10 Things You Learn Binge Watching Every WWE SmackDown From 2005

It's understandable why a body guy like Vince McMahon would look at Jon Heidenreich and smell money, but wrestling needs more than just bulging biceps. It always has. Some crudely palm off the 1980s boom as one obsessed with lumbering muscle heads who couldn't wrestle, but that's unfair. Hulk Hogan and cohorts had more to offer than workout tips.

Heidenreich never grasped the basics, and he was a regular nuisance throughout the year when binging. His feud with The Undertaker trickled into 2005 and proved unsatisfying, Jon's rivalry with Booker T sucked wind, his poetry-reading babyface turn was painful, his brief issues with Orlando Jordan achieved nothing, then he joined LOD even though literally no-one in the audience wanted to see that happen.

The revamped Doom squad's tag title run was the pits, and some of the matches were only passable due to MNM's involvement. Heidenreich was gone by January ’06, which speaks volumes about how successful he was as a McMahon pet project. It was a thoroughly painful experience to sit through his moments and matches.

Why? Well, Heidenreich was one of those forced pushes akin to Vladimir Kozlov. Fans, industry critics and everyone in between can see that there isn't much there, but WWE keeps pushing them regardless in the hope that something will click. It rarely does, and it was never going to for Michael Cole's least favourite wrestler.

Almost everything Heidenreich did was dampened by the fact that he was the one doing it, and that's a problem. If every match, promo and storyline you're working would be better if you weren't there, then you know you've got no chance.