I must be alone in this one, but because of my passion for Drew McIntyre, I loved the "program" they ran for he and Teddy Long even though it was one of the dumbest I've ever witnessed.
After a real-life stay in WWE Purgatory, Drew was given a chance by Teddy to rejoin the roster. All he had to do was win a match set up by Teddy..... and Drew would be back in the fold.
Trouble was, Drew couldn't get the victory... no way, no how. And it's not as if Teddy was throwing Drew guys such as Brad Maddox has had to face to accomplish essentially the same thing. While Maddox finds himself opposing giants and other top-line guys, Drew was being fed people like Santino and Zack Ryder, for pete's sake. Still, he couldn't buy a victory until John Laurinaitis stepped in and gave him Hornswoggle. I was sitting there, scared to death he was going to lose to the dwarf, but Drew took the "glorious" victory and kept his spot on the roster.
Okay, so the follow-up: Why did Laurinaitis step in? Why did he give Drew a sure thing? Why did he want to involve himself in the first place?......Answer: we don't know. They never did anything else with the program, which is the main factor that made the whole thing ridiculous.
Then: What was WWE intending with this stupid program? I (foolishly) figured Drew was in line for a push, otherwise, why bother with this losing streak garbage in the first place?....Answer: We never found out the purpose. As far as we knew, giving Drew a losing streak was a beginning and ending in itself. Positively ass-holian in concept.
Okay, this qualifies as a stupid storyline, right? So, why did I love it?
The answer is obvious, since I'm Drew's biggest fan (and future love interest

). I think it's understood that winning or losing isn't as important to a WWE performer as airtime, right? For almost two years before this program, Drew had been given virtually no time on TV, except for isolated "jobber" moments, and the occasional victory on Superstars. In 2011, he was even left home during the European tour, which
must have embarrassed him when his family and friends saw WWE playing Glasgow and realized their guy hadn't even made the trip.
I figured he was close to being future endeavored, yet wondered how a guy so young and talented (and
gorgeous) could possibly be let go.
As it turns out, the question hasn't been fully answered yet, but it's encouraging that Drew finally has a program to run with. There's absolutely nothing wrong in being paired with a couple other mid-carders to start something that allows audiences to see them again, hopefully culminating in all three being given a chance to show their wares for future programs (a la Nexus).
So, the storyline was uber-stupid, yet I loved it what ultimately came out of it. I guess we'll never know whether the writers intended for more to happen, and simply dropped it......or whether they did exactly what they meant to.
But, man, was it stupid.