Fave Five 1/19/15-1/26/15

1) Seth Rollins: For the second straight week, Seth Rollins tops the list. Granted, he didn't win his match at the Royal Rumble, but nobody out performed him. Even though he lost on Raw, it was no big deal because he stepped up on the big stage. Again. Seth was added to the WWE Title match to save us from another John Cena/Brock Lesnar rematch. He did just that. Not only was this the best match of the night and week, it was up there as a top three WWE Title match in Rumble history. I'd only put Angle/Benoit in '04 and Cactus/HHH in '00 above it off the top of the head. Seth was the MVP of the contest as he added something to the match that we've yet to see before. He had the spots of the night when he put Brock through the announce table and busted out the Phoenix Splash. I haven't seen the Phoenix Splash since the Tyler Black days. While he did end up eating the pin, that's not the important thing to look at. Seth stepped into the ring with the two biggest money guys on the roster currently and not only didn't look out of place, but he outshined them. I have a feeling that he will play the Edge role to Roman Reigns' John Cena in the future. He delivers in spades every single night and the Royal Rumble was no different. He isn't lying when he says he's the future and it looks mighty bright.

2) Roman Reigns: My original plan was to put the Royal Rumble winner in the number one spot. However, anyone who watched the Rumble saw that it did not go well to say the least. I'm not against Roman Reigns. I like the guy and believe he has loads of potential, but I don't think he is quite ready. It seems like a lot of fans agreed and it made for an awful moment. He got the biggest win of his career for now but the crowd shit on it because it's not what they wanted. Daniel Bryan getting eliminated early deflated the crowd and they turned on everything they saw after. That was a bad decision. Nothing besides Dean Ambrose or Dolph Ziggler winning would have saved the show. For the second straight year the WWE didn't listen to their fans and it led to #cancelwwenetwork trending for more than 12 hours now on Twitter. That's a lot of people. Regardless, the win was huge for Roman and earns him a spot here.

3) Brock Lesnar: While Seth Rollins was the MVP last night, Brock Lesnar was the guy that won. How did Brock do it? By being a complete and total badass. He suplexed Seth and John Cena around the ring and looked like a monster. It took four AAs, going through the barricade and being put through the announce table to get him subdued. Now he did spend the next minutes hurt outside and they even did the false stretcher spot but he got back in and continued the assault after a while. I thought he might lose the belt near the end, but surviving two briefcase shots only to hit the F5 and retain was a total badass moment. This was the best match that Brock has had since his return in 2012 besides SummerSlam '13 against CM Punk.

4) Austin Aries: The Greatest Man That Ever Lived. The number one choice on my list of top TNA Performers. And now the man with a guaranteed TNA World Heavyweight Title shot. I've gone on record here and stated that I wanted TNA to use Austin Aries in a better manner. He is a damn good X Division Champion but is the best wrestler in the company and I've wanted him to become a focal point of their programming. So, he goes into Feast or Fired, has the coolest spot of the match and retrieves a briefcase. One that just so happens to have a TNA World Title shot in it. Now, according to Josh Matthews, nobody has ever successfully cashed in their shot but Aries should be the one. He should hold it for a bit, while being built up to their new viewers, and win the title. He's that damn good and I hope to see big things in the future for A Double.

5) Bray Wyatt: There was one man who dominated the Royal Rumble this year. That man was Bray Wyatt. He entered at number five and had some awesome moments early on. There was the near Wyatt Family reunion. There was the Boogeyman showdown. There was the elimination of Bubba Ray Dudley. There was the heartbreaking moment that he eliminated Daniel Bryan. Bray Wyatt has been booked strong in the back half of 2014 to make up for the momentum that he lost in the middle of the year and last night seemed like it would be more of the same. Then the Authority entered. Kane and Big Show got rid of him like he was trash. It was a poor ending to a really good night for Bray. I assume he moves into a match with the Undertaker at WrestleMania, but hopefully it's just something entertaining.