10 Worst WWE Feuds Of 2019
2. EC3 Vs. Dean Ambrose
And so it came to this - a two week programme between two men that were no longer heel nor babyface despite being incredibly over as both within the last 12 months, shortly before one fell through the cracks of the company and one left altogether.
EC3's 4 February debut was the sort of half-in half-out win the company has become infamous for over the last decade. "Expect big things from this man," said Corey Graves about a guy he'd barely mention again. "He's the strongest, coolest, toughest, funniest guy to walk into any room," said Renee Young, foreshadowing her husband's New Japan Pro Wrestling run the second he left WWE.
Quite the fella then, so of course the company booked him to steal one with a jackknife cover and lose the following week. In just seven days, the narrative had shifted, with Michael Cole noting that "EC3 said he was a dose of toxic masculinity" as the company fed him to Ambrose in a failed bid to complete a last-minute babyface turn for the departing 'Lunatic Fringe'.