Honestly I thought this was all around a pretty good year for promos. A decent number of people improved/became more natural on the mic and those that are good consistently stayed good. That being said, I really can't pick one. I'm pretty much tied with one of Heyman's, one of Ambrose's, and one of Bray's. (Also Zeb's first face promo is an HM).
I really loved Dean's promo on Seth the week after he betrayed them. Really good stuff, he sounded genuinely angry and like he wanted to kill him.
The 'brass knuckles' Smackdown promo was awesome too! I love when Dean gets all serious and intense in his promos. I enjoy his comedic stuff, but he's at his best when he's serious.
Cena had a promo building up the Brock match that was great, either that or one of HHH's heel promos where he buried the fuck out of D Bry in a believable way. Both built up their matches to have huge stakes.
I've never seen that Miss Teacher promo but good lord that was something
Have to give number one to Heyman in Chicago. That man was sent out there in the face of extreme hostility, mentioned Punk to get heat, then transitioned that crowd from pure hostility to somehow getting the crowd to LOOK FORWARD to the program Heyman was associated with. If you really sit back and think about it, pretty amazing Heyman could do that after blatantly egging the crowd on using their god.
Heyman after mania getting that reaction and then laying down an argument for Brock as the kayfabe GOAT using facts that no one can dispute.
Best Non-Heyman promos: (Lesnar) (Wyatt) (Orton)
I'm sorry but many of Dean's promos in the E come off as too forced amd unnatural for me. If wwe would unshackle Dean and get rid of his weird writing though, we would be seeing the gems we saw through his pre- main roster career. I didn't feel the Rock's return promo as much as some of you probably did. Too much pandering and cheese.
For me it is definitely Bray Wyatt's "Miss Teacher Lady" promo. It is rare for me to become captivated and drawn to the screen by a promo but that one did it for me. Golden work by Wyatt.
Heyman's rap is a close second. That shit was hilarious.
This, by far. By fucking miles. I'm not even remotely a Heyman or Lesnar mark but this is one of the greatest heel promos of all time.
2nd could be any one of Bray Wyatt's great promos before he was buried at Payback.
I also really loved this Rollins promo, which was overshadowed by Ambrose on the same night and IMO doesn't get the credit it deserves:
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