10 Terrible WWE Main Events One Tweak Away From Excellence

10. Seth Rollins Vs The Fiend (Hell In A Cell 2019)

Why it's terrible: As a standalone spectacle, the match isn't very good. A lame story presented with fairly lame visuals for an end result that was one of the lamest in WWE history, this would have comfortably failed on its own terms even if it didn't have an awful lot more riding on it.

One Tweak: What else? The Fiend wins the Universal Championship at his first attempt.

Booking WWE is harder than many assume, but this particular decision was a lot easier once they'd actually decided to have the match. The optimists amongst us assumed that the company hadn't booked themselves into a corner, but had in fact just gone all in on a really over character and were going to make him champion. WWE relies on that optimism, regardless of how infrequently its rewarded.

Such was the case when a stoppage was called because The Fiend hadn't moved for a few minutes after potentially having his rubber mask caved in by about six different weapons. Despite the fact that after the controversial call, he moved. As 50/50 as the company had ever booked, this unforgivable finish didn't just play into the hands of those fiercely critical of the company - it armed them with their deadliest new weapon.