10 Recent Things That Didn't Go WWE's Way
8. Not Having The Biggest Comeback Since The Return Of Live Crowds
Moving into that once-unimaginable reality of a wrasslin' world without the energy of a live audience, the freakishly-anticipated light at the end of the never-ending ThunderDome and crowd-less era tunnel finally became visible in the summer of 2021.
Sure enough, WWE brought out all of their big guns in next to no time, calling upon John Cena at Money in the Bank for a long-awaited in-ring return at SummerSlam. And even unleashing both a returning Becky Lynch and Brock Lesnar on those lucky Allegiant Stadium attendees.
If it was evident coming in, Vince McMahon wanted to be the talk of the live attendance town after so long playing to virtual faces.
Tony Khan had other ideas, however, as some seven years on from washing his hands with WWE and the wrestling world as a whole, CM Punk strutted out in front of a rampant Chicago faithful at The First Dance and produced a noise so loud Cult of Personality barely had time to resonate with those watching at home.
Dwarfed in spectacle and emotion, if not size and scale, The Voice of the Voiceless' return to wrestling left the supposed big boys looking like the minor leagues during their biggest weekend in years.