10 Stupidest Things WWE Superstars Have Done In 2021 (So Far)

Lessons in love, time management and...goo as WWE relish making a few stars suffer...

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Are WWE chasing fans away before they've even got them back?

The wrestlers themselves certainly seem excited to be working in front of crowds again, and if the teasing glimpses of a new old normal provided by WrestleMania 37 and AEW Double Or Nothing are reflective of anything, it's that people are desperate to get (and stay) back in the buildings too.

Why, then, must the industry leader book characters with such ludicrous disregard for what those ticket-buyers might actually like to see?

The continuing misadventures of Lilly the doll seem to reflect some sort of nadir for many, but we have reached a point in company history where the phrase "after a particularly awful Monday Night Raw" could now be applied to almost any week of the year.

The idea that the former flagship could ever be good again feels like a folly - a ludicrous concept peddled by panicked Fiend fans, those that won't admit what they really like about the Alexa Bliss character, or those born into missable Mondays in the mid-2000s, several years deep into the McMahon monopoly.

It's been nearly a decade of three hour Raws and they still haven't learned how to format them, let alone save characters from themselves. Most of the performers are very clearly doing their best, but what chance have they got when this dreck is what they're handed before showtime?

10. Egde Whinges His Way To Losing His WrestleMania Singles Match

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The enormous response Edge received from the socially distanced WrestleMania 37 crowd spoke volumes about just how beloved the 'Rated-R Superstar' still is.

It was easily forgotten on the way to the 'Show Of Shows'.

His 2020 Royal Rumble return may as well have taken place weeks after his 2011 retirement, for all the pandemic played with time and space. The poor f*cker killed himself for nine years to earn that response, but had the rest of his plans torn up by an ongoing global b*stard that...sort of turned him into one.

With nothing but pop.wav to greet him the following year, Edge was given a surprising Royal Rumble victory as a makegood for a year gone slightly askew. Gritty Growly Adam was a little bit vanilla, but darker developments were afoot that seemed destined to get him booed by the time the company reached 'The Grandest Stage'. After negging Drew McIntyre on Raw and Finn Bálor and Pete Dunne in NXT, Edge chose SmackDown's Roman Reigns, but then became so obsessed with a match he had a golden ticket for that he got annoyed at a possible change of opponent.

WWE never addressed why this was, instead electing to weave Daniel Bryan into the conversation just to find a way to logically add him to the match. It was morbidly fun to watch things seemingly slipping from Edge's grasp as if they were strands of his own hair when he sets up a spear, but it just about killed any chance he had of winning the big one. He'd gone from Royal Rumble winner to third man in his own guaranteed title shot, and seemingly done it all himself.

 
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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation over 7 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 30 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz", Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 50,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett