3 reasons why Crown Jewel was the most underwhelming PPV of the year

#1 Shane McMahon wins the World Cup

Shane McMahon is the Best in the World! Really, I'm not kidding you.

When the World Cup was first announced, the WWE Universe was extremely excited about how the entire thing will turn out. However, it all went downhill from that day onwards.

First, only US-billed superstars qualified for the tournament which was not appreciated by both fans and some wrestlers. Rusev even went on to call the tournament the “US Open”.

Next, John Cena, who had gained automatic entrance into the tournament, pulled out due to the controversies surrounding the Crown Jewel event. He was later replaced with Bobby Lashley.

Then the match between Kurt Angle and Dolph Ziggler was seen to be a decent one, and Kurt was the favorite but lost to The Show Off which came as a major surprise. Dolph actually went on to the finals.

The cherry on the cake, The Miz, got kayfabe injured right before the final began, and was replaced by none other than yet another part-time wrestler Shane McMahon. Why Rey Mysterio and Randy Orton were overlooked is beyond every single one of us.

Shane McMahon fought a relatively short and painful to watch match where he succeeded in beating Ziggler to win the World Cup.

Yes, all this actually happened on the same night. A night where Brock Lesnar was once again crowned the Universal Champion. A night where Kurt Angle failed to qualify for a dream match between him and Seth Rollins. A night where Shawn Michaels came out of retirement to team up with a part-timer and take on two other part-timers.

A night that most of the WWE Universe would wish had never taken place.