Ladies and gentlemenyour WWE and World Heavyweight Champions: The Miz and Jack Swagger. The fact that that statement is totally incomprehensible in todays WWE says a lot about where the company was in 2010. Nowdays one guy is barely on TV, while the other is a glorified jobber with an over catchphrase and no direction. Its not a knock on the talent of either performer, just an indictment on the state WWE was in to have those two featured so heavily. 2010 also saw the departure of two of the biggest stars in Chris Jericho and Batista. Although both would return to action, their absence from the full-time roster was a noticeable negative. Not as negative as the decision to turn Michael Cole heel, though. That was just torture. The Nexus began as a red hot angle that instantly elevated the members into name players but quickly fizzled out due to the powers that bes inability to have them go over the more established stars. John Cena basically single-handedly decimated them and destroyed their credibility, and four years later only one member of the group (Barrett) is in a comparable position to where he was previously. Bret Hart vs. Vince McMahon was a match that sounded outstanding in theory, but in reality was an ugly, sad affair, watching the Excellence of Execution hobble around the ring a shell of his former self. In fact, thats an apt metaphor for the entire year, as the once exciting WWE limped along, going through the motions in an attempt to recreate some of that old magic that, at least for 2010, continued to allude them.
Brad Hamilton is a writer, musician and marketer/social media manager from Atlanta, Georgia. He's an undefeated freestyle rap battle champion, spends too little time being productive and defines himself as the literary version of Brock Lesnar.
