10 Wrestling Moments That Couldn't Live Up To The Hype

As of writing, the ongoing global b*stard continues to be a b*stard, and is sadly still globally ongoing. The changing face of the "new normal" also changes expectations and understandings of what can be achieved from the likes of art, sports and entertainment.

Though WWE could barely be classed as any of those in 2020, here's some faint praise before the damning - they nailed one really good joke before this Stone Cold Steve Austin celebration went the same way as all the rest of your hopes and dreams this year. Asking the zero fans in attendance to give him a "Hell Yeah" followed by a cut to the empty seats was good patter.

Otherwise though, the first Raw of the latterly-christened Empty Arena Era found the company working as if planes had been delayed for the day, rather than fully grasping the extent of the situation unfolding.

Playing to a Performance Center still laid out with a crowd in mind, the seats facing the hard camera were a haunting visual as Becky Lynch arrived to help Austin beat up Byron Saxton and drink a few beers. It plays like an unattended local theatre production rather than two top stars making the best of a bad situation. Two years earlier, Lynch inadvertently channelled Austin on her meteoric rise. Toasting their parity here made both their aesthetics feel like a facade.