12 Ups & 12 Downs For WWE In 2019

Weirdest pro wrestling on the planet. Period.

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How else can one assess 12 months of WWE television without doing as they do and going entirely 50/50? This is not a month-by-month breakdown in which the company rather organically arranges one good and one bad thing every thirty days - but the product would probably be a little more straightforward if that was the case.

An extreme elevation of the chaos that's gradually grown into the norm over the past couple of years, 2019 was at times magical and at others miserable. The lows were amongst some of the worst in company history, but the highs made history that will stand proudly for generations to come.

This list won't include anything from NXT by the way, lest all 12 positives be from the black-and-gold brand. Finding hope for the hopeless on Raw and SmackDown is like trying to find a clean finish on either of those broadcasts - near-impossible, but immensely more satisfying when it happens.

No, from Dog Food to Graveyard Dogs, this'll only be from WWE, and only from the "genius" mind of Vince McMahon. And speaking of that...

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation over 7 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 30 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz", Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 50,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett