The Worst 5 Moments in WWE since 2010

[Ric 'The Nature Boy' Flair]

Playing off the thread about your top5 moments since 2010 im going to make a worst. There are ALOT, I know...

This is gonna be hard.

5) El Torito - Just the whole angle....Terrible

4) Cm Punk walking out - That sucked because it was one of my favourites leaving the company

3) THE WHOLE BUNNY ANGLE - SUCKED

2) Kofi Kingston burial - He was great and for buried. Hate it

1) ultimate warrior death - A hero gone.

I'd like to hear your opinions.

 

[MetalBuffalo911]

Not in any particular order... And I'm going strictly storyline wise because the top 5 would include the deaths of some greats like Warrior, Bearer, lawlers heart attack, etc.

Mark Henry NOT defeating Cena for title after the whole retirement angle. It was pure money, everyone was stoked and then Cena kept title. BS

Kevin Nash coming back for THAT shitty storyline involving the texting, HHH, Punk, Sledgehammer match. Just awful. Btw, that ladder match wasn't even that bad, just the whole story in general was dumb and effectively started to slow down punks momentum at the time.

Batista's return. I actually wasn't too mad he won rumble, but the way he returned with the anticlimactic announcement. Could you imagine had Batista not been announced and here comes his return, I think everything might've gone down differently but it was such a dud of a return for a guy who I like and who was soooooo over at one point.

The waste of some awesome diva talent. Emma, Kaitlyn, Beth Phoenix all come to mind.

Damian Sandow's failed cash in. I was there and the place was so into that match, and Cena once again won. It sucked because it was the first truly failed cash in, it would've been HuGE for Sandow to beat Cena, but the wwe was so desperate for Orton vs Cena 3000 to unify the titles.

 

[JoeFromTomsRiver]

5) The Corre (stupid name, stupid spelling of name, stupid t-shirts, just stupid) The fact that the original Nexus ended up as a watered down Nexus 2.0 and a pathetic spin-off Corre, was pathetic.

4) Every Del Rio title run (extra points to the nonsensical run as a babyface)

3) Turning down the volume on Zeb Colter. (after the Glenn Beck thing, where the WWE used the "this is just an actor" approach and had Dutch Mantell speak out of character, they totally castrated his character. He was a heat magnet and then he just became the old guy who led the "We the People" chant. The WWE toned down his routine as soon as he attracted the mainstream attention they were secretly hoping for. Weak.

2) The Celebrity Guest Hosts ..EVERY WEEK (Once in a while, sure. Every week? It was so awful I'm not going to look back and see who the celebrities were or what kind of "shenanigans" they were involved in. Just glad its over.

1) This isn't realy a "MOMENT", but it's my #1 worst "development" over the past 5 years. WWE's obsession with Twitter and social media in general. Twitter gets in the way of newcasts, sporting events, and everything else on TV, but the WWE pushes it in such a desperate way. They're always actively trying to get something "trending". Luckily they pulled the plug on that "Tout" thing where they showed videos of pathetic marks giving their opinions on kayfabe storylines.

 

[Rane]

Since you all so far have come up with 5 moments which I felt were legible for my top 5, I can think of another 5

5. The Ascension's debut
I've never been too fond of these two, but they seemed to have something good going for them in NXT. The tag team division has been sorely lacking of good, interesting tag teams and it seemed like a good option to ascend the Ascension to the main roster. As soon as I saw the vignettes I knew these guys weren't a team to be taken seriously. I was hoping they would debut in a positive way, but they debuted to local competitors...

4. Adam Rose
No idea how this guy is on TV. Quickly fast forwarded his debut and any segment he was on from there on out.

3.Daniel Bryan's exclusion from the Royal Rumble match 2014
Daniel Bryan had an awesome match with Bray Wyatt earlier in the event and I expected both of them to be in the match regardless. As soon as Mysterio's music hit I was pissed off, and so were the fans who had been waiting for it. I didn't care if he didn't win, he should of made an appearance.

2. Miz main eventing Wrestlemania 27
I despised Miz's title run which lasted 5-6 months if I recall correctly and it was the worst title reign I've had to endure. Not only was he not ready or worthy being world championship material, he was most definitely was not ready to main event the biggest event of the year. I only watched the end of his match with Cena and I wish I hadn't...

1. Daniel Bryan getting eliminated at Royal Rumble 2015
I'm not a Daniel Bryan mark, but being eliminated from the Rumble in a short amount of time killed the rest of the match. From that point on the crowd booed almost everyone besides Ambrose and Ziggler. Good one WWE.

 

[WhiplashUnited]

Top 5 in no order here we go

5. CM Punk leaving was a big one. Probably the most over guy at the time. Vince couldn't stand the possibility of not only putting over CM Punk at WrestleMania in the main event and the possibility of what most people would want , the feud of the two guys that were over before WWE: CM Punk v Daniel Bryan, whether just in feud or at WrestleMania.

4. Most times Cena should've put over someone when he didn't. Earlier posters' comments of not putting over Mark Henry and Damien Sandow were good. Also should've put over Bray Wyatt. This also incorporated in to WWE cutting off their noses just to spite their faces by killing angles they either made or happened naturally just because they didn't plan for the angle themselves.

3. Turning Natalya in to the biggest jobber this side of Barry Horowitz. Has more ability than most of the men but has jobbed to people WWE want to push hard but have much less abilities. They tried to mask her being a jobber by making her the side kick of then Divas/Women's Champion Beth Phoenix.

2. The WWE Network essentially giving away PPVs for free and killing the superstars ability to get PPv payoffs. The way I figure it is: you're either paying $9.99 a month for a PPV plus a month of free access WWE's video library or $9.99 to access the WWE's video library and the PPV is free. I'm leaning towards the second one.

1. The unifying of the two world titles. Without this seeming to lessen the importance of the World Championship not giving the chance for Damien Sandow, Wade Barrett or Dolph Ziggler to hold the big gold belt for a good amount of time has lessened them as legitimate world champion contenders Especially in comparison to Lesnar. Leanar being the sole champion is only good because of his legitimacy.

 

[Hem]

Oh WWE has run a lot of bad feuds, storylines, promos, matches, segments over the past year. I'm not saying it's been all bad. If it were I don't think I'd still be watching it every Monday for RAW at freaking 6:30 in the morning ( I live in India).

So here is my top 5 for the worst 5 (btw I'm the guy you are playing off of with the best 5)

5: MIZ Vs. Cena WM. Remember this? The night that the Rock hosted Wrestlemania was main evented by The Miz, who was the reigning and defending WWE Champion Vs. John Cena. I don't mind the latter being in the match but holy shit The Miz main evented WM as the WWE Champion against John Cena. That year could've been used by a bunch of other guys and I wouldn't mind having Punk main event that year.

4: 18 Second Daniel Bryan WM - Daniel Bryan..lost to Sheamus..in a mere 18 seconds in a world title match...at WRESTLEMANIA. This was original proof WWE did not believe in Bryan much. The fans were all disgusted and it led to one of the biggest movements in WWE history. This match was the match that started the whole Yes Movement.

3: Edges Retirement - Wow, everything seems to happen around Wrestlemania in the WWE, huh? Edge announced on RAW after defending his WHC at Wrestlemania that he'd have to retire due to his injuries which could paralyze him if he did not stop wrestling. I'm happy he stopped when he did but damn the dude was forced to retire and it was too early if you ask me. I'm a big Edge fan and couldn't believe that night when I saw Edge announce his retirement..I don't think Edge could believe it either.

2: Karma: Call her what you will, Awesome Kong or Karma but she was one women who ACTUALLY stood out from the other divas. Kong was a mammoth compared to most of the other divas on the roster. She could have changed the WWEs Womens Division for a long time but her run was cut short. I also hated that promo which was cut on her by the Bellas.

1: CM Punk Leaves - After the Royal Rumble, initial reports came out saying Punk had walked out. I thought it was a thing that would last a month, tops. Seeing the Best In The World actually never come back on WWE since then took me back some. I'm a big CM Punk fan. I'm happy for him since he's pursuing other dreams outside of the WWE in UFC and I hope he wins his fights but damn...I wish he was still around.

 

[John McCass]

5. CM Punk Leaving
Many people have rated this higher but, I don't find it that much sad than below mentioned events. Sure, it was a very bad moment but, the below ones are even sadder. Punk accomplished everything here, got important title runs, got a huge fanbase and some undefinable moments. Punk leaving was a huge dissappointment to me as have it been to many people. He was one of the most talented wrestlers out there and also one out of my favourites. It is so sad that we lost a great performer.
4. Damien Sandow failed cash in
Yes, this was very saddistic, very very saddistic. Another talent #BuriedByCena. The MITB Briefcase was a very valuable asset to Sandow. It was a huge oppurtunity to Sandow to get elevated to another level. But, they didn't go that way. They wasted this very important oppurtunity and Sandow got ******ed to Jobber level and undercard activities. They also wasted the respective year's MITB event. If they don't wanted to make the cash in then, why they put it on him. They should have put it on Orton to give us yet another Cena vs Orton for 2853th time and it completely sucked. They should have went another way but, this was also a very sad moment.
3. The Nexus burial
When Nexus debuted back in 2010, it was the coolest debut and we got 7 new upcomers to fill the empty voids in main event. And, what we got Team WWE vs Team Nexus where Cena singlehandehly defeated the entire Nexus. It completely buried the Nexus. It was also one of the saddistic moments. It was the burial of not 1, not 2, not 3 but a burial of 7 talents. Though, Daniel Bryan somehow managed to overcome the odds and climb upstairs. Wade Barrett and Ryback are floating in midcard and rest of the Nexus we are seeing what they are now. Rest of them all are jobbing or have left the company.
2. The Streak Ends
Yes, this is another sad moment after 2010. No one saw this coming and was a very sad as well as shocking moment also, and the guy picked for ending the streak was not an upcomer but, it was already an established dominant heel. I just hate this moment from the very bottom of my heart. What was need to give this rub to Lesnar? Lesnar didn't need this feather. It should have definitely been given to Bray Wyatt which they are doing now. Also, it was the most important and glorious streak going right there. I just hate this moment.
1. Edge's Retirement
I'm surprised why not a single people have noted this here. This was the saddest moment for me after 2010 and Edge's retirement speech was also hearttouching. Being a diehard Edge fan, it was complete heartbreaking for me.

 

[roipdh123]

The Worst Moments are:

5.Damien Sandow cashing in Money In The Bank un-successfully.

4.Edge's retirement.

3.Wrestle Mania 27 {especially Cena vs Miz and Cole vs Lawler but in general everything that this show was or was involved with it with the exception of HHH vs Taker and Mysterio vs Rhodes was a disaster}.

2.The Nexus Burial by John Cena - This is the biggest example but I include here all the burials that were done by Cena in those years and they are: Batista & The Nexus & Cm Punk {pre - wrestle mania 27} & The Miz & R Truth & Rey Mysterio {taking the title from a hour and a half after winning it} & Alberto Del Rio & Kane & Zack Ryder {during his Kane storyline} & Brock Lesnar {on his WWE return match} & David Otunga for the 2nd time {in the laurinaitis feud} & The Big Show & Dolph Ziggler & Big E {during the Ziggler storyline} & RyBack & Mark Henry & Damien Sandow & The Wyatt Family & RyBack , Dolph Ziggler and Erick Rowan all for the 2nd time now as a collective {when they were fired by the authority} and now it looks like we will have another buried man in two and a half weeks in Rusev..

1.The Streak Ends - stupid on so many different level's that I am not even going to start writing about them.

 

[Planet_Velvet]

In my opinion, the worst moments were:

5. Not milking the R-Truth Little Jimmy-heel run for all that it was worth. It ended too quickly.

4. The Undertaker's streak ending. If you don't bel;ieve me, ask yourself how excited you are for this year's WrestleMania. I'll wait....

3. Ending the Mark Henry deal with just a match and Cena going over. That totally sucked.

2. Death of The Ultimate Warrior. Two entities that held a grudge for too long. When they finally kissed and made up, it was too late. Certainly, the fact that he let his pride get in the way coupled with the fact that Warrior passed unexpectedly has to still eat at Vince.

1. Total Divas. A WWE-themed version of Keeping Up with The Kardashians. Total garbage, About as entertaining as a head cold.

 

[Quinn30Colo]

5. The past two Royal Rumbles being hijacked by the crowd. Nothing is worse then a crowd ruining a show. RR is my favorite of the PPVs, and while WWE did not do a good job at all with the 2015 booking, the 2014 show I thought was good even with Batista winning.

4. The Rock ending CM Punk's title reign at RR 2013. It was just a terrible ending. From the match being restarted to ending it 2 minutes after the restart with the people's elbow. Rock winning didn't bother me, but the finish ruined a great match. A 434 day title reign ends very sloppy.

3. Mismanagement of top wrestling Divas. Natalya, Beth Phoenix, Paige. There are some girls that can just go, and for whatever reason the storylines are switched all the time. They had Beth and Natalya about to start watching each other's backs and then it just dropped. Makes me miss the strong diva days of Trish, Lita, Jazz, Victoria. Some of the girls today have just as much talent and it's not being used. Paige's PTO just is awesome to watch, so is Emma's finisher.

2. The Kevin Nash text storyline. Awful enough said.

1. Ending the Nexus, Wyatt Family & Shield stable too early. I'm a fan of stables. The Nexus debut was the first time in a long time that I felt I had to tune in Monday night in a long time. Granted injuries dwindled them down a bit, but 8 fresh rookies taking over was just awesome. Then it's ended when Punk wins the title and comes back with a new look

Bray Wyatt is great with the promos, but Rowan and Harper just seem lost now. Here's a clear example of how stables help a tag team division. How did these guys never hold the tag titles?

The shield was great. The clean sweep over Evolution in a fantastic match, then a turn by Seth Rollins the very next night? I get eventually they needed to split, but not on a Monday Night. How great of a turn would it have been if HHH put them all in MITB to then have Rollins turn on them all. Even worse was there's been no payoff. Dean Ambrose was moved on quickly to Bray Wyatt after one match with Seth Rollins that ended in Wyatt's interference. How do we go from a top of the card stable in the Shield to no payoff from the fallout? Reigns hasn't really feuded with Rollins. Obviously Rollins MITB may change that, but how do Ambrose and Reigns just split up. Very lazy story telling with this split. This right here tops all the worst moments.

 

[StonewallBrigade]

5. The past two Royal Rumbles being hijacked by the crowd. Nothing is worse then a crowd ruining a show. RR is my favorite of the PPVs, and while WWE did not do a good job at all with the 2015 booking, the 2014 show I thought was good even with Batista winning.

I love when the kiddies call it "hijacking" when the adults boo whomever Vince wants them to cheer. Just like when the kids cry at the live events when Cena gets booed. Especially after the rare occasion when he loses.

I think the boos mixed with indifference after Roman wins at Mania is going to be considered one of the WWE's worst moments since 2010.

 

[Quinn30Colo]

I love when the kiddies call it "hijacking" when the adults boo whomever Vince wants them to cheer. Just like when the kids cry at the live events when Cena gets booed. Especially after the rare occasion when he loses.

I think the boos mixed with indifference after Roman wins at Mania is going to be considered one of the WWE's worst moments since 2010.

I don't call it hijacking when people boo who Vince wants you to cheer. To me it's hilarious when Cena comes out and gets boo'd. Especially when the England fans started singing John Cena Sucks during the theme music. That's an awesome crowd. To the point though, they are in booing that character.

RR has the biggest risk of my definition of a hijack. Forty-five minutes straight booing cause Bryan gets eliminated is a hijack. It prevents the viewers from now getting invested into another character. Your example of Cena does not qualify in my book as a hijack as you're invested in not liking a character.

 

[kadroan]

Since you all so far have come up with 5 moments which I felt were legible for my top 5, I can think of another 5

5. The Ascension's debut
I've never been too fond of these two, but they seemed to have something good going for them in NXT. The tag team division has been sorely lacking of good, interesting tag teams and it seemed like a good option to ascend the Ascension to the main roster. As soon as I saw the vignettes I knew these guys weren't a team to be taken seriously. I was hoping they would debut in a positive way, but they debuted to local competitors...

4. Adam Rose
No idea how this guy is on TV. Quickly fast forwarded his debut and any segment he was on from there on out.

3.Daniel Bryan's exclusion from the Royal Rumble match 2014
Daniel Bryan had an awesome match with Bray Wyatt earlier in the event and I expected both of them to be in the match regardless. As soon as Mysterio's music hit I was pissed off, and so were the fans who had been waiting for it. I didn't care if he didn't win, he should of made an appearance.

2. Miz main eventing Wrestlemania 27
I despised Miz's title run which lasted 5-6 months if I recall correctly and it was the worst title reign I've had to endure. Not only was he not ready or worthy being world championship material, he was most definitely was not ready to main event the biggest event of the year. I only watched the end of his match with Cena and I wish I hadn't...

1. Daniel Bryan getting eliminated at Royal Rumble 2015
I'm not a Daniel Bryan mark, but being eliminated from the Rumble in a short amount of time killed the rest of the match. From that point on the crowd booed almost everyone besides Ambrose and Ziggler. Good one WWE.

The Ascension got plenty of bad moments. I wasn't a fan of their debut but what stood out to me about them was the fact they were booked to look so weak against NAO on that RAW Reunion show. nWo and NAO made The Ascension look so weak. They did a similar segment with Brock last fall and you didn't see him get beat up by NAO.

 

[Wald]

1) WWE deliberately cooling down CM Punk after his Pipe Bomb promo by having him drop the title at Summerslam to Del Rio and lose to Triple H at the next PPV. Signs that WWE don't want you grab the brass ring unless they want you to #1

2) Daniel Bryan being consistently deliberately cooled down since he got himself over. Whether it's Royal Rumble 2014, the Wyatt Family, commentators constantly running him down, the Authority constantly running him down, Royal Rumble 2015 or the slap in the face that is him getting shoved in to the 'Get Everyone On the Card' match at this Wrestlemania. Signs that WWE don't want you to grab the brass ring unless they want you to to #2

3) Edge retiring.I love Edge, he retired, that is all.

4) WWE Creative getting even worse with stop start pushing. Here comes Bray Wyatt, oh he's a bad ass cult leader who doesn't have a cult and isn't that much of a bad ass when you think about it. Here's Dean Ambrose, the Lunatic Fringe who is so crazy that you don't know what he'll do next, well unless it's winning a PPV match cause we all know that's not going to happen. You get the picture, WWE relies on us believing their horseshit claims without backing up the characters on screen.

5) The Rock beating John Cena at the Once In A Lifetime Wrestlemania. Forget the rematch because everyone else has, the real match between the two was the first meeting and the winner should have been John Cena. That was his Mania moment to rival anything Hogan, Austin or the Rock have done and they took it away from him

 

[cornerdon26]

1) WWE deliberately cooling down CM Punk after his Pipe Bomb promo by having him drop the title at Summerslam to Del Rio and lose to Triple H at the next PPV. Signs that WWE don't want you grab the brass ring unless they want you to #1

2) Daniel Bryan being consistently deliberately cooled down since he got himself over. Whether it's Royal Rumble 2014, the Wyatt Family, commentators constantly running him down, the Authority constantly running him down, Royal Rumble 2015 or the slap in the face that is him getting shoved in to the 'Get Everyone On the Card' match at this Wrestlemania. Signs that WWE don't want you to grab the brass ring unless they want you to to #2

3) Edge retiring.I love Edge, he retired, that is all.

4) WWE Creative getting even worse with stop start pushing. Here comes Bray Wyatt, oh he's a bad ass cult leader who doesn't have a cult and isn't that much of a bad ass when you think about it. Here's Dean Ambrose, the Lunatic Fringe who is so crazy that you don't know what he'll do next, well unless it's winning a PPV match cause we all know that's not going to happen. You get the picture, WWE relies on us believing their horseshit claims without backing up the characters on screen.

5) The Rock beating John Cena at the Once In A Lifetime Wrestlemania. Forget the rematch because everyone else has, the real match between the two was the first meeting and the winner should have been John Cena. That was his Mania moment to rival anything Hogan, Austin or the Rock have done and they took it away from him

I think you got this band on. Just expanding from 4th, the lack of ability to create and maintain successful stables and tag teams.

 

[HBKistheHOF]

I chose not to include the sad or heartbreaking moments like the passing of Warrior, Edge's career ending injury, etc. because while they were bad moments, they were bad in a completely different way & were out of everyone's control for the most part. Also if Lesnar's title reign ends in a lame way at WM 31 & that's the end of the 1 in 21-1, then Brock ending the streak along with his current title reign will definitely move on to this list, but I'll stay positive & wait to see what happens at Mania for now.

5.) Damien Sandow Failed Cash-In/Talent Mismanagement - A lot of talent have been mismanaged over the last half decade. Cesaro should be in or near the world title picture, Ziggler was hotter than ever just a few months ago & WWE hardly did anything with him, same for Ambrose & WWE has made him into a goofy mid-carder, Bray's booking has been very sketchy at times & left him off TV for months at a time, etc. But the worst was probably Sandow cashing in & not winning the world title. Sandow was not only on a roll & would've been the perfect thing to freshen up a rather bland world title picture at that time but even if his title reign was short or not very good, it would have elevated him to the next level & the statistic of Cena being the only guy to cash-in & not win was perfect. Luckily Sandow bounced back but now there's only one world title belt so the likelihood of him becoming world champion has now dropped dramatically, especially since he's really known as a comedy act now.

4.) John Cena Buries The Nexus/The Corre - I actually wasn't that huge on the Nexus story line when it was first going on & when I was watching originally I wanted Team WWE to win, but boy did that send things down hill. Not only is that the worst Summerslam of the last half decade but the bland ending to the main event basically ruined the several months of build-up that looking back was pretty good. Then the story line with Cena & Barrett going forward was awful. Barrett was seemingly not ready for the main event yet & started to flounder in what was a very lame & lackluster time in WWE as a whole IMO. Then someone came up with the bright idea that since Barrett couldn't really hold his own yet, he could just do the same thing he did a few months prior but with less guys & just changing one out. Genius.

3.) Triple H Buries CM Punk/Kevin Nash Texting B.S. - Of all the things Punk said on Cabana's podcast, hands down the thing I agree with the most & marked out for the most was him calling out HHH for not putting him over at Night of Champions 2011. All the Kevin Nash stuff, Punk not immediately getting a rematch for his title while Cena got one, etc. There was a lot that went wrong post-Summerslam 2011 but HHH beating Punk clean on the following PPV just killed the entire Summer of Punk story line. & what's sad is that it's a really good match, but it's tarnished by the stupid ending & the fact that there was literally no good reason for Punk to have lost.

2.) Musical Guests/Celebrity Guest Hosts - Celebrities & Music has always been a part of WWE since Vince Jr. took over & I can appreciate the spectacle of it all but damn, are celebrities & musical guests rarely used well anymore. There have been SO many awful celebrity & musical guests on WWE programming in the last several years that have done nothing but annoy, irritate & waste screen time. From the countless RAW guest hosts, to having to sit through entire performances by the likes of Wiz Khalifa, Florida Georgia Line, Cee-Lo Green, Kid Rock, etc. They're just awful. The only celebrities/performances I can recall enjoying from the last few years were when In Living Colour played for Punk at WM 29 & when the bands that do Orton & Wyatt's music performed at last year's Mania, those are the only ones that added anything to the overall show.

1.) The Anonymous RAW General Manager/Michael Cole & Jerry Lawler story line - Hands down my least favorite story line of all time. The whole anonymous RAW GM crap was the most annoying & idiotic thing WWE has ever come up with. & worst of all it ended with one of the worst reveals of all time. I would have been less irritated if they just never explained it like GTV or something. & the fact that it essentially turned Michael Cole into a full blown wrestling character which resulted in him actually having a match at Wrestlemania with The King & actually winning said match no less, is the absolute worst. Wrestlemania XXVII was actually pretty good aside from that match & the pointless Corre squash. We got the best HHH/Undertaker match ever IMO, Punk/Orton & Rey/Cody which were both excellent matches, Edge/Del Rio which was pretty awesome, a solid U.S. Title bout on the pre-show (before it became a battle royal, Holla! Holla!), a decent Mixed Tag Match (although I could do without Snooki) & Cena/Miz which was alright but then in the middle of the show was this stinking turd of a match that was not only boring & terrible to watch live but completely wasted Stone Cold, Jack Swagger & Booker T who was at his first WM since being back. Lawler vs. Cole basically ruined what was actually a pretty good Wrestlemania.

 

[LuckyLouie]

I think......

Bryan finally winning the title to be injured for almost a year.

Undertaker losing at WM. I am still not sold on Lesnar winning. But I can see from the other side why they did it, and there is no better way to make Lesnar look bad then by taking out Undertaker. But ending something like this that was 22 years in the making for a boost in sales is horrible.

Roman Reigns winning the Rumble.........Not only can the crowd explain why.... There are too many other people who deserve the win more. And not only did the wrong person win, the way he won was cheap and stupid. Basically, if it was not for The Rock, Rusev is the #1 contender

The Cesaro depush. He was red hot coming into Wrestlemania. He was hot coming out of it. And then it all died. His swing is gone. He could have been so much more.

No new stars. Yes we have Orton, Cena.........Bryan? Maybe even some would consider Sheamus. But besides these guys you have Lesnar, Taker, who are big draws but only very part time. And Big Show, Kane, Henry, Jericho, Miz, guys who were big but never sellout huge. In 5 years they could have made some many current guys top guys and bring many more talent into the roster. Half of the nXt guys would be great on te roster if they can wrestle like they are now. And the guys like Ambrose, Rolling, Ziggler, Sandow, Kidd, Cesaro, Rusev, Harper, Rowan, even Roman can be the top guy. They can split the brands up again, have nXt, Smackdown and RAW. A ladder moving up like the old days. But there is no excuse why there is only a hand full of guys who are winning and holding the title. Like Cena did when Sandow cashed in his case. Cena was really beaten up, coming back after recovering for month on his arm. Sandow beat him up and beat his arm with his briefcase for a long time. And guess what, Cena still kicked out and there is no excuse for that. So lets make some new stars Vince, this is getting sad.

 

[I Heart Cena]

Little Bull is actually one of the few bright things about WWE. I'm surprised OP doesn't like him.

Anyway, here are my 5

5. Cena beating Brock in 2012
4. Albert The River's leaving
3. CM Punk leaving
2. Lesnar-Reigns at this year's WM
1. Cena going over Rock at WM29

 

[THTRobtaylor]

5) "Stick the winner" - The most ridiculous use of a talent since WCW... it was the most stupid NWO-esque idea and clearly came from Nash. Who couldn't actually carry his end. That Punk was able to brush it off was down to his skills.

4) Roman Going To Mania - That moment when you knew that not only were WWE gonna shit on the fans, but that it REALLY isn't going to end well. Vince had to have it his way and it will kill Reigns as a future talent. It was a very loud signal that Vince really isn't going anywhere.

3) Wade Barrett's injuries - It's hard to say which is worse cos both cost him MITB, the first time he was due to win instead of Ziggler and the second, you could tell the whole ending of the match was not for Rollins but for Barrett to have played the role Kane did and lift the case... even Trip's impression of him in the announcement of the participants signalled he was winning. Both times a legit main event opportunity has been lost and then WWE just hasn't bothered after. The worst part? BOTH times the guy doing the hurting got pushed in his place... so it really left a sour taste, particularly Ziggler, who caused it with his reckless attitude to begin with.

I really hope BNB he emerges from this ladder match with the title, it's the only way they can save him for the future, the guy deserves a lot better than he's gotten.

2) Edge's retirement - This was awful, out of nowhere and arguably the most sickening feeling I'd had watching wrestling. Why? Cos it was not only unfair, but tragic. This guy was at the peak of his powers and it was taken away while he had more to do in the ring. He is fine, happy and kind of a success story for "getting out" but he's always gonna have that neck problem.

1) The Weekend of Doom - Wrestlemania weekend was so nearly the worst in WWE history last year for all the wrong reasons. Undertaker was in serious medical danger, this is played down but he was in trouble and could have potentially died. Then Warrior died within days. Looking at him during the HOF, he looked happy but ill. It was clear and at RAW he really DID look awful, like he was in distress even then but "playing it to the bone" as his last chance to speak to his fans. Could WWE have done more in both cases? Perhaps not, but bear in mind that we have not seen Taker properly for over a year... I am very concerned about him continuing...and certainly winning.

Some of the stuff people have mentioned isn't that bad... Jerry Lawler, that's not a "worst moment" that's actually a triumph for both Lawler and WWE as the precautions they take were shown to work...it also did a lot for Cole as well to rehabilitate him with the fans. I am sure Jerry would rather it didn't happen, but it was going to anyway...

Adam Rose? Give the guy a break, he's being given shit by "lemons" and he's trying to make something that doesn't taste like toilet water... Gabriel talked about how they both wanted to take the Bunny "dark" but Vince refused...

Wyatt's depush isn't a bad thing, it probably, like Taker before him saved him from burnout as a character too soon. He is still heel after all.

 

[Dagger Dias]

1. Brock Lesnar doesn't defend the World Heavyweight Championship for 3 entire PPV cycles
This is by far the worst for me. I don't have a problem with Lesnar being booked as a nearly invincible monster. That isn't the issue. He needs to show up at the very least for the monthly PPV and defend the belt. If he cannot make that commitment then he should NOT be the World Heavyweight Champion. The whole point of being a wrestler is (kayfabe) to become a World Champion and without the belt being up for grabs monthly it eliminates the purpose for the others even being there. Also, I feel bad for Seth Rollins who has no one to cash in on seeing as though our World Heavyweight Champion hardly ever shows up. It's a disgrace. If he retains at Wrestlemania and holds the belt hostage until Summerslam it would be an insult to fans everywhere. Monthly World Championship matches must come back.

2. Miz's WWE Championship reign
Oh my goodness this was horrible. A guy who never should have won the federation's top prize in the first place, but he RETAINS at WRESTLEMANIA against JOHN CENA. All this after having defended on PPV the previous month against a retired 60+ year old announcer. Wrestlemania 27 is regarded as one of the worst Wrestlemanias ever and it had the worst main event ever in the brand's history. I nearly gave up on WWE during this time.

3. Nexus splits up into New Nexus and The Corre
This ruined what, at the time, was the best new stable in recent years. Under Barrett the original Nexus was causing chaos and were genuinely exciting to watch each week, even up through the Cena VS Barrett angle. Then they split an awesome stable up into two garbage stables. New Nexus was nothing but boring bodyguards that CM Punk never needed. They even started coming out to Punk's entrance theme at one point. The Corre was just a terrible ripoff of Nexus that was worse in every possible way. I hated both of these stables, such an idiotic way to end the significantly better original group.

4. The Rock defeats John Cena at Wrestlemania 28
This single-handedly ruined Wrestlemania 28 and tarnishes what otherwise could have gone down as one of the best Wrestlemania events ever. A year long build between two generational icons. You'd think that the legend of the past would put over the legend of today. Nope. Instead we get a bogus ending to the match and WWE had to turn it into "Twice In A Lifetime????" when they realized what a mistake they had made. Everyone who whines about how we never needed the second match should blame that on the person who allowed Rock to defeat Cena the first time around.

5. Lesnar ends Undertaker's Streak
Where do I even start on this one? Lesnar was going to be a heel monster at the top of the card no matter what he did. Former WWE Champion. Former UFC Champion. He didn't NEED this! WWE ruined the opportunity for the ultimate heel turn on a star that needed it. Heck, it could have been Cena. Everyone always wants to talk about the Cena heel turn. Had he ended the Streak then it would have been the biggest turn since Hogan's nWo turn. Also, unlike Lesnar, a heel Cena would have stuck around to provide evil versions of his current promo style, hyping up encounters against face challengers. I'm not saying it had to be Cena. Quite the contrary actually. ANYONE but Lesnar would have been a better choice. A once in a lifetime opportunity, gone forever.