HORRIBLE Matches WWE Forced On Fans
10. “Donald Trump” Vs. “Rosie O’Donnell”
Let's do what WWE didn't and get this out of the way quickly, shall we?
The 8 January 2007 episode of Raw was blighted by some awful attempted comedy that tried to leech off a real-life feud in the media between Donald Trump and Rosie O'Donnell. WWE wheeled out seriously poor impersonators to play both parties, and the live crowd sat on their hands wondering why they'd bought tickets for this.
Rather predictably, "Trump vs. O'Donnell" flopped hard and ended up being a complete waste of valuable TV time on the flagship. Keep in mind this happened mere weeks before the '07 Royal Rumble. Why build towards that when you can book this tripe, eh? Literally no-one in the audience wanted to see it.
John Cena vs. Umaga was on tap for the Rumble, but WWE elected to gift wrap minutes for a terrible "comedy" segment instead. Sadly, this was only a precursor of things to come once the Raw guest host era got started.