10 Absolute WORST Wrestling Moments Of 2023
3. The Raw After WrestleMania
Between 2022 and July 2022, the sinking feeling Vince McMahon brought to the collective stomachs of many WWE fans was a dull ache - a pain that had become so familiar that it no longer even hurt that much. A pang once in while, but mostly just an irritation the body had adjusted to over time, occasionally more or less prevalent but always present.Then, he resigned in disgrace.
The changes new creative chief Triple H made in the aftermath were enough for that same core base to wake up each day and noice that dull ache subside. The holidays were atypically healthy, but that was nothing compared to the Royal Rumble-to-WrestleMania run. The pain had completely disappeared - bodies were powered back thanks to an army of exceptional babyfaces led by Cody Rhodes and his euphorically inevitable WWE Championship triumph.
McMahon’s grim return to the seat of power was subsequently a gut punch that, by the time the post-WrestleMania Raw had wrapped, became a a flurry of fists to the stomach. Out of nowhere (or more specifically, his own shadowy regret) his diseased creative was everywhere, poisoning just about everything that had seemed healthy for over half a year.
It was, thankfully, a short-term return. But Cody Rhodes pathetically falling to the floor as WrestleMania weekend concluded made the infection look back, and worse than ever.