There’s a reason why the average WWE fan has been walking around with some sort of spring in their step for the past month or so.
Over the past two decades, more often than not, those who paid their hard-earned cash to follow the global farming juggernaut had been forced to witness the burial of their favourites, the chosen stars of hand receive unwanted rockets and a whole series of attractions. potential stories are completely overlooked.
However, with a bold new era seemingly already underway, it’s worth remembering that simply giving fans what they’ve been clamoring for sometimes hasn’t been enough to guarantee success.
As the scenarios below have proven at various times over the years, eventually landing a longtime crowd favorite, sparking delicious fantasy matchups, or even allowing a star to take a much-needed walk on the darker side of the refuge of life It didn’t always elicit the kind of euphoric responses that fan demand originally suggested.
From a desperate need to see more of their champion that backfired in the long run, to a return to bolder content that leaves a bad taste in their mouths, WWE fans definitely got what they wanted in these occasions… but they probably regretted asking for them. when all was said and done.
Ever since Dean Ambrose’s second return to the WWE scene in August 2018 following his triceps injury, fans quickly formulated plans in their minds for when the obviously bitter Lunatic Fringe would inevitably stab to his Shield brothers behind his back.
The former WWE Champion embracing the darkness for the first time in a while also seemed like a no-brainer, with the newly beefed-up villain seemingly struggling to explore exciting heel territory again, and fans clearly getting tired of sit more and more stale as a face within the company.
However, timing is everything in this super business, and choosing to pull the heel trigger on the same night that Ambrose’s Shield partner Roman Reigns announced that his leukemia had returned seemed like a terrible call from the doors
On the back of such a ground-breaking real-life event that unfolded before their eyes on live television, fans simply didn’t want to see the face unit implode at that exact moment, and things never recovered. for Ambrose from that point on. .
His subsequent blood feud with Seth Rollins never took off, the switch to a weird Bane-inspired gimmick didn’t click with the crowd, and a fed-up Ambrose finally decided enough was enough when 2019 rolled around …