5 Biggest Question Marks in WWE's Decisions in This Decade

WWE is a global wrestling company. It is the biggest and most popular company in the entire earth. Many non-wrestling fans watch WWE just because of its storylines and star power.

Unlike other promotion like NJPW, WWE focuses more on their stories rather than actual in-ring work. It is not as if the wrestling itself is bad; we just would not expect the matches here to get 5-star ratings on a regular basis. This formula has worked for Vince for decades now so it makes sense that he is continuing with it.

But, there have been instances where the decisions made by the management does not make any sense at all. Many questions have been raised by the WWE Universe regarding the choices that management has made in the past.

Let's look at such decisions that raised the biggest question marks in the on-going decade. Before reading further, remember that this is just an opinion and it can differ from person to person.

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5. Jinder Mahal's WWE Championship Reign

During the summer of 2017, WWE decided to give one of their two heavyweight championships to Jinder Mahal, who was playing a coward heel at that time and had recently joined the Smackdown roster. His in-ring capabilities are below par and he was one of the most hated wrestlers at that moment.

From losing to jobbers in the show 'Main-Event', he became the face of the Smackdown. This was probably the worst period for Smackdown in the recent past.

His reign was not a short one too, as he carried that belt for 170 days, and in the process defeated wrestlers like Randy Orton and Shinsuke Nakamura. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when AJ Styles finally defeated him in Smackdown before Survivor Series but the damage was already done.

The WWE Championship has still not gained its credibility completely despite Styles' fabulous run with the belt. Brock Lesnar was the Universal Champion at that time, which did not help either as he would not be present on the show for months. WWE was just degrading both of their top prizes.

4. Ending of 1st Women's Money in the Bank Ladder Match

This decision showed how little management cared about the women's first Money in the Bank match. The match itself was going great until James Ellsworth showed up to climb the ladder and grab the briefcase to give it to Carmella. So, technically James, a man, became the first ever Ms. Money in the Bank.

WWE had a chance to make history here by letting those women put on a great match before having Carmella win on her own, which they eventually did in the following episode of Smackdown. But they ruined the moment with that insane finish in the Money in the Bank pay-per-view.

It is understandable that they wanted to do something crazy with the match to make it memorable but that finish should not have been the first choice ever.

3. Brock Lesnar's Universal Championship Reign

Enter — Worst Universal Championship Reign

If Jinder's WWE Championship reign was the worst period for Smackdown, then Lesnar's Universal Championship was the worst period for Raw in recent history.

The Universal Championship was supposed to be for the WWE Universe by giving them the champion that they wanted, but instead, Vince used that championship belt like one of his toys and went behind the money rather than his audience.

Brock, a part-timer, held the championship for 504 days but only defended it 6 times, which obviously made the fans really angry. He would not appear on Raw for months.

No one has any idea why Vince chose to go on that path. Because of the absence of the company's top prize, the ratings of the show started declining quickly. The championship lost all its credibility and fans stopped caring about it.

2. Daniel Bryan and Summerslam 2013

Randy Orton cashing in Money in the Bank

Daniel Bryan is one of the best technical wrestlers in the world and everybody loves him. He is capable of being in the main event on a regular basis, but unfortunately, WWE did not use him right during 2013.

At Summerslam 2013, Bryan defeated Cena to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, and the fans were looking forward to watching Bryan's run. Suddenly, Triple H turned against Bryan by attacking him and then letting Randy Orton cash in his Money in the Bank contract on the same night, ending his reign within minutes.

This all resulted in giving us one of the most memorable Wrestlemania moments, but that was not the exact plans of the management.

Originally, Daniel was supposed to feud with the Authority for a while and then was supposed to move on in a feud with The Wyatt Family, which did happen for a brief period as Bryan joined the Wyatt Family for a short while.

It was because of the massive public outrage that Daniel was given the championship at Wrestlemania 30. But, it raises the question of what WWE thinks of their wrestlers.

1. Everything Related to Roman Reigns' Push

Fans knew that The Shield was going to break soon, as all three wrestlers deserved a singles push. After the dissolution in June 2014, Roman Reigns was quickly inserted into world title contention that month.

Everyone thought that either Seth Rollins or Dean Ambrose would get to taste the success first because they were over with the fans then. They deserved it even more than Roman, but WWE still went with him.

Today, he has had headlined 4 Wrestlemanias, won the 2015 Royal Rumble, is a three time WWE World Heavyweight Championship, and is the current Universal Champion.

Fans hate him for this reason itself that he is pushed continuously over other deserving superstars. The management has sacrificed a number of wrestlers to get Roman over. with the latest victim being Braun Strowman.

Wherever he goes to wrestle, fans boo him out of the arena. But, despite this, Vince has still stood by his initial decision by making Roman his guy and the face of the company.

Edited by Gabby Duran