10 Storylines WWE ENJOYED Ruining
1. The Small Rise & Large Fall Of Legacy
Whether or not Legacy happened too soon after Evolution for Randy Orton to believably portray the Triple H-style leader of his own gang of youngun's is mostly besides the point. These goobers, with 'The Legend Killer' as the lone exception, were set up to perpetually suffer.
It took long enough for the group to take shape - Cody Rhodes and Ted Dibaise were always destined to be Orton's goons but a strange transitional period for the stable saw Manu and Sim Snuka both make plays to be at 'The Viper's beck and call, fundamentally devaluing the pair of proper members before the stable was even solidified.
They were a goon squad within weeks anyway, and not a particularly good one. Orton got a Rumble win and allowed the pair to be used and abused as his lightweight heavies for a while, but their eventual split was about as dynamic as one of the 'Apex Predator's longer matches. They let him down, they sort-of abandoned him, he swore revenge having been babyfaced by mates turning on him yet again, and went and got it.
The WrestleMania XXVI triple threat payoff was exhausting and tepid, much like the bulk of the group's ill-advised existence.