10 Promising WWE Storylines That Went Downhill Fast

From The Nexus to the Bret Hart vs. Vince McMahon feud, these are 10 Promising WWE Storylines That Went Downhill Fast
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[@JustinTyme116]

Honorable mention: Owen Hart vs. DX Owen wanted payback on DX after the events of the Montreal Screwjob, but he never got his revenge & would later turn heel on Ken Shamrock to join the Nation Of Domination. (of all groups)

[@1223steffen]

Stupid booking

[@lachlanbrunton3264]

Classic DX in Vince's ear. Owen was red hot in December of 97 and Mania 14 main event probably should've been him vs Shawn instead of Austin which is crazy to think about

[@painvillegaming4119]

@@lachlanbrunton3264i disagree Austin was the right choice overall

[@armnhc84]

Cena is the one who pushed for that Nexus burial finish…Jericho and Edge tried to talk some sense into him to no avail. He later admitted to them that he was wrong, it was the wrong finish.

[@optimus2008]

Tbh, hoping that the Nexus would succeed under 2010 Vince is thinking that a tree will start swimming with it's branches in lava. And I think Nexus was supposed to lose anyway; Cena simply changed the finish.

[@trayydayy15]

I don’t think kane’s feud with Shane derailed his momentum , it made sense kane attacked his mother , him not winning the title at Armageddon stopped it in my opinion

[@bobbydelacroix1515]

I remember being confused when The Ministry fizzled out and Taker was just tagging with Big Show

[@mbulelomdoda1494]

Unmasked Kane 2003 should've won the World Heavyweight championship

[@Muhammadwasapedo]

Kane should have won many world championships. They really dropped the ball on him from 2000 onward.

[@reimixo]

Kane should have won way more but austin...... Then hunter....

[@rcdune7132]

I mean at least Kane had a pretty lengthy World title run in 2010 and even beat the Undertaker 3 times in a row! I know that feud isn't universally loved but I personally enjoyed it and I was definitely invested in it

[@Molson-xg9hs]

Nexus and Invasion were at the top of my list, but surprised not to see the Straight Edge Society. Punk was doing great work and remember, he got voted in as a heel to face Cena the night of the Nexus attack over faces. Then Serena got fired, the Big Show squashed them and Punk went to commentary. Bigger things were ahead for Punk, but they deserved a longer run.

[@daltonpinell6251]

I was gonna say that the Who Killed Vince storyline should've been on the list, but that storyline went downhill by no fault of WWE's own

[@vladtepes3201]

I still wonder where they was gonna take that one. Lol

[@CammyTheSportsEntertainer]

Armageddon 2003. Kane should have won the World Championship. He was red hot.

[@jordanmccluskey891]

Agree

[@reimixo]

2001 rumble too but we all know how that went.....

[@jodawa2504]

Reinvigorated Psycho Kane should've received a second one-on-one world heavyweight title match against Triple H. Kane wins, avenging his Mask vs Title loss to Triple H in June 2003 on Raw, the Katie Vick storyline(the insanity of that storyline speaks for itself) & the Championship Unification Match loss to Triple H at the 2002 No Mercy PPV(Kane's Intercontinental Title vs Triple H's World Heavyweight Title), which would've put Kane back into the main event spotlight. Instead, Kane wouldn't touch another WWE world title since King Of The Ring 1998 until the first Money In The Bank PPV in 2010, winning the match's briefcase & cashing in on then world champion Rey Mysterio on the same night to win the title, turning heel once again at Rey Mysterio's expense, like he did in Summer 2008 & had an astronomically better & longer title reign than his pathetic 24 hour sole WWE Championship reign.

[@nhatlongvu8896]

At the end of the day, the only thing that bothers me a lot about Orton-Fiend 2021-2022 feud is that Bliss betrayed Fiend then Orton won the match at WM for absolutely no reason😃The rivalry is pretty solid tbh, but hampered by bad ending (similar to their feud in 2016-2017)

[@josiahboatengmyrie]

I mean in retrospect Orton winning the match I have no issue with my issue was why did it need to involve Alexa turning heel and surely after being the unkillable fiend why was he put in a tag team instead of being the number one contender

[@nhatlongvu8896]

@@josiahboatengmyrie I agree, we didn't have a chance to see the payoff of Bliss' betrayal (why the heck she did that?), meanwhile Orton became a tag team man made zero sense to me 😂 at least RK-Bro was entertaining

[@FrostWazowski]

I couldnt be paid to care about any storyline involving a character that basically amounts to "gay mr rogers knockoff that occasionally wears an ugly mask." It was "over" by the standards of the day, but the standards of the day also got us a whole roster full of guys who make Colin Delaney look like Batista AND developmental getting a weekly TV show for some reason, so I shun modern wrestling standards. The shit was NOT over. Sorry, kiddos.

[@qwilliams1539]

No reason? One of the combatants was a literal clown!

[@zanethind]

Their rivalry never happened in 2022 it ended in 2021

[@nike316]

Hulk Hogan vs Randy Orton from 2006 had potential, but I remember their lack of screen time together being a bit of a buzzkill and in the end their feud just came and went, when it could've really been one of Randy Orton's best feuds as the legend killer. He definitely had better feuds with Mick Foley and The Undertaker.

[@rcdune7132]

They definitely should've had a rematch at Mania 23

[@nike316]

The group Retribution definitely lives up to this topic. They were given a lot of attention at first with their invasions and then they became less important over time, the more they went vocal. They were very amateurish, and Mustafa Ali wasn't a convincing heel.

[@jordanmccluskey891]

Vince was high when he created Retribution

[@SIMOLAMBOTZ]

The rebellion thing was good, but as soon as they signed their contract, it was bloody awful

[@danflorio834]

Summer of Punk could’ve been on this list

[@DJDoubleCee]

At 2:50, The Fiend should have gone over Randy Orton at WrestleMania 37. Didn’t make sense for Orton to win. R.I.P. Bray Wyatt.

[@qwilliams1539]

It made all the sense in the world. On one hand, you have one of the all-time greats. On the other, you have a literal 🤡.

[@kurze8297]

The fiend character was already on a downward spiral since losing to bill goldberg maybe he shouldn’t have been put over then at least randy is a full time wrestler that has done way more than anyone has for the company

[@optimus2008]

​@@qwilliams1539I know the character was a hillbilly psycho clown, but let's not insult Wyatt like that...

[@F13fan]

The 1 & 2 spots are 2 of my favorites but I agree thst they were definitely mishandled unfortunately. And I loved Psycho Kane

[@P0YSiN]

The Nexus were such a wasted opportunity 😑 I once had a nightmare about being a contestant on competition era NXT. To this day, it still seems so mortifying to me.

[@GabbyPlaysGames02]

It always did bug me that they pretty much never had Bray win over Orton clean. Like that House of Horrors match that was going wonderfully until Jinder Mahal showed up 😕

[@jordanmccluskey891]

I don't know what Vince was thinking putting the WWE Championship on Jinder

[@kurze8297]

@@jordanmccluskey891 to make tony khan have a rant 6 years later long term booking

[@rhedosaurus2251]

Heyman himself that the real reason why Cesaro as a Heyman guy didn't work was because of how the fans dissaproval of Lesner ending Taker's Wrestlemania streak bleed out into not liking Cesaro.

[@rhedosaurus2251]

@@urbaindelva7869 So Cesaro's run as a 'Paul Heyman guy' was more doomed to failure then it already was...

[@claymathewselevator8121]

HBK in an nWo shirt was a strange sight

[@jordanmccluskey891]

I guess it was a glimpse as to what would happen if Shawn had went to WCW

[@arkantochiron]

Though it was not entirely WWE creative's fault, the Muhammad Hassan storyline getting derailed was a major bummer.

[@grey1288]

Fun Fact: Cesaro might have possibly have a program with Brock Lesnar at some point, but it didn't happen tho. But can you imagine the two strongest stars at that time meeting in the same ring?!

[@jodawa2504]

Cesaro faced John Cena at that time. However, Cesaro facing Brock Lesnar? Talk about two big, strong, hard hitting dudes battling each other. Sign me up to watch that.

[@unforcedterror3136]

Didn’t think I’d live to see the day Adam mentioning Mike Sanders in a video 😂

[@claymathewselevator8121]

The Nexus attacking Ricky Steamboat was awesome

[@Muhammadwasapedo]

Saved his life too apparently.

[@Bin_-LidL]

Gotta appreciate the consistency of videos recently every one of them is class too ❤

[@SeanPynrose]

Randy running from Ebolution wasn't a dumb move. It was 3 on 1 in essence and the three happen to be 3 of the best in the business. 2 of which were hall of famers

[@EdDaBawsh]

TF is "Ebolution"?! 🤔

[@jerranspearman3369]

good video

[@thomasmuller1425]

I think if they had just let Cesaro be his own man & slowly built him up as a babyface, I have no doubt that he would've gotten over super quickly & MAYBE he'd be the one to challenge Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 31.

[@Evs78101]

#11…The Bloodline Post-Mania 39

[@multiyapples]

#1 should be Vince versus creative in the 2010s.

[@nickmontoya3001]

No "Randal Keith" jingle?

[@JLawls91]

Sting finally joining WWE?

[@jasontodd1896]

Kane was ruined in 1998 when he kept jobbing to taker. 2003 when he unmasked. Further destroyed him more

[@Markkwebsterjr]

Cesaro/Heyman should of been GOLD

[@dylanogg347]

I would have loved seeing Saturn paste Sanders.

[@lilpoetat]

Thanks 🎉

[@kinnbenet]

N E X U S

[@matthewjunghans4473]

When a heel turns “heel” on a heel, it never ends well.

[@SpaceGhost92]

lol @ the nerds that complained about wwe “wasting Cesaro” and “not using him right” he literally just jobbed out to orange Cassidy 😂😂😂😂

[@user-hx4le1vn2c]

Yes, a champion and great wrestler. Your point?

[@jodawa2504]

WWE should've done the same thing with Randy Orton & "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt's feud that they did with John Cena vs The Fiend's feud. Randy Orton beat Bray Wyatt at Wrestlemania 33 for the WWE title. Then, at Wrestlemania 37, Randy Orton faces Bray's alter ego, The Fiend & defeat Randy, gaining revenge over The Viper for what he's done to Bray in 2017, just like The Fiend defeated John Cena the previous year at Wrestlemania 36 in the Firefly Fun House Match, gaining revenge for Bray's loss to Cena at Wrestlemania 30 6 years prior.

[@justinconn1214]

Bounty on golberg. Should have lasted longer. Golberg shoukd have had a huge undefeated streak even veating undertaker at wm

[@nicolemerrill9167]

No one ever talks about that fight with ric and mick,mick probably front face locked him and gave him a DDT lol Foley was a high school wrestler

[@randomramblings2325]

Sting”s run in WWE isn’t on this list

[@Roddy33]

nice

[@Lukerogers0121]

Vince McMahon’s lockbox, retribution

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Perry Saturn vs Mike Sanders

[@zanethind]

Paul Heyman and Cesaro deserved a second chance honestly

[@cregyn]

Surprised that ziggler didn't appear in this list at all. Every big moment he's been given has been followed up so poorly Also, awesome truthstarted off well and just nosedived Still trying to work out how they had carmella treat James ellsworth like a dog for a while and then she turned face and he became the sole heel against the entire women's division 😂

[@vladtepes3201]

Erick Rowans cage

[@damaged2810]

The Fiend should've never loss. Nexus should've won their match.

[@qwilliams1539]

Why should a literal clown never lose?

[@damaged2810]

@@qwilliams1539 best gimmick at the time.

[@Lele-fu7fw]

Didnt understand why alexa turned to bray

[@SIMOLAMBOTZ]

We can't understand because they stopped everything after that, we'll never know the plans

[@roderickhoward1752]

The Higher Power had a ton of potential and could've been revealed to be anybody. But it fell apart after the reveal turned out to be Vince. And all to just prove a point to Austin??? Flat & weak climax.

[@jordanmccluskey891]

The original plan was for Christopher Daniels to be the higher power but that changed to Vince McMahon

[@stevenpagnani7005]

What about ryback. Paul haymen guy?

[@Sunprism]

Ahdidut Fer DaRok

[@user-ch9gm3mj1j]

1st lol

[@jeffdaigle5487]

What did everyone think of crown jewel? It was a 7/10 for me.

[@Michael-yi1np]

For me it was bout 3. So predictable and boring. They need a refresh and know when to end storylines

[@Clang2023]

​@Michael-yi1np sounds like someone was upset LA Knight didnt win

[@TriViuM2k22]

5/10. Nothing special but also not terrible.

[@jeffdaigle5487]

Personally Cena, rey, and Shayna should have won but I did enjoy the Seth and Drew match. Best of the night for me.

[@jimbo_1312]

5-6, maybe. It was just kinda ok.

[@marioaustin9312]

Half the nexus were jobbers no way it would've worked

[@hollowfox]

adam. p club

[@cyrax94]

So basically, the only bad thing about psycho unmasked Kane was that he didn't win the World Heavyweight Championship?

[@jordanmccluskey891]

Do u think Kane would have worked good on the SmackDown! Roster in 2004