10 Once Awesome WWE Storylines Which Overstayed Their Welcome

10. AJ Styles Vs Shinsuke Nakamura

Oh boy, the sound of that matchup really gets the mouth drooling, doesn't it?

At least it did before the car crash that was this dream feud turned nightmare in 2018.

The Phenomenal One and The King of Strong Style, respectively, had met before each individual's signing to WWE in a scintillating Tokyo Dome affair that had the wrestling world talking for years. Fans couldn't wait to see the two tussle on the big North American stage and that opportunity came knocking when Nakamura won the 2018 Royal Rumble.

The internet went into meltdown, thinking of just how good the WrestleMania repeat was going to be. Well, as they say, the sequel is never as good as the original.

It was a very good match, nobody could deny it, but Vince McMahon restrictions and overhyped fan expectation combined to make it impossible for it to ever live up to its predecessor. And then the dick-kicking started.

Shin, as Michael Cole began to call him for some reason, grew an affinity for crotch abuse and would low blow Styles at every avenue. The pair would fight for the title another three times, each time fans expecting it to be the time that Nakamura surely would take home the title.

But no, Styles kept winning, which isn't a horrible thing, but certainly made Shinsuke look like a right idiot and weak as hell going forward.

The most disappointing bit of it all, it killed all anticipation of a future contest between the pair. The company could have recognised the benefit of keeping the two apart and letting them collide once or twice a year; instead, they had them meet twice a month for four months.