7 unpopular decisions made in 2018

#3 Shane McMahon winning the WWE World Cup

No one could have seen this coming or would have wanted to either.

When the WWE World Cup was introduced at Crown Jewel to determine the ‘Best In The World’, it had appeared the WWE had brought back a more modern version of King of the Ring, swapping a throne and crown for a trophy. Almost all of the wrestlers that were part of this tournament had to qualify from their own respective brands, so when the final eight consisted of a star-stacked line up with over 100 Championships won between them, this looked like it was going to be an event that could appeal to any wrestling fan, regardless if there were no storylines between the actual wrestlers.

What gave the WWE World Cup a bit more excitement was when Shane McMahon told the SmackDown qualifiers that whichever wrestler that got to the finals, and then lost, they would be fired from SmackDown.

At Crown Jewel, after 6 matches, it boiled down to Dolph Ziggler from Raw against The Miz from SmackDown to determine who the ‘best in the world’ is. However, after a brief start, The Miz suffered an injury and was no longer able to compete, leading to Shane McMahon stepping in as a replacement for The Miz to represent SmackDown.

When McMahon won in one of the most disgraceful results this year, it buried any credibility of winning the WWE World Cup for any potential future events (if any), if the inaugural winner can randomly insert themselves into the final, despite never having directly qualified for it.

Even though there is a debate of any wrestler wanting the title of ‘Best in the World’ in a country shrouded with negative worldwide press prior to the event, the WWE could have ended it in other respectable ways like having both wrestlers not answer a ten-count and then feuding back on home soil to reach a conclusion, or introducing a wrestler from NXT making their debut at the event destroying both finalists. Instead, the WWE opted to give the ‘Best in the World’ title to someone who isn’t even a full-time wrestler.