The sole purpose of WWE is to deliver entertainment to wrestling lovers with its intriguing storylines and contents. The management and team work towards enriching the experience for the audience.
In today's world where everything can be leaked via the internet, WWE still manages to surprise us.
But in delivering so much content on a weekly basis, WWE often deviates from the path and makes some strange decisions. Here are some of the things WWE does which leaves many fans confused.
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#4 A championship must be defended within 30 days
According to the WWE rulebook, a champion must defend their title at least once within 30 days or else they will have to relinquish it. Superstars like Naomi, Daniel Bryan, Seth Rollins and Finn Balor have been forced to surrender their title because of this rule.
But there have been times when a champion has held onto their belt without even defending it for a month. One of the Superstars who has been given this leverage is Brock Lesnar. He won his universal title from Goldberg on April 2th but made his first title defence on July 9th, thereby clearly violating the rule.
In WWE rules are sometimes broken with or without any consequences.
#3 A champion is entitled to a mandatory rematch if he/she loses it
According to this rule, if a champion loses his/her title, they have the opportunity to invoke the rematch clause. As a result, they get the opportunity to regain their lost title. AJ Styles recently used his rematch clause in order to get back the US Title from Baron Corbin. Although he was not successful, AJ and Corbin delivered a good match.
But there have been times when a champion didn't get their mandatory rematch for the title they lost. "The Eater of Worlds" Bray Wyatt is one of the Superstars who moved on to other feuds without getting a rematch for his WWE title.
WWE even had a feud between AJ and Shane at Wrestlemania 33 for this reason. Styles was not happy with Shane as he did not his rematch for the WWE title which he lost and as a result took out his frustration on the SD Live Commissioner.
#2 Discontinuity in storylines
WWE often forgets what happened previously and moves on with different story or content, ignoring the previous one. They ignite a feud between two Superstars and continue it for a few week before completely dropping it off and not mentioning it again, while the wrestlers involved move on to a new feud.
Wyatt Family made Brock Lesnar their target and attacked him several times in early 2016 but this story never had an ending, and it was dropped off in between.
Alexa Bliss and Nia Jax are best of friends, but Nia turned on Alexa and they had some tension between them, but they were reunited after a few episodes without any story or reference.
This kind of discontinuity in storylines confuses fans and make them wonder what the actual storyline was supposed to portray.
#1 Unexpected change in the plot
Generally, WWE announces future content or matches in the running episode, but when the time comes, they often ignore it and do not deliver the content that was promised.
Emma was due to a come back as Emmalina. It was announced on an episode of Raw that Emmalina would debut on the very next episode, but it did not happen. WWE did not even mention the absence of Emmalina.
Fashion Files has become one of the most entertaining things in WWE. Breezango has provided us with some great comic segments. But even these episodes have sometimes been delayed. Instead of airing the episode on the announced date, WWE often ignores it.