10 WWE Matches of 2017 that didn't live up to the expectations

#2 Alexa Bliss vs. Bayley, Kendo Stick on a Pole Match (Extreme Rules)

The match that sealed Bayley's doom.

Alexa Bliss vs. Bayley was without question the worst feud of 2017. Is that too harsh? This is a year which also gave us Bray Wyatt vs. Randy Orton, Bray Wyatt vs. Finn Balor, and Jinder Mahal as WWE Champion, after all.

Well, this feud was one-sided from start to end. It single-handedly ruined one of the last well-liked babyfaces in Bayley, who went from conquering Charlotte's vaunted PPV streak at the beginning of the year to being only one or two steps removed from a local jobber as the year comes to a close.

It also featured the worst segment of the year (if not the decade) in Bayley: This is Your Life. While that might have been the nadir in terms of sheer quality (or lack thereof), Bayley's loss in this awful match afterwards hammered the nail into the coffin for her character, at least in 2017.

The match began after a long reminder to fans that Bayley just didn't have it in her to "get extreme." Then Bayley looked weak when she took Alexa's bait to get the kendo stick right after the bell, only to get thrown away. There was a short scramble, where Bayley actually managed to get the kendo stick first.

Then, infamously, she wouldn't use it. She stood there, looking like an even worse until Alexa tackled her and beat her mercilessly with it. Bayley managed to hit a Bayley to Belly, but her finisher didn't amount to much, as, in a rather atrocious bit of selling, Alexa managed to recover faster than the already beaten-up Bayley did, ending the match a minute or two later in a totally haphazard manner.

The heel declared that Bayley didn't have what it took, the commentary team believed her, and they were all proven right. There were a lot of Bayley signs at this event, but they've disappeared since. If matches are ultimately supposed to elevate the talent, this did the total opposite.