10 Wrestling Matches Booked Out Of Spite

1. The Bloodline Vs The New Day (WWE Monday Night Raw, September 20th 2021)

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Less about the wrestlers within the company and more the ones on the other side, WWE offloaded one of the biggest matches they had left at just a few days notice as a grip on ratings demographic control loosened.

September 2021 marked something of a zenith for All Elite Wrestling's bold next steps, having unveiled CM Punk, Adam Cole and Bryan Danielson within the last 30 days and conclusively moved forward with Hangman Page as the successor to Kenny Omega's throne. All Out 2021 was forecasted as the company's highest selling show ever, critical acclaim for the event was reaching WrestleMania X7-levels, and the fabled seven figure viewership had become the norm.

Unsettled by all of this, WWE raced ahead with the obvious Survivor Series matches two months early. Dragging The Bloodline and now new WWE Champion Big E over to Monday Night Raw for the pure and obvious sake of it, the match performed well but didn't arrest the consistent slide (it never does) even after AEW slipped from their own pedestal.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation over 7 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back almost 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 60,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett