10 Times WWE Made A Massive Mess & NOBODY Cared

8. "JBL Is Poopy"

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Something of a shorthand for those that have always hated WWE's decision to go PG in 2008, the "JBL IS POOPY" graffiti John Cena scrawled on the former WWE Champion's car shortly before their clash at The Bash that year doesn't get less cheesy in hindsight.

It seems quaint that moment of such silliness and relatively petty vandalism could have caused such ructions, but the confused fury from the fanbase came to sum up so much of 'The Champ's tenure in WWE. As a brand and locker room leader, he was breaking the mold and wrecking the curve in such a way that the company has never really been able to reconcile.

Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins have failed as top, pushed babyfaces in his shadow, scripted as inferior versions of the super-confident Cena. He was teflon enough to survive the use if the word "Poopy", and half the other sh*te he came out with at times, creating the assumption that a 'Big Dog' would get away with "Tater Tots" and an 'Architect' wouldn't crumble under the pressure of...well, his own Twitter craic.

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