A few others: 1. Triple H defeating Booker T at Wrestlemania XIX to retain the World Heavyweight Championship. 2. Goldberg defeating The Fiend at Super Showdown 2020. 3. The finish to the Hell in a Cell match in 2019. 4. David Arquette as WCW World Heavyweight Champion. 5. Hulk Hogan winning the WWE Championship at Wrestlemania IX.
6. Dean Ambrose heel run 7. the finish to the hell in cell match 2018 (it was also stopped after Brock came out and beat both competitors in a match he wasn't in) 8. Brock winning the money in the bank match he wasn't really in. (altho boombox Brock was hilarious) 9. most of the 24 / 7 title storyline just being jobbers chasing each other. 10. Mark Henry getting Mae Young pregnant and her giving birth to a hand.
*The Worst Booking Decisions in WWE History…* Ruining The Summer of Punk Sting Losing Triple H In His First Match Jinder Mahal as WWE Champion Roman Reigns’ Disastrous Babyface Push (2015-18) The Authority’s Reign of Terror John Cena Squandering The Nexus Twice In A Lifetime Rey Mysterio Wins and Loses the WWE Title on the Same Night Stone Cold‘s Heel Turn Relying Way Too on Part-Timers
Mycah stop being a B man cena needed that win and should have won way more then he did at summerslam the nexus sucked and is overrated by you idiotic people.
Expectation: Goldberg vs Nash in a title rematch. Reality: Nash flopping for Hogan to rehash a 2.5 year old angle. Had I paid a single cent to be there I'd be in the furious camp.
NostalgiaKing90..........that was bad......Angle has said in interviews he wanted Cena to be his last match...bring it all full Circle since Angle was Cena's first match in WWE when he debuted.............but Vince being Stupid said No and he picked Corbin.........and he told Angle he could have Cena the fallowing Year.............but Angle pointed out he would be retireing....and Vince did not care he still wanted Corbin seeing it as chance to get to the next level by beating and retireing Angle.................any other time getting that type win would help any wrestler....but not Corbin who was not seen by fans as a top guy.
@@SONOFPEARL315 that is true......he did a promo once and while it was storyline what he said I felt is what he truely believed........ He switched a Title match.. HHH vs Undertaker for the Title...to HHH VS Hogan and basically said fans don't know what they want.....and "He knows what Fans want better then they do." and he Really believes that statement.
Another one is Goldberg beating the Fiend at Super Showdown 2020. There was absolutely no reason for a 60 year old man to defeat a character who was so hot at the time, Shame on you Vince McMahon
*The life of me will never understand how WCW managed to completely screw up Bret Hart. The company spent loads of money of trying to bring in the company but by the time he arrived, they automatically dropped the ball with him which is absurd, considering the fact that he was coming off the Montreal screwjob. Sure he would’ve become world champion by 1999 but at that point he was damaged beyond repair in terms of his booking and by the time that happened his career would’ve probably ended from the Infamous kicked from Goldberg. Bret deserved better.*
His heart just wasn't in it after the montreal screwjob. You can tell that he lost the passion for the business after it. This is not WCW's fault at all.
Facts. He was coming off of Survivor Series. And Bischoff makes the "Genius" decision to bring him in as the referee for his match with Larry Z SMH. Bret should have debuted at Starrcade 97 and in a In Ring promo during the show challenged the winner of the Hogan and Sting main event.
@@mrnicemam8523 well it partially is WCW’s fault because they’re the ones who spent a stupid amount of money bringing Bret in only to barely do anything with him. Well, you do have a point that Bret’s passion for the wrestling industry was slowly dying out after the Montreal incident and also his brother Owen tragically dying in 1999, but even with that they still could’ve done so much more with him.
@@mrnicemam8523 lol what? ofc if WCW booked him right they were maybe able to awake his passion for the business again. but so they just made it worse with how weird they booked Bret.
Two very recent ones: 1. TNA not pulling the trigger on Joe Hendry and having him become TNA's World Heavyweight Championship at Bound for Glory 2024. 2. Moxley winning the AEW World Championship again when he defeated Danielson for it.b
Brock was the only person who could believably break the streak 🤷♂️ it was the right decision as it finally planted brock firmly as THE special attraction
@jimbo_1312 Brock did not need to beat Taker to be an attraction. If wwe did a better job building up the roster they would not need 2 use that overrated lumber jack
Rikishi "doing it", that is, running over Stone Cold for the Rock made absolutely no sense. Rikishi was hot as a babyface and that heel turn screwed everything up. He never recovered.
No, it wasn't. Brock was a monster at the time. Him killing the streak was already in the rear view. He'd already destroyed half the roster, and all of a sudden, we're supposed to believe he wouldn't tear Kofi to pieces? Squashing Kofi was the only logical choice.
AJ Styles, Daniel Bryan, and the Mysterios were all given a significant amount of time to face Brock. No reason Kofi couldn't have gotten 10-15 minutes.
4:16 The reason why Austin Theroy was in The Money in the Bank ladder match in 2022 was because Vince McMahon was protecting part time Roman Reigns from losing The Undisputed WWE Championship and Paul Heyman from losing his meal ticket if Reigns lost the title.
@@nixda9326I mean unless you’re still living in 2001. Austin’s heel run was a diamond in the rough. Some of the best matches and promo work and the “What?” chants came out of that heel run. Stop living in the past. It’s over.
Vince couldn't buy out the Time Warner contracts without those wrestlers agreeing to it. With the WWE takeover, they were being paid huge amounts of money to basically sit around and do nothing, and after years of being on the road, what exactly could Vince offer to tempt them out those guaranteed contracts?
Just started watching and Vince could've easily bought the bigger stars out of their contracts but what did that mean for them? They'd need to go back to work and actually wrestle as opposed to collecting checks on the big fat Turner contracts they were on. I don't know about everyone else but if I'm contracted and get paid for doing no work over getting a new contract and having to work, I'd take the former over the latter.
The invasion angle is so bad because within 2 years time all the big names minus sting were in the fed. If Vince wasn’t in his own way nwo would have debuted at survivor series.
As much as I agree with the nexus push being needed now, as I'm now an adult and realise these things better, as a kid I can definitely say having Cena and his team win was the right decision at the time for the brand because fans (especially the younger ones) would've absolutely hated to see super Cena lose at that time
Hhh beating Punk made sense at the time considering the stipulation was that HHH would no longer be COO in storyline. WWE booked themselves into a corner. They protected Punk because there was so much interference in the match.
I feel Steve Austins heel turn had to happen to stop the character going stale doing the same routine. Going in it was made clear Austin was absolutely desperate to win the championship so it makes sense he'd be willing to do anything to get it, even shake hands with Vince
The character wasn’t stale though. You could see it because the fans refused to boo him consistently. Also the timing was AWFUL! Rock was gone to make a movie and Foley was mostly retired. There was no other babyface established to feel even close to Austin’s level for him to feud with. And business suffered greatly afterwards.
Whether it's a good or bad decision, I can only speak for myself. I think it's good that The Nexus was defeated. For me, right from the start, these were a few jobbers who wanted to use force to make themselves important & they were simply put in their place. If they “really” want to be taken seriously, then they should deliver good matches. It doesn't have to be "Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels", but it has to be more than good matches over a certain period of time OR something that really makes them stand out other than just attacking other people. At the beginning, Cena, Edge, Orton were all jobbers, but at least in Orton & Cena's case a gimmick helped them. Orton also had 2 mentors, Evulotion, who supported him & Cena used his ability to rap. The rest is history.
Bret Hart being on this video’s thumbnail made me smile. 14:06 People forget that Bret didn’t immediately retire after Starrcade 99. He kept banging his head in later matches, which worsened his concussion, until he finally retired.
I still think that the MITB briefcase should become more open because certain stars win the briefcase and and aren't ready for the main title, so they could make the mid carder work his way up to be ready or capture the mid card and build up the importance same with a tag team star could win the briefcase and win the tag titles. But thats just an idea
Not only that triple H was out so was chris Benoit with his neck Flair came in the night after Survivorsere. Austin Thory triple H had to clean up Vince McMahons mess. Which is why everything was a mess Vince was out of touch. Everything sucked. Not only that no body says about Shawn and Hunter December 97 shoulder block Hunter running the ropes like a video game and then a fake splash on HBK then pins him to when the European championship.
18:47 Need to bring them back to challenge for the tag team Women's championship, give them the baby face angle. Set up proper it would be a huge boost
One of the best decisions in Wrestling: Creating the nWo One of the worst creative decisions ever: Adding all the people not mamed Nash, Hall or Hulk Hogan to it
The Rey Mysterio section is basically revisionism. He remained a big deal in WCW. Was it the right move to put the mask back on him? Absolutely. But did taking the mask off him actively hurt him in WCW? Eh.
Austin Theory was a second choice, as Cody Rhodes was supposed to win it. Fans just don't feel Theory, and no one was going to believe his luck would hold enough to justify him "beating Roman."
0:22 I'm not sure if I agree or disagree 2:15 I agree. Stone Cold Steve Austin's heel turn was a bad decision if I watched WWE in The Attitude Era 4:16 I agree. The only reason why Austin Theroy was in The Money in the Bank match in the first place was to protect Roman Reigns from losing The Undisputed WWE Championship back then. 5:57 Not sure 7:57 Not sure 9:46 I agree 14:20 I disagree. RVD deserves to be The ECW Champion. 16:00 I disagree. WWE beating The Nexus was a great decision.
Goldberg's run with the WCW title. He never main evented a ppv with the title even though he was supposedly the biggest star in WCW. The booking and finish of that horrible Seth Rollins and Fiend HIAC match. Both Bray Wyatt and Fiend were both mishandled by booking as soon the character began to interact with other acts too much. I don't know if Bray just wrote himself into a corner or creative just had no idea what do with him and no other superstar wanted to give him too much but his stories didn't last as long as it should've RIP.
Dude, I think (WWE) and (NXT) should consider pairing "Rookie," talent with "Established," talent after Wrestle Mania...🤔💭 Like (NXT) K.Jodan with Naomi (💚) since they have similar wrestling styles! Cora-Jade (🦋) with Messy Liv (🧸)🏆 or Tiffany Stratton (💼)......
I get that punk is a favorable subject these days, algorithmically, but this fallacy of him being a draw has got to stop. Punk consistently lost viewership over all of his title runs in WWE. Sure, he was hot with a few of the current fans, but did not draw in any new ones. I remember, I was there😂. Just saying that the phrase "white hot" doesn't mean much if he lost viewership.
Dude listen to the reaction he gets. Anyone who says he was not a draw is either ignorant or a stubborn Cornette Crusader who won't let go of the past.
@tayojones9460 getting a favorable reaction from people already in the audience is not being a draw, it's being over with the already established fan base. Not the same thing. I know punk fans are sensitive and don't want to admit it, but the guy lost ratings throughout his career until he came into AEW... And he certainly never drew outside of the business. No one bought the comic books, no one saw his horror movie. What he is doing is simply popping the marks that would be there with or without him. th-cam.com/video/HpvctP_lD-0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=f9r5LyoASjoBoQk5
I stopped watching after wrestlemania X-seven unfortunately. Guess I grew out of it and more into other shows. Sunday night heat was subbed out for jackass and other shows from 01 era!!!
In defense of the Austin Theory booking. Vince was pushing him way too fast. Paul had to get that briefcase off of him and build him up slower. Hes still very young
Hogan wasn't a babyface when the Finger Poke Of Doom happened, Nash was. Hogan was kayfabe trying to run for president and the Wolfpack was over with the fans. Just watch Starrcade 1998 to see the pop Kevin Nash had when he beat Goldberg
Triple H’s booking of the Women’s Division in general (especially on Raw). Eric Bischoff STILL defends unmasking Rey to this day. He’s an idiot . A LOT of wrestling companies struggle to strike while the iron is hot unfortunately.
i disagree with the RVD one.. if they could have booked RVD vs Taz for the title when RVD got hurt (IF he hadn't got hurt) it would have been great. no it wouldn't have saved the company at all, Paul Heyman himself admitted the company was doomed because he had very little money coming in, and spike tv really screwed them over multiple times, if they had actually advertised ECW was on their channel like they later did for wwe it could have made a huge difference. (granted Paul did some stupid stuff as well)
Seeing Rey without his mask feels illegal, like something that should never be seen by mortals. But holy shit, Dom is the spitting image of his Dad lmao, Literally just copy-pasted the face.
WCW/WWF invasion angle is basically the TNA/NXT invasions lmfaoooo, except TNA is invading their level of talent, if TNA invaded the main roster other than the royale rumble like raw or smackdown, it’d be not even a challenge lmfao, Joe Hendry isn’t beating Austin Theory 💀💀💀
allegedly? really? Cena himself admitted that he changed the Ending to him winning the Fight as the solve survivor and rergretted this Decision because he understood that it was the wrong Call not to put over Nexus. another Video where i wonder if you even made some Research about all your Topics. doesnt seem so.
The Invasion angle BS with vince sorta ruined most of wrestling afterwards with me. I hoped vince learned from his early BS an would not treat sting the sway.. Fooled me again.. not much interested anymore in wrestling. I watched a Women's tag match just the other day an it was so poorly done. 90's was a Good time, didnt care how Hogan had the run over WCW he did, an i truly think Hogan an B&W NWO ruined WCW. Maybe if NWO was Shorter An Hogan left we would still have WCW today. Vince bought WCW an couldve used WCW to better talent, demoted talent to add to the roster an create a lot of unique opportunities an he completely squashed it. Vince was better behind the scenes when he was "An Announcer" an not known as the boss, an he couldve kept wcw ownership secret an built wcw as his own key-fabe semi-Rival with development talents an older wrestlers.
A few others:
1. Triple H defeating Booker T at Wrestlemania XIX to retain the World Heavyweight Championship.
2. Goldberg defeating The Fiend at Super Showdown 2020.
3. The finish to the Hell in a Cell match in 2019.
4. David Arquette as WCW World Heavyweight Champion.
5. Hulk Hogan winning the WWE Championship at Wrestlemania IX.
6. Dean Ambrose heel run
7. the finish to the hell in cell match 2018 (it was also stopped after Brock came out and beat both competitors in a match he wasn't in)
8. Brock winning the money in the bank match he wasn't really in. (altho boombox Brock was hilarious)
9. most of the 24 / 7 title storyline just being jobbers chasing each other.
10. Mark Henry getting Mae Young pregnant and her giving birth to a hand.
You really think booker t should ever be world champion you jackass?
*The Worst Booking Decisions in WWE History…*
Ruining The Summer of Punk
Sting Losing Triple H In His First Match
Jinder Mahal as WWE Champion
Roman Reigns’ Disastrous Babyface Push (2015-18)
The Authority’s Reign of Terror
John Cena Squandering The Nexus
Twice In A Lifetime
Rey Mysterio Wins and Loses the WWE Title on the Same Night
Stone Cold‘s Heel Turn
Relying Way Too on Part-Timers
Putting nexus on here just made this video trash cena winning was the best decision WWE ever made
Mycah stop being a B man cena needed that win and should have won way more then he did at summerslam the nexus sucked and is overrated by you idiotic people.
I liked WM29’s main event.
@ same it’s one of my favorites
@@JLWprime10 are you kidding me
Hahaha it’s ok you are a clown 🤡🤡🤡
Fingerpoke of doom has to be the dumbest thing ever. Those fans in attendance must've been furious.
Expectation: Goldberg vs Nash in a title rematch. Reality: Nash flopping for Hogan to rehash a 2.5 year old angle. Had I paid a single cent to be there I'd be in the furious camp.
Four words: WCW Champion David Arquette.
Baron Corbin as Kurt Angle's retirement opponent was a HORRIBLE decision!!!
So sad.
NostalgiaKing90..........that was bad......Angle has said in interviews he wanted Cena to be his last match...bring it all full Circle since Angle was Cena's first match in WWE when he debuted.............but Vince being Stupid said No and he picked Corbin.........and he told Angle he could have Cena the fallowing Year.............but Angle pointed out he would be retireing....and Vince did not care he still wanted Corbin seeing it as chance to get to the next level by beating and retireing Angle.................any other time getting that type win would help any wrestler....but not Corbin who was not seen by fans as a top guy.
@@patrickperalta59 Vince problem was he felt the fans were stupid and never felt the need to give them what they want
@@SONOFPEARL315 that is true......he did a promo once and while it was storyline what he said I felt is what he truely believed........ He switched a Title match.. HHH vs Undertaker for the Title...to HHH VS Hogan and basically said fans don't know what they want.....and "He knows what Fans want better then they do." and he Really believes that statement.
I realised Vinny was a a cunt when he let Hitman walk away.
Another one is Goldberg beating the Fiend at Super Showdown 2020. There was absolutely no reason for a 60 year old man to defeat a character who was so hot at the time, Shame on you Vince McMahon
No that was good booking fiend was done after that hell in the cell with Seth
But y'all want another 60 year old guys like Cena and the rock to still win world titles in 2024
@@khesipresents1885 yes we do
Yup, agreed all the way.
@@JustinSharpe-t8p then y'all are hypocritea
*The life of me will never understand how WCW managed to completely screw up Bret Hart. The company spent loads of money of trying to bring in the company but by the time he arrived, they automatically dropped the ball with him which is absurd, considering the fact that he was coming off the Montreal screwjob. Sure he would’ve become world champion by 1999 but at that point he was damaged beyond repair in terms of his booking and by the time that happened his career would’ve probably ended from the Infamous kicked from Goldberg. Bret deserved better.*
Mycah shut up man 😂😂
His heart just wasn't in it after the montreal screwjob. You can tell that he lost the passion for the business after it. This is not WCW's fault at all.
Facts. He was coming off of Survivor Series. And Bischoff makes the "Genius" decision to bring him in as the referee for his match with Larry Z SMH. Bret should have debuted at Starrcade 97 and in a In Ring promo during the show challenged the winner of the Hogan and Sting main event.
@@mrnicemam8523 well it partially is WCW’s fault because they’re the ones who spent a stupid amount of money bringing Bret in only to barely do anything with him. Well, you do have a point that Bret’s passion for the wrestling industry was slowly dying out after the Montreal incident and also his brother Owen tragically dying in 1999, but even with that they still could’ve done so much more with him.
@@mrnicemam8523 lol what? ofc if WCW booked him right they were maybe able to awake his passion for the business again. but so they just made it worse with how weird they booked Bret.
Austin Theory: goes to cash-in for US title
NXT Championship: what about me?
that makes even less Sense.
@@nixda9326not really when Charlotte cashed in her Rumble win for the NXT women’s championship and won it.
@@coolinwithq2405 it was the story they were telling that made it work
CM Punk's 343 day WWE Championship reign ending to a part timer in The Rock to setup Twice in a Lifetime.
Two very recent ones:
1. TNA not pulling the trigger on Joe Hendry and having him become TNA's World Heavyweight Championship at Bound for Glory 2024.
2. Moxley winning the AEW World Championship again when he defeated Danielson for it.b
I am so sick and tired of Jon Moxley super human push.
@@TTJJCC Same, but for some weird reason Tony Khan thinks he's the big deal
HBK besting Davey Boy Smith for the European Title in England,Brock Lesnar breaking The Streak and Triple H beating Booker T...
Undertaker losing the steak to Brock Lesnar still has an effect on the wrestling business to this day.
That was PEAK 90’s HBK A-holery.
Brock was the only person who could believably break the streak 🤷♂️ it was the right decision as it finally planted brock firmly as THE special attraction
@@jimbo_1312no sting could of done it
@jimbo_1312 Brock did not need to beat Taker to be an attraction. If wwe did a better job building up the roster they would not need 2 use that overrated lumber jack
From 2004-2022, every bad booking decision can be summed up by saying, “it’s Vince.”
Rikishi "doing it", that is, running over Stone Cold for the Rock made absolutely no sense. Rikishi was hot as a babyface and that heel turn screwed everything up. He never recovered.
Brock destroying kofi in seconds to win the title was a worst booking decision
Meh kofi never moved the needle
@@AllUntoldStill better than Lesnar
@@AllUntold maybe so but he didn't deserve to get squashed in seconds for the title either...at least make it a 5 minute match!
No, it wasn't. Brock was a monster at the time. Him killing the streak was already in the rear view. He'd already destroyed half the roster, and all of a sudden, we're supposed to believe he wouldn't tear Kofi to pieces? Squashing Kofi was the only logical choice.
AJ Styles, Daniel Bryan, and the Mysterios were all given a significant amount of time to face Brock. No reason Kofi couldn't have gotten 10-15 minutes.
4:16 The reason why Austin Theroy was in The Money in the Bank ladder match in 2022 was because Vince McMahon was protecting part time Roman Reigns from losing The Undisputed WWE Championship and Paul Heyman from losing his meal ticket if Reigns lost the title.
Thank you for being the only person to point out how fucking stupid the SCSA heel/"what" era was. God damn that shit was annoying.
what are you talking about? most of the Fans hated the Stone Cold heel turn. so no hes not the only one.
No one liked it, that's why he went back to being face. I found it hilarious, the invasion storyline sucked anyway
Nah that heel run was a diamond in the rough. Stop living in 2001. Besides that “What?” Era made Austin more popular in the long run. That’s a fact.
@@nixda9326I mean unless you’re still living in 2001. Austin’s heel run was a diamond in the rough. Some of the best matches and promo work and the “What?” chants came out of that heel run. Stop living in the past. It’s over.
@@StraightEdgeKnight19 yeah no. thats not true. most Fans hated his Heel Run.
I don't watch 83 Weeks or Eric Bischoff all the time but sometimes I wonder if he regrets misusing Bret when he first came in to WCW.
No. Bischoff mostly just makes excuses for all of the screwups he had booking WCW.
Rey Mysterio unmasked looked a lot younger than I expected. He looked 12.
I Loved Austin as a heel. He was funny as hell.
Vince couldn't buy out the Time Warner contracts without those wrestlers agreeing to it. With the WWE takeover, they were being paid huge amounts of money to basically sit around and do nothing, and after years of being on the road, what exactly could Vince offer to tempt them out those guaranteed contracts?
Cena winning summerslam 2010 was great booking cena should have won more at summerslam.
The funniest part about it was that the finger poke was quite possibly the best bump Nash ever took
Just started watching and Vince could've easily bought the bigger stars out of their contracts but what did that mean for them? They'd need to go back to work and actually wrestle as opposed to collecting checks on the big fat Turner contracts they were on. I don't know about everyone else but if I'm contracted and get paid for doing no work over getting a new contract and having to work, I'd take the former over the latter.
I can’t count how many times that WCW WWE and AEW has had bad booking decisions
Why would you?
The invasion angle is so bad because within 2 years time all the big names minus sting were in the fed. If Vince wasn’t in his own way nwo would have debuted at survivor series.
As much as I agree with the nexus push being needed now, as I'm now an adult and realise these things better, as a kid I can definitely say having Cena and his team win was the right decision at the time for the brand because fans (especially the younger ones) would've absolutely hated to see super Cena lose at that time
Hhh beating Punk made sense at the time considering the stipulation was that HHH would no longer be COO in storyline. WWE booked themselves into a corner. They protected Punk because there was so much interference in the match.
I feel Steve Austins heel turn had to happen to stop the character going stale doing the same routine.
Going in it was made clear Austin was absolutely desperate to win the championship so it makes sense he'd be willing to do anything to get it, even shake hands with Vince
The character wasn’t stale though. You could see it because the fans refused to boo him consistently.
Also the timing was AWFUL! Rock was gone to make a movie and Foley was mostly retired. There was no other babyface established to feel even close to Austin’s level for him to feud with.
And business suffered greatly afterwards.
Whether it's a good or bad decision, I can only speak for myself. I think it's good that The Nexus was defeated. For me, right from the start, these were a few jobbers who wanted to use force to make themselves important & they were simply put in their place. If they “really” want to be taken seriously, then they should deliver good matches. It doesn't have to be "Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels", but it has to be more than good matches over a certain period of time OR something that really makes them stand out other than just attacking other people. At the beginning, Cena, Edge, Orton were all jobbers, but at least in Orton & Cena's case a gimmick helped them. Orton also had 2 mentors, Evulotion, who supported him & Cena used his ability to rap. The rest is history.
Great video idea! You can make so many videos with this topic
You should make a seperate list on all the stupid booking decisions of Tony Khan and AEW
Bret Hart being on this video’s thumbnail made me smile.
14:06 People forget that Bret didn’t immediately retire after Starrcade 99. He kept banging his head in later matches, which worsened his concussion, until he finally retired.
Also nash was the face in the finger poke of doom angle and hogan was the heel. It is like you did not watch the product.
I still think that the MITB briefcase should become more open because certain stars win the briefcase and and aren't ready for the main title, so they could make the mid carder work his way up to be ready or capture the mid card and build up the importance same with a tag team star could win the briefcase and win the tag titles. But thats just an idea
Imagine if they put DDP vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin instead of The Undertaker.
DDP vs. Taker COULD have worked. But they needed to actually make DDP look like a credible threat.
@michaelsinger4638 they just made him look like a stalker.
Not only that triple H was out so was chris Benoit with his neck Flair came in the night after Survivorsere. Austin Thory triple H had to clean up Vince McMahons mess. Which is why everything was a mess Vince was out of touch. Everything sucked. Not only that no body says about Shawn and Hunter December 97 shoulder block Hunter running the ropes like a video game and then a fake splash on HBK then pins him to when the European championship.
April 5th, 1999 was the true beginning of the end for WCW.
Theory still has time, I see talent, face of the company talent.
18:47 Need to bring them back to challenge for the tag team Women's championship, give them the baby face angle. Set up proper it would be a huge boost
One of the best decisions in Wrestling: Creating the nWo
One of the worst creative decisions ever: Adding all the people not mamed Nash, Hall or Hulk Hogan to it
Goldberg Squashing Kevin Owens
Before WrestleMania 33 Was
Just A Dumb Decision To Me
The Rey Mysterio section is basically revisionism. He remained a big deal in WCW.
Was it the right move to put the mask back on him? Absolutely. But did taking the mask off him actively hurt him in WCW? Eh.
Heel Steve Austin was awesome
Wcw didn't really care about Bret, it was just being able to sign wwfs biggest star at the time.......
Austin Theory was a second choice, as Cody Rhodes was supposed to win it. Fans just don't feel Theory, and no one was going to believe his luck would hold enough to justify him "beating Roman."
0:22 I'm not sure if I agree or disagree
2:15 I agree. Stone Cold Steve Austin's heel turn was a bad decision if I watched WWE in The Attitude Era
4:16 I agree. The only reason why Austin Theroy was in The Money in the Bank match in the first place was to protect Roman Reigns from losing The Undisputed WWE Championship back then.
5:57 Not sure
7:57 Not sure
9:46 I agree
14:20 I disagree. RVD deserves to be The ECW Champion.
16:00 I disagree. WWE beating The Nexus was a great decision.
Wwe beating nexus was not great
@NicholasHamilton1718 Nexus losing was not great
@tayojones9460 Yes, it is.
18:05 IICONICS Split
It was too soon for Theory, it was in the midst of Reign's title. It was Vince's bad idea originally.
The FPOD wasn't the "final straw" for WCW; they didn't start to decline in ratings until the summer that year.
I still think that after the Austin heel he should've came into the next raw, and stunned Vince, called him a dumb sob and told him he had used him..
Goldberg's run with the WCW title. He never main evented a ppv with the title even though he was supposedly the biggest star in WCW. The booking and finish of that horrible Seth Rollins and Fiend HIAC match. Both Bray Wyatt and Fiend were both mishandled by booking as soon the character began to interact with other acts too much. I don't know if Bray just wrote himself into a corner or creative just had no idea what do with him and no other superstar wanted to give him too much but his stories didn't last as long as it should've RIP.
The finger poke of doom is the best move ever
Dude, I think (WWE) and (NXT) should consider pairing "Rookie," talent with "Established," talent after Wrestle Mania...🤔💭
Like (NXT) K.Jodan with Naomi (💚) since they have similar wrestling styles! Cora-Jade (🦋) with Messy Liv (🧸)🏆 or Tiffany Stratton (💼)......
I get that punk is a favorable subject these days, algorithmically, but this fallacy of him being a draw has got to stop. Punk consistently lost viewership over all of his title runs in WWE. Sure, he was hot with a few of the current fans, but did not draw in any new ones. I remember, I was there😂. Just saying that the phrase "white hot" doesn't mean much if he lost viewership.
Dude listen to the reaction he gets. Anyone who says he was not a draw is either ignorant or a stubborn Cornette Crusader who won't let go of the past.
@tayojones9460 getting a favorable reaction from people already in the audience is not being a draw, it's being over with the already established fan base. Not the same thing. I know punk fans are sensitive and don't want to admit it, but the guy lost ratings throughout his career until he came into AEW...
And he certainly never drew outside of the business. No one bought the comic books, no one saw his horror movie. What he is doing is simply popping the marks that would be there with or without him.
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15:44 wrong ECW was not meeting financial obligations. It was Over before it was over.
The common thread in all of these are that each bad booking decision exposed the business.
The "Invasion" angle also failed because it was about the McMahons.
No lie the iconics split pissed me off few years back
I stopped watching after wrestlemania X-seven unfortunately. Guess I grew out of it and more into other shows. Sunday night heat was subbed out for jackass and other shows from 01 era!!!
In defense of the Austin Theory booking. Vince was pushing him way too fast. Paul had to get that briefcase off of him and build him up slower. Hes still very young
Annnnnnnnnnndyyyyyyyy! It's DYNAMITE Wednesday.
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@@WRESTLEWITHANDY cena winning summerslam 2010 was the best booking decision WWE and Vince made cena needed that win for sure
Now you can add Joe Hendry to that list with him not winning at BFG
Theory should have cashed in for the NXT Title. It would have been a fresh idea and made NXT feel like a big deal.
Anyone remember looking up Rey unmasked as a kid and seeing that WCW clip?
Hogan wasn't a babyface when the Finger Poke Of Doom happened, Nash was. Hogan was kayfabe trying to run for president and the Wolfpack was over with the fans. Just watch Starrcade 1998 to see the pop Kevin Nash had when he beat Goldberg
Killing the streak!
That's why van dam was the first ecw world heavyweight champion wwe edition
Unmasked Rey was a menace. Very fun and charismatic.
The IIconics were meant for the Divas Era. They were terrible
Triple H’s booking of the Women’s Division in general (especially on Raw).
Eric Bischoff STILL defends unmasking Rey to this day. He’s an idiot .
A LOT of wrestling companies struggle to strike while the iron is hot unfortunately.
Imagine if HHH is the booker of the invasion angle.
controversial take : NWO made Hulk Hogan hot again not the other way around. Nash and Hall could’ve pulled it off without him
How bout Enzo and Big Cass split?
I actually think the Fingerpoke of Doom was a brilliant idea to reunite the nWo. It was the Followup to it where everything went down the toilet
It was stupid
i disagree with the RVD one.. if they could have booked RVD vs Taz for the title when RVD got hurt (IF he hadn't got hurt) it would have been great.
no it wouldn't have saved the company at all, Paul Heyman himself admitted the company was doomed because he had very little money coming in, and spike tv really screwed them over multiple times, if they had actually advertised ECW was on their channel like they later did for wwe it could have made a huge difference. (granted Paul did some stupid stuff as well)
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oh god the nexus deserved so much better.
Buff Bagwell vs Booker T should’ve been put off a week
WWE: We gotta make people forget what Rey’s face looks like *proceeds to bring on his son who legit looks like him.*
Nash was the Face and Hogan was the heel
Triple H beating Booker T after the YOU PEOPLE promo
Nash beating Goldberg was the worst if they was going to break the streak they should have let DDP do it
Seeing Rey without his mask feels illegal, like something that should never be seen by mortals.
But holy shit, Dom is the spitting image of his Dad lmao, Literally just copy-pasted the face.
Austin should've turned heel during the Invasion storyline. Especially since he ended up joining the Alliance. Not at WrestleMania 17
They should've just had Punk beat Nash in a 8 minute match and be done with it.
This whole video could’ve been just bad booking from wcw in 99 to 01 or the nearly the entirety of Roman reigns solo babyface run from 2014 to 2020
Keeping the Bloodline bullshit going for as long as they have at the expense of the rest of the roster.
WWE Had 50 And More Worst Booking Decisions In The Last 14 Years.
WCW/WWF invasion angle is basically the TNA/NXT invasions lmfaoooo, except TNA is invading their level of talent, if TNA invaded the main roster other than the royale rumble like raw or smackdown, it’d be not even a challenge lmfao, Joe Hendry isn’t beating Austin Theory 💀💀💀
Joe Hendry couldn’t even beat dolph
Austin Theory was a Vince McMahon guy, hence why Helmsley screwed him up.
Hhh did not screw punk out of the title. It was a supposed angle but turned out nash set up the whole thing
HHH over Booker T at Wrestlemania
HHH over Sting at Wrestlemania
HHH over, well, pretty much everybody
That's the Reason Why I neve liked Cena! He refuse to put alot of good ideas over... What a shitty guy
Brock ending the streak was the worst decision in professional wrestling
Austin heel turn was a big failure. Him teaming with hhh was god awful
9:28 I don't care still love that Filthy Animals theme song it's too good.
Owen should have left WWE or Bret should have never went to WCW. Either or, a life would have been saved
I do agree about rvd he should been ecw champ
some of these were unfortunate
Cena winning summerslam 2010 was great I knew the moment that this was going to be on here the whole list would be trash
Who thought splitting up an attractive and actually funny female tag team was a good idea?
allegedly? really? Cena himself admitted that he changed the Ending to him winning the Fight as the solve survivor and rergretted this Decision because he understood that it was the wrong Call not to put over Nexus. another Video where i wonder if you even made some Research about all your Topics. doesnt seem so.
The Invasion angle BS with vince sorta ruined most of wrestling afterwards with me. I hoped vince learned from his early BS an would not treat sting the sway.. Fooled me again.. not much interested anymore in wrestling. I watched a Women's tag match just the other day an it was so poorly done.
90's was a Good time, didnt care how Hogan had the run over WCW he did, an i truly think Hogan an B&W NWO ruined WCW. Maybe if NWO was Shorter An Hogan left we would still have WCW today. Vince bought WCW an couldve used WCW to better talent, demoted talent to add to the roster an create a lot of unique opportunities an he completely squashed it.
Vince was better behind the scenes when he was "An Announcer" an not known as the boss, an he couldve kept wcw ownership secret an built wcw as his own key-fabe semi-Rival with development talents an older wrestlers.