9 Great WWE Storylines That Were Dropped Way Too Quickly
Remember when Owen Hart became the 'Black Hart' post-Montreal?
Story telling in pro wrestling has changed over the years. On the surface, that may seem like a generic, throwaway statement, because pretty much everything in the industry has evolved with time, but the way stories are presented and rivalries develop is one of the biggest differences between the modern era of wrestling and the old territory days.
The main reason for this is simple, World Wrestling Entertainment produce a lot of product nowadays, and thus the writing staff have a lot more television to write. It's been argued that because of how rapid WWE television moves, stories that used to branch out over an entire year must be condensed into just a few short months, before it's on to the next.
Obviously, there are exceptions, such as The Rock vs. John Cena and their year-long build to a match at WrestleMania XXVIII, but those are far from commonplace. Far more typical are angles and storylines which reach their apex quickly, it's just the way things seem to be now, and the shorter attention span of the audience has been cited as a reason why.
That may be one way of looking at it, but it still doesn't explain why WWE have often given up on major storylines relatively quickly, or flat out abandoned them altogether. It's these fizzled out angles that are the focus here, from aborted pushes to some of the biggest storylines in wrestling.
9. Mordecai Questions Eddie Guerrero's Morality
Mordecai will forever be regarded as somewhat of a failure from WWE themselves, more so than the man behind the gimmick, Kevin Fertig. Plying his trade in the old developmental stomping ground for the company, Ohio Valley Wrestling, Fertig was doing just fine before the main roster creative team had their wicked way with him.
Called up from developmental in the Spring of 2004, Fertig was transformed into Mordecai, a preaching white-knight of a character that owed more than just a little bit to that of The Undertaker. In fact, Mordecai was pretty much like a lighter version of the infamous 'Deadman', and it seemed only a matter of time before they'd lock horns.
It seems that this was the plan, but there was only one problem, WWE management weren't too hot on Fertig's in-ring skills. Surely, this begs the question why he was called up if they didn't think he was ready? Before 'Taker, Mordecai was set to feud with Eddie Guerrero, and actually cut several promos lambasting the Latino star's cheating ways. It was not to be however, Mordecai was canned after only a few months, making the whole exercise largely pointless.