10 Worst WWE Moments Of 2007
Vince McMahon making himself ECW Champ wasn't even the worst thing about 2007.
If anybody ever whips out the phrase, 'A lot can happen in 12 months' around you, then they might be talking about WWE's 2007. Probably not, but they might be. Between January-December that year, Donald Trump became one of wrestling's hottest babyfaces, John Cena was pinned by a rapper most don't even remember, WWE experienced numerous injuries that forced a string of title vacations and more.
Of course, one grim story sticks out from the rest. It'd be impossible to discuss '07 without including the horrific Chris Benoit tragedy and all of the fallout from it. That had a huge impact on the wrestling industry at large, and it changed WWE forever. Benoit's demise was so shocking that VICE even dedicated a chunk of time to it on 'Dark Side Of The Ring' years later.
The mainstream media was talking about WWE, but not in a positive way. As Vince McMahon infamously stated following Owen Hart's sad passing in 1999, 'The show must go on'. Go on it did, but there were a lot of clunky creative moments in 2007. A popular title was dismissed, then its final champion went on to scoop someone else's spot in one of the biggest storylines going.
Elsewhere, a nasty pectoral injury inflicted one of the most miserable title reigns ever on the fanbase, and WWE pressed repeat on the whole Al Wilson and Dawn Marie stuff from 2003. They didn't go quite as far with it in the end, but still - the fact they were even trying that unlikely plot on for size yet again just 4 years later is wild.
This is a dramatic and occasionally depressing one, folks. Brace yourselves.
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10. Teddy Long’s Wedding Heart Attack
Best be careful with this one, or our Theodore will pop up out of nowhere like a Randy Orton finish and put someone in a tag-team match. It's either that or they'll have to go one on one with The Undertaker! Both tropes were hallmarks of Teddy Long's fabulous time as SmackDown GM. His wedding to on screen girlfriend Kristal Marshall though? Not a highlight.
Long proposed to Kristal on the 22 June SmackDown. The overwhelmed Diva ran out of the ring initially, but later agreed to marry him. Teddy danced all night after that news. Probably. Then, kayfabe tragedy struck when Long had a heart attack just as he said the words, “I do” on the 21 September SmackDown. The wedding plans were in chaos, but WWE surely had something satisfying to follow up with...right?
Right?!
Nah, Kristal was released shortly afterwards, so WWE's writers never finished the story and Teddy returned as normal in November like nothing had really happened. You've really got to wonder what the point of this entire exercise was. Word of the wedding dominated SmackDown's summer in 2007, then one half of it was written off TV and the other got released.
Long's storyline with Marshall reeked of the Al Wilson stuff with Dawn Marie from years earlier. Thankfully, WWE stopped short of having Teddy suffer a fake death because he was oversexed. That was seriously the pitch (and execution...literally!) for Al back in 2003.
It always sucks when creative puts so much airtime into any story without actually coming through on it in the end. That's just a waste of everybody's time.