50 Things You Learn Binge-Watching Every WWE WrestleMania

‘Mania 31’s match between Sting and Triple H is often called one of the worst flubs in the event’s rich history. Fans were irate that WWE brought the WCW legend in from TNA towards the end of 2014 then mishandled him so terribly. Stinger in WWE was hardly worth the wait for anybody when it should've been a licence for the McMahons to print money by the truckload.

Keep in mind the next part is coming from a WCW fanboy. That's what this writer is, and he makes no apologies for being Nitro and Thunder daft. OK, here goes: Sting...didn't actually need to beat Triple H during his first WWE match. Cue the head shaking from those who will never agree with that, but hear it out. If the icon was going to lose, then there was a way to do that which would protect him and lead to more down the road.

The post match 'attaboy' from Trips was stupid and made Sting seem less-than. That's undoubtedly the most stunningly bad thing about the match when revisiting now. Sting losing? Meh, everyone can lose if things are done the right way. Sting losing then Hunter acting like this was some midcarder who'd tried to crack into the top leagues but just couldn't? No, get that right in the nearest bin.

WWE are currently in the process of building some new main event megastars. If this sort of moment happens with many of them, cool, but Sting was an established headliner who had been one of wrestling's best since the late-80s. Acting like WWE was a step too far for him was counter-productive and ruined the point of portraying him as a threat to The Authority at all.

As Randy Orton might spit, that was "stupid"!