1. Vince McMahon
As long as Vince McMahon is still the one making all the final decisions on major angles, then he deserves the blame for turning what could have been a really fun, interesting and even direction-shifting Survivor Series and turned it into more of the same. In the aftermath of Hell in a Cell, it looked like WWE was finally contemplating having the Wyatt Family become a serious heel stable, taking out both Undertaker and Kane and presumably stripping them of their powers. Then an unfortunate injury to Seth Rollins opened the door to history repeating itself and having a hero who has been forced down fans throats possibly turning heel and aligning with the owners, vaulting him to the top of the card. What we got instead was the squashing of the heel stable by two men who will probably be retired within the next year or so. Meanwhile, the babyface hero stayed the hero, then got played and was left in the ring to mope. Many have said that ever since Vince bought his biggest competition in WCW, he became complacent and adverse to taking the very risks that helped make WWE a juggernaut. Instead, he plays it safe and stays the course, even when a shakeup might be just whats needed. If you needed evidence, Survivor Series 2015 could be Exhibit A.
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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.
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