10 Worst Years To Be A WWE Fan
7. 2009
Eesh.
A year that ushered in the guest host era of Monday Night Raw thanks to Donald Trump "buying" the show in a vapid ratings grab by his billionaire buddy Vince McMahon, 2009 was also what most assumed the nadir of the John Cena era before 2010 offered even more of the same.
'The Champ' went to war with Randy Orton in a feud WWE dared to suggest was the generation's Rock/Steve Austin equivalent. It speaks to the sh*tty decline of the product that they were arguably right, but even a generous comparison to the legendary pair wouldn't have justified them competing against each other on five consecutive pay-per-views.
It's not all on Cena, of course. Orton absolutely f*cking sucked. So too did Legacy. As did their feud with D-Generation X, because Triple H f*cking sucked too. As did the booking of a women's division that fed off toxic locker room culture and dated paradigms. WrestleMania f*cking sucked hardest of all because it was plagued with so many of these corrosive elements all for the satisfaction of the company's audience of one.
It was impossible to present a year as awful at the dawn of a new decade, but WWE were going to go big in their efforts to try...