SAJ Forth
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Post by SAJ Forth on Dec 30, 2011 13:07:38 GMT -5
Assuming Cole's off the table, then the hotshotting of the Championship from July to October.
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The Possum
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Post by The Possum on Dec 30, 2011 13:38:48 GMT -5
Not having the whole conspiracy angle lead to a huge Survivor Series match pitting Nash, Miz, Truth, Mark Henry, and Vince McMahon vs. Triple H, Punk, The Rock, Cena, and Ryder. An angle with huge momentum just died at the walkout.
Honorable mention to hotshotting the belt to D Bry in a cheap fashion.
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anglarite
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Post by anglarite on Dec 30, 2011 13:44:00 GMT -5
Del Rio. Just Del Rio, almost all year.
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Post by moneyman20 on Dec 30, 2011 13:48:37 GMT -5
Del Rio. Just Del Rio, almost all year. This. Talk about a guy who was dicked around all year. They did, then they didn't, they did, then they didn't, they did, then they didn't. They finally go through with giving him the belt, then take it off of him a month later. He wins it a month later and FINALLY gets a reign longer than a month. Now he's lost it and they no longer know what to do with him it seems. They have him cut the same promo forever, then they gave him an interesting gimmick in the "delusional people's champion" gimmick. Not long after he starts that gimmick, they drop it. Yeesh.
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Dec 30, 2011 13:50:55 GMT -5
Somehow managing to drop the ball again with the big summer angle. It was a shambles.
Punk coming back too early Cena vs Rey in a forgettable Raw match instead of PPV Nash sending the text Cena pointlessly taking the belt off of Cena only to drop it a week later The walkout ending after a week
Honourable mention goes to The Miz's WWE Championship reign starting with him feuding with Jerry Lawler of all people and also, the entire Cole vs Lawler feud.
The Corre were horribly booked too now I think of it with the inexplicable decision to use them solely to push Ezekiel Jackson which didn't turn out too well and doomed Barrett to midcard for a couple of months.
As much as I enjoyed the WWE this year, creative have dropped the ball a lot now I think about it. Sometimes I actually think folks on here would do a better job writing the show than the WWE creative team.
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Post by Nikki Heyman on Dec 30, 2011 14:50:41 GMT -5
I still don't see why everyone's griping about the summer angle (the walkout portion of it they chickened out, but there's a business reason on that one)
Worst booking decision was continuing Cole/Lawler past Wrestlemania.
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Post by woowoowoox on Dec 30, 2011 14:53:14 GMT -5
Christian's 2 day reign. He finally wins the title in a huge, emotional manner, and he loses it instantly all to fuel a cliched "The fans are responsible for this downturn of fortunes!" heel turn and make Christian into a whiny douchebag who never wins. Don't get me wrong, I love Christian, but that was so sad.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2011 14:57:17 GMT -5
"Down with the man" CM Punk respects HHH. You have to respect HHH.
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Post by FUNK_US/BRODUS on Dec 30, 2011 14:58:14 GMT -5
I still don't see why everyone's griping about the summer angle (the walkout portion of it they chickened out, but there's a business reason on that one) Worst booking decision was continuing Cole/Lawler past Wrestlemania. Id say Cole/Booker at WrestleMania was the worst part. It made so much sense to just have Cole get KO'd. But they let him get in some godawful offense, and then he wins the match due to the GM reversing the decision. the crowd crapped over the whole thing, and rightly so.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Dec 30, 2011 15:12:03 GMT -5
Abruptly ending the Miz/Riley feud with no real blow off. If they really wanted to push Riley, their blow off match should've been the finals of the interim title tournament rather than the first round.
Yes, Miz/Riley would have been a bad match in comparison to Miz/Rey, but would have had a great story behind it.
A Miz/Riley final could've led to one of these scenarios.
a. ) Miz wins the tournament. Has a match with Cena the next week. b. ) Miz wins the tournament. Punk returns as a face. Punk vs. Miz is the unification match. c. ) Riley wins the tournament. Punk returns, claiming that he doesn't want a drunk driving screw up to represent the companyy. With the WWE Champion back, there is no need for an interim title. Riley is stripped, his win "doesn't count" and the kid's dreams are crushed. d. ) Riley wins the tournament. John Cena, challenges Riley the same night, out of the misguided belief that he's "helping the kid become a real star." This is when the boos are first acknowledged, because the fans know he's hurting more than helping when Cena wins the title. Punk returns.
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Post by pepsitwist on Dec 30, 2011 15:44:29 GMT -5
IMO the worst booking move was keeping HHH a face during the entire Summer angle. It did nothing but prevent CM Punk from gaining full support of the fans. Exactly. There was never any reason for it. Punk's transition to huge babyface has suffered since MITB - the whole idea of Punk bringing change resulted in a over-the-hill Nash texting himself and HHH burying the entire roster (minus Punk, Cena and Sheamus) over the walkout angle. HHH is incredibly established, so why if you want to build Punk up to be a huge face only to have HHH garner his momentum by being a bigger face. To say Punk leaving was anti-climatic doesn't do it justice. We should have seen footage like Punk at Comic Con goading WWE for weeks on end. Instead, the following night, it's announced a new title tournament. Even if Punk's walkout was legitimate they could have written him out as a character there and then. The focus was taken away from him, given oddly to Rey Mysterio and to the benefit of John Cena. Illogical booking. Were they honestly that worried about Cena not having the title for a few weeks? Even with the title, they should have kept Punk off-screen. Taunting Cena, like on Twitter. Being like Foley, taking the title with him everywhere proclaiming himself the true champion. Throughout their feud, Punk never looked weak to Cena (face or heel). Cena said, he couldn't beat Punk. Yet, when it came to feuding with HHH, he hotshoted his momentum, insulted him 'skinny fat-ass', Nash compared him to a cook, Punk was booked like a cowardly heel constantly making inside references and snide remarks about his wife. It's a facet of Punk, but it didn't serve his character in the long run. If anything, Punk being one of the best workers in the company being buried by practically retired guys. HHH should have never got back into the ring with Punk. Where were the intense promos we had against Cena? We got mocking 'pipebombs' I don't think Punk recovered till Survivor Series from the sheer clusterf*** of the post-MITB booking.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Dec 30, 2011 15:50:22 GMT -5
Cena pointlessly taking the belt off of Cena only to drop it a week later Cena wins so much, he beats himself to win belts!
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Post by Beets by Schrute on Dec 30, 2011 15:55:17 GMT -5
I'll add to the list of those of that say post MITB.
I'll say there was potential with Nash, but when the line of him texting himself took everything nose first off a cliff.
And I'll also say Christian's two day reign. With that emotional end at Exteme Rules, you can't do that. You don't hot shot a title off like that after such an emotional ending. This was booked beyond horrible enough to a point I was going to stop watching. To. E honest, I would rather watch McGillicutty and Alicia Fox cut a two hour long promo than witness that again.
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Post by barthelemykaras on Dec 30, 2011 17:14:09 GMT -5
The whole summer angle, beginning with the rushed one night tournament and Punk coming back too early (this could have been salvaged, but the Nash/Del Rio fiasco at SS killed any chance) and ending with Punk and HHH becoming buds on that infamous 10/10/11 Raw.
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DragonMasterP
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Post by DragonMasterP on Dec 30, 2011 17:35:44 GMT -5
I still don't see why everyone's griping about the summer angle (the walkout portion of it they chickened out, but there's a business reason on that one) Worst booking decision was continuing Cole/Lawler past Wrestlemania. Id say Cole/Booker at WrestleMania was the worst part. It made so much sense to just have Cole get KO'd. But they let him get in some godawful offense, and then he wins the match due to the GM reversing the decision. the crowd crapped over the whole thing, and rightly so. Cole/Lawler, you mean. And yeah, that was just stupid. That match should have been Lawler just tearing Cole ten new a**holes for ten minutes.
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Post by CM Parish on Dec 30, 2011 17:53:36 GMT -5
THE ANONYMOUS RAW GENERAL MANAGER REVEAL DAMMIT.
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on Dec 30, 2011 17:55:41 GMT -5
Completely failing to build up any hype or anticipation for the WRESTLEMANIA MAIN EVENT takes the cake here.
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Post by vivix on Dec 30, 2011 18:12:38 GMT -5
RUshing Punk's return. It could have all been fixed by waiting a month.
Rey/Cena have their match to crown a new champ at Summerslam, Del Rio still cashes in and Punk comes back the same night. We still have a 3way problem with ADR/Cena/Punk and Rey still gets his time off.
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Post by BigWill on Dec 30, 2011 18:22:33 GMT -5
Some people say that Punk's return after MITB was rushed, but I remember at the time a lot of people were really upset that he was even gone for a week after taking the title. I could only imagine what it would have been like if he were gone for a month or longer.
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Post by BigJerichool222 on Dec 30, 2011 18:25:08 GMT -5
Del Rio losing at WM
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