10 WWE Storylines That Were Only Good For One Moment
1. The New World Order Arrive In WWE
Night One.
WWE couldn't make their mind up on what to do with on arguably WCW's greatest ever creation on Night One.
The New World Order were supposedly agents of chaos, brought in by Vince McMahon as a "lethal dose of poison" on his show, but their debut at 2002's No Way Out pay-per-view badly undermined the messaging.
A insincere show-opening promo was supposed to register as the lads obscuring their evil schemes, but instead came across as slightly weak and meandering. That fans were legitimately thrilled to see the trio in WWE didn't help, either. A listless beatdown of Steve Austin later in the show resulted in yet more apathy - the three were evidently going to be neither lethal nor poison, even if the theme music still ruled.
Their night was saved by one segment, and it was a masterful burial by The Rock on all three. 'The Great One' hit the cheesiest elements of their former WWE personas in a manner so impeccably attuned to the audience of the day that the whole scene felt perfectly of-the-time.
Within weeks, the entire idea felt like an ancient relic.