2) Sami Zayn vs Shinsuke Nakamura
NXT Takeover Dallas
NXT Takeover Dallas marked the first match of Shinsuke Nakamura’s WWE career. General Manager William Regal announced that Zayn would be facing Nakamura at the event. Nakamura is widely considered as one of the best wrestlers on the planet and his debut was a big deal and had a lot of hype surrounding it.
Zayn and Nakamura put on an absolute classic of a match. It was hard-hitting and brutal. The crowd chanted ‘FIGHT FOREVER’ and were standing throughout. Nakamura hit his second Kinsasha on Zayn to get the win.
The match was incredible and was arguably the best match of the entire Wrestlemania 32 weekend.
Zayn vs Nakamura received a 4.5/5 star rating from Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer.
You can see the match highlights below from WWE’s Youtube page and find the full match on the WWE Network!
Use the buttons below for number 3 on the list of the highest rated WWE matches of 2016.
I like this list. My only change would be to switch out the Raw vs. SmackDown match at Survivor Series for the Triple Threat Women’s Title match at WrestleMania. Keep up the great work!