10 Things WWE Regrets About Survivor Series

5. The Big Sh*tshow 2

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WWE's answer to Daniel Bryan's incredible popularity would have been hilarious, if it weren't such depressing self-parody.

Under the misapprehension that the "Yes!" chant got Bryan over - not his immense technical skill, his amiable persona, nor his inventiveness - WWE simply attempted to transfer it to the Big Show. Show was virtually the opposite of Daniel Bryan: lumbering, profoundly overexposed, and the recipient of countless undeserved big pushes. The sight of the man adopting the chant was the worst definition of WWE, defined. The Big Show was physically larger than Bryan, ergo better than Bryan.

The tactic failed, in über-tedious fashion. His challenge for Randy Orton's WWE Championship was a dull TV match with a dumb TV match finish. Show, hypnotised by Triple H's entrance theme like a total dumbass, wandered into an RKO - and we were meant to place our faith in him? If WWE didn't want to position Bryan as the man - and they didn't - Show was arguably the worst proxy - one who the returning Batista only reminded fans of.

Blue/Bootista never did get to wear the gold during the Guardians of the Galaxy press rounds.

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