10 Worst WWE Set Designs

3. Great Balls Of Fire

WrestleMania X8
WWE

WWE needed AEW to exist more than Vince McMahon and Triple H's respective "blood and guts" or "pissant company" lines will ever reveal.

Basking in nearly two decades of their own self-proclaimed glory by 2017, the company was midway through a Jinder Mahal WWE Championship run and the gradual destruction of numerous NXT golden era favourites when they elected to promote a pay-per-view with a giant c*ck and b*lls in the marketing.

The logo underwent numerous changes before finally settling one that still boasted a pronounced pair of testicles as if The Chairman himself was the one scribbling out sketches for it. Yet, having had no shame over the branding, they bottled embracing it further on the night.

The stage was little more than a repurposed Raw set. There were no grapefruits swinging like the Backlash pincers, no towering phalluses boasting images of headliners Samoa Joe and Brock Lesnar a la Rock Bottom's dual displays of 'The Great One'. No unsightly pubes, unless we're counting McMahon's own assessment of the Cruiserweight Division.

In hindsight, maybe basic was best.

 
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