10 Most Frustrating Decisions WWE Have Made This Year (So Far)

For years, Charlotte Flair was one of WWE's most polarizing wrestlers. Some fans believed her phenomenal in-ring talent warranted her astonishingly high number of individual title reigns (16 at time of writing), whereas others felt that her ridiculous number of championship wins made her wrestling's answer to Poochie.

Nowadays, things are much more simple - everyone just wants her to stay firmly in the midcard.

To be clear, this isn't a knock on the woman behind the character (If you haven't read it already, Ashley Fliehr's moving Player's Tribune article makes it abundantly clear why fans need to separate the wrestlers we see on TV from the people portraying them). However, Charlotte's decade of dominance means that most fans are ready to see other wrestlers replace her in the spotlight.

WWE Creative, however, are not most fans. 

Instead, they booked Charlotte to win the Royal Rumble immediately after returning from a lengthy injury lay-off - complete with pyro for her entrance, no less. Unfortunately, rather than making the audience bow to the returning queen, the pageantry immediately turned WWE fans against Charlotte as they revolted against the idea of WWE once more forcing Charlotte into the title scene. What followed was a fiasco of a feud with Tiffany Stratton, as Charlotte failed to adjust to the fact the audience viewed her as the bad guy. The result? 

Some of the most awkward promos in professional wrestling history, and a match that failed to live up to the level either women is capable of.