When WWE Realizes They Just Made A Terrible Decision

[@jbeats2.0]

Will say I was at the Smackdown show in Buffalo and it was 10 times better than what was advertised. Adam Cole vs Daniel Bryan alone makes the show top tier.

[@jamesg5605]

Agreed, that show was AMAZING. I personally think it ended up being better than a Smackdown with a normal roster would have been at that time

[@gwfanimations]

I was there too, that shit was fire.

[@crashpal]

Orton, AJ, Roman, and LA Knight. And we had Punk the week before with them on the same screen

[@The_Bigot]

Nobody gives credit to Vince. Dude has some enormous balls to piss off the Saudis like that. I’m sure he’s also a little crazy, I’ve heard some stories. Vince is a great man

[@joshuawidener8407]

Seriously, his idea of a terrible decision is having good results. What a moron

[@kjdee140]

Just like you don't bring musical artists to perform at a wrestling show unless its to sing an entrance, you don't bring wrestlers to wrestle at a concert.

[@rawisdanny]

I 100% agree!

[@kjdee140]

@@rawisdanny You give your audience what you advertised.

[@KDB349]

​@@kjdee140I'm pretty sure it was advertised.

[@KDB349]

Not really the same considering artists have showed to wrestling events and not to sing. I get what you're saying but still.

[@jimmyju76]

truuue but when thise acts actually put in the work like bad bunny did, he impressed many of the wrestlers there

[@zeroescape]

I remember the NXT smackdown takeover in the fallout of the Saudi PPV fondly, they handled that situation well

[@brandonhammond1362]

that last one sounded like a W for the audience

[@Marcus_03]

I never knew they performed at rolling loud 😂😂

[@Smokehogan1017]

Why would they do such a thing 😂

[@bodycountplays2915]

That nxt invasion smackdown was actually a banger show, they need to include nxt in SS.

[@BSingh-on4qr]

Yes but tbh I miss the elimination tag matches compared to what they’ve been doing, wargames

[@bodycountplays2915]

@@BSingh-on4qr yeah they need to make war games elimination

[@BSingh-on4qr]

@@bodycountplays2915 hmm, it kinda might feel too much like elimination chamber then. Have a regular tag elimination match and a wargames

[@currentlymello]

I never knew it wasn’t supposed to happen 🤣

[@bignip7214]

Hiring school bus drivers up to $21.25 per hour and school bus attendants up to $16.75 per hour for routes supporting St. Clair County RESA. Paid training and sign on bonus included!

[@Jorges2jorges]

That NXT invasion was one of my favorite episodes of Smackdown. It was great to see them legitimatized and to see Adam Cole defeat a top star. Made the next PPV great as well. Wonder why they stopped doing this? 🙃

[@ShaggyJonJ]

Vince. Its his way and his way only. He didn't care what worked. If it wasn't his original plan then it wasnt allowed. So they'd go back to Vince's way as soon as possible.

[@ItsThatJaylaShow]

the rolling loud one was a good move. the only thing they messed up was the booking. they should've chose more house hold names. Bianca vs Carmella was the only one that got more of a reaction than the other matches. they should've done Bianca vs Sasha or Naomi or Charlotte or becky. they could've done Kofi vs roman or someone. or had randy appear or rey mysterio. half of the people in that crowd was wrestling fans or know some wrestlers especially because of twitter too and growing up. they just need house hold names

[@TheeIdol]

Exactly they could have had Jeff Hardy, Rey Mysterio, Edge even the Miz.

[@giantotter319]

that's silly, doesn't matter if people know them, they came to hear music, not watch wrestling. It's very simple - don't give people something else that they came for.

[@ItsThatJaylaShow]

@@giantotter319 yes, however, if they announced prior and promoted it fully and then like i said actually had well know wrestlers performing? It would’ve been a better outcome. Two things can be true at once. The people i listed as an example? Are well known household wrestling names.

[@PLUTOXGOAT]

Nah, respectfully it was a shit show. Majority of those people came to see the music performances, not watch wrestling they dont care about. The wrestling became their 2nd focus, why combine two completely unrelated things and jump from one thing to another, its frustrating for the fans with the stop start nature of it. Even if its advertised your gonna have to get to people who really enjoy both, which is hard, even still, you either go all out at the wrestling or focus on the music its hard to do both, it just felt disjointed and out of place

[@ItsThatJaylaShow]

@@PLUTOXGOAT i definitely agree but that’s why i said household names and to promote it. There’s people that like both and if they did this with household names the crowd would’ve been more louder. Tbh think of if rolling loud and wwe collab back in 06-2012? We had more household name wrestlers during those times soo it would’ve worked. To me? The womens match had more of a reaction than the other ones and i feel like that was because if bianca. Bianca is becoming a household name and she trends a lot and people who don’t watch wrestling it anymore know about her.

[@thecarterkid7423]

If they chose more house hold names to wrestle at rolling loud then the crowd might’ve been better. They could’ve booked Rey mysterio or something

[@TheeIdol]

WWE still had Jeff Hardy at the time. They could have used him Randy, Edge, Lashley, Rey even the Miz

[@hexidecibel999]

tbh it was a random smackdown ... they could have built it up to more gimmick with the festival....

[@CherryBlossom28479]

​@@hexidecibel999I agree, a build up would've made it better for Rolling Loud.

[@PureSolace]

Well... with regard to Rollin' Loud... you have to remember the 'Rock'n'Wrestling' era of the 80s when MTV first started was huge and more of a part of the cultural zeitgeist of the time... WWE was probably trying to recreate that, and the stars just did not align for 'em.

[@TheeIdol]

Had they used names that the audience knows, like Jeff Hardy, Randy Orton, Edge, Lashley, Rey Mysterio even the Miz then it would have been great

[@MisterJ355]

​@@TheeIdol had they gone to an actual credible music show this would have worked

[@joseph906]

Who in the world thought the first one was a good idea? The Rock appeared in UFC and literally no one cared, even though he was a well known actor as well.

[@Daniel-ot4jg]

It was especially weird since his appearance was totally unnecessary, Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal don’t need a pro wrestler to generate hype they do it well enough on their own.

[@JustinSIsTank]

The music festival crossover is a great idea from the WWE’s standpoint. To me it’s on the festival group to know that their crowd doesn’t want to see this.

[@i.t.jmusic6931]

The ending of undertaker's wrestlemania streak

[@Uzdefized]

The dumbest decision in WWE History

[@i.t.jmusic6931]

@@Uzdefized the dumbest, the worst, something that shud have never happened n if it was gonna it shouldn't have at the hands of brock lesnar. Vince ruined the streak.

[@Uzdefized]

@@i.t.jmusic6931 triple H has been making better decisions lately

[@i.t.jmusic6931]

@@Uzdefized true he has I hope he keep it up n give us more good matches

[@Cw1047]

And it was all for nothing considering it won’t ever be brought up by wwe again

[@SuperSaiyanBlueLucario]

wrestling at a festival isnt a bad decision, they picked a bad festival to do it at. When they brought NXT to download festival in the UK, a rock and metal festival, it was a huge hit, and the crowds loved it. Rock and metal has a big history with wrestling, whereas the one they took smackdown to...... does not

[@retronerds6884]

They went to a rap concert with majority of the wrestler have rock themes they could've at least brought snoop dog with them

[@TheeIdol]

Jeff Hardy, Randy Orton, Edge, Rey Mysterio even the Miz would have more reaction cos negus in the hood know who these people are unlike gable and Otis

[@fotoshooti2910]

German wrestling promotions did it at wacken open air as well, you know a metal festival so we pretty much know what the issue was.

[@SpikeTreck-cc3dt]

Their mistake was having a partnership with Saudi Arabia. For several reasons like how they got compromised, having to adjust their attires for their "standards" and how the SA complicating it for WWE.

[@just_Turki]

Cry me a river

[@SpikeTreck-cc3dt]

@@just_Turki your reply has no substance at all. Therefore, it's invalid and stupid.

[@creatinjustin]

That 2019 smackdown was best for business

[@truthseeker6532]

Arabia think too high of themselves. When it was time to pay, you do not play games and not pay. What asked for entertainment wise by WWE, was given........ no issues thus, payment should not have been any either.

[@kanoaikawach]

I think they had the right idea with the music festival, but they put it on the stage instead of doing it like they did with NXT where Corey Taylor was involved that one time. They should have a tent, or large indoor building not the main stage.

[@_DodgerTV]

The music festival stuff was bad in the U.S but worked really well at download festival in UK

[@kiinggeeds9702]

Man these videos are great but please make them longer! This is great content and I’d happily binge more if I didn’t have to pick a video every 5 mins

[@rawisdanny]

I’m glad you’re enjoying the videos! I will definitely keep this in mind for future ones for sure 🙏🏻 Thank you!

[@jimmyju76]

making lemons into lemonade, that was that smackdown after the saudi event, that pretty much put nxt on the map.

[@TheDoubleA12]

One memory of the "No Commercial Break" era I'll remember: They had a Mixed Tag Team Elimination match with Seth and Becky Lynch vs Andrade and Zelina Vega. A mixed tag team. ELMINATION. Match. Do you see the problem? This resulted in Becky pinning Vega, then just standing on the apron while Seth and Andrade wrestled, because it was a MIXED TAG TEAM match.

[@bignip7214]

Hiring school bus drivers up to $21.25 per hour and school bus attendants up to $16.75 per hour for routes supporting St. Clair County RESA. Paid training and sign on bonus included!

[@calvinwilder6512]

@@bignip7214spamming loser

[@truthseeker6532]

Big names to make it work....... should have had Brock at that concert stuff. A bunch of no name, little namers instead? = Looks like they were testing the situation than a full all in.

[@TheeIdol]

If they had Brock Cena edge Randy Jeff Hardy Rey Mysterio Lashley even the Miz then it would have worked better

[@TheeIdol]

If WWE had Jeff Hardy, Brock, Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio, Edge, Lashley, Cena even the Miz then it would have had a better reaction from the Rolling out loud audience

[@KDB349]

Yeah I can't argue with the first one. I had no idea that was even a thing. WWE doing some sort of collab/mash up thing during a live music fest. That was pretty stupid. Though I'm sure some people had a good time. A crowd filled with thousands of people? Yeah there was some wrestling fans there. Now, in regards to the Saudi Arabia thing I was surprised to hear that WWE was never paid for previous events. That's insane.

[@tattoodude8946]

Yeah - on those two - they should have had the musicians introduce the wrestlers and/or get more involved. That would have got the fans more into it and more willing to cheer and participate themselves. The human brain is very easily manipulated - show them that their favorite singer is into this, and they will follow. On the Saudi Arabia thing - I don't blame Vince one bit for that decision. No pay, no performance. And then the rich Saudi royals, who are never told no, retaliated. But I don't blame Vince for standing his ground there - good for him!

[@FAMOUS_OMNI2K]

I truly hate the audience In the music festival no wonder they pay hundreds of dollars for artists who won’t even look in there way

[@jimmyju76]

they're all high anyways, at that recent one most of the acts were pissed because of no audience interaction

[@Cw1047]

You realize these people at festivals are like 18-24, they likely don’t know who Angelo Dawkins is. They would know rey mysterio or Randy Orton or Jeff Hardy

[@InfamousGameplaysPT]

Imagine going to WrestleMania and it's in reality a Taylor swift show

[@zoetrent2500]

Vince as the king of bad decisions

[@atulrcks]

That nxt takeover of smackdown was so amazing. If only wwe pushed Adam cole in a championship match in the future

[@sandylynnel]

Very interesting! I did not know any of this

[@dontmatter966]

Everything involving Saudi Arabia was just dumb

[@dallasisgood]

Asking to be paid for shows you already did and having a special edition of Smackdown that people still remember to this day are great decisions. Yes it is sad that the wrestlers and crew were up at 3 AM for no reason but that make it a bad decision.

[@GypsyDanger514]

Bianca skipping down the adorable will never not be cringe

[@wickedraptor2651]

for the music festival thing. i think the download festival handled it the best. with NXT just having a tent. you can go see it. you can choose not to. its your choice

[@thatraiderfan8931]

So basically what you’re saying is it’s Vince being out of touch with the modern generation, Vince being a greedy bastard, and Vince being a careless child standing before the King of Saudi Arabia.

[@archwarden7004]

Thanks God Triple H is in charge now. Yes, he is 54 years old, and yes, company still sells for Saudi Arabia, but at least it looks like he knows what audience wants

[@KDB349]

Fair enough but the king still needs to pay up. You could also argue the king was being childish but poor decisions were made all around.

[@jacobmartinez2351]

Can’t stand that shit though. It’s 2023 and we still kiss the hands of kings and queens for approval

[@truthseeker6532]

No. Keep in mind, NO ONE FROM AMERICA CAN GO TO ARABIA UNLESS, ROYALTY ALLOWS IT. ARABIA HATES AMERICA, HATES AMERICAN COMPANIES, HATES AMERICANS. WWE gave its employees time to entertain by for pay and Arabia did not pay when it was time but, refused and clogged up the pipeline of the WWE schedule. Arabia was flexing their muscle over a Company from another country they despise.

[@s0hlless]

the rolling loud could have been better if the ring was in the crowd in a more central place. and youd need to use legends that are highly recognizable so even non wrestling fans would know them. but yeah it was bad overall. also i saw some comments but wwe used picture in picture in 2017. aew was founded in 2019. so aew was not the first to use it.

[@1989SupraGuyFIN]

While I know, that what I am going to say doesn't involve WWE or the company's bad or terrible decisions, it still does involve Saudi Arabia (what a shocker, right?). 2022 Formula 1 Saudi Arabian GP weekend started with Yemeni Houthi rebels missile strike to Aramco oil depot ONLY 16 kilometers (about 9.9 miles) away from the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, where the race takes place. Viewers of the practice session could see IN REAL TIME what was happening said 16 kilometers away. Now, understandably, drivers, who didn't feel safe wanted to cancel the race weekend altogether (and reportedly some other team staff from all 10 teams as well). What did Saudis do? Threaten to seize all the cars, and teams assets, that were at the circuit, but also threatened NOT to let ANY team personnel leave the country. Which baffles me WHY on earth does any half sentient being STILL doing any kind of business with Saudi Arabia?! Oh, right. BECAUSE OF MONEY.

[@vinsmokejadzki7346]

That November to Remember was something else

[@tonymickens8803]

The Sheik's Big Time Wrestling and Dick the Bruiser's WWA did the Same here in Detroit, 2 out of 3 matches for the breaks and it Really Hurt the Business.

[@twenty-2923]

Sunday to Saturday ppv was horrible and 2 nights wrestlemania is Ight I guess

[@VsAE]

The best decision was Vince McMahon resigning

[@TheLoneWolfSports]

I wish someone would give me a clear answer. Why is WWE moving their PPVs to saturdays a good thing? Ive watched wrestling for 12 years now, and I feel like the move ruined my enjoyment. To me, Sundays are the end of the week, near end of the month, so it was perfect. a closer to each month of wrestling. now with it on saturdays earlier each month, it feels like its more boring and less extravagent. am i alone here? can someone thoroughly explain what this move did positively?

[@Bashteur]

For the third one, honestly i had no clue this was because the plane was detained. If it hadn’t happened, maybe we would have never gotten NXT at survivor series 2019. Now everyone want to see it back

[@waleedalatayby9947]

The last one is not true

[@jpferrer1242]

pat mcafee in commentary was a foreshadowing

[@Ace-Of-Luck]

The decision to release Bray Wyatt in 2021 Recently the decision to draft Chelsea Green to Smackdown so we can't hear Samantha Irvin's announcement of her name The decision to have Finn & Damian drop the belts just to get it back a week later The decision for Dom to drop the North American Championship just to get it back 3 days later Retribution. Just Retribution

[@TrueNomadSkies]

Cena burying the Nexus and of course firing Enzo over false accusations made against him on Twitter come to mind.

[@lazycampbell]

Okay Ngl a arena on a stage in a game would be awesome.

[@tommyroberts4577]

The crown jewel 2019 incident was worse because mcmahon, I think lesnar and heyman, tyson fury, maybe velasguez all jumped on jets and left

[@19buseye71]

How about letting the crowd get way too loud and then next day encourage them to keep it up. That sort of thing can get events cancelled and possibly WWE suspended if not banned from having shows. WWE and their fans are having their fun now because they do not realize the danger yet but when the consequences start piling up then the fun won't be that much fun anymore.

[@rickyevans517]

nah that Smackdown taken over by NXT was awesome. probably one of the better shows around that time

[@SivartStreams]

Jinder going back to wwe at all was a mistake let alone bro winning the title

[@colt45Cal]

Let this be a lesson to all, when Vence fumbles the ball, papa H is their for recovery.

[@gjohnson5]

WWE found out the hard way that you don’t f-ck with dictators. These people dismembered Jamal Kashoggi…. A WWE superstar is also no one to them

[@raphaelhamomba2363]

2018 to 2019 were dark times

[@TheEliteClown_]

The 2010s was totally Vince's fault. He was out of touch at that point and he was doing nothing but ruining the product for the main purpose to troll us.

[@harbhub]

Do the same video but for AEW

[@boredbitch666]

it'll be hours long let's be real

[@TheGrimmCommoner]

Sami beating Gunther was a huge mistake. It should've been Chad Gable.

[@SomeGamesAndGlitches]

They will make chad beat sami with his heel run, it will be him for sure

[@synthsolutionmusic]

WWE still does their blood money shows at Saudi Arabia and they are now demanding Royal Rumble and WrestleMania be done there

[@LHW2024]

Would it be a good decision to make Night 1 of WM Raw and Night 2 Smack Down?

[@TribalChiefLover]

Huh?

[@robertpavard6177]

Not even joking those concerts in mainstream music are hella weird never again will I go to another one but damn the ring placement wasn’t it

[@michaelvazquez7851]

Thanks Rawisdanny

[@aldouscoroza]

Dude Its still a PPV because you still pay for Streaming, I hate that name Premium Live Event. Looking Back yeah it was bad Holding a WWE Show at a Live Concert

[@wolfmode0061]

Vince beefed with the Saudi Prince in the prince's own country lol

[@GManxxoo54]

Wwe is lucky thats all they did

[@ariessalazar2940]

For me Undertaker wrestlemania streak ends is the worst bad desision.,,

[@ham4fun]

Hiring the Miz and Logan Paul

[@WonderfulAyorinde]

Worst decision they made was to take the title from Roman reigns

[@Yaboisavag3]

The kofi vs lesnar squash match

[@sismantis7458]

Vince, the king of terrible decisions.

[@SteezysWorld]

They were definitely cheering x reacting idk what you thought you saw

[@reecebond7453]

Triple h beating cm punk night of champions 2011

[@pokemonmasterhindi1470]

Shishuke Nakamura heel turn

[@mikelandryjr7310]

They curse is bad, the women need to cover up

[@TommyRayzer]

I don't remember this...

[@edwardfordyce6174]

Faceman says Rock n Wrestling is awesome

[@TimLoyalToWifeHaterFreeZoneA]

Love It RawIsDanny Bro.

[@skaterdude99199]

Worst decision was Cody roads beating Roman at Mania

[@Podgorski37]

Dumb mark

[@skaterdude99199]

@Podgorski37 yes you are, no need to tell us little boy

[@Podgorski37]

@@skaterdude99199 you can't spell the names, for one. That's all I need to know about your Intelligence level here

[@ItsK-Money]

Love your videos

[@Buzz852]

Same

[@rawisdanny]

I appreciate it! Thanks for watching!

[@MeVsTheWorld01]

A few keep making bad ones lately...and it's got nothing to do with pro wrestling! 🤨

[@lostintheark5728]

That Smackdown after might be the best Smackdown of all times to me

[@gamerfourlife64]

so they were there to see a bunch of nobodies people like that are we wwe will never do events like that again aka anything like wcw hog wild

[@joshfoulk6334]

Leave it to the Saudis to play host to the theatrics of professional wrestling, holding those WWE stars hostage - a true shame that the likes of Ronald Reagan aren't around to work his diplomatic magic for a hostage swap!

[@Makoto_Yuki_P3]

Well now pat McAfee is a full time commentator and he is the worst one I’ve ever heard and that’s saying something his voice is just not made for commentary not to say that others on there were all good but some are way better then others I can tell you that

[@danielbex2069]

Is easy why is not good...they are all Joker's... No one wrestler that can intimidate only clown's with bad acting,and woman's bad ass wanna be or like Barby's that go to fight... How can we take it seriously??for real look all the appearance of the old wrestlers... Even stone cold... Dont even need to put something extra... Only the way this guy will look into your eyes it was enough..... They are full of clowns ,and i am sad of this... I was a fan from early 90 and i have stop watching it from 2016... But each year i try to see how it goes ....and i see each year getting worse..... Well.... I will never again try.... Sad for many people i think

[@Tiriban]

You think a two night Wrestlemania is a GOOD idea? 😂

[@KDB349]

Yeah. And it obviously works. Considering people would whine and complain about how long the show was

[@ValisFan3]

Yes, it was a good idea to make Wrestlemania 2 nights. It allowed for more matches and more musical performances. The matches could be longer too.

[@TheeIdol]

One night WrestleMania is fucking 6 and a half hours.

[@sebastienhamelbourdeau3821]

Ppvs on saturdays and wrestlemania on 2 nights are terrible decisions tho...

[@shane-irish]

All great decisions stop moaning

[@matty8272]

Bringing back cm punk is the worst from 23.

[@chrisseiler7856]

The one thing that all these dumb things listed and not listed have in common is Vince.

[@AndrewO11]

Don’t we have enough “WWE bad” channels?

[@SomeGamesAndGlitches]

Which ones?

[@DavidYesUCan]

You can add having Cody finish his story to the list

[@sonomni]

Says who? The IWC? 😂

[@TribalChiefLover]

4,000th like.

[@TheShawnOttleyExperience]

Putting the belt on Roman this long was a bad decision.

[@GracelaKengele-yl1eq]

Why

[@dallasisgood]

Objectively false. Roman’s epic title reign is solely responsible for the current boom period.

[@SomeGamesAndGlitches]

​@dallasisgood it made me hate him, wait, no I guess your right. Made me hate him

[@Zroydag]

Frist

[@mantistoboggan2599]

2007 putting KEVIN FEDERLINE over John Cena. I will never forget that. One of the most bizarre booking moves in the history of wrestling that almost never gets talked about. Imo it should be up there with David Arquette winning the WCW title.

[@topnotch4564]

#cmwho

[@phil_firestorm]

Dealing with Saudi Arabia in the first place was the worst decision ever as the government is sexist

[@Zroydag]

Frist