10 Times WWE Made A Massive Mess & NOBODY Cared

9. Halloween Havoc

Layla Kelly Kelly
WWE.com

Or, the belaboured and continued death of a barely-alive tag team division.

In 2017, SmackDown Live played host to a scintillating series of matches that appeared to be driven by the renewed interest in tag team wrestling - itself thanks to the innovative and electrifying reintroduction of it on NXT. There, the likes of American Alpha, The Revival and #DIY exponentially upped the workrate whilst the likes of Enzo and Cass and The Authors Of Pain infused it with dynamism and diversity.

The New Day and The Usos picked up the mantle on the main roster, trading the blue brand belts over a summer series that forged a new bond between the crowd and a doubles duels - one which drove another fabulous run of matches on Raw between The Bar and The Shield.

12 months later, and some of those key players were trapped in a Halloween hellscape - fighting over food as is always the case on special occasions on the blue brand, with the added ingredient of The Big Show and two heel turns in nearly as many weeks. Did you even remember the match or this arrangement of wrestlers as you read this entry? Precisely.

In this post: 
Kelly Kelly
 
Posted On: 
Contributor
Contributor

Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation nearly 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett