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The year 2016 was one of change for WWE. The company finally embraced talent that made its name in other organizations, split its brand in two, made SmackDown a live show and invested heavily into brand new sets while expanding its pay-per-view footprint.
With so much having gone down this year, it's only right to take a look at the 10 wrestlers who did the most to help WWE move forward in 2016.
10. Finn Balor: I almost considered leaving Balor off this list entirely due to his injury-shortened year, but it's impossible to overlook how over Balor was in NXT and that he was performing exceedingly well once called up to the main roster -- so well that he was chosen to take the torch as the leader of the "new" Raw brand as the first Universal Champion.