12 Ups And 15 Downs For WWE In 2017 (2nd Opinion)

11. Corbin Falters Repeatedly

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Seriously, is there anyone who has had a worse year with wasted opportunities than Baron Corbin?

Corbin started 2017 strong, lasting a half-hour in the Royal Rumble and eliminating Braun Strowman. He won the Money in the Bank briefcase during the summer, which seemed to chart his path forward and upward.

And that’s when things made a sharp U-turn.

First, Corbin unsuccessfully cashed in his briefcase when John Cena distracted him. Then he lost cleanly to Cena at SummerSlam. He won the United States Championship in October, only to lose the title at Clash of Champions in December to Dolph Ziggler, who relinquished the title. Along the way, he lost matches to Tye Dillinger and Bobby Roode.

For a guy who seemed to be pegged for big things, Corbin sure got handed his hat a lot in 2017.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.