Worst booking decision in WWE History

[Rysenberg]

Sticking to the SCSA theme I'll say booking Rock/Hogan at WM 18 instead of Austin/Hogan was a pretty big missed opportunity. I know Rock was huge and the match was awesome, but to me it is just a damn shame we never got SCSA/Hogan, and that was the chance to do it. The two catalysts behind the Monday Night Wars, Hogan for WCW and Austin for the AE in WWF.

Speaking of pretty major booking errors, that not being on last is a pretty big mistake from 'E.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

Yea I've heard everyone involved in those two matches say that hogan/Rock should have closed that show. Jericho/HHH was a good feud, but nothing nearly as iconic as Hogan/Rock. When you have HHH admitting he shouldn't have been in the ME that tells you something

 

[Dat Kid1]

I think Dolph's takes the cake as the worst. I remember that and I it really killed Stone Cold's popularity as well as dwindled attention away from WWE.

However a more recent flop might be the destruction of the Summer of Punk. Punk who could have been on an entirely different course right now was crippled only a few weeks after one of the biggest moments in WWE in this era. He loss the belt to Del Rio at Summerslam, which really put a nail in the coffin and then in true fashion, Triple H buried the coffin by beating Punk the very next month at NOC. Those things in my opinion took away Punk's popularity because then less people were really into seeing Punk at Survivor Series, granted the Rock was there, but I think if he had been able to continue on the current course he was on, he would be in an entire different spot now and not this stale reign.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

Yea, the last two really good angles WWE had they fucked both up (Nexus & Punk.)

It's like WWE was the guy that never got laid and then somehow pulled a 9 home from the bar but then came in his pants when he saw her naked. Both of those storylines were shit on by awful booking way too early on.

 

[Senhor Perfect]

Rock/Hogan sucked all the energy out of the building. By the time HHH/Jericho began, no one had anything left to give them. Which is a shame cause they both worked hard. Most people left as soon as Hunter hit the pedigree. Maybe a Jericho win would've made it more memorable since it was in Canada, but I don't see how it could've topped Rock/Hogan.

 

[Lockard 23]

Sticking to the SCSA theme I'll say booking Rock/Hogan at WM 18 instead of Austin/Hogan was a pretty big missed opportunity. I know Rock was huge and the match was awesome, but to me it is just a damn shame we never got SCSA/Hogan, and that was the chance to do it. The two catalysts behind the Monday Night Wars, Hogan for WCW and Austin for the AE in WWF.

They wanted to do Austin/Hogan, it was Austin who didn't want to work with Hogan. They tried getting the match going again at WM22 and then WM25 but Austin still refused to work with Hogan.

And Rock/Hogan certainly should have been the main event. As it is, it kinda is anyway since it was still the main attraction of the show. On the VHS/DVD cover of WM18, they show Rock, Hogan and no one else.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

They wanted to do Austin/Hogan, it was Austin who didn't want to work with Hogan.

Huh? Source?

I was watching a SCSA documentary on Netflix and he was saying how he was pissed off that he didn't get Hogan and wound up wrestling Hall.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

I loved the Austin heel turn. it was (and i hate using this word) epic. The whole "WHAT" stuff looking back was very annoying and stupid, but the two man power trip and some of the things Austin did as a heel were awesome. To each his own.

More recently i would say burying Batista in his feud with Cena. The whole duct tape incident :eww: When they had Batista talking about how the company went from SCSA to Cena i thought WWE was on the verge off starting to tone down Cena, but nope it was just more of his rise above shit. Batista could have been a good heel.

It was known that Batista was leaving by the time he started that feud w/ Cena, was it not? Of course you use a guy who is leaving your company to make your guys who are staying look good. That's just common sense.

 

[Swift]

Huh? Source?

I was watching a SCSA documentary on Netflix and he was saying how he was pissed off that he didn't get Hogan and wound up wrestling Hall.

Well he talks about it here -
(11:30)

 

[CM Punk]

Hornswoggle winning the cruiserweight belt. :eww:

When they had Nexus lose at Summerslam that was dumb and Christian lose to Orton.

Those come to mind and so much more.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

Well he talks about it here -
(11:30)

Interesting. I can't link to it b/c it's on Netflix, but I went back and found the quote I had heard to make sure I wasn't tripping. On NF you can watch WWE:Stone Cold: The Bottom Line on the most Popular Superstar in History and go to about an hour 50 in and he says:

"Going into WM 18 I really thought I was starting to lose a little bit of my momentum.. I didn't really like the creative direction we were going. NWO had come in.. then all of the sudden heading into Mania it's Rock vs Hogan. That's the big match, that's the main event. SCSA is going to work with Scott Hall. All due respect and props to him, but Hogan was the guy I needed to work with. Not Scott Hall. So ehhhhhhh I think about that time a little bit of frustration started to set in...."

so idk.

 

[Swift]

Interesting, indeed. Who knows.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

Seeing as the vid you played was from back in the day and the quote I had was more recent I'm guessing my quote rings truer and the shit he was saying about the matchup and the match sucking was just something he said to save face back in the day then instead of being like "Yea I wanted to wrestle Hulk but they chose Rock instead. Guess I'm not the man anymore LOL"

 

[Lockard 23]

It's also possible that Austin realizes what a mistake it was turning the match down back then and is saying it should have been him and Hogan after all. Either way, I agree with Austin that he and Hogan don't really seem they would mesh well. The type of charisma that Rock and Hogan had, they seemed more like a perfect match for each other, especially with a similarity in them both wanting to star in movies. In my view, Austin should have been in the WWE Title match with Triple H.

 

[Senhor Perfect]

It's also possible that Austin realizes what a mistake it was turning the match down back then and is saying it should have been him and Hogan after all. Either way, I agree with Austin that he and Hogan don't really seem they would mesh well. The type of charisma that Rock and Hogan had, they seemed more like a perfect match for each other, especially with a similarity in them both wanting to star in movies. In my view, Austin should have been in the WWE Title match with Triple H.

Should have been, but you know....:bury: