10 Biggest WWE Creative Mistakes Of The Decade

10. The Part-Timer Era

Triple H said, in 2011, that the full-time roster was leagues below the Undertaker and himself. This was the actual pretext behind their WrestleMania XXVII clash:

"You have no challenges left. Well, you beat me a decade ago, but what are you gonna do: work Ezekiel Jackson?!"

WWE could not create new stars, and decided that they simply didn't need to. The Rock came back, set a pay-per-view attendance record, and went over CM Punk. Brock Lesnar returned, and went over CM Punk. The Undertaker stuck around, and went over CM Punk. Goldberg returned, and went over Kevin Owens.

Some of this was good. None of it was remotely productive: WWE sent a message to its core fanbase: the guys you used to like are better than the guys you like now, but the guys you used to like are only here for a while. Welp, enjoy them while you can, I guess. CM Punk, notoriously, was the lamb to the slaughter, and he was your guy. What did that say about the rank-and-file?

WWE created a lost generation throughout the 2010s, and asked you to care about them selectively. WWE fans selected not to.

But it's OK!

Because, in the meantime, Triple 'Papa' H recognised the fault in the development system, and created NXT...