Best Wrestler of 2012: DANIEL BRYAN

Daniel Bryan came into 2012 as the Smackdown champ and was as big this year as almost anyone in the company. He not only had a great match with Sheamus at Extreme Rules but he was teamed with Kane for the second half of the year and actually made Kane entertaining. He was in a wedding on RAW's 1,000 episode -and- got a nickname (Goat Face). He was all over. The WWE gave Bryan the lamest, most comedic storylines and gimmicks this year and any other wrestler would have withered and died but Bryan is such a good in-ring wrestler and such a great personality that he elevated everything. He had a few terrific matches with Punk in the summer and closed out the year in a very entertaining TLC match. He was one of the only aspects of RAW worth watching and one of the only wrestlers you actually wanted to see in skits and in the ring. He got a massive catchphrase that will go down in history as the new "what?" by shouting "Yes! Yes! Yes!" and then "No! No! No!" When he's introduced at a show the crowd stands up and chants...still. His schtick hasn't gotten old. It's already legend. It was his year.