10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About Rhyno

10. Later, Slater

WWE love ditching lower tier storylines on a whim, often having the protagonists work through the first few weeks of a new angle, only to drop it without delivering a proper conclusion. The problem isn't as prevalent as it used to be, but these situations still crop up from time to time, and in December 2016, it was Heath Slater and Rhyno's turn.

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The duo had just lost their SmackDown Tag Team Titles to Bray Wyatt and Randy Orton. They then fell in a rematch two nights later, before running through an awkward interview on Talking Smack, with the former 3MB member pointing out that it was Rhyno, not him, who'd been pinned. This prompted the ECW man to walk out on his partner. The duo then demonstrated further dissent the next week, when Heath accidentally eliminated Rhyno from a contendership battle royal, and all signs pointed towards an imminent break-up.

But there was no resolution. The storyline had vanished from TV by the end of December, and Slater and Rhyno were right as rain the following month, teaming as though nothing had ever happened. WWE didn't even trouble themselves to book a make-up segment, and instead asked their audience to conveniently forget about the whole thing.

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