10 Most Absurd Forgotten Matches In WWE History

9. Kane, Eugene & Doink The Clown Vs. Umaga, Viscera & Kevin Thorn

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Mid-2000s WWE sometimes felt like it was only set up to make you hate.

The shadow of a golden era from a product more people enjoyed loomed it. The Rock had been replaced by a just-not-quite-the-same John Cena. Steve Austin had been replaced a pathetic, bullish, tribute act version of Steve Austin that rode a stupid bike knocked the decent midcarders around. Triple H replaced nobody, and that was the constant problem - the idea that he was a suitable substitute from the actual stars of his era felt forced and/or fake depending on who he feuded with.

If all that made it hard to love up to date WWE, the company’s renewed love affair with its past only reminded you of what it could be when it categorically wasn’t. Enter Saturday Night’s Main Event as some wacky NBC branding for the same old sh*t rather than giving Raw and SmackDown a much-needed shake-up.

And enter this rudderless pointless Kane/Umaga-helmed bullsh*t factory masquerading as a multi-man, that somehow mastered the difficult task of making you hate your past (Doink, Vis), present (Eugene, Kevin Thorn) and especially your future (Kane forever and ever, Umaga never getting what he truly deserved).

WWE booked stuff like this to try and blindside remaining loyal viewers with wackiness. Fans hated it and literally looked the other way to find something else to do.

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