21 Years Of WWE SmackDown Mistakes

6. 2014 - The Bunny Suicides

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The depressingly quick collapse of Adam Rose in 2014 foreshadowed many flawed main roster promotions, but his confinement to SmackDown as he turned heel late in the year meant many lapsed fans didn't even see how the 'Exotic Express' went careering off a cliff whilst half the NXT roster were still young ones.

The worst of his patter centred around him growing gradually incensed with the giant bunny in his entourage. The pair scuffled for weeks on end until Rose put a bullet in his party bus and - unintentionally - any future chances of getting over.

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