What swerve in WWE history didn't make sense to you?

[Born To Fly]

I thought of this thread while watching Hell in a Cell tonight.

So the lights changed, Undertaker was about to finish Kane and then Paul Bearer shone a light in Undertaker's eyes to blind him so Kane could win.

To me -- even though it is scripted -- it just looked awkward, forced and like neither Paul Bearer or Kane really knew what was supposed to happen.

What other swerves stick out to you like those involved had no idea what was going on?

 

[VinnieSunshine]

Vince as the leader of the Ministry of Darkness. It just made no sense for as strong as that was turning out. I know Vince is an ego maniac, but even as a scripted character, why would you have your own group kidnap your OWN DAUGHTER, worry about it, then come out and say "it was me". The storyline just went flat after that.

 

[jimmyjimjimz]

When Paul Bearer first turned on Undertaker after Undertaker fought Mick Foley in the boiler room match. When it first happened, it made no sense. Eventually, it started making sense as the whole Kane storyline started. But when it first happened, I was really confused.

Then the whole thing with the dudley boyz and paul heyman kidnapping Paul Bearer and Undertaker having to fight the dudleyz and throw the match or Heyman would bury Paul Bearer in cement. I was like why did they bring him back for like 3 months if they're gonna kill him off? lol.

 

[Spidey Revivey]

How did Paul Bearer betraying Taker not make sense to you? Years ago Taker was the one that betrayed Paul by giving him a cement suit at the Great American Bash.

As for storylines that didn't make sense in any form or fashion, try the Vince's illegitimate son angle. Mr. Kennedy was suppose to be the fortunate son and get a real push with his career, but things changed backstage and they gave it to the kid's favorite Hornswoggle, and then went with a whole Finlay segment that was suppose to magickally make Swoggle HIS kid, so yeah two fathers and confused fans everywhere lost interest so they dropped the whole thing all-together.

 

[xRob13x]

I'll have to say Kane carrying the bag around with the mask in it, only to find out it was Rey Mysterio's mask instead of his. That seemed like a desperate attempt to put one over on the people who figured it out immediately, and it was really lame.

 

[JuviJuiceIsLoose]

Austin joining the Alliance.

He was WWF through and through and for years he talked about how much he hated WCW. So, why what sense does it make to join them during the Invasion Angle?

It was just a needless heel turn for Stone Cold. The 2nd in like 3 or 4 months.

Austin joining the Alliance was one of the main reason why the Invasion Angle didn't work.

 

[Brahma Bull]

not a big angle, but when that skinny ass guy who dreamer was mentoring turned on him when dreamer faced mark henry. then they released the guy. what the hell was up with that?

mae young and the hand???

 

[goldbergiswrestling]

great post idea. The one that never made since to me is undertaker becoming a biker. Undertaker was a dead man, a demonic evil man and he gets buried alive (I think I was more of a casual fan at the time) when he returns all of a sudden he is on a motorcycle and is just a regular man. um ok?

 

[RVD KAMALA 440]

Vince as the leader of the Ministry of Darkness. It just made no sense for as strong as that was turning out. I know Vince is an ego maniac, but even as a scripted character, why would you have your own group kidnap your OWN DAUGHTER, worry about it, then come out and say "it was me". The storyline just went flat after that.

I think vince did it cause people heard the rumor that it was gonna be either million dollar man or jake the snake. So vince had 2 change it. Even if the end result was gonna be dumb.

 

[RVD KAMALA 440]

Austin joining the Alliance.

He was WWF through and through and for years he talked about how much he hated WCW. So, why what sense does it make to join them during the Invasion Angle?

It was just a needless heel turn for Stone Cold. The 2nd in like 3 or 4 months.

Austin joining the Alliance was one of the main reason why the Invasion Angle didn't work.

Not only that, but Angle joining the alliance after losing the belt to Austin. Waste of time. Angle being face after 9/11 then winning it then losing it & going back heel again. Angle has always been heel too long in both organizations.
And another swerve that didn't make sense was in the mid 90's between Ahmed Johnson turning on Undertaker joining the NOD. He had the nerve 2 have no respect 4 someone who listens to another man but joins a man who put him out of action. A week or 2 later the NOD turns on Ahmed out of the blue for no reason.

 

[Elementz of Fear]

I would have to go with Hornswoggle being revealed as Vince McMahon's son. There have been some ridiculous story lines in the WWE but this one actually had some potential. I know this storyline was originally written for Mr. Kennedy but they could have easily revealed it to be Kennedy right away and just have Vince "fire him" until his suspension was up. Come to think of it, I think I would have accepted absolutely anyone over Hornswoggle. What was gained out of it being Hornswoggle? No offense but he literally cannot get over to the point where people are tuning in to watch him.

Speaking of McMahon, another one that comes to mind is when the stage collapsed onto him at the end of the money giveaway thing. Does anyone even remember why this happened? I can't.

Ahhhh and one last one that I can some up in 5 words with no explanation needed: Mike Adamle as General Manager.

 

[dman1373]

great post idea. The one that never made since to me is undertaker becoming a biker. Undertaker was a dead man, a demonic evil man and he gets buried alive (I think I was more of a casual fan at the time) when he returns all of a sudden he is on a motorcycle and is just a regular man. um ok?

I think he told vince he wasn't doing shit for him and just left and vince said he was never allowed to come back. But when he left he wasn't in character or anything. He was just in his biker get up and left on his bike. Then he came back as the american badass.

 

[One to Remember]

I thought HHH turning on DX to join McMahon was stupid. I also never understood Austin joining the Alliance. I mean being sympathetic to ECW made sense but walkin around in a wCw shirt and leading WCW guys was always weird to me.

 

[shooter_mcgavin]

Regarding the McMahon higher power thing; I guess all what was mentioned made no sense. However what totally didn't make any sense was McMahon plotted this to get rid of the title from Austin.

Of course this whole storyline happened before WMXV where Austin was NOT yet Champion. That made ZERO sense in continuity unless the WWE/F back then felt fans had a 1 month attention span.

 

[d_henderson1810]

Austin joining the Alliance.

He was WWF through and through and for years he talked about how much he hated WCW. So, why what sense does it make to join them during the Invasion Angle?

It was just a needless heel turn for Stone Cold. The 2nd in like 3 or 4 months.

Austin joining the Alliance was one of the main reason why the Invasion Angle didn't work.

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Firstly, Austin going heel I agreed with. Austin had got a bit "stale" with his gimmick, and having a run as a heel freshened up the character, opened him up to new feuds (as he would now fight faces) and gave the character more flexibility.

As for him being leader of the Alliance, I think they did that because they needed a high profile leader to lead them. The Rock was off making movies, and Triple H was out with his quad, so Austin was the only other guy with a profile to make the Alliance seem like a legitimate threat.

I think I heard that the original "touted" leader was suppoused to be Goldberg, but Bill Goldberg played hardball in joining WWE at that time, so they re-assigned the role.

 

[Hollywood Naitch]

Vince as the leader of the Ministry of Darkness. It just made no sense for as strong as that was turning out. I know Vince is an ego maniac, but even as a scripted character, why would you have your own group kidnap your OWN DAUGHTER, worry about it, then come out and say "it was me". The storyline just went flat after that.

Absolutely pointless end to the storyline. I understand the reasons for changing who the "greater power" was, but surely it could have been someone other than Vince?!

It was just stupid that he would go to all the effort of making it look like he was caring about Steph for it to turn out that he was behind it all...rubbish

 

[macksstream]

The one, well two but it was the same thing that happened, that confused me were when they gave John Cena and his opponent at WM and SS (HBK and Batista respectively) the World Tag Team Titles. I mean, Cena and HBK won the titles as pretty much a random team and then they didn't do much with them until they lost them on RAW after WM. WTF? Couldn't they have given them to a team that needed them? JEEZ!
The other time, with Batista, made no sense to me. You're trying to build a huge match with these two, they've been in WWE pretty much the same time, both were in overtime in the 2005 RR, both won their first World Title at WM that same year but have never faced each other in a singles match. That's enough to build on but instead "let's give the guys who we're trying to make enemies the Tag Team Titles. You know, the ones that need to go to team?". That was absolutely pointless as it lasted a week before they lost them again. It's a shit stain on the title history of the World Tag Team Championships.

 

[Jay85]

I would agree with the Austin swerve. The part that didn't make sense to me was the night after the WWE beat the Alliance, Austin came out and attacked Angle who was being rewarded the WWE title for helping to save the company. Austin came out and was mad about being screwed. Austin went from the big traitor to the screwed over fan favorite in just twenty four hours.

 

[The Raven's Epitaph]

Honestly, Darren Young being exiled from Nexus. That's the only thing that stands out as confusing and awkward. Maybe even pointless. I get the idea, that they were going for Darren Young being traited as the "weak link" in Nexus, some would say that he was, but to have him exiled and give him his own theme with a great return, just to have him wiped from the face of the Earth? Where the heck is he?

This 'swerve' as you'd put it, just completely didn't make sense to me. If he would have come back and acted some revenge angle against Nexus with some WWE stars, then I would have understood, but now it's like he never even existed. He's like Chris Benoit.

 

[TheChampionOfTheWorld]

The celebrity guest host/GM of raw. They made matchesand some played large roles during their time on the show. I know it was done to bring in new viewers but really people with no ties to WWE making PPV Matches. A very stupid storyline in my opinion.

 

[mister_b1LL]

The whole heel turn Shawn Michaels made before he faced Hulk Hogan at SummerSlam. If Michaels had left Hogan battered and bloodied and then lost to him at SS, later revealing he "just wanted to know", the whole heel turn was really unnecessary. You can still have a face vs. face match and Michaels could just tell Hogan beforehand that he wants to know if he could beat him. I feel that people were still cheering for Michaels during that brief heel run.

 

[info62]

Colin Delaney turning heel on WWECW was one of the most pointless things I can remember. It didn't make any sense to me because Colin Delaney was getting pretty over with the crowd, at least for a jobber anyway. And then they just randomly have him betray Tommy Dreamer and walk around with Mark Henry for a few weeks before getting released. WTF.

I don't think he would have ever become anything other than a jobber, but that heel turn was just stupid and made him get released sooner than he probably would have been if he stayed face.

 

[BrucePettit]

The whole heel turn Shawn Michaels made before he faced Hulk Hogan at SummerSlam. If Michaels had left Hogan battered and bloodied and then lost to him at SS, later revealing he "just wanted to know", the whole heel turn was really unnecessary. You can still have a face vs. face match and Michaels could just tell Hogan beforehand that he wants to know if he could beat him. I feel that people were still cheering for Michaels during that brief heel run.

The original idea to that match was to have it face vs face. That's what Shawn, and everyone in the booking team wanted. Hogan was the only one that was completely against it. He thought it should be a "classic heel vs face type deal". This made the whole thing a bit more personal for Shawn because it was Hogan's ego getting in the way of what would have been good for the business at the time. This also led to Shawn over-selling Hogan's "big boot" during the match. It's quite funny, I highly recommend you looking it up!

That whole situation was briefly, but effectively without bashing Hogan TOO much, in Shawn's "Heartbreak & Triumph" DVD.

 

[Klown_Karnage]

First of all, a comment on the aforementioned match between HBK and Hulk Hogan: funniest match ever! Seriously, knowing the problems in how it was booked and the personal stuff with it, it was very satisfying the way that Michaels took revenge. He was taking the mickey out of Hogan throughout that entire match by comically overselling everything that happened to him. And, in my opinion, Hogan was well deserving of being made to look ridiculous in that match.

Now, on to storyline swerves etc. that didn't make sense to me. One in particular stands out in the mind: the impostor Kane story. First off, it didn't seem to have any purpose other than supposedly delving into Kane's own madness. Even then, there shouldn't have even been a match. It should have been simply Kane (and the audience) being able to see the impostor and nobody else ever seeing him. Then, we never found out (so far as I know) who the impostor actually was. They just dropped him. It ought to have at least lead to a solid feud between Kane and whoever was impersonating him. This whole story line had potential but was sloppily executed.

 

[The Brain]

Some have brought up Austin and Angle in the Alliance. My probelm was the night after Survivor Series 2001. All summer Austin was heel and the WWF were the faces. Angle joined the Alliance in the fall but turned on them during Survivor Series to help the WWF win. The next night Angle and Vince were suddenly the heel with Austin being face again. There was no explanation at all. The night after Survivor Series 2001 made no sense at all and was very poorly booked.