WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? | Wrestlings Worst Booking Decisions
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? | Wrestlings Worst Booking Decisions
Sometimes a wrestling booker will make a decision that’s so poorly judged, you have to take a step back and wonder what caused them to ever think it would be a good idea in the first place. Sure, if you don’t swing for the fences then you’ll never get anything interesting, however; sometimes these attempts can fall flat on their face. But what are the most egregious examples of this in wrestling history? Well, join us today as we take a deep dive into What Were They Thinking? Wrestling’s Worst Booking Decisions
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Impact's worst bookings decisions.
Right Gimmick,Wrong Time!!
The rise of ECW
@@unholyperiodza5442 Making Josh Alexander the face of the company. Pretty much everything involving Jeff Jarrett from 2002-2007. The Hogan era. The final days of AJ Styles. There ya go.
@@crowfather0249 Also Magnus being the Jinder Mahal of Impact with that world title reign as well as Bully Ray being the Aces and Eights leader, RVD turning into a perverted heel, and the death of Johnny Bravo which almost worked before changing at the last minute.
It was so crazy not to have Sting win against HHH. Easiest booking choice ever, and then you would have a good chance of Sting staying for more. A dream match would have been Undertaker versus Sting.
Sting stayed away from WWE for as long as he could because he didn't trust they would do his career justice. And man did they prove him right
@@fernandoreyes680 yep it's a shame that they always struggled putting over a "WCW" guy, unless they made the jump while WCW was still alive.
Undertaker should have retired after WM28 End of an Era Match.
@@andreaschlapek780 idk I feel like making someone end the streak was a good decision. I wouldn't have picked Brock but whatever
@@fernandoreyes680 In my opinion the end of an Era Match was his last great match. The CM Punk match at WM29 was still good but after that? He was worn out. Maybe CM Punk would have been a good choice to end the streak at WM29. Wich one would you have chosen?
Sting losing to Triple H at Wrestlemania was wildly disrespectful to Sting and just horrible to witness.
Sting being my favorite wrestler I'd agree. It was poor booking indeed.
That was Sting's penance for waiting 14 years to come to the WWE.
@@mikeroagreschen5350he waited 14 years because he thought some bs like that would happen to him
Disrespectful to lose to a 14 time champion & one of the all time great in HHH? gtfo.
Sting was never as big a star as HHH was, so nothing horrible in him losing to HHH, although he should have gone over.
@@elamcyrilsting was a bigger star than HHH for the entire 90a and probably most of the early 2000s. Also people don’t like it because it was stings first match ever in WWE and he just lost to someone who didn’t need the win. It’s like “let’s just give this legend a loss”
i'll never forget sean waltman looking absolutely flabbergasted live on wwe tv asking, "HOW DO YOU GET DQ'ED IN A HELL IN A CELL MATCH!?!?"
That I gotta see.
The sting loss still hurts as someone who didnt grow up on wcw and met sting thru a few glimpses of tna i was so excited to see him finally come to wwe they did the absolute worst with that smh
For years, Sting refused to work in WWE because he saw what happened with the other WCW alumni who made the jump. Particularly Booker T, a former 4-time WCW WH Champion, who became a glorified comedy character. He said he didn't trust how he would be used. A number of years later, he takes a chance with WWE - and he jobs to Triple H.
@@Emper0rH0rde 5 time
The decision not to have Hulk Hogan vs Ric Flair for the Main Event for WrestleMania 8 was the biggest missed opportunity in wrestling history. When Flair entered the WWF in 1991 the dream match up of the two greatest wrestlers of their era at WrestleMania could have been epic.
But it was too many creative different direction took place.
Although Savage Flair wasn't a great match by their standards. It's definitely better than the bore fest Hogan probably would have had.
That was more so hogan being hogan
House shows underperformed. WWF fans didn't care about Flair v. Hogan.
I agree, the Hogan of the 90s was a non wrestler, same basic punches and move, a few Irish whips…it was getting repetitive
I feel like all the bad booking for Daniel Bryan actually worked in his favour. His loss to Sheamus at WM 28 would lead to the formation of team hell no and the rise of the yes movement. Dave winning The RR (as well as CM Punk walking out) would lead to Bryan getting inserted into the WM 30 main event, after he defeated HHH earlier in the night. It goes to show just how popular Daniel is. He managed to get over in spite of the bad booking.
That squash match got him over more than any "Real" match would have. Was the right call.
But this was not a 2 year redemption
Triple H beating Booker T at WM
💯
Is that the one where he was racist to booker and yet still won lol
@@washingmachine6485I understand that but when he looked him up and down then said that it was a little sus
Well Hunter is a good guy in real life. He was wrong in Booker's case.l tho
It was stone cold in the store
One of the worst was easily how they booked The Fiend character.. especially when he lost to Goldberg who was in his 50s at that point
"IT'S ONLY WHAT'S BEST FOR BUSINESS! THE ONLY 2 DRAWS LEFT IN THE WWE ARE GOLDBERG AND BROCK LESNAR! YOU GUYS WOULD KILL THE COMPANY IF YOU WERE THE BOOKER!"
-Some Stupid Mark
Because Goldberg draws money 👍
@@mariomm9080 It's not 2004 anymore, bro.
@@crowfather0249 He was still a big draw lol
@@ARG0T Yeah okay. Even though in the late 2010s, the WWE were experiencing some of the lowest ratings in their history. But I'm sure none of that is Goldberg's fault, right?
Love Vince, The man lived and breathed WWE, But it was time for him to go. This video is a perfect explanation why.
Have you seen triple h WWE lately omg worse then Vince
@@Justin-fb3ms
Hardly, For the first time in years people are able to tune in without immediately wanting to turn the channel
@@Justin-fb3ms you must be kidding it's actually watchable for the first time in years yes he's made missteps but most bad stuff has been him undoing mcmahon and his yes men mistakes
@@truecrimelover2022 WWE under HHH is no better. Just look at what they did to Austin Theory.WWE still sucks regardless of who is in charge
@@zemox2534 HHH has made mistakes, of course. He's barely been in charge a few months, Vince was making mistakes after 40 years of being in charge. HHH still has a higher "hit" than "miss" than Vince has had in the last 15 years.
Wyatt is one of the most creative characters of recent times that was given setback time and time again by vince . Hope HHH do justice and more freedom to Wyatt
So far so good imo. Who is Uncle Howdy? Who is the mysterious woman? Why is Bray only a follower now?
@@INCNetski I think and I really hope that somehow uncle howdy will be Bo Dallas
I always hated the fiend. It's too hokey and campy for my tastes. I do however respect your opinion and imo that's the best thing about pro wrestling. There's something in it for everyone.
@@joebaumgart1146 I can agree with that because honestly I love the 2013 version of bray Wyatt more because it was more sinister and he reminded me of serial killer like Charles Manson or John Justin bunting
And bray Wyatt character was kinda like a killer from the dark web who would kidnap his victims in the woods and would kill them there
And would record the murders.
And upload it into the deep web / dark web
agreed.
The worst booking with Golberg was him crushing KO at Fastlane. When he squashed The Fiend, at least, I laughed as hard as Joaquin Phoenix in "Joker".
Goldberg is one of the worst booked wrestlers in WWE history.
KO losing the championship to him - with barely even an actual match - was painful to see.
@@beami619 what about the one involving Brock Lesnar in 85 seconds, with 2 spears and 1 jackhammer? @LibraJohnny
The Fiend situation was infinitely more harmful
5:28 I'm tempted to say Kurt Angle had roughly as much legitimacy as Kurt Angle; while freestyle wrestling isn't quite the same as MMA, Kurt's grappling-based offense and him winning a full-on _Olympic gold medal_ is a lot more impressive than winning a title belt that can change hands very frequently.
That is true. Kurt Angle is definitely as legitimate as Kurt Angle… Downright silly to say otherwise…
@@alexmartin3143 I had to click the timestamp to even know what the comment was supposed to mean! lol
With a broken freaking neck. Oh it's true, it's damn true!
@@alexmartin3143personally I felt Kurt angle was a imitation of Kurt angle
John Cena burying the Nexus or any other wrestler for that matter
Bray Wyatt and The Miz are the only two wrestlers I can think of who came back from being buried by Cena.
@@Emper0rH0rde, they were lucky. Sadly, many others weren't.
Plot Twist: most of them sucked, didn't had personality (or barely had it) and would never even reach an upper mid card position.
How is DDP's stalker angle not in this video?!
Very true
Oh come on! I was trying to forget that one!
That was bad enough that nobody wants to remember it.
With Goldberg winning the Universal championship twice he probably just asked if he could win it then Vince said yes. How is it that the Feind took like 100 curb stomps during his matches vs Seth Rollins and still kicked out yet all it took was 1 spear and 1 suplex to heat the Feind?
A Saudi prince wanted it and so willed it to be
@@bashamd96 Which is why the Saudi shows are usually of lower quality. Yeah it makes them big bucks(like the WWE is in desperate need of money), but they usually request the strangest things.
Part of the script.
FINALLY!!! Someone mentions Bret's personal life affecting him during his time in WCW!! While he was such a professional, and could easily separate his personal life from professional, Montreal ruined him. Even in his own book he talks about Montreal over and over again. He was so distraught over it, his wife divorced him because she was tired of hearing about it.
Even Bischoff said Bret didn't seem right at the time, because Montreal was bothering him so much.
Nevermind the long term plans WCW had for Goldberg, DDP, and Sting going into 1998, Bret was enough of a late addition, they pretty much had to book him as US Champ.
WCW's booking of Bret was trash from the get go
It was a bad swerve
I would have booked Bret Hart against El Dandy because he's a technician in the ring and a real jam up guy.
LOL, look at Bischoff's handling of the Starrcade '97 main event. Bret could've soared, but Bischoff had no clue how to book and lucked into the NWO, which he promptly ran into the ground along with WCW. Bischoff had no clue how to be the man in charge and let Hogan and Nash do what they wanted. I don't believe Bischoff at all. Booked right, Bret could've helped save WCW. Instead his first PPV was an up close look at how Mickey Mouse WCW was run. I don't blame him for not wanting to be there, but that's on Bischoff - Bret was the hottest babyface going and they dropped the ball. WWF and Mr.McMahon used that to run WCW out business. Thank goodness for that.
Wrestling With Wregret mentioned it too. And honestly as much as I rag on WCW and call them incompetent idiots, I can’t FULLY blame them for Bret’s career there.
The screwjob messed Bret over and Owen’s death did it even more so. At that point, it seems obvious he wasn’t built to last in WCW at that point.
I do however seriously damn wish his career hadn’t been ended because of a fucking botched kick.
That being said….WCW’s booking for Bret was fucking garbage and they fucked up an obvious opportunity which is one of MANY reasons why I call them incompetent to begin with. Shit about the minute he debuted, they screwed something up.
Honestly Sting had it easier than Bret. Sting gets to retire on his own accord. Bret was screwed out of his career the moment the kick from Goldberg happened and the damn hardcore match with Terry Funk REALLY didn’t help.
Speaking of bad booking:
Literally anything Kevin Nash ever booked.
HHH defeating Booker T (no brainer yet still screws it up)
DDP’s entire stalker storyline. Especially when he got pinned by Sara fucking Calaway.
Cena defeating Nexus and it was so bad it forever fucked them over. Seriously even he admitted it was a bad idea and it’s pretty obvious he should’ve listened to the 2 people who’s been in the business longer than him.
It was WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too late for Sting's big run in the WWE. If he would have debuted in 2003 when they were lobbying to sign him, he would've been over like Rover.
Triple H vs Booker T at Wrestlemania 19 will always rank high for me as a "What were they thinking?!" moment.
Simply the era of HHH's reign of terror. Ask Scott Steiner and Goldberg too.
@@thelonewolf70x7Well sure HHH was kinda stubborn back then. Although he can back it up
@@thelonewolf70x7
Goldberg?
Didn’t Hunter put him over and drop his big gold to him at Unforgiven?
To me .. Booker T not going over on Triple H should be too 2 on the list .
Yup, he and DDP were booked bad. Lots of potential wasted there.
The Kofimania storyline where Kofi would win the WWE championship from Daniel Bryan, only to lose it by Lesnar was one of the worst booking decisions ever made by Vince…
Watching Brock pummel Kofi was too much.
@@randycassidy198 That was exactly the moment I quit watching.
Let’s be real Sting vs Triple H none of us wanted we wanted Sting vs Undertaker.💯
Would have been a classic
@@ericjones6651 Naw. Wouldn't have been good.
Missed opportunity
Nope. We wanted that in 2000s. Not 15 years later when both wouldn't be able to give a stellar match.
This request is why Vince still thinks he can book Goldberg vs Brock and people would see
@@aniketprasad3128 we wanted it back then as well but even if they are older it would of been way better than the triple h match💯
I always look at Vince as like the wrestling equivalent of Arsene Wenger. Incredible in the late 90s and early 2000s but after like 2006, he lost the plot and just steadily declined for the next 10/12 years, before being hounded out of the business he loved. Out of ideas, clueless, lost, ruining the legacy by being unable to let go. It's sad to see how he went from feuding with Austin to him succumbing to his obvious madness and starting to put in less and less effort with gimmicks and stories.
His booking decisions in the 90s and 2000s were not any better: Booking bret to drop the belt at wm 9 so Hogan could win minutes later, booking the brawl for all, burying Owen after Bret left in 97, Mark and Mae Young romance which led to the birth of a bloody hand, booking himself to win the RR in 1999, screwing over Test so hhh could marry His daughter, the ridiculous fatal four way at WM 16, The alliance feud which buried several wcw and ecw stars (ddp got it worse) the awful Katie Vick segment and booking JBL to win the wwe championship. Vince was never a,good booker. He just worked with guys with better minds for wrestling than him and would challenge him. I wish more people would realise that Vince was never nor will be a creative genius.
@@zemox2534 his RR victory was stupid
Vince may have had the right idea years ago for what the fans would want but vince failed to see the fans and times had change, he didn’t change with them so most story lines stayed repetitive and didn’t make sense and he certainly didn’t notice that people were fed up of having John cena shoved down our throats for years, im looking forward to see what hhh can do and how things progress
FACTS.
This is the same guy who said that if Woken/Broken Matt Hardy got over in WWE (which he did), then Vince would admit that he's completely lost touch with what the audience wants
He should've retired then and there but oh well
exactly, he did a lot in making wrestling famous and the dude was a great promoter, but he was too stuck in the past and he let his pettyness and ego cloud his judgement.
But Cena was the top guy anyway
@@lexkanyima2195 yeah top guy could have done with a bit of evolution and dynamics.
Just imagine 10 years from now, only people wwe will be having for good old reunion would be cena and Orton.
Nobody else at all.
Stings One and ONLY Wrestlemania and Vince thought it would be a good idea for him to lose against HHH, who has many WM matches under his belt. That was poor decision making in my opinion - would have loved to see Sting go out with a 1/1 WM record 😔
The reason is simple in this worst booking, That stupid Vince booking decision.
Honestly, if they wanted sting to lose at mania, they should've had him fight undertaker. Have taker side with the authority for some reason & be the best target for sting. Then him losing at mania is understandable, & maybe have him lose in some way that makes undertaker turn on the authority
You could add Triple H vs Booker T to this list. The build up to that Wrestlemania match with all Triple H's remarks containing racist overtones directed toward Booker led people to believe that Trips would get his comeuppance and Booker would win the match, but instead he got buried by Trips.
Nah booker was replacement for Scott steiner after they saw steiner couldn't carry a mania match. A replacement was never going to win over hhh
@@wingedhussar1453 but that build up led some controversy
@@lexkanyima2195 so wag
Bret Hart showed up in WCW at the wrong time. He showed up at the height of 'The Crow' Sting vs. NWO storyline. There just was not room for him and Sting to be the top good guys at the same time.
Right? I was thinking of how it should've been booked and I couldn't come up with anything that sounded good with that timing.
@@JustinStinoStamosZamora42 after I read your comment I tried to think of how they could have booked him also. There was no good scenario for Bret
@Josh May so you'd think, he's was robbed of the top championship for the other company, he's gonna go for the top gold in WCW, problem is they spent a year and a half building up Sting vs Hogan and you can't interrupt that. I don't much sense in feuding Bret with either of those top guys at that moment and from there he'd just slide down the midcard.
@@JustinStinoStamosZamora42 oh yeah. Even when Bret finally won the WCW Heavyweight Title.. It was a very unforgettable run. I know Eric was very eager to use Bret and rub it in Vince's face, but he should have been more patient. Eric could have maybe bought Bret some time by reuniting him with Jim Neidhart temporarily. It would have received a lot of nostalgia love.
Would it not make sense to have Bret Hart reluctantly join Sting to take on NWO, and have Hart turn on Sting towards the end, as their common enemy was now eliminated?
Andy, here are some honorable Mentions:
*2022 Men's and Women's Royal Rumble match
*DX vs Brothers of Destruction, Crown Jewel 2018
*Triple H vs The Rock vs Big Show vs Mick Foley, Fatal 4 Way elimination match for the WWE Championship, WrestleMania 2000
*2011 Royal Rumble match
*Roman Reigns vs Braun Strowman, Hell in a Cell match for the Universal Championship, Hell in a Cell 2018 a.k.a Brock Returns
*Men's Money in the Bank ladder match, Money in the Bank 2019 a.k.a Brock Lesnar returns to win the ladder match even tho he's NOT a participant
*Undertaker vs Dudley Boyz, Concrete Crypt match, The Great American Bash 2004
You can also add Austin theories Cash in
Goldberg has nothing to complain about- bad booking made him a star.
Imagine a Warrior vs Goldberg match up? They'd shorten each other's careers.😂
Bro what? Neither one of those guys are known for injuring people Warrior was just a bad wrestler as a whole and Goldberg's situation only gets inflated and overhyped because he injured Bret
@@jaccblikky8977 also Taker
@@jaccblikky8977 With as stiff as both of them were in the ring, yeah I think putting them together would've led to disaster.
@@crowfather0249 it would've led to an Ego disaster sure because neither guy would wanna get beat by the other guy but a physical disaster? Nah that ain't happening. That match may go for 9 minutes entrances included. You people are thinking about this from a spiteful and negative standpoint I'm looking at it from a logical and unbiased standpoint.
@@jaccblikky8977 "Spiteful?" What exactly am I "spiteful" about? You're the one looking at it with rose tinted glasses and refusing to look at both of the men's shortcomings.
Hulk Hogan: I don't lay down for nobody brother
*Destroys WCW*
Speaking of worst bookings how bout that Austin theory cash in 😭
the worst thing about WCW Hart is that he was the obvious way out of a booking corner WCW had booked themselves into with Goldbergs streak because having the ultimate technician defeat the unstoppable jsuperman is the logical kryptonite, Goldberg may have been the ultimate powerhouse but matwrestling could be his kryptonite
I was absolutely devasted by Sting's loss to HHH. Just like the Booker T fight it should have been a no brainer on who should have won, not to mention his injury while fighting Seth Rollins resulting in another loss (thanks Seth) giving him an 0-2 run just being the unfortunate cherry on top
Edit: fixed Seth's last name
The Seth injury was on neither of them. Sting was far too old to be taking some of Seth’s offense
Guy only managed to pin The Big Show in a tag team match on RAW, but nothing else.
2003’s WMXIX
The worst booked match of that card was Hunter beating Booker for the heavyweight championship big gold belt
Egos prevent wrestlers from doing whats good for business. Hogans the worst tho. He wouldnt even let a blanket go over him 😅
Could have made a whole video solely centered around WCW from 1998 onwards.
Arquette
Finger poke of doom
Sting got treated like a rookie instead of the WCW vs WWE. Vince made Sting look like a loser until he left for AEW. Vince's ego makes his booking decision look like crap.
Sting is a great wrestler/Character.....Loves to trust bad bookers
The horrendous booking decision's by aew wasn't included in this video bc there's not enough time in the day to discuss all of that
Also because this channel is mainly focused on WWE which has decades of history behind it and is easier to talk about without getting copyright striked. Stop trying to get your dumb hater clout.
Goldberg beating owens
Reigns winning the rumble instead of Bryan and sting being buried to HHH was egregious
Hogan leaving had nothing to do with the AWA belt. There was a plan in place to give him the title, and the first part of the program had already happened when Hogan pinned Bockwinkel clean but the result was thrown out because Hogan also threw him over the top rope, which was against the rules at the time. The real reason Hulk left is listed at the end; Gagne was selling Hogan merchandise and not giving him a cut. Hogan was also selling his own merchandise and it was a significant percentage of his wrestling income, so having someone else do the same was cutting into his own profits.
But I don't think that would have even prevented him from leaving the AWA. McMahon offered him a ton of money, enough money to quit wrestling over in Japan altogether and rights to his name and merchandise that exist to this day.
It's so adorable when fans think old timer wrestlers were marks for the belts, just because they themselves are. The belt means nothing, wrestling is fake. It's about money. It's always about money. Modern wrestlers might be marks for the belts, though. But I'm talking about the good times.
@@StraightEdgeJunkie Exactly. Being the top promoted guy was less about the "top" and more about the "promoted." It wasn't about sharing the belt, it was about sharing the spotlight. That spotlight allowed him to try his hand at making shitty movies and selling pasta and running for office.
@@StraightEdgeJunkie It is not always about money. It is about passion and respect something you and the rest of the modern "fans" do not seen to understand so F offf
@@zemox2534 That’s the modern manchild wrestler hat never grew up, and wants to live out childish fantasies. I was talking about the old timers who understoos that wrestling is a fucking business, move along. Nothing for you to see here.
After the 2017 rumble, I quit watching, and haven’t watched wwe since. So when HHH arrogantly claims fans will bitch on twitter and then tune in on Monday he is dead wrong. And no, I don’t miss it.
you can add Austin Theory's cash-in on the US title this past Monday to the list
That's the most dumb thing I've ever seen
FACTS
sting in WWE should have been a
treat man.😑
@wrestlingwithAndy you're wrong about 2014.
If you watch it live... they wanted Roman to win. That was his time.
2015, they did see a superstar being pushed down their throats.
They wanted Batista to lose far more than it being they wanted Reigns to win, the fans knew what was planned so were cheering for Reigns in hope Batista/Orton wasn’t going to happen.
A year later and this is the most relevant video to represent the WWE at the moment. 2024 is off to a terrible start...😑
This is a compilation of Vince's most stupid bookings.
And it's way too short and lenient.
The video would be an hour long if they included every bad booking decision by Vince.
Daniel Bryan could not be the greatest wrestler even if he was bitten by a radioactive spider that was exposed to gamma rays and he turned into Spider-Hulk.
Not having Repo Man win the big one at Wrestlemania against Bob Backlund is a travesty to this day.
My name is Ric Slick and I've a ten inch corey
Booker T losing to HHH at Wrestlemania 19
hhh beating Sting was such HORRIBLE booking
Reah Ripley beating Asuka was legit stupid Liv Morgan winning money in the bank and becoming Champion was stupid as well if I had to vote to the dumbest decisions WWE has done those two would be high on my list Reah didn't really give a damn and was lazy and liv was a freaking joke
15:47 Punk waging war with the system and trying to launch the industry in a new boon period? Did you seriously write that with a straight face? Punk wanted to be champion and the number 1 guy in WWE, that's it. We've seen the last few years all he's ever cared about is himself getting over. He's just a hypocrite that shits on people like HHH for playing the politic game. If he's not champion he's not happy and that's all he's ever cared about.
I Like This Documentary Video 📸 Wrestle With Andy Great Job 👍
Always delivers
That's why I love Sting in AEW considering he has started to become the unbelievably good wrestler again
WWE could've just used the Daniel Bryan backlash as a storyline between him and Batista where Batista would constantly be on top before Bryan finally does it on wrestlemania
If Vince didn't create it. He will destroy it.
Goldberg beating bray got me mad at wrestling like I was a little kid again
Maybe thats what this piss poor booking is trying to accomplish.
Rock vs Roman Reigns at Wrestle mania can be added to this list. But the worst one was having Kane unmasked.
AEW would never have been a thing if Vince would have listened to his consumers just a little bit.
What about the best wrestling decisions?
The biggest botch was Vince refusing to book Sting vs. Undertaker...
I feel bad for Roman Reigns. They just keep pushing him down our throats.
I won’t lie Daniel Bryan was always over hyped for me
I figured impact would have majority of the spots on this list ngl 😂
Sting losing to Triple H was disappointing and annoying
I don't think Cena beating Brock in his first WWE match back was so bad. If anybody remembers the match, Lesnar OBLITERATED him throughout the bout where you thought Cena wouldn't have a chance to overcome it, but he someone did in the end. Plus, it was a No Holds Barred match, where it gave Cena freedom to use weapons to neutralize his opponent. It might've been a rocky start for Lesnar, but I wouldn't say it made him look TOO weak. Plus, Lesnar got his win back in a regular match against him at Summerslam two years later. It wasn't just a win, but moreso a glorified squash, so that MORE THAN made up for any bad booking there was from their first go-around.
And Brock was kept strong to be dominant to avenge Cena.
Worst decision ever was for Sting to lose to the son in law!
Like man with the entire booking of Bray Wyatt Fiend character, how do you screw that up? Let’s hope he gets a much better run now that he’s back.
Well Andy, at least the 2015 rumble made sense cause we had Rollins cash in and all. Put the hate to the side
But as a booking decision it was horrible. The plan for Rollins winning wasn’t made until a few hours before the show
@@Trashytrash1118 even at the last minute
Add LA Knight not winning MITB to that list
+WRESTLE WITH ANDY Let's not forget the 2013 Royal Rumble, when many CM Punk fans hope for the Straight Edge Superstar to main event WM29 was shattered when Vince had The Rock beat Punk for the WWE Title, and the mixed feedback reaction of the Rock Cena Part Two at Mania 29.
I remember wm 28 rock vs cena being pushed as once in a lifetime. And when wm29 this once in a lifetime match happened twice within a year. Totally hated it
9:50 - bro missed a perfect opportunity to say "dodo caca"
Vince was so desperate trying to get Roman over that he had to get The Rock to help him win the Rumble. Roman doesn't have that IT factor like The Rock. Whether he's a babyface or a heel. He's only good as a heel now because he has someone as a mouthpiece like Paul Heyman. And Heyman has been writing his promos.
Roman doesn't really need Heyman now
"Roman doesn't have the IT factor." I think the live audiences and the WWE's UA-cam page would disagree with you. Also, where's the proof of Heyman writing his promos?
Worst Booking Decision in WWE was ending The Undertaker's Undefeated Streak at WRESTLEMANIA 30 which should have The Undertaker 22-0 and retired after Paul Bearer was inducted in The WWE Hall Of Fame before WRESTLEMANIA 30.
You gotta mention booker t losing to triple h at wrestlemania
The Gagnes have done well to blame everything on Vince, but Verne's awful decisions with Hogan are what did it. Love that attempt at getting a portion t-shirt sales in perpetuity 😂
Goldberg once claimed losing to the Fiend would've "hurt the 'superhero' everyone sees me as."
No he didn't.
@@alphonsemaina8293 yeah I saw a interview that he said something very similar to that
@@BreakerX42 source pls?
I don’t understand WWE.
“Sting you’re a legend around the business and incredibly respected by ALL your piers…..here’s a loss to Mr WWE at Mania and we’re gonna injure u”
“Goldberg, no one likes u and u have little to no respect from your piers…. Here, crush our monster and derail one of the best characters for years… oh and here’s our biggest title too”
WTF WWE 🤷♂️
I pray that Cody Rhodes' return isn't poorly booked because he's arguably the hottest babyface in WWE even while being sidelined. Just book him some great matches with great storytelling and you can't go wrong with the American Nightmare as your top guy.
I'd book Cody to win and realise a childhood dream at mania
10. Even Batista realized coming back as a babyface was a bad move. WWE just did not listen.
9. It did not help that the other wrestlers the fans liked (Dean Ambrose, Dolph Ziggler, Bray Wyatt, etc) were all dumped out like garbage by old men Kane and Big Show so Roman could play “conquering hero.
Seth and Bray knew how bad the booking was. But Vince refused to listen.
Goldberg not selling The Fiend AT ALL leading up to the match, when everyone else had to act like scared wimps around him, made it even worse.
And then Hogan did nothing with the belt and barely appeared on TV as champion.
How WCW managed to biotch Bret coming in is baffling?
AEW has booked Sting SO MUCH better than WWE did.
Verne’s stubbornness did so much to kill the AWA.
Damn Brock got the same thing my dad got where he can’t eat seeds or his stomach gets really fucked up
I agree about Mania 31. I was there live
12:28 bret said that this was bs in a recent interview, i'm pretty sure it was just eric trying to cover for himself for listening to hogan and snuffing whatever momentum bret had when he arrived
To me, the Sting loss was THE BIGGEST botch in booking ever. Just so stupid and such an unbelievable waste.
What if....Instead of Bryan, HHH would have entered and it would have been HHH vs Orton vs Batista - clash of evolution. that would have been a dream match but some today's kids ruined it.
The problem is, Bryan was also about 100lbs soaking wet, playing in a realm of monsters. It required as much disbelief as Rey beating anyone.
That’s why the weird fans loved it. It makes them feel good, fuck reality
@@bravefalcahawk7849 As we've seen so many times, fans are stupid
Daniel Bryan would never beaten Brock Lesnar in 2015. Those fans are insane
the guy was 220 pounds, had a convincing flying knee and tons of super convincing submissions. I dont really think it would have been THAT unbelievable, it could have been comparable to Cain Velasquez beating Brock in the octagon, technique vs power
Another great video
Appreciate the support bro🤘🏻👊🏻💪🏻☝🏻
@@WRESTLEWITHANDY love the work you put in on every video
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Great timing for this video
I'm probably the only person who liked Goldberg beating the fiend
I'm a way bigger fan of Goldberg than the Fiend but having Goldberg win this match was poor booking. Looking at it from a business point of view.
@@AceGoodheart I completely agree with you
@@AceGoodheart I always thought it made sense Goldberg beat him since he sucker punched him with a spear and Fiend no sold the Jackhammer after. Both looked strong
one thing I agree, it could have been better than just finisher spams
You're 1 of the few lol
Austin Theory cashing in on the US title
Dumb move
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Jonh Cena going over the Nextus was worst booking decsion ever. Then the New Blood vs Millionairs Club.
Damn, man I remember watching that HIAC with bray and Seth booking was just horrid, I tboufht they place was going to riot, Vince is to WWE what Al Davis was for the raiders, few eras ago it was great for the time, full of memories but he gotta let it go
2014-2019 especially can ALL be lumped in one section honestly.
WCW didn't know what to do when they had Bret Hart right away after Montreal, he was even more over than CM Punk in 2011. They totally swindled him and he was lost in the shuffle. WWE didn't use Sting right when they had him, also no surprise