While there are plenty of things that the WWE has got wrong in 2015, and there is PLENTY of things that they've got wrong, it's not been all doom and gloom and there are a few things that have stood out from the lackluster content of this calendar year.
The United States Title...
Putting the title on Cena for the better part of 2015 has been a great move by the WWE. Not only has the US title become more of a worthy prize for a competitor to hold but it has also provide quality matches on otherwise uninspired episodes of Monday night RAW. Cena has put on great match after great match with people such as Dean Ambrose, Cesaro, Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens on more than one occasion despite the fact that KO never competed in the open challenge, Neville and there are probably more that I missed. However since John Cena has taken an extended break they have put the strap on the returning Alberto Del Rio which has proved to be completely pointless. Del Rio hasn't defended once at the time of writing this and his first defense will probably be against the former champ who will just take it off him again. Del Rio's US title reign has been meaningless and undone a lot of the work that Cena has done all year. Despite this the US title has been a high point of WWE this year.
The New Day...
The New Day debuted in the tail end of 2014 and looked pretty aimless to be honest but 2015 has been New Day's year. Easily the most over act on the roster they have helped to take the focus off the other problems that the WWE are facing. Not only are the New Day hilarious to watch and listen but they're convincing in the ring and not to mention they have great merchandise. Who doesn't want a t-shirt with New Day riding a Unicorn on a Rainbow? despite New Day's awesome year they've suffered in November/December due to a long list of injuries and the group has been forced to pick up the slack. On the 30th November edition of RAW the New Day were in more segments than they should've been. Obviously watching the New Day is hilarious but watching too much New Day is like eating too much chocolate. You want to do it but when you do you kind of get sick of it.
Kevin Owens...
Similarly to the New Day, KO has had a great year. NXT champion and Intercontinental champion is a great first year for the man. He's arguably been the company's best Heel all year in both NXT and on RAW. He beat John Cena in his first match on the main roster which is a feat in itself despite the fact that he then went on to lose twice to Cena. Kevin Owens has been one of WWE's brightest sparks in 2015 and hopefully we'll see him in the world title picture next year.
The situation with womens wrestling...
Yes, the Diva's Revolution was an absolute train wreck upon a plane crash but some of the womens wrestling in 2015 has been amazing. This has mainly been confided to NXT but still it has been great to watch. The two main standout matches were between Sasha Banks and Bayley. Both were brilliant matches and even Match Of The Year contenders up there with the likes of Rollins vs Cena vs Lesnar at the Royal Rumble. Despite the failure of the women so far on the main roster watching them on NXT is great and hopefully there will be even more in 2016.
NXT...
It's not just womens wrestling in NXT that's been great but the entire show in general has been arguably better to watch than RAW at times. Maybe it's because NXT has that perfect balance of Promos and Wrestling or maybe the quality is just better but whatever it is, it's working. Maybe RAW can learn a thing or two from NXT. Imagine 1 hour RAW shows, crazy right...
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