9 Ways WWE Failed Miserably On The Road To WrestleMania 32

4. The Undertaker/Shane Story Is A Mess

Once you get past the nostalgia of Shane McMahon's return and the excitement of seeing him step back inside the ring, if you step aside and look at the story with a critical eye it's one giant WTF moment. Sure, VInce's kid's sneaker game is on point and the prospect of Shane running Raw is intriguing, but very little of the program actually makes any sense. Why would The Undertaker agree to do Vince's bidding? Not since The Corporate Ministry of Darkness storyline have the two had any sort of working agreement, and the idea that he would beat up Shane inside Hell in a Cell because McMahon simply told him to is silly. Not only that, but he's supposed to be a face, and Shane is as well, so we have no idea who to root for. If the WWE universe wants to see a new regime in charge, then we have to want The Undertaker to lose at Mania. But 'Taker hasn't done anything heelish and has even spoken ill of Vince, so he's clearly not he bad guy in this scenario. But neither is Shane, who has returned to have us from the incompetence of The Authority. And while we're at it, what is all this vague nonsense about a lockbox? Since being mentioned during Shane's return we've hardly heard a peep about it, and the writers have most likely forgotten about it and may not have ever had an idea for what it contained to begin with. Is all of this leading to a brand split? Hopefully not, because while the roster may be big from an overall talent standpoint, the amount of actual stars is shockingly small. When you get past the novelty of the match, it's one of the most incompetently constructed main event stories WWE has put forth in quite some time.
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