How WWE Just Saved One Of Its Worst Ideas EVER

It cannot be understated how utterly woeful The Judgment Day was at point of conception.

A symbol of what we now know as Vince McMahon's final days in the job, the group persistently made no sense. Almost impressively so, in fact. The stable name alone was and is stupid, though plenty of this piece will put over the skills of a guy who has gone 25 years with "Triple" as his first name, so that's not exactly a deal-breaker. But nothing about the original idea held together.

Ahead of a WrestleMania with nothing to do, Edge begged for a challenger and received one in the form of AJ Styles. As thanks for answering his call, 'The Rated-R Superstar' hoofed the 'Phenomenal One' in the d*ck and turned heel in the very same segment. The character's switch felt forced from the first week - Edge was beloved even if WWE's booking of him had been mostly miserable since his 2022 return - and a series of cheap heat nonsensical promos made matters worse.

Bad, sure, but not as bad as the dreadful WrestleMania contest between the pair. As bored sighs echoed around Dallas' cavernous AT&T Stadium, the two worked a competent but wholly indulgent drag of a match that collapsed within itself before ending when Damian Priest distracted Styles.

The floundering former United States Champion had apparently seen the blue-then-purple light, and was set to join Edge on the "mountain of omnipotence", which may or may not have been the great big throne 2020's emotional comeback king now took to using as he talked down to dejected and disinterested crowds. If that reads like preposterous b*llocks from end-to-end, imagine 10 minutes a week of it and you're half way to capturing the feeling of watching The Judgment Day.

Change was lurking around the corner, but even the addition of a crucial new member wasn't an immediate solution...

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