12 Times WWE Buried Itself
9. Edge Beats Up A Laptop
The symbolism of a wrestler smashing a machine/inanimate object in exasperation and desperation wasn't lost on the discerning fans that actually remained with WWE during some of the leanest creative years in company history.
Edge's destruction of the laptop Michael Cole would read aloud from during the chronic "anonymous Raw General Manager" era of the flagship show was designed as catharsis for a character getting wound up by the mysterious boss' decisions, particularly those weighted against him.
This wasn't a GM Vs Babyface storyline (more on those elsewhere) though, because Edge was a heel and the general manager wasn't real. Not really real, anyway. By this point a disembodied hackneyed robot voice, the "GM" seemed mostly intent on winding up the 'Rated-R Superstar' to the point of derangement. The reasons why were never explained, much in the same way most of the decisions weren't until the company pissed away the conclusion with another Hornswoggle payoff.
Edge was asked to do some of his best angry actTING just half a year after making a heroic return from injury to win the Royal Rumble and begin enacting revenge on former tag team partner Chris Jericho. Based on what we've come to learn about Adam Copeland's pro wrestling preferences post-2020 return, he probably enjoyed flexing his range, at least.