10 Recent Things That Didn't Go WWE's Way
Bad booking, outside competition, and unexpected speed bumps have caused many a recent WWE headache.
A quick glance at the overall condition of Vince McMahon's Sports Entertainment machine would understandably convince the average Joe that all was fine and dandy within the walls of World Wrestling Entertainment at present.
The company has never made more money. Stadium shows appear to be the new normal. And regardless of how low the TV ratings sag, the biggest wrestling promotion on the planet shows zero signs of slowing down.
Yet, even with the company recording their most successful year to date financially, to class everything fans have witnessed go down on their screens or WWE has attempted to achieve behind-the-scenes in recent times as an undoubted success would be hilariously far from the truth.
As is usually the case in most walks of life, things sometimes simply don't go to plan. Or in WWE's case, due to their penchant for pretending to listen to their audience and arrogantly assuming they know what's truly "best for business", the majority of their best-laid plans have been known to hit their fair share of speed bumps.
From being completely overshadowed despite boasting their most reliable firepower, to not quite achieving what they clearly set out to do on the Grandest Stage of Them All, the following events can only be classified as misfires in hindsight...
10. The Undertaker's Last Ride At Survivor Series
Let's face it, for the most part, 2020 acted as perhaps one of the most depressing and uninspiring periods in the history of WWE.
A company already overly fond of frolicking in trite and stale waters found itself with no choice but to cart out its increasingly dull product in front of an empty arena reliant more on LED screens than it was originally.
And it was among this sea of dreariness that Vince McMahon was rather unintentionally hilariously made to produce a final salute to his most loyal servant as The Undertaker's 30th anniversary with the company coincided with his long-awaited official retirement within an undesirably chilling Amway Center.
Trying their best to make demonic lemonade out of holographic lemons, a whole host of legends such as The Godfather, Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Kane, and many more cheered on Mark Calaway, Vince McMahon made a rare in-ring appearance, and even Paul Bearer rocked up via virtual manifestation. But little could change the fact that a global pandemic royally scuppered any and all original respectful plans, no doubt leading to the increase in attention given to The Phenom's Hall of Fame induction this year.