Contrary to what some fans will have you think, the WWE gets it right more often than they don’t. However, that doesn’t mean they bat 1.000, so here are their ten worst booking decisions of 2017 ranked.
Vince McMahon gets called “out of touch” by a large segment of the fan base, and while he actually nails most fan reactions, he doesn’t always make the right call. Running a professional wrestling promotion is extremely difficult, so mistakes are bound to happen. And when they do take place, they can range from being “bad” to “spectacularly awful”.
There are several bad booking decisions on this list that encompass this spectrum of incompetence, and the WWE’s mistakes are always magnified. They are the biggest wrestling promotion on the planet, and they also get by far the most reaction on social media and coverage from sites online (such as this one).
This year, the WWE was quite successful, churning out profits and putting on some classic matches and shows. The Mae Young Classic was awesome, each of the Big 4 pay per views had at least one stellar match, NXT rose back to prominence, and Raw and SmackDown Live turned into engaging television by the end of the year. These ten worst booking decisions represent the bumps in the road that got us to this point on the road to WrestleMania (insert trademark symbol of choice).