5 Biggest mistakes WWE made in 2020

#2 Goldberg winning the WWE Universal Championship from The Fiend

WHAT DID WE JUST WITNESS?!@Goldberg has DEFEATED #TheFiend @WWEBrayWyatt for the #UniversalTitle! #WWESSD pic.twitter.com/DIiIc3HRaW

— WWE (@WWE) February 27, 2020

WWE fans may not be happy with the likely return of Goldberg, as he looks set to take on Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship in the near future. The main reason for that is the sour taste left in their mouths after the 53-year-old WWE Hall of Famer steamrolled the hottest act in the company to win the Universal title a month before WrestleMania.

This was a terrible idea on so many levels, with Goldberg becoming less and less effective in the ring. His match with The Undertaker was a disaster at best and a near-double career-ender at worst. Despite that, he was booked to go over 'The Fiend' Bray Wyatt at Super ShowDown in Saudi Arabia.

This was Wyatt's first pinfall loss since donning the creepy mask, a slap in the face for every fan who was invested in The Fiend. He may have had an emphatic resurgence by crushing John Cena in the creatively unique Firefly Fun House Match, but Wyatt has not had the best spell since WrestleMania.

Roman Reigns backstage after losing the Universal title vs Goldberg: pic.twitter.com/Gzxs9lZpt9

— Fiending For Followers ‼️ (@Fiend4FolIows) December 9, 2020

This calamitous booking decision nearly killed The Fiend as a top star, while rewarding Goldberg despite his inability to do anything more than a few spears and a weak Jackhammer. The WCW icon was great throughout his career, even as recently as 2017. However, putting the Universal title on him was a bad move.

This was a move that proved why WWE isn't the star-making machine it once was. The company is lucky that Bray Wyatt is talented enough to recover from this mess.