[yeahbaby!]

I'm surprised at the amount of HHH in 2002. Sure he had the big return and won the Rumble. Then he underwhelmed in the main event and the rest of his 2002 had largely awful matches as it was clear his body wasn't ready to come back and he was too gassed. (Apart from Shawn that is).

My 2002 would clearly go to Kurt Angle.

 

[TD Stinger]

From my viewing (and keeping things in WWE):

2000 - Triple H
2001 - Kurt Angle
2002 - Brock Lesnar
2003 - Brock Lesnar
2004 - Chris Benoit
2005 - John Cena
2006 - Edge
2007 - Randy Orton
2008 - Chris Jericho
2009 - Jeff Hardy
2010 - John Cena
2011 - John Cena
2012 - CM Punk
2013 - Daniel Bryan
2014 - Brock Lesnar
2015 - Seth Rollins
2016 - AJ Styles
2017 - Brock Lesnar
2018 - Seth Rollins
2019 - Becky Lynch
2020 - Roman Reigns

 

[Qudhufo]

2000 - The Rock
2001 - Steve Austin
2002 - Hulk Hogan
2003 - Brock Lesnar
2004 - Kurt Angle
2005 - Batista or Eddie Guerrero
2006 - Edge
2007 - Great Khali or Undertaker
2008 - Triple H or Jeff Hardy
2009 - Randy Orton
2010 - Batista
2011 - Mark Henry
2012 - Sheamus or CM Punk
2013 - Daniel Bryan (Not a fan, but can’t deny that he was the only one that stood out that year)
2014 - Brock Lesnar
2015 - Seth Rollins
2016 - AJ Styles
2017 - Jinder Mahal
2018 - (Wasn’t watching)
2019 - Baron Corbin (Barely watched that year)
2020 - (Only watched from Jan to March)

 

[The People's H2O]

I'm surprised that a lot of people here gave 2002 to HHH. Outside the matches with Shawn, he totally sucked in the ring.

2000 - The Rock
2001 - Kurt Angle
2002 - Kurt Angle
2003 - Brock Lesnar
2004 - Chris Benoit
2005 - Batista
2006 - Edge
2007 - John Cena
2008 - Shawn Michaels
2009 - Randy Orton
2010 - John Cena
2011 - CM Punk
2012 - CM Punk
2013 - Daniel Bryan
2014 - Daniel Bryan
2015 - Seth Rollins
2016 - Chris Jericho
2017 - Randy Orton
2018 - Seth Rollins
2019 - Kofi Kingston
2020 - Roman Reigns

 

[ByTor]

2000: Triple H
2001: Steve Austin
2002: Kurt Angle
2003: Brock Lesnar
2004: Chris Benoit
2005: Kurt Angle? (tough year with no clear winner)
2006: Edge
2007: Shawn Michaels
2008: Shawn Michaels
2009: Christian
2010-Present: Didn't watch enough to say

 

[DammitChrist]

Lastly, I'll do the women too:

2000: Chyna, Lita, Trish Stratus
2001: Trish Stratus, Lita, Chyna
2002: Victoria, Trish Stratus, Molly Holly
2003: Molly Holly, Trish Stratus, Victoria
2004: Trish Stratus, Victoria, Lita
2005: Trish Stratus, Lita, Victoria
2006: Mickie James, Trish Stratus, Lita
2007: Melina, Mickie James, Beth Phoenix
2008: Beth Phoenix, Mickie James, Melina
2009: Michelle McCool, Melina, Maryse
2010: Michelle McCool, Beth Phoenix, Layla,
2011: Beth Phoenix, Eve Torres, Kelly Kelly
2012: AJ Lee, Eve Torres, Layla
2013: AJ Lee, Kaitlyn, Natalya
2014: Paige, AJ Lee, Nikki Bella
2015: Sasha Banks, Bayley, Nikki Bella
2016: Charlotte Flair, Sasha Banks, Asuka
2017: Alexa Bliss, Asuka, Sasha Banks
2018: Ronda Rousey, Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch
2019: Becky Lynch, Shayna Baszler, Bayley
2020: Asuka, Bayley, Sasha Banks

Notes:

The early 2010s were pretty damn rough honestly. You KNOW that 2011 was a poor year for the women's division when Kelly Kelly is #3 for MVP. 2013 was extremely hard finding a woman at 3rd place (behind AJ Lee and Kaitlyn). I just went with Natalya since she was the only decent hand in that division who wasn't inexperienced or one of the Total Diva rejects (who couldn't wrestle well).

 

[karlos4live]

2000 - The Rock, Triple H, Kurt Angle
2001 - Stone Cold, Kurt Angle, Chris Jericho
2002 - Kurt Angle, Brock Lesnar, RVD
2003 - Brock Lesnar, Kurt Angle, Chris Benoit
2004 - Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, Shawn Michaels
2005 - Kurt Angle, Shawn Michaels, Edge
2006 - Edge, Kurt Angle, John Cena
2007 - The Undertaker, John Cena, Batista
2008 - Chris Jericho, Shawn Michaels, Jeff Hardy
2009 - The Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, Chris Jericho
2010 - Edge, Chris Jericho, Randy Orton
2011 - CM Punk, John Cena, Mark Henry
2012 - CM Punk, Daniel Bryan, Sheamus
2013 - Daniel Bryan, CM Punk, John Cena
2014 - Seth Rollins, Daniel Bryan, Sami Zayn
2015 - Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, Cesaro
2016 - AJ Styles, Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose
2017 - AJ Styles, Seth Rollins, Braun Strowman
2018 - 2020 - Was not watching almost anything

 

[thorwold]

2000 - Chris Benoit
2001 - Steve Austin
2002 - Brock Lesnar
2003 - Kenta Kobashi
2004 - Kenta Kobashi
2005 - Samoa Joe
2006 - Bryan Danielson
2007 - Bryan Danielson
2008 - Nigel McGuinness
2009 - Chris Jericho
2010 - Prince Devitt
2011 - Hiroshi Tanahashi
2012 - Hiroshi Tanahashi
2013 - Shinsuke Nakamura
2014 - Shinsuke Nakamura
2015 - AJ Styles
2016 - Io Shirai
2017 - Kazuchika Okada
2018 - Hiroshi Tanahashi
2019 - Kento Miyahara
2020 - Mayu Iwatani

 

[DammitChrist]

2000 -
2001 -
2002 -
2003 -
2004 -
2005 -
2006 -
2007 -
2008 -
2009 -
2010 -
2011 -
2012 -
2013 -
2014 -
2015 -
2016 -
2017 -
2018 -
2019 -
2020 -

This was a great idea for a thread!

I'm interested to see how your list would look for each of those years (along with lists by others)

 

[Seafort]

WWE Exclusive List:
2000 - HHH Runner Up: The Rock
2001 - Steve Austin Runner Up: The Rock
2002 - Brock Lesnar Runner Up: HHH
2003 - HHH Runner Up: Brock Lesnar
2004 - HHH Runner Up: Eddie Guerrero
2005 - Batista Runner Up: John Cena
2006 - John Cena Runner Up: Edge
2007 - John Cena Runner Up: The Undertaker
2008 - HHH Runner Up: Chris Jericho
2009 - John Cena Runner Up: Randy Orton
2010 - John Cena Runner Up: Randy Orton
2011 - CM Punk Runner Up: John Cena
2012 - CM Punk Runner Up: John Cena
2013 - Daniel Bryan Runner Up: John Cena
2014 - Brock Lesnar Runner Up: Roman Reigns
2015 - Roman Reigns Runner Up: Seth Rollins
2016 - Roman Reigns Runner Up: Dean Ambrose
2017 - Brock Lesnar Runner Up: AJ Styles
2018 - Brock Lesnar Runner Up: Roman Reigns
2019 - Brock Lesnar Runner Up: Roman Reigns
2020 - Drew McIntryre Runner Up: Roman Reigns

 

[RockNova]

This was a great idea for a thread!

I'm interested to see how your list would look for each of those years (along with lists by others)

I’ll do some years, I’d have to go back for others.

2000 - The Rock
2001 - Stone Cold
2002 - Triple H
2003 - Brock Lesnar
2004 - Chris Benoit
2005 - John Cena
2006 - Edge
2007 -
2008 -
2009 - Randy Orton or Jeff Hardy
2010 -
2011 -
2012 -
2013 -
2014 -
2015 -
2016 -
2017 -
2018 -
2019 -
2020 -

 

[Edjoum]

2000 - The Rock
2001 - Kurt Angle
2002 - Triple H
2003 - Kurt Angle
2004 - Chris Benoit
2005 - Batista
2006 - Edge
2007 - John Cena
2008 - John Cena
2009 - Jeff Hardy
2010 - John Cena
2011 - CM Punk
2012 - CM Punk
2013 - Daniel Bryan
2014 - Brock Lesnar
2015 - Roman Reigns
2016 - AJ Styles
2017 - AJ Styles
2018 - Seth Rollins
2019 - Seth Rollins
2020 - Drew McIntyre