10 Most Desperate Ways WWE Got You To Watch

3. The Promise Of Mutilation

WWE got very desperate throughout the early, raw phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Before the introduction of the ThunderDome made WWE feel like a spectacle again, albeit in an eerie and relative way, the promotion was not in rude health. Ratings had plummeted to an alarming extent. WWE posted record lows by the week. The shows were abysmal. More than usual; Performance Center no-marks were inexplicably made regulars when the real regulars suddenly and suspiciously disappeared, Apollo Crews went 27 minutes with Aleister Black, the atmosphere was utterly bleak and bereft of star power...

It was a drab, depressing scene, and WWE recognised this. They proceeded to go full bore into insane b*llocks as the shows descended into cinematic farce. Anything wrestling-related was a hollow facsimile, so WWE attempted to grab your attention by embracing body horror at Extreme Rules. WWE being WWE, they were abysmal at it.

Rey Mysterio Vs. Seth Rollins was sold on the idea that you were guaranteed to see a man emerge from the match permanently disfigured.

Mysterio's eye was removed when Rollins forcibly pressed it against a blunt surface. WWE couldn't even be desperate and sh*tty correctly, as further illustrated by the prop.

Mysterio's extracted eye was a cue ball painted pink on one side.