10 Worst Years To Be A WWE Fan
4. 2002
Everybody lost a lot in 2002.
Stone Cold Steve Austin lost his mind. Endless creative frustration reached an explosive conclusion and a walk-out. Having already lost one top star to Hollywood before all of it reached a head, Vince McMahon lost his mojo back when he still cared about having it. His admittance and acknowledgements of the product sagging from glory days prior was encouraging, even if he was losing grip on how to arrest the slide. Raw and SmackDown lost sizeable portions of their audiences, despite Michael Rapaport's enunciated assertions in Network documentaries. WWE lost its F after losing in court. The major WCW hold-outs from 2001 lost their lustre. By the end of the year, infamous company rivals the New World Order and Eric Bischoff had been put through the company wringer to such an extent that it was as if they'd never existed as opposition in the first place. Kane lost the biggest push of his career because his opponent wore his mask and pretend-f*cked a pretend-corpse.
Typically, the only person emerged from the wretched annum a winner was the one doing the humping. Triple H loved his work, and he'd love it even more the following year...