10 Times WWE Were Right Not To Give The Fans What They Wanted

Just because you want it, doesn't mean they need it.

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Fans are a misunderstood bunch.

Regardless of whatever content or action we're subjected to, you can bet your ass we'll find something wrong with it and as fans we have every right to do so; after all, we're the ones who are investing our time and money into the thing we enjoy.

WWE aren't exempt from this fan critique and over the years they have been repeatedly denounced for their reluctance to push *insert underused superstar here* or book *insert dream match here*.

Yet, fans aren't always right and sometimes what seems like WWE dropping the ball can actually become a wise decision in the long run, leading to huge box office numbers or the protecting of one of their integral stars.

It's undoubtedly ludicrous to suggest that WWE always have a long game in mind - as we know that is rarely the case - but they do sometimes make the correct choice, even when it feels like they're intentionally tearing out our hearts and forcing us to look at the vital organ as we bleed to death.

For now, forget the pain and try to focus on how these instances where WWE decided not to give their audience what they wanted benefited both the company and fans in the end.

10. Sting Vs. The Undertaker

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If you could book one dream match from the last 30 years - which never managed to come to fruition - a large section of fans would point their fingers towards the seemingly impossible match-up between WWE's resident 'Phenom', The Undertaker and WCW's 'Franchise', Sting.

So in 2014, when the 'Icon' finally came in from the cold, after spending his entire three-decade career outside of Vince McMahon's company, that dream suddenly edged a little bit closer

However, Sting would quickly be thrown into a WWE vs. WCW war with Triple H and lost his debut match at WrestleMania 31, whilst The Undertaker found himself occupied with a pre-Fiend Bray Wyatt on the Show of Shows.

The two ships had passed each other in the night and when Sting's WWE career was tragically cut short by injury, fans were officially deprived of a match that had been tantalisingly close to becoming a reality.

Many would argue that Sting should have been launched straight into a feud with 'The Deadman' upon arrival, but they probably forget just what version of 'Taker we found ourselves with in 2014/15.

Unfortunately, he was a shell of the performer who'd stole the show in the twilight of his career against the likes of Batista, Edge and CM Punk, meaning that any potential Sting match-up could have produced something along the lines of what we witnessed Goldberg and 'Taker present at Super Showdown in 2019.

Nobody would have enjoyed it, the dream would have been ruined and Sting's run in the company would probably have gone down as a bigger disaster than the actual version we got in 2014/15.

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