10 Bad WWE Pay-Per-Views One Tweak Away From Excellence

10. SummerSlam 2010

Why it's bad: SummerSlam 2010 stacked its main event (and more on that in a moment) but it didn't half leave the rest of the event going wanting as a result.

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Title matches featuring Randy Orton, Sheamus, Kane and Rey Mysterio weren't up to much, whilst a lean mindcard left the entire success of the show relying on a satisfying headliner.

One Tweak: Not to go with the blindingly obvious, but put The Nexus over.

WWE had failed to make the best of the WCW Invasion because they genuinely couldn't fathom how these supposed inferior athletes could defeat the great WWE Superstars...as if wrestling were real and they couldn't control it.

The same applied here. The Nexus were young rookies of varying different skill level, but he might not have felt that way if they'd have been permitted wins over major stars once in a while. Or in this case, been booked to dominate once.

There's a reason people only really fondly remember the night Wade Barrett and co debuted despite their run lasting the better part of seven months - it was the only point they actually felt like a threat.

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