Cody which result opinion aside was a FANTASTIC match, edge v finn balor was ALSO an insanely underrated match in my opinion and delivered super well. I feel like putting it in MEH is a bit much. Night 1 may have been better but night 2 was by NO means meh

[@dollabills5824]

This is spot on. Really irks me how people rate the match so low because they’re salty about the ending. I get it. You wanted Cody to win. Doesn’t change the fact that it was a genuine masterpiece of a match. Justice for mania night 2

[@terminator_405]

I was at WrestleMania in person this year and I've been to better house shows with a crowd of 5k people than WrestleMania night 2. Omos matches are throwaway and having omas lose to lesnar took away the possibility of WWE building another monster with Lesnar slowly fading out of the WWE, the 4 way womens tag team match was completely forgettable as in I can't remember a single spot from the match and was filler, the raws womens championship match was totally overshadowed by how good Rhea and charlottes match was night one, The only good match was the IC title match without this there may have been a riot and demands for refunds, At some point the miz had a filler comedy section and shane mcmahon got injured and snoop dogg had to do a sloppy peoples elbow, Finn Balor's match was almost ended prematurely due to the gash in his head and then Finn went on to lose for the 15th time in a row at a PLE or whatever his record was to a guy that wrestled one more match before leaving the WWE, The main event match was great, but having Solo banned from ringside only to return was an objectively dumb finish whether Cody lost or not the ending was written poorly. Immediately after the match no one stuck around and the following night Los Angeles was given the possibly worst raw after mania which really felt like a continuation of WrestleMania night 2.

[@tharukaepaarachchi814]

Agreed Night 2 is not by any means meh it wasn't better than Night 1 but I thought Night 2 was really good. Also yeah people just forget how good the match between Roman and Cody was because of its ending.

[@mezianikhaled7390]

Santi appeared in WWE the last month more than roman

[@xLanzer]

Umm... Man, I feel like you still don't understand Jimmy Uso's betrayal. The reason WAS MEANT to be stupid, because it was a lie. Jimmy did it because he was jealous and knew he couldn't do it on his own. That's why he went back to The Bloodline. It's very simple.

[@atfearscrow]

I took a small break from wwe during Covid and I came back this last rumble and this year was fucking crazy but the first thing I realized was Gunther was a absolute super star I hadn’t heard of him before this rumble and I saw him and I realized that he was a monster and beast and an amazing wrestler

[@coolreigns6537]

Keep it up Santi always keeping me entertained

[@jakubsokol7301]

I was at the Money in the Bank PPV this year. It felt so special to be there and witness live in person Roman Reigns being pinned for the first time since 2019. It was truly a blessing!

[@jordygarcia3119]

I was at SummerSlam this year and I’ve got to say the crowd was HOT, unfortunate it didn’t translate to the broadcast

[@tyleraccardo8473]

I might start watching wwe again. Santi is the soul reason I might. Dude is an incredible hype man, really gets u pumped for this show. Might renew my subscription this royal rumble

[@CausiCoasters81]

Saying Seth vs Finn from Summerslam wasn’t that good is definitely a stretch. To me it was an incredible match.

[@fcwars7968]

Money in the Bank was Hall of Fame category for me. Maybe because I was in the crowd so a bit bias but cmon the crowd made the show HoF

[@lohitsai12]

During Sami vs Roman at elimination chamber. When these 2 just stared each other for over 8 mins. The crowd never stopped chanting 'Sami' and 'Roman sucks' 'Fu*k u Roman' It wasn't just Montreal, Sami had insane pops at Royal Rumble, Raw, Smackdown, Wm night 1. If Sami would've beaten Roman at wm, the crowd pop would've been insane cuz Sami was the biggest face in all wrestling not just WWE, even when Cody won the rumble.

[@malachihall-_-4123]

Can’t believe he forgot nia jax’sincredible botched return 😂

[@nxndii]

Jimmys heel turn on Jey at sunmerslam didn’t make sense to me at the time but now seeing him finding some semblance of success as a comedic character, makes me glad he made the heel turn, he’s really cooking as the goofy b movie villain character in my eyes

[@yfromny2970]

You could tell santi been on the grind look at the bags under his eyes

[@xBaeRS]

would like to see something similar to the slammy awards but maybe called the santi awards/santis/santiz - male/female wrestler of the year, match(es) of the year, rookie of the year, comback of the year, etc. Maybe include a community section and run youtube/twitter/social media polls

[@delawson1234]

Video Idea: Can you do a tier list video about the mic skills of the women on Raw,Smackdown, and NXT? Also, you could do the same for the mens as well.

[@jaydenb8833]

I was in ford field for summerslam, that crowd was not dead at all except for that Ronda vs Shayna match

[@DatPhatLlama]

Elimination chamber is a dope match especially the matches from when it was first introduced up to the point they padded the steal floor 💪🏽

[@AbdullahSediqi23]

You should make an nxt tier list for each year it was around. Base it off the roster, the PLEs, matches, and promos. I like the Adam Cole/Andrade/gargano/black era the most

[@kingvampstan]

My fav year for NXT would have to be 2019, to early 2020. That show to me, was the peak of NXT on USA.

[@Concertvideos-vy4ed]

For me would be 2018 era.

[@EliteFireWrestling]

That LA Knight win was so special because it was his first win in so long. This marked the beginning of his push, even if it was just a battle Royal.

[@ConnorGordonRock]

While I was studying abroad in the UK, I saw Smackdown and MITB in London, which was the week of my birthday. The atmosphere was indescribable. Genuinely one of the greatest experiences of my life.

[@ihsan0628]

Ain‘t no way MITB ist just in good… bro that show was easily one of the best PLEs in the whole year

[@brycelewis86]

I was at SummerSlam in Ford Field, and that place was loud…except for the Ronda vs Shayna match lol lots of people got up for food and bathroom breaks lmao but there were some nice loud pops all night long.

[@krisfang5729]

Watching this and rewatching some Matches. Great day!

[@colinhorner2023]

Santi you forgot the two people who returned at the men’s royal rumble other than Cody and Logan you forgot Booker T and Edge

[@DatPhatLlama]

FINALLY SOMEONE WHO AGREES THAT BAD BUNNY AND PRIEST SHOULD’VE MAIN EVENTED BACKLASH

[@kingvampstan]

i literally forgot it didn’t main event backlash 💀 i thought it did, i completely forgot abt the bloodline 3v3. 😭

[@siebenboyz3206]

40 minutes of santi, this is why he is the best in the world.

[@ChrollosCoat]

12. Money in the Bank 11. Crown Jewel 10. Fastlane 9. Summerslam 8. Night of Champions 7. Payback 6. Royal Rumble 5. Backlash 4. Elimination Chamber 3. Wrestlemania Sunday 2. Survivor Series WarGames 1. Wrestlemania Saturday

[@Naveen2215]

Survivor series war games was hands down the best PLE of this year

[@kevinuchiha6830]

Survivor Series is a top 4 PLE. I've been saying this for years. (Def not biased)😂😂

[@kianooshsherafat1455]

Please make a video about shawn michaels showstopping matches in your opinion or make a tierlist about his matches at wrestlemania

[@kevinuchiha6830]

SEXY BOY. HBK

[@VideosofNightshade]

This was my first ever year of WWE, and wrestling in general, and I came to it in time for Wrestlemania. Definitely enjoyed Night 1 over Night 2 like you. Oh and the reason behind Jimmy turning may be terrible and make no sense but, oh, what a heel character it's given us in Jimmy 🤣🤣

[@gideon7932]

Amazing Daily Videos Santi. You restored my love for Wrestling.

[@Harrisonwhittaker-cr78neymar]

Hey santi when you were talking about the night of champions you said jey kicked roman but it was actually jimmy 😂😂 all good amazing a ranking list I agree

[@bhaskarkakati]

Royal Rumble deserves to be of Great status atleast, just for Sami's betrayal of the Bloodline alone.

[@olihemming2299]

How is night 1 of mania better than Night 2, when Night 2 has Gunther vs McIntyre vs Sheamus and also Cody vs Roman which is the most overhated match in mania history

[@ruffin207]

I also think SummerSlam lacked bc there weren't any match stipulations for any match. Usually for the big 4 PLE we get at least 2 - 3 stipulations matches. But for some reason they didn't do that this year.

[@D.N.Aisback]

Tribal combat

[@af3.148]

Tribal Combat, MMA Rules, Battle Royal

[@ruffin207]

@@af3.148 none of them were traditional stipulations or did anything for the match. We should've had a falls count anywhere, ambulance, or steel cage match or something.

[@pleaseshutup7053]

The mma rules match delivered the fans just would t stfu. And tribal combat was ridiculous

[@ruffin207]

@@pleaseshutup7053 that match was trash. I didnt even care for the Becky vs Trish feud, but they deserved that slot over Ronda & Shayna.

[@fr4nk124]

I was at summerslam, and i could say the crowd was decent and were loud at times. I would say myself that the show could have been much better but i think what happened was that the show was hyped up for returns that were never even planned in the first place. I would say though that balor and rollins was my favorite match of the night right beside logan vs ricochet. Regardless of how the show went, i had a fun time there!

[@henryveraar4798]

Great video

[@timothystreitweiser850]

The crowd at Deadline was loud because I was there and when Trick made that comeback it went wild

[@thatoneguy9473]

I was at Fastlane, and I felt like it the crowd was actually really loud. Maybe the acoustic in Gainbridge Fieldhouse suck. At the beginning of the Seth vs. Shinsuke match, my section started a "BLOW HIS BACK OUT," chant that surprisingly caught on in about half the building, it seemed like.

[@officalwwenxt]

17:00 it was actually jimmy jey didn’t leave til 2 more weeks

[@Devondavis-fm2dz]

Survival series should be a the top cause you know who came back 😭

[@kevinuchiha6830]

W

[@Vovan4ess]

17:00 you've totally proved that Bloodline booking was weird and illogical, because at Night of Champions it was Jimmy who snaped and Superkicked Roman! Not Jey

[@evangumball]

Ik I’m late to this but 2023 got me back into wrestling and I’m so happy to be back in the loop of all the great storylines I honestly missed watching the weekly shows and weekend PLEs

[@liamjmw]

Maybe I’m biased as I was there, but I think MitB should be in great at the very least. Other than that this ranking is pretty solid

[@RealMikeMiller13]

1:34 editor getting fired for that one

[@KHWrld999]

32:58 I don’t think solo vs cena was this monumental match for solo because he beat a cena that hasn’t won in over 5 years. Also I don’t think it made him look scary because I think it made his finisher look stupid and not impactful at all when he went overkill with it. I was also so sad and disappointed that cena lost I turned crown jewel off and just got the results later. I’m praying that wasn’t cena’s last match because it’s was in Saudi and also I don’t think it did anything for solo

[@robvakarian2330]

Honestly looks like a choose a great year to get back into wrestling

[@auroratc3889]

You should do this for the previous years as well!!

[@knoxie07]

Santi vs The Editor WM40 Night 1 Main Event

[@CayCaySoSmooth]

Which event is you guys favorite? Please comment down below.

[@kevinuchiha6830]

Survivor Series. Always has been my favorite ple anyway😂😂

[@henryveraar4798]

Royal rumble

[@FreeTaylorSwift]

Mania Night 1. As a whole, Survivor Series

[@papitasgamer4759]

I stopped watching wrestling right after cm punk and john cena feud and got back around mania season, took me some time to get to know every wrestler on the roster but proud I did, This year was awesome

[@jordansreviewsoneverything]

thank you so much for saying the elimination chamber crowd was excellent as a montreal citizen i am happy people talk good about us and our crowds

[@_1.wannauh]

I feel like what the bloodline story is coming to is that jimmy is jealous and he wanted to be the one who beats Roman and that’s why he is back with Roman because he knows he can’t do it without jey I feel like something big is going to happen for jey and jimmy is going to flip and it’s going to be jey vs jimmy at mania I feel like he might win the ic tittle and face jimmy

[@newJC.]

Payback was my favorite this year🔥

[@rafaelmarquez8886]

Yeah for me NXT vengeance day was like me hitting the follow button like “ok NXT has been killing it, this PPV was awesome and I’m now a follower again”

[@lucasstrohl4320]

You should do a series where you go and rank ple's from previous years

[@valenry]

My fav was backlash cause im from pr and watched it live on stage and it was AMAZING

[@IcyDegree-]

This is why we love santi❤

[@charlieflickinger7372]

Disagree completely about the Women's 3 way match at Summer Slam. That was one of my favorite matches of the year. The story of Bianca's injury and fighting through that and coming back to win, only for DMG CTRL to destroy everyone AND then Iyo walk out as Women's Champ. The in ring work was GOD TIER, and the ending and cash in just made it better.

[@thomasshelton7555]

The women's rumble, chamber and war games are arguably better than the male counterparts. Never thought I'd say that growing up with the women being eye candy mostly

[@Saucer305]

Saying summerslam was trash is an absurd statement

[@shiningstarswrestling-ssw6489]

Love this video

[@loganlinkous4884]

You should do a video were u take 32 of the best matches of the year in a tournament to decide the best match of the year

[@owenh6061]

Bunny vs Priest genuinely was the match of the year

[@downy_yoke4yt982]

I agree NXT stole me back after black and gold left I thought it was over but when I watch stand and deliver I thought it's back to a master piece so I definitely agree definitely great

[@ProWrestlingfan936]

You should do a video ranking your top 5 personal calendar years in WWE since you’ve been watching @MrSantiZap

[@AlphaAbyss_]

I started watching WWE again with the Royal rumble fantastic ppv for me

[@makama489]

La knight won the slim jim mobile and got to be in the commercials saying yeah like the macho man

[@manasbhowmick2143]

Really put The Money in the bank in Good Category. That was Gold.

[@ILuvFood4Life]

last 3 people in the rumble will be gunther,cody, and punk. gunther eliminated and then it will between the two men who need to finish their story

[@nishy4ever]

Payback was a great show but, like you mentioned, the tag team match should have been the main event.

[@user-ii4ll]

Wwe is booming under hhh's control

[@huddythevillain3674]

I like you brought Nxt this because it’s my favorite show and it’s one of the only ones I can watch with my sports so maybe that’s why I like it

[@juanjvillarreal]

5:30 was Montez Ford lol

[@rayne-games376]

Semi Left in 20 only watched once every few months after mitb then fully left in 21 then came back for mitb 2023 and was treated to a beautiful main event between the usos and Roman and Solo

[@toxicdreamers3853]

Seth vs Finn at summerslam to me is one of the best matches of the year

[@joshuawainaina8103]

Same and I enjoyed Brock vs Cody too but everything else made it a missed classic

[@treeklow614]

santi out here sounding like a broken record with how every 5 seconds he dubs a match “the best match of the year” 💀

[@Therealbradyhowellshorts7566]

I was at summerslam and for like only 2 matches the crowd was dead. It was just really bad audio on WWE’s part

[@Tatisfan]

I think the whole jey and jimmy thing is for wm and thats whats going on now They will cost each other matches and eventually face at wm to see who is the better uce

[@AustinTeel]

Nah the mics did us dirty at Fastlane bruh😭 we was lit

[@NJDEVILS247CB]

I just started watching wrestling at summer slam I only knew some wrestlers from 2k16

[@xoleo14]

Survivor series was THE event of the year other than wrestlemania. The energy and the vibes were there

[@austinstackhouse9759]

Honestly I preferred the womens war games match to the mens

[@worldwrestlingdrafting5949]

Nah axiom vs Nathan frazer at deadline was perfection

[@sharkybuddy7]

Royal Rumble And Payback were my favorite

[@blitx62]

Wait I remember your summerslam review not saying it was trash what changed?