10 Biggest Promises WWE Broke In 2021

10. The Old "30 Days" Rule

Late-2020 was a hot period for the often-ignored Intercontinental Title.

AJ Styles, Sami Zayn and Jeff Hardy all had great matches. Then, Big E won the strap, and it seemed like WWE would strap a rocket to the New Day man's shoulders and make him a credible champ. Then, Apollo Crews bagged it and things fell of a cliff. That has continued since Shinsuke Nakamura took it from Crews.

Throughout this game of title belt pass the parcel, one thing remained consistent: WWE booked regular IC Title matches. That was partly to fill TV time and partly because the company has always told fans that champs must defend at least once per 30-day period of face being stripped of their prize.

So much for that, eh?

Naka has defended the IC Title exactly once since winning it on 13 August - he beat ex-champion Crews on the 24 September SmackDown. The bloody thing is barely even mentioned at all when Shinsuke is on tellyboxes now. He could've been stripped almost three times over.