10 Times WWE Treated Its Audience Like Children

10. Tug Of War

In wrestling accolades, the line between the perception of prize and prop is as thin as Jinder Mahal's engorged veins. On the WrestleMania 31 go-home RAW, WWE crossed it by depicting the richest prize in the industry like the most cherished toy in the nursery.

Heyman snarled his threats of brutal conquests with spittle-flying conviction. It was going well. Enter Roman Reigns, apparent WWE megastar babyface. He stared at Lesnar, and then fixed his gaze upon his WWE Heavyweight title.

"That's mine," he mouthed. His daddy, Vince McMahon, had promised him he could play with it, in fairness. Lesnar held it aloft in defiance, just stopping short of shouting "Neh neh neh neh neh". Roman snatched it off him, and thus began the dreaded tug of war, Jesus Christ. Roman was already perceived as an entitled brat. This *didn't* help. The image, risible enough itself, magically conjured something even more ludicrous in the mind's eye: who let go first? Was the teacher just out of shot?

More ludicrous still, we were meant to relate to this squabbling. It was meant to compel us to order the biggest show of the year.