10 Ways WWE Has Been An Absolute Mess In 2021
2. Prematurely Killing Off Factions
When The Hurt Business first arrived, their booking was confusing. One week they declared they were taking over Raw Underground, but then they didn't. And then they did. And then there wasn't even a Raw Underground to take over. As time passed, though, they captured gold, dominated Monday nights, and developed from a creative standpoint.
Entering the spring of 2021, Bobby Lashley was set to defend the championship against Drew McIntyre at WrestleMania 37. WWE decided he would look stronger if he ditched The Hurt Business. Just like that, Shelton Benjamin and Cedric Alexander were exiled and soon disbanded. As soon as The Hurt Business started to pick up steam, they were completely dismantled.
Suffering a similar fate, RETRIBUTION unceremoniously broke up after... well, being a tremendous failure. Even though the concept behind the stable was ludicrous, perhaps the performers could have turned it around. Unfortunately, after their botched arrival, they were booked as glorified jobbers without rhyme or reason until they decided not to exist anymore at Fastlane.
WWE splitting up factions before they receive their due (or even have a chance to make sense) is a story all too common in 2021, and it's one that certainly needs to change. Prematurely killing off stables not only hurts the performers involved, but it also has the potential to chase off some fans. Why would anyone want to spend several hours each week investing in these groups when they might be abandoned on the whim of one old man?