10 Things WWE Regrets About Survivor Series

8. Unhappy Anniversary

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Given that he was awarded a brief reign with the company's top prize earlier this year, it's easy to infer that WWE doesn't wish to portray Bray Wyatt as a second class performer. They did just that at Survivor Series 2015, at which Wyatt was defeated by the man he was mooted to replace for the second time in a year.

In order to celebrate the Undertaker's 25th anniversary, WWE failed to grasp the very concept of anniversaries and the idea that wins and losses are essential to the aura of a performer. 'Taker and fellow Brother of Destruction Kane destroyed the idea of Wyatt and his Family as a credible force by soundly thrashing them in a mere 10 minutes of decent-at-best action.

In 2017, Wyatt exists as a punchline to a tired joke - one which even a chipmunk voice couldn't make funny. After weeks of garbage pantomime theatrics, Wyatt was once more exposed as a charlatan - the Eater of his Own Words.

It's no wonder that his proposed WrestleMania 32 programme with Brock Lesnar was abandoned: 'The Beast' Vs. Mordecai II was taken about as seriously as Wyatt's later Sister Abigail drag act.

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