7 Huge Problems The WWE Wild Card Rule Has Created
2. Breaking The Rules
This could easily have been the biggest problem about the Wild Card Rule, but come on – WWE has never been good about following its own self-imposed rules.
Still, you have to count this against WWE because the plot gimmick is called a freakin’ rule, and yet it’s ignored almost weekly. Last week’s Raw, as many as twice as many SmackDown superstars (eight) on the program as supposedly allowed (four). Even if you used some fuzzy math, you’re still over the limit.
And this has happened multiple times. They’ve done stuff like count tag teams as one “superstar unit” and ignored Shane McMahon because, well, he’s a McMahon. Originally, those who broke the rule were supposed to face some form of punishment, according to Mr. McMahon, but clearly that’s fallen by the wayside.
The entire thing is sketchy anyway, but it makes WWE programming look like it’s chaotic and unable to actually follow its own internal logic, which actually might be the case at this point.