FAILED STORYLINES | Wrestling's Botched Angles!

[@hasanx8066]

2/3 members of 3MB are former WWE champions. Greatest Jobber stable ever lol

[@deathbat93rn]

Still waiting on Heath to come back and take the title from Roman 😂

[@hasanx8066]

@@deathbat93rn you mean The Rock by the time Heath returns 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

No, 17:34 What made Theory's cash-in really bad is that he not only tried to cash-in on a mid card title but at the time Seth was holding open challenges for it. Theory could've just accepted the challenge instead of wasting the cash-in. No Clue what Vince was thinking when he made that decision.🤦‍♂️ Fun video by the way.😄👍

[@zemox2534]

Vince was not thinking! The same thing happend to Corbin

[@billblaski9523]

Lmao that WAS pretty dumb. Even if they allegedly had the WHOLE thing planned out (Theory wasting his MITB briefcase on the freaking US Title, but eventually wins the US Title a few shows later anyways) Everyone says it was Triple H who buried Theory

[@drphot6050]

No worries Damien Priest will top them all 😂

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

@@drphot6050 it's certainly not a situation I want to be in charge of booking.😄👍

[@chocolatedaddy2094]

HHH made that decision Vince loved Theory and called him a future world champion

[@leonshoyinka4540]

Retribution has gotta be top 5 worst storylines in wrestling history.

[@JustinSharpe-h9h]

What was so bad about it they could’ve been nexus 2.0 I think the pandemic ruined it

[@bashamd96]

​@@JustinSharpe-h9h It was obvious they had 0 direction for them from the beginning

[@The98767899]

They were garbage

[@ellismarquez8410]

They were based on Antifa and all the destructive criminal terrorism that unfolded during the summer of 2020.

[@ellismarquez8410]

They were based on Antifa and all the destructive criminal terrorism that unfolded during the summer of 2020.

[@stevenwoods5787]

Can’t really blame hunter for theory. The moment vince decided to unify the titles that basically made MITB anti clamatic cause who the hell believed Roman was gonna get caught by that shit when he always had someone watching his back? Hell even theory said that in a promo

[@aceitaliano88]

Should have put that tasteless Road Warrior Hawk storyline on here since you put the Scott Hall one on.

[@robertclark2253]

Even before that there was Jake The Snake Roberts in 1996 .

[@joshualewis7692]

That Roman Reigns-Baron Corbin rivalry literally could have been handled better. Could have brought back Corbin's Lone Wolf character.

[@luedanger561]

Last Call Scott Hall was sad and cringe. I also thought the same way with Punk and Jericho

[@Ec3.]

Retribution was like a fever dream, I remember nothing from it

[@billblaski9523]

Dang Retribution had the potential to be the greatest stable in WWE history😢

[@sa5ioh]

I'm glad I wasn't watching during those few years

[@deandrenicholas2545]

There is literally nothing to remember...

[@shawnmichaels568]

Ali added more firepower to retribution, But it's really hard to take them seriously from the start anyway.

[@billblaski9523]

Dang Retribution had the potential to be the greatest stable in WWE history😢

[@deandrenicholas2545]

​@@billblaski9523so you added this same lame comment on every post where you saw the word Retribution?

[@jackmackakaheavyguyhaiku545]

I'm sorry, but I dig Wolfpack Sting. Did it make zero sense? Yes. But they tried to have it make sense by having Lex Luger in the Cliq. IRL it would've made sense since Stinger was pals with the core of the NWO.

[@drphot6050]

Totally agree

[@jackmackakaheavyguyhaiku545]

Scott Hall even gave Sting the Crow persona idea.

[@KadeemG61]

TNA at the time was starting to get irritating in the worst possible way in the Early 2010’s. During the bad era with Hulk Hogan and Dixie Carter, the Samoa Joe attacked by “Ninjas” storyline had a lot of potential, but without a fully explanation why the storyline was dropped altogether and they don’t have a clue who these masked men were.

[@FisherAthleticFan]

I loved TNA but some of the stories at that time mad zero sense! Joe just came back like nothing happened 😂

[@shutup2751]

heidenreich's feud with Taker deserves a mention

[@danickakinzy2468]

WCW 1998 to 2001 was a total cluster!

[@amanrob]

I wouldn't say 1998 was too bad. At least they were still running on fumes if the NWO and had Goldberg carrying them. Now 1999, that a different story.

[@christophernicholson20]

The "white hummer" storyline in WCW was horrible. That was probably the worst storyline ever. We never knew who was driving the hummer. That one should have been on this list

[@newjerseyballer]

road warrior animal. it was revealed in that Sid injury match. i guess u didnt watch WCW…

[@ivaneurope]

Honestly, wouldn't had mind if Theory cashed in his briefcase on Bron Breakker - he even teased that he may cash the MITB on the NXT title and would've been far more believable than cashing it in on a mid-card title (even if it was the only singles title on RAW) when it was clear that Roman wasn't going to drop the recently unified WWE world titles anytime soon. Cashing it in on only the WWE Championship belt (to split the titles once again) or be the fall guy after cashing it in during a match to become a triple threat would've been seen as a way by WWE to protect Roman Reigns as much as possible (as by then he hadn't been pinned since 2019)

[@joshualewis7692]

Word! That's what I said!

[@mclew1234]

Even him cashing in on a wounded Rollins to get the US title would have been fine had it been done properly. It was obvious that Roman wasn't dropping the belt so they needed another route out. Having Theory essentially do the classic MITB cash in to get a the US title and then proclaim to be on the same level as Roman would have fitted with his character of an arrogant heel who is good but thinks he is much better than he actually is perfectly. Add in a few strong title defences to start the run off and all of a sudden you've elevated the US title to a level near the world title as the MITB winner was willing to use his contract for that, Theory's character has been developed along the lines of a jock like arrogant heel and you've booked yourself out of the corner of Roman having both worlds titles.

[@jshock]

The best gimmick for Theory would be a generation Alpha gimmick

[@drphot6050]

Otis was worst

[@joshualewis7692]

​@@drphot6050 I hated that storyline. Felt like some Family Matters shtick where the hot girl finally falls for the nerd after years of trying.

[@kadharefinley224]

When RAW Underground was introduced in August 2020 it was a pretty cool idea. Having these kinda work/shoot fights, but after a few weeks it got boring with just the wrestlers destroying jobbers

[@TheMagiAlchemist]

Agreed

[@drphot6050]

Right it was dope AF... Should've been in the WWE 2K game

[@Amphibious832]

I remember being 10 when the Burchills debut and looking at my parents saying "i don't love my sister that much"

[@catlawyerwilldefendfortrea6038]

After reading the legal document accusing Vince of some terrible stuff, that poop stuff feels horrifying.

[@Dr.Yakub22]

The kiss my ass club has somehow became more disgusting

[@glennross85]

​@@Dr.Yakub22There were multiple tiers to that club and kissing his butt was the lowest one.

[@DungTran-li2wn]

remember that janel grant was okay with everything until the money dried up

[@Bad6uY0124]

​@@DungTran-li2wnfunny how that works ain't it

[@vismattress5760]

remember that that isnt necessarily true@@DungTran-li2wn

[@MRodriguez7467]

Tbh, that whole Retribution bullshit was D.O.A from the fucking beginning. Also, what was the fucking point of having Theory as Mr MITB, anyway? Competing in the ladder match, only to have him cash in(ON A FUCKING MID-CARD TITLE, mind you), & HAVE HIM FUCKING LOSE?!

[@miroslavtomic7038]

In later years, Scott Hall claimed that he was completely sober in 1998 and that it was all a storyline. However, he did acknowledge that his long term alcoholism was taking a tow on his physical and mental state at the time.

[@WrestlingandFilmReviews]

Crash Holly (1971-2003) as Mad Mikey in TNA 2003, here's why: Crash Holly in WWE 1999-2003 was 1 of the greatest Hardcore-Champions and he won many more belts in WWE. In TNA Crash was 1-2 months and Mad Mikey name wasn't the most popular and when Crash died in November 2003, he wasn't even wrestling for TNA back then.

[@miroslavtomic7038]

Retribution was more of an new version of TNA's Aces & Eights, than nWo. Both stables came in with a huge bang, were prominent for awhile and than simply disappeared overnight without even an explanation.

[@theboxingboy7422]

Scott hall never got over killing that guy outside a bar in self defense when he was younger. He spent his whole life struggling with that i think and obviously the substance abuse issues followed him his whole life after aswell

[@shawnmichaels568]

Ngl, I enjoyed the RAW underground for the first few weeks then i agree it kinda got stale with how repetitive it became.

[@drphot6050]

It didn't evolve but was solid at the start

[@HanstheBoss1]

Thats Roman vs Corbin wasn't all too bad its was entertaining and "creative" and Austin cash-in on thats USA was stupid but logical c'mon noone gonna believe him ever cash on Roman he fail miserably multiple time but its was creative.Some of these storyline can be good or greats but the execution just terrible finally we says goodbye to Vince terrible and out of touch creativity

[@RomaroBrandon]

It wasn't logical and would have made more sense if he cashed in on Bron Breakker like he teased he would.

[@guillermosierracuellar9812]

not gonna lie i was a fan of the retribution angle, the problem they used a lot of extras for the segments instead of the real member, then they destroyed smackdown arena and by 205 live that was next everything was ok even though its a tape show i dont think they sold it that way and finally they lost their matches from the start

[@guillermosierracuellar9812]

to ge honest i loved how corbin got covered with the dog food

[@kulturny_vklad]

Dunno brah, Red Stinger and drunk Scotty Hall was a highlight of this times, people popped right there when they see them. Red Stinger and Lex in black jeans was crowd favourites. At least where i lived back in the 90s.

[@animaltvi9515]

Bubba ray Dudley had a stutter when they arrived in WWF. He got stuck, and devon had to hit him. The Hawk drunk storyline was horrible to watch . Him falling of the titantron whilst pissed.

[@EonNite]

Creators really, really love using this (16:41) clip of winking HHH whenever they speak about him taking over as the WWE creative head. lol. It's a good image, tho, so I can't blame them. It's just funny to see it so much when binging a lot of these explorative wrestling videos.

[@miroslavtomic7038]

There is even bigger reason why the Burchills failed in WWE so miserably. Before they came to WWE, they were already well known in the indies where they were presented as husband and wife and were known as such. So, when they came to WWE and were presented as siblings, nobody who knew them bought into such bull.

[@CarlosColon-m7i]

That Retribution story line was complete garbage

[@RomaroBrandon]

Shane McMahon wasn't a terrible commentator. He was supposed to be like Joe Rogan and I honestly don't think he did a terrible job, considering Raw Underground is supposed to be like MMA which is more fast paced than pro wrestling. Also Raw Underground would have been more successful if it aired in the last hour of Raw instead switching back and forth throughout the night. Raw Underground failed because it wasn't

[@SeanDre619]

Nah, now i gotta stop yall there. Wolfpack sting was one of the coolest things in the 90's. If yall running outta list ideas just say that. 😂😂😂😂

[@donniejohnson4094]

Chosen one wasn’t stupid!! He got in trouble backstage well his wife did and he got sent down the card.. Drew was fine in that role

[@ezeakiodarmey9448]

They literally ran a faux Antifa gimmick during a time when real Antifa was smashing up storefronts? I can't imagine why it was a failed gimmick.

[@sedrickgipson8088]

Exactly

[@christopherdowdell3638]

I remember saying Vince said Drew was going to be a future world champion and never did anything about it. Then he left and came back

[@miroslavtomic7038]

HBK coming out of retirement in 2018 was more of a neccessity than anything else. Alot of superstars, including John Cena and Daniel Bryan, refused to travel to Saudi Arabia so they needed to come up with new main event on a very short notice. That doesn't, however, justify the debacle that occured.

[@shory_lol]

Dx vs brothers of destruction hbk did it amazing for a 52 years old grandpa that hbk performance is better that all wrestling career of jhon cena

[@patrickdare5356]

That is just stupid.

[@shory_lol]

@@patrickdare5356 jhon cena? I know

[@glennross85]

​@@patrickdare5356Just dont interact, theyre attention starved 😂

[@ericchad7432]

I do not understand how this list could be made and not include the WCW/ECW Invasion

[@newjerseyballer]

Retribution, lol. Slapjack looks like a dude i created in WWF WarZone back in the day.

[@newjerseyballer]

i always said this! Sting joining the Wolfpac and Ahmed Johnson joining the Nation were the two stupidest angles ever and made no sense.

[@rmNotorious]

Love the channel No beef just curious if you were around back in those days... the nWo Wolfpac days that is ... sting as a member was Sooooo Over at the time.

[@tacohut555]

I would add the Mark Henry and Mae Young baby storyline, to an extent Ace and Eights in TNA as it had the potential to actually be better than it ended up being, and Dixie Carter trying to do her own version of the Authority storyline that had been going on over in TNA. The Mark Henry/Mae Young storyline wasn’t just a disaster regardless of how it played out, it never should have been done at all.

[@tacohut555]

Sorry, may have mixed up my words a little by accident; I meant that they had been doing the Authority storyline over in WWE with the whole “What’s best for business” stuff and shortly after that Dixie Carter did pretty much the exact same storyline over in TNA and it turned away a lot of fans.

[@vinpar5557]

Paul Burchill looks like Drew McIntyre little bit I thought they were the same person at first when watching this when I was younger

[@guillermosierracuellar9812]

thank god nxt knows how to book the underground matches in a beetter way

[@zemox2534]

Matt Morgan went to TNA wrestling, not New Japan.

[@juicepouch1]

He went to Japan first before tna. Spent a little time with both new japan and all Japan

[@zemox2534]

You are correct. I looked it up. My mistake

[@WheatCitySole]

Great Muta documentary. It’s time.

[@stingrey1571]

@10:35 vince aka Fecal Phil loves scat humor. what does dogfood resemble?

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

Hmm🤔, 2:48 I don't know, for some reason I kinda feel like Scott Hall would have acted like he was "wasted" during the segments and matches but then actually go and get wasted afterwards. 😅👍

[@noirknight9770]

problem was he got wasted before the segment and then after as well 😂😂

[@chrismizuno239]

You could do an entire episode about WCW

[@noirknight9770]

*aew

[@zacharytaylor7706]

14:20 cue the curb your enthusiasm music

[@benespinosa6725]

Lol when wwe had cage dancers for raw underground i got Flashbacks when TNA had dancing girls during the Early years raw underground was awful 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@CarlosCruz-ox9wc]

HHH definitely did not botch rfr theory stuff. Vince loved theory and strapped the rocket that he doesn't deserve. Theory doesn't have it. He's not good enough to look good in defeat to roman. What happened with his cash in was great. His subsequent awful title run with the US belt only confirmed that having him lose the cash in was the right move

[@maverickmedcalf7935]

LOL, Sting joining the Wolfpac was failed? Doubtful. Once he joined, more t-shirts and merch would flying off the shelves, the fans LOVED the Wolfpac (and Sting), and had the ending of the stable been handled better, it would have been a fondly remembered stable. I watched live during that era and the Wolfpac was insane over… HUGE L. Huge.

[@mringram]

Yep

[@briwanderz]

once again, someone brings up how bad it was to put Scot Hall's addiction problems into a story line, and doesn't mention that wwe has also done it more then once.. they did it with jake the snake, even pouring real alcohol on him when he was trying to get sober.. then mocking cm punk for his sisters (i think) drug problems, and most recently Jeff Hardy in a feud with Seamus where he was mocked and had a fight with Seamus in a "pub" Sting joining the wolfpack was questionable if you think about it, but the wolfpack was actually hugely popular at the time AND was feuding with the same people as he was anyway. so, just add it to a LONG LONG line of storylines where someone joins a group or faction that doesn't make sense.

[@melasnexperience]

The phrase "greatness" should be nowhere near Britt Baker. She can talk, but that's literally it. She has to break her nose & brag about working injured to make teenagers online think she's hardcore, but when she has to do anything else, she's a dead mackerel in makeup. I cannot understand why so many people think she's great, when I think she sank Hayter's championship run by sucking all of the air & time outside of the ring from her (and frankly, having Britt's interference be key to Hayter's victories to get the title & to beat Shida made Hayter look like a weak glorified goon instead of the actual champ people who are thirsty for her pretended she was). AEW's women's division has been so much stronger without Britt grinding it all under her ineptitude, and I sincerely hope that she's never medically cleared to be on TV for a long long time.

[@deandrenicholas2545]

I personally don't think she's as bad as all that... but you're right about one thing. She is FAR from great. To hope she stays injured kinda makes you seem like a 12 year old incel tho. It ain't that deep bro

[@melasnexperience]

@@deandrenicholas2545 One, not a bro. Two, I'm not wishing injury on her, cuz she's so unprofessional that she thought it would make her look badass to go on her little reality show & brag about working while injured (while shitting on others who actually take time to heal). There's nothing "incel" about calling out the results of her unprofessionalism. Britt is a shitty person. That's not an act, especially after her & Saraya leading the harassment against LuFisto for the horrible crime of not enjoying her time on Dark. And that's just one example. But she's skinny and makes sexy faces at the hard cam, so people refuse to see what she is.

[@mjdf122]

February is almost here WCW SuperBrawl time

[@glennross85]

I wonder what number it would be upto now? 🤔

[@sedrickgipson8088]

I still think Vince did the Retribution gimmick because of the riots from the George Floyd murder but that’s my opinion it was bound to fail

[@donovandelaney3171]

There's nothing gross about it.

[@Moviefanforever5679]

I'm so glad that Vince McMahon is no longer in control of WWE. I believe WWE has been so much better since he left.

[@Vigilantes187]

What does he say at 8.20? The what native?

[@years-ti7xl]

I will never understand the Retribution stuff.

[@seanmallon1994]

Ayr is pronounced like air

[@guillermosierracuellar9812]

dishonorable mention to ronda vs shayna

[@robertclark2253]

One of the worst storylines in wrestling Undertaker vs Undertaker the build was garbage and the pay off match was even worse . Just when you thought you'd forgotten about this they go and do the same with Kane .

[@mythical___Jinx]

I actually liked Theroy cashing in and Lising only to win it later. I did not like him cashing in for mid card but i see why as roman was not losing the belt for some time and having the contract really just was worse for theroy than not having it. so to throw it away was a good idea, maybe he could have purposely threw away to spit at the companys face or something

[@IlluminatedShadow]

Cashing in on a mid title wouldn’t have been so bad if it was just given a better reason. Theory flat out saying he wasn’t ready for Roman and trying to attain what he was ready for was such a stupid decision. If they wanted to have him choose a title other than the heavyweight one, they just had to establish a beef with the other title holder. It becomes a story of vengeance and taking away what your opponent has instead of trying to win the only thing you think you’re capable of getting.

[@aarondoty2015]

I give HBK a pass on his return, with the amount of money offered. I doubt anyone could say no to one more match.

[@paccmannhtx]

The Bloodline angle has "dominated the wrestling industry" because as usual WWE doesn't know when to end a storyline. I really hope they end this cookie cutter ass storyline. Every feud ends the same and the Tribal Queef has killed several pushes. Hope it ends at Mania finally.

[@anilbalram7768]

Retribution could have worked. It was a good idea, but a bad execution. Granted the names sucked as well.

[@jkeegan154]

I was thought Retribution was a parody of Antifa.

[@BlackSoul316]

That's exactly what it was.

[@jimbo_1312]

Retribution was basically a boomers idea of what antifa are like

[@Rakmandra]

1998 during the shows Scott Hall drank Gatorade

[@anthonyamoroso7132]

I enjoyed Wolfpack Sting, but that’s just me

[@matunusdonnerhammer3423]

The explosion of the mega powers good storytelling? It worked, because Hogan and Savage were so over at the time, you could sell a can of dog's piss with their logo's on it, but it wasn't good storytelling. Love triangles are not good storytelling, especially if they are as predictable as this one.

[@LuciferTheDogKiller]

Wolfpac sting was awesome.

[@JoeChillton]

The dog stuff was already terrible back then, how can you do Roman so bad? Even his biggest detractors agree that was low as hell. Now it's reaching psychological insanity hearing how twisted VKM is and was. Fuck sakes. His texts read like an 11 year old edgelord on Tumblr. 80 years old huh?

[@FretzlemaniaPod]

IDGAF I kinda liked the concept of Raw Underground.

[@robertclark2253]

WCW aren't the only ones to have an alcoholism angle remember WWF/WWE and Jake Roberts in 1996 and again with Road Warrior Hawk in 1998 ? Alcoholism or any other addiction be it drugs gambling or whatever are no laughing matter . Wrestlers who have problems should be taken off TV until they get professional help .

[@BrainDamage922]

I liked Sting in the Wolfpac!!!

[@brettlewislane8630]

Retribution could’ve worked if they made them monsters and winning championships

[@koffinkat2412]

As a stutterer, I approve of Stuttering Matt

[@CanaleAV]

HHH just saved Austin Theory from what would have been a premature title shot and possible career-ending botch. Now he has the time to grow in his current role as a midcard heel. Glad for him.

[@Seanworden1219]

I thought retribution was a great idea. The execution was just not great.

[@ayhamahmad2277]

It would have worked but not under Vince the man who is known for his terrible booking just look what he did to the nxxes he buried them

[@drphot6050]

Vince definitely loves Game of Thrones smh

[@greendragontavernpatrion4631]

For better or worse I loved the wolf pack nwo. It was the best of the stable.

[@TheMagiAlchemist]

Wolfpack Sting was cool. They were the good guys NWO lol

[@Moviefanforever5679]

Sting should have never joined the NWO..red or not. He was so awesome then they ruined his character.

[@2.0varun54]

Unmasking Kane, Undertaker Streak break, Daniel Bryan carrier collapse Worst Story lines ever

[@i_kelly1726]

Hot Take…bring back 3MB

[@guyfromcanadayup]

The video should of just have been nothing but storylines involving CM Punk . Swear that guy has ruined wrestling. Sure ,he didn’t Pooh on people like Vince but the guy sure has a lot of verbal Diarrhea come out of his mouth.

[@keelanrichardson820]

Mustfa Ali left 😞 I didn’t know

[@whoishe113]

“Greatness” “Britt baker”

[@ganglabesh]

Vince was number two at RR99

[@MrTrueCaller619]

How are we expecting the AEW women division shine where it has a MAN in it dominating the hard working women ?!

[@patrickdare5356]

Because (A) Nyla Rose doesn't appear that often, (B) she wins but is no more dominant than Jade Cargill or Kris Statlander or Britt Baker or Jayme Hayter was/is, and (C) it is scripted so it's not like we should expect reality. Do you think in a real athletic contest that Chyna could have beaten *ANYONE* on the mens roster in WWE? Even the worst jobber they had would have whipped her ass in a legit fight.

[@bubbachildsupport4535]

Bro its fake, why are you bringing up the trans sport argument?

[@glennross85]

​@@bubbachildsupport4535From a kayfabe POV though....member

[@tormmac]

looks like the chosen one found a bunch of roids at tna

[@sharkybuddy7]

Retribution could of been good but had a bad story

[@glennross85]

And no talent in the members.

[@Keerat-Batter-every-Day]

Wrestling with Andy No Wrestling with machine . Banger After Banger Video's