Vince McMahon has been the driving creative force for WWE programming for over 30 years. In addition to being the Chairman of the company, he's also the head booker. He has always been the man in charge and even though he's 69 years old, he's still in that spot. Others like Triple H or his daughter Stephanie McMahon may have a lot of power too, but everything that happens on WWE TV is based on what Vince wants. There have been a number of guys that Vince has pushed hard on television with the idea that they would become the biggest stars in the business. Some are heels while others are faces. Some are American babyfaces while others might be foreign heels because that's an easy angle to do. They come in all shapes and sizes too, but as we know from watching WWE over the years, Vince likes the bigger performers. That may never change no matter how great smaller wrestlers like Daniel Bryan or CM Punk are. It's time to reflect back on some of the guys that Vince backed either on screen or behind the scenes in a major way. These are people that became WWE/World Champions at one point in their career or they were people that probably should have been there except they did something to screw it up. The wrestling business isn't easy to be successful in. Booking it may be even more difficult. While Vince gets a lot of criticism from WWE fans, he also deserves a lot of praise for all the great work he's done in his legendary career. Here's a closer look at ten times where Vince McMahon backed the wrong guy. Who are they and what went wrong with them? Let's find out.
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