10 Massive WWE Babyface Pushes That Were Doomed To Failure
4. Bayley
Booed vociferously by a Toronto Monday Night Raw crowd as she explained in more detail about the injury that will keep her out of this year's SummerSlam, Bayley's soul-crushing main roster collapse has been one of the most intensely frustrating experiences this year.
SummerSlam 2017 was destined to be the third year in a row where she'd attempt to steal the headlines from WWE's weekend away in Brooklyn. Her NXT Women's Title rematch with Asuka at last year's TakeOver: Brooklyn 2 was an absorbing battle of wills, lost heroically as a fitting sendoff to her time on the brand. Sat front row to watch her friend was Sasha Banks, who famously fell to 'The Hugger' in 2015's Match Of The Year in the very same building one year earlier.
To those that appreciate these connective tissues, it's a source of immense irritation that the two weren't battling for the WWE Women's Title at this year's event, such would be the fabulous symbolism and symmetry. It's been one of the many stumbling blocks in the bodged booking, which has included her prematurely winning the prized title through nefarious means, ending an intriguing undefeated streak with a whimper, and falling foul of abysmal scripting that at different times has positioned her anywhere from infantile buffoonery to oedipal love for her Father.
As she spends this year's summer spectacular with her arm in a sling and loathed by many, it's safe to classify Bayley: Year One as an unmitigated disaster.