1. Bringing Back Daniel Bryan For The Royal Rumble
When the beloved Daniel Bryan made his triumphant return and announced his entry in the Royal Rumble, fans were overjoyed and hopeful that the stars would align once more and their chosen warrior would get a second chance to headline the biggest show of the year. Then came the actual Rumble, and one nonchalant bump off the apron from Bray Wyatt caused an arena full of fans to erupt in extreme anger. This wasn't heel heat, this was people being legitimately angry that Bryan wasn't winning and headlining Mania. And as such, it absolutely ruined what should have been up until that point the biggest night in Roman Reigns' career. Now hindsight being 20/20 and all that, it's entirely possible WWE knew Daniel wasn't 100% and didn't want to risk a repeat of what happened last year. Or maybe they were just stubborn and were going with their guy no matter what. But either way, with Bryan back on the shelf the decision to keep him out of the main event title picture was the correct one. The problem is why bring him back at all? If he was ready to come back, the smart move would have been to hold off until the Raw after WrestleMania to avoid all of his supporters losing their minds when he didn't win the Royal Rumble. It created an unnecessary tension that WWE was forced to (unsuccessfully) book around and made the entire Road to WrestleMania a bumpy ride. So there you have it. Are there any awful decisions that we forgot about? Let us know in the comments.
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