10 Times WWE Wasted HUGE Teases

10. GTV

In 1999 we'll briefly stay, not because this was the year GTV was paid off, but because it was the year it was born.

Grainy hidden camera footage started airing on television, knackering all sorts of clandestine plans made by Superstars that understandably assumed they were scheming in secret. If this sounds familiar, it's because it served as the inspiration for one of 2020's biggest teases. But more on that later, because at least that one actually had a payoff in the end rather than none at all.

Indeed, after years of monitoring the actions of any and everybody, GTV gained a Raw-exclusive imitation (F-VIEW, nyuk nyuk) before disappearing completely. What can we take from the experience overall?

Well, we can assume the original intent of the idea was to return Goldust to television. It was originally branded "GDTV" before Dustin Runnels left for WCW in the summer. A number of wrestlers have suggested it was set to be then-TV megastar Tom Green before Vince McMahon actually saw his act. This checks out - Green was good at gross-out, and GTV constantly filmed people in f*cking toilets.