5 WWE swerves that made no sense at all

If you've been watching the WWE for long enough, you'll know that there are few things better than a good swerve. You spend countless hours building expectations, thinking things will go one way, just to have the rung pulled from under your feet, in a manner both surprising and satisfying.

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One great swerve that fans remember fondly is Mark Henry's retirement in 2013, where the World's Strongest Man gave an impassioned promo about his career.

The sudden twist of Henry attacking Cena, revealing his retirement to be a hoax, was nothing short of artful. But for as good a swerve as this was, there have been plenty of bad ones. Here are five WWE swerves that made absolutely no sense at all and left fans scratching their heads.

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#5. The Anonymous RAW General Manager

The mystery General Manager ruled over RAW for nearly a year, before being revealed a year later.

In the Summer of 2010, Vince McMahon ousted Bret Hart from his role as RAW GM, in one of Vince's various barbs against the Canadian. In his place, came the Anonymous RAW General Manager, who communicated via e-mails, read by Michael Cole.

For weeks, fans speculated who it could be behind the monitor, as the GM dropped clues that they were a former Superstar, often using past catchphrases. But as days turned to months, fans grew tired of the character, which was slowly fizzled out in 2011.

The next year, fans finally found out the Anonymous RAW GM identity, as it was Hornswoggle who had dominated Monday Night Raw for nearly a year.

This pleased no-one, with former WWE writer Kevin Eck saying it was only given as a joke, but the company decided to run with it.

#4. The Undertaker's attacker

Kane and The Undertaker battled over the World Heavyweight Championship in 2010.

The Anonymous RAW General Manager may have plagued Monday Nights in 2010, but that same year, there was something lurking on SmackDown. During Father's Day weekend, The Undertaker was found in a vegetative state, leaving him unable to compete for weeks, as fans wondered who did it.

Could it be Rey Mysterio, the most beloved man on SmackDown, or Kane, the tormented brother of the Deadman, that had battled him countless times, and turned on him plenty?

It was Kane.

Despite Kane being the one at first proclaiming he would find the man responsible, his investigation went no-where, with the whodunnit eventually being dropped, as Mysterio just came out and told fans that it was the Big Red Machine all along.

A swerve everyone saw coming, and somehow made even less sense when revealed.

#3. Rikishi runs over the Rattlesnake

Fans didn't like the idea that Rikishi had down the Rattlesnake.

At Survivor Series 1999, tragedy struck the WWF, when 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin was rundown during the show, leaving the Rattlesnake out of the triple threat main event.

For months, fans, and more importantly the Bionic redneck himself, wanted an answer, with Austin laying a path of destruction in his quest for vengeance. And out of nowhere, the answer was found. It was Rikishi, who had danced and entertained fans ever since his debut, who had run-down Austin all those months ago.

As you can expect, this didn't go down well with fans, who saw no reasons why Rikishi would do such a thing, and then keep it hidden. Whilst the company did try and retcon the hit, saying it was Triple H who had ordered Rikishi to do the deed, the damage had already been done.

#2. Mr. McMahon's illegitimate son

Hornswoggle replaced Mr. Kennedy's spot

Mr. McMahon is worth over $3 billion, and you don't make that kind of money without a few wild stories along the way.

But one particular deed from the boss' past later came back to haunt him, as in 2007, the WWE discovered that Hornswoggle (making his second appearance here!) was the illegitimate son of the boss.

This twist was instantly hated by fans, who similarly didn't agree with the ensuing months of McMahon assaulting his so-called offspring in a variety of matches. Eventually, the story was dropped, as in early 2008, JBL of all people revealed that Hornswoggle was actually Finlay's son.

The whole story was difficult for fans to swallow, and was made worse when it was revealed that popular star Mr. Kennedy was the original Superstar who was going to become a McMahon.

#1. Jon Stewart

Stewart betrayed John Cena at Summerslam 2015, helping Seth Rollins become US Champion.

When Jon Stewart left the Daily Show as an incredible career as it's host, no-one expected him to appear at Summerslam 2015.

Sure, he had had some weird beef with then-WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins, but this had seemingly been dropped on WWE TV following Stewart's departure from the comedy show.

Appearing at Summerslam 2015, in a title-for-title match between Rollins and US Champion John Cena, Stewart was waiting with a chair, as every member of the crowd figured out what was going to happen.

Attacking Cena, it was a swerve so obvious that no-one was shocked, though Stewart at least gave a reason, saying he didn't want Big Match John to tie Ric Flair's 16 World Title reigns.

Just over a year later, Cena would do just that, making Stewart's actions, completely pointless.