10 Things That Prove December Is The Worst Month For Wrestling
8. Tribute To The Troops
When WWE started doing Tribute to the Troops in 2003, it was a pretty novel idea - one of the company's rosters would travel to either Afghanistan or Iraq and tape a show before a crowd of active soldiers. Regardless of personal politics, most fans felt that it was a unique environment for a show, and many of the WWE superstars seemed to enjoy it - some even said that it was more important to them than WrestleMania.
These days, Tribute to the Troops is barely even a blip on the company's radar. The problem isn't that the show is taped in the U.S. - it's a good thing that America is involved in fewer foreign wars than it was 10 years ago - it's just that there's no fuss over the show anymore. It's basically a televised house show, where babyfaces who get forgotten for the rest of the year pick up wins they don't deserve. Oh, and there are Train and Nickelback concerts, so there's that.