10 Biggest Promises WWE Broke In 2021

9. The Hurt Business Are Done (Or Not)

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WWE received a ton of flak for kicking Shelton Benjamin and Cedric Alexander out of The Hurt Business on the 29 March Raw, and rightly so. Creative decided to trim Bobby Lashley's stable mere weeks before his titanic WrestleMania 37 clash with Drew McIntyre, and it made no sense.

Shelty B and Cedric went on to have a brief feud (one that revolved around Alexander telling ex-partner Benjamin that he was old, useless and washed up - remember that?) before WWE forgot all about it and decided to put some heaters back beside Lashley.

Magically, come the 27 September Raw, Cedric and Shelton were the best of friends again. They helped Bobby fend off New Day, and THB was...well, back in business. This reunion hasn't really recaptured the group's original fire though. In fact, if anything, it's been a half-arsed attempt.

Why even bother breaking them up and making a big song and dance about it in the first place?

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