10 Times WWE Made A Massive Mess & NOBODY Cared
1. The Wild Card Rule
It's little wonder anybody cared about the Wild Card Rule - it was hard enough just to trying keep up with it.
Annoyed with the decline of his empire happening around him (without once looking inwardly as to why that might be...), Vince McMahon appeared on a May 2019 edition of to confirm that superstars could take advantage of a "Wild Card" rule every week, allowing them to flit between brands if the mood struck them.
It muddied the waters of a roster split that was already struggling - so much so that an October draft lacked the usual punch due to ardent viewers genuinely being unclear where a Superstar even resided. The rules and ramifications (and even the amount of people permitted each week) were never fleshed out as the company tried and failed to spread the likes of Roman Reigns and AJ Styles thinner than usual for the good of the cause. A lack of any reaction on the SmackDown draft was particularly potent - Fox were paying a billion dollars for this nonsense and were already being given a reason to suffer some buyer's remorse.
A hated concept thankfully binned after just a few months, McMahon had the temerity to call himself a "genius" the very night he launched it in what must have been an acknowledgement that he was sh*tting the bed rather than gold. That it wasn't even the stupidest thing he'd do that year rendered him beyond derision.