8 Wrestlers WWE Pushed In The WORST Way Possible

If we are to talk about Goldberg, the conversation must swing to Ryback. A 6'1 bald-headed monster who looked like he could benchpress a car, the idea was to push Ryback to the moon by brute force. WWE utilized his brutish look to have him maul opponents every week and soar to the top of the card. It worked for Goldberg in the late 90s, why wouldn't it work in 2013?

The problem was that fans were in a very different place at this point in time. This was the post-Pipe Bomb era, when fans were rooting for CM Punk, Daniel Bryan, Dolph Ziggler, and workhorses who could go in the ring. Underdogs were the order of the day. People who felt like they weren't a product of the WWE machine, who were built to tell great stories more than to sell action figures.

Ryback appeared on WWE with an in-ring style akin to a kid playing an unbeatable video game character. He hit the same moves every week, won in the same fashion, and shouted catchphrases that felt like they'd come straight from a cheesy 80s action movie. Yelling "feed me more" while pumping your hands like a toddler and slapping your head like a linebacker felt dated, stale, and completely out of touch with the era he worked in.