2016-2017 Topps WWE Slam - Elite Performers FINAL RESULTS

Last year I ran a survey on who the player community considered the "Elite" performers that appear in the Topps WWE Slam App.  Since I don't have a paid Survey Monkey account it capped at 100 people, but I think we got a pretty darn good indication of who the community considered to be the elite performers during the first year of the app.  I'm currently working on a new version of the survey which should be up later today, because let's face it who was elite in 2016-2017 may not still be elite and people who were lower on the rankings will definitely be higher this year.

So here's the link to the new survey and here's the results from the last one.

Also I'm going to do a giveaway once we hit 100 responses, so if you want to participate leave your in-game-name


Main Roster Men:

1	AJ Styles	92.86%
2	Seth Rollins	80.61%
3	Finn Balor	76.53%
4	Kevin Owens	74.49%
5	Undertaker	72.45%
5	Brock Lesnar	70.41%
6	John Cena	67.35%
8	Dean Ambrose	63.27%
9	Randy Orton	61.22%
10	Triple H	60.20%
11	Roman Reigns	58.16%

Very little surprise here, AJ Seth and Finn are all extremely popular in the game.  Kevin Owens had a great year and thus he's probably a lot higher than he will be this year.  These are the only performers who appeared on over 50% of the ballots cast.

Main Roster Women:

1	Becky Lynch	85.26%
2	Sasha Banks	82.11%
3	Bayley	81.05%
4	Paige	72.63%
5	Charlotte	71.58%
6	Nikki Bella	63.16%
7	Alexa Bliss	49.47%

The big surprise here is that Alexa Bliss isn't higher on the list and that's super-easy to explain, she didn't get called up until the draft in 2016 and didn't do a whole lot until TLC late in December of 2016 when she beat Becky Lynch for her first title.  I would expect her to be #1 in the new poll.  Also several NXT call-ups aren't featured here and they will undoubtedly be showing up in 2018.  Once again these are the only performers who hit 50% (or almost 50% in Alexa's case).

NXT Men & Women

1	Shinsuke Nakamura	87.78%
2	Asuka	80.00%
3	Samoa Joe	65.56%

All three of these folks were called up and made major impacts since the survey ended, so the entire poll will be new in 2018.  

LEGENDS

1	The Rock	83.52%
2	Stone Cold Steve Austin	81.32%
3	Shawn Michaels	74.73%
4	Daniel Bryan	65.93%
5	Eddie Guerrero	65.93%
6	Macho Man Randy Savage	62.64%
7	Sting	62.64%
8	Ric Flair	61.54%
9	Bret the Hitman Hart	57.14%
10	Edge	54.95%
11	Lita	50.55%

Once again, no surprises here, The Rock and SCSA are always going to be the most popular "legends" so long as Hulk Hogan isn't in the game.  What's surprising is who ISN'T as popular as you might think.  Once again these are the only performers who ended up on more than 50% of ballots, so you're missing Ultimate Warrior (came in at #12), Trish Stratus (#13), Brie Bella (#14) and a host of others.  Despite being incredibly polarizing, HBK came in third and is still more popular than his biggest rival Bret Hart.  There have been a few additions to the Legends roster, notably Goldberg and Batista, so you might see them in the new poll.

New Additions

1	Goldberg	85.71%
2	Bobby Roode	28.57%
3	Batista	23.81%
4	Brian Kendrick	9.52%
5	TJP	9.52%

These were late additions to the original base set.  Clearly Bobby Roode will most likely end up in the top 10 of current performers going forward.  Goldberg and Batista might end up on the Legends top 10, though unless Batista starts wrestling again his chances are marginal.  This won't be a category in the 2018 poll.