10 Bad Habits WWE Must Kick In 2017
6. Leaving Things Unfinished
Unfinished storylines are nothing new in WWE. From GTV to the Anonymous Raw General Manager, WWE have let a number of major angles fade away without a comprehensive conclusion over the years, and it never ceases to frustrate. When you get invested in a story, you expect a beginning, middle, and an end, and WWE left a number of big story threads blowing in the wind in 2016.
Shane McMahon’s lockbox stands out immediately. The box supposedly contained all of Vince McMahon’s deepest, darkest secrets, and Shane used it as a bargaining chip to work his way back into the WWE hierarchy earlier this year. Shane wrestled The Undertaker at WrestleMania, and there was no further mention of the lockbox: it was completely forgotten about, and everyone moved on with their lives.
Similarly, when Brock Lesnar laid Shane out with an F5 at SummerSlam, it looked like WWE were heading somewhere. There was no angle, however: Brock got away with a paltry fine and a slap on the wrist, and that was that.
There’s no point in starting a story unless you plan on finishing it, and these continuity flubs only weaken WWE’s product. As few as new year’s resolutions go, promising to finish every story they start would be one of WWE’s best decisions in 2017.