Biggest Losers of 2014

[Tired]

Even though I managed to find so many people who escaped 2014 with their heads held high, it was not easy. This article was not easy either because there were just so many candidates that deserve to be listed. If you can bear it, here are some of the people to blame for 2014 being so crappy.

<div class='spoiler_toggle'>WWE Management</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">
They did so little right this year. Vince McMahon buried the entire roster in a podcast interview, then management blamed the superstars for being butthurt. They fired someone on their wedding day and called them a “quitter” for the rest of the year. They fired another guy for standing up to a racist. They added a new stipulation to contracts that prevent fired employees from working for a full year or receiving royalties that they are owed. They accused fans of “hijacking” shows because they cheered for fan favourites. McMahon also scolded fans that didn’t enjoy a badly booked show.

The relaxed the Wellness Policy so much that drug testing is almost pointless. Far too many matches ended in disqualifications, interferences and no contests. Too many shows ended with talk segments. At least 30 minutes of Raw was given to performers who weren’t in matches that night. They constantly feed up-and-coming talent to veterans who don’t draw, and then blame the younger stars for not getting over. They told superstars to be more aggressive in the ring, and then called them “fragile” when they got hurt because of this.

But their biggest failure is the WWE Network. Fans may defend it, but there are reasons why almost half of the people who signed up for it cancelled their subscriptions. They were promised “uncensored and unedited” footage, which happened to have a lot of editing and censorship. They promised free live streaming of pay-per-view events, and several of them had transmission problems. They promised it in numerous countries and failed to deliver. And they continually insulted viewers who were not subscribing to it. After they failed to meet their 6-month target of 1 million subscribers, they dropped the price to $9.99 per month… from $9.99 per month.
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<div class='spoiler_toggle'>Nancy Grace</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">
Less than 48 hours after the death of Ultimate Warrior, she ambushed Diamond Dallas Page on her show. Page thought it was a tribute show, but he was asked to answer for all the young deaths of wrestlers caused by substance abuse. Grace “confirmed” that Warrior died of heart failure caused by steroid abuse (long before an official ruling declared this to be false). The show also listed 23 wrestlers who died young because of substance abuse; even though several of them died for other reasons. Owen Hart died because of a freak accident and fell to his death, while Christ Candido died because of a blood clot after a surgery. Others died in car accidents when another vehicle hit them.
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<div class='spoiler_toggle'>Hulk Hogan</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">
After the Ultimate Warrior died, Hogan used his death to promote himself. Despite seemingly making peace with Warrior, Hogan later said in interviews that Warrior was very bitter. Hogan claimed that Warrior lived his life in misery and that he had offered to help Warrior many times. He suggested that making peace with Warrior finally allowed Warrior to move on. Warrior’s widow Diane released a public statement warning Hogan to stop talking about her husband. Diane pointed out that Hogan was one of the very few people in the industry who had not spoken to the family or offered his condolences. So therefore Hogan’s claims of helping Warrior were bogus.
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<div class='spoiler_toggle'>Teddy Hart</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">
There is a month-old arrest warrant waiting for Teddy in his native Alberta, Canada. He is on charges of assault, sexual assault and unlawful imprisonment against two women. One of the victims believes that there are others who have not come forward yet. As far as we know, Teddy has not returned to Canada since the charges were filed.
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<div class='spoiler_toggle'>Smith Hart</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">
Vince Russo admitted that he was working with TNA, but was told to keep it a secret. A few days later, Spike TV ended their partnership with one of their highest rated shows. Smith Hart jumped on to Twitter and accused Russo of killing TNA, and his brother Owen.

Then a month later, several wrestlers started a petition against Smith. Smith had tried to book a show with David Benoit in the main event. The problem wasn’t that David was the son of Chris Benoit. The problem was that the 18-year-old had no training at all yet. There was a very real risk that the teenager would be seriously injured. This was clearly a dangerous publicity stunt to cash in on the Chris Benoit controversy.
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<div class='spoiler_toggle'>Christian</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">
When Edge was forced to retire due to injury, he got to say a farewell on Raw and SmackDown. For Christian, it was a different story. Because the human head was not made to take stiff kicks, Christian was prone to concussions and injuries. The WWE kept him out of action for almost a year before announcing on television on television that he had already retired. It was mentioned in passing by Jerry Lawler as a voiceover segment.
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<div class='spoiler_toggle'>Zack Ryder</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">
The WWE continued to punish Ryder for getting himself over in 2011. After Ryder won a match on Raw, he joked that it was his “TV win for the year”. He was right. Ryder later pointed out when WWE ShopZone stopped stocking his merchandise and that he was left out of the WWE 2K15 video game.
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<div class='spoiler_toggle'>Cesaro</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">
Vince McMahon recently said that he had no idea why Cesaro didn’t get over, and blamed the Swiss Strongman for it. For two months, Cesaro’s theme music was Paul Heyman putting over Brock Lesnar. Cesaro was told to stop using the Cesaro Swing and other powerful moves because fans were cheering for him. He then got an awful theme tune. He said that he supported new talent being added to the roster because it kept competition fresh and that fans were tired of seeing Cena vs Orton so often. Even though he was right, he suddenly became an enhancement talent overnight. His new tag team with Tyson Kidd was dropped when he joked at a house show that his music “is not good at all”.
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<div class='spoiler_toggle'>Samuel Shaw</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">
Samuel Shaw’s stalker angle with Christy Hemme was the storyline of the year. It pushed boundaries without being ridiculous… until it suddenly became ridiculous. Not knowing how to push the story forward, writers forced in every psychopath cliché they could think off. Shaw went from calculated manipulator to whiny man-child who still lived in his mother’s basement. They have not been able to restore any credibility to Shaw since.
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<div class='spoiler_toggle'>The Beautiful People</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">
The duo has lost their lustre. Every single one of their matches is a handicap match. They take interference to stupid levels. Once the one in the match needs a breather, the other takes over for a while. This is fine in tag team matches, but not singles matches. Speaking of tag team matches, they don’t need to exchange tags. Why is every Referee so blind to this? Velvet Sky changes her finisher more often than she changes her clothes, and Angelina Love can no longer perform her own finisher (it was meant to be a bicycle kick, not a fall-flat-on-your-own-face superkick).
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<div class='spoiler_toggle'>The Undertaker</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">
The Undertaker may only have one match a year, but it was always a classic. As old and slow as the Undertaker got, there was always an aura of invincibility around him. The Streak was so big that simply facing him at WrestleMania boosted your career. But when the streak was broken, so too was the Undertaker. Not only did the honour go to someone undeserving, but it also took something away from the Undertaker. It marked the end of a legacy.
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<div class='spoiler_toggle'>Brock Lesnar</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">
Lesnar is not on this list for the reasons that you may think. No, he did not deserve to end the Undertaker’s streak. No, he does not deserve to be WWE World Champion when he makes so few appearances. I listed him as a “Winner of 2013” because the few matches he had were just so good. His matches at SummerSlam and WrestleMania were good. But his matches at Royal Rumble and Night Of Champions were both really poor. Lesnar makes too much money, gets too much promotion and too much time off to be giving fans matches like the last two. Getting the honour of breaking the streak and holding the WWE World Heavyweight Championship too is just plain insulting.
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<div class='spoiler_toggle'>Abyss and Mark Henry</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">
This former monster goes on a long losing streak until he gets injured. Then when he returns, he goes on another losing streak. Then he has a heel turn and violently attacks someone who is already injured. Now we are expected to believe that he is an unstoppable monster again. Then he goes on a losing streak and the cycle begins again. They have been repeating this formula with these guys for several years now. They need to rebuild some credibility before we can see them as monster heels again.
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<div class='spoiler_toggle'>Magnus</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">
Magnus started the year as the first ever British World Champion (Gary Wolfe and Nigel McGuinness don’t count), defeating A.J. Styles in his last match. He held the title for a few months but never looked like a credible champion. When he lost the belt to Eric Young, he almost immediately lost his main-event status. He spent much of the second-half of this year watching newcomer Bram from ringside.
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<div class='spoiler_toggle'>Rey Mysterio</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">
Rey Mysterio made his return at the Royal Rumble, and got booed out of the building. Some say that Mysterio took the blame for Daniel Bryan not being in the Rumble. But fans may have finally turned on Mysterio. Because of his size and mask, people keep forgetting that Mysterio is older than most of the current roster. He has been wrestling the high-impact style since he was 15, and his body is badly damaged from decades of wear-and-tear. It has gotten to the point where Mysterio is constantly injured. He wasn’t 100% for any of the matches that he did work. Nobody wants to see Mysterio get hurt, but he gets hurt in every single match now, which is why nobody wants to see his matches anymore.
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<div class='spoiler_toggle'>Mistico</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">
Why are we still talking about the original Sin Cara when he was released from the WWE in 2013? It is because Mistico spent the first half of last year trying to convince promoters that he owned the rights to the Sin Cara character that WWE invented. He even created a new ring attire that closely resembled the image that WWE owns copyright over. His insistence on using the Sin Cara ring name convinces promoters to cancel their bookings, because they know that they would get sued by the WWE. If Mistico wants a successful career in Mexico again, he just has to let it go.
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<div class='spoiler_toggle'>John Cena</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">
Do I even need to keep giving reasons for this one? Cena himself acknowledges the criticism on television, but still does nothing about it. His attempt to try and work it all into stand-up comedy routines simply isn’t working.
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<div class='spoiler_toggle'>Randy Orton</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">
Orton has calmed down a bit since 2013. But he still has all of the behavioural problems of the past. He insults the company on social media. He swears on live television. He openly rejects ideas he doesn’t like and has become really lazy in the ring. It has gotten to the point where he sometimes doesn’t learn scripts or plan matches in advance. Some of his opponents have to call everything in the ring, and he doesn’t really bother paying attention. In any other profession, he would have been fired long ago.
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<div class='spoiler_toggle'>Taz</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">
As Taz gets older, his commentary gets lazier and lazier. He now tells rambling anecdotes and makes weird noises instead of calling the action in the ring. Mike Tenay has pointed out to him on air many times that Taz’ role is to use his in-ring experience to give insights to viewers. However, he limits his in-ring knowledge to 3 sentences: “Yes, I have”, “No, not at all” and “I’ve been in the ring with the guy, so I know what that feels like”.
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<div class='spoiler_toggle'>Ken Shamrock</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">
After retiring from MMA, Shamrock was keen to return to professional wrestling. But he was only interested in working for companies that would give him a decent paycheque. He has limited his options to WWE or TNA. But yet he continues to insult Triple H and Dixie Carter in interviews. He thinks that neither WWE nor TNA want him because Triple H and Dixie has personal issues with him. I wonder why that would be?
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<div class='spoiler_toggle'>Cameron and Emma</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">
Proof that one mistake can ruin everything.

Cameron is still an awful performer who can’t act. Many of the new moves in her arsenal revolve around the fact that she can lift her leg up high. But yet some are choosing to overlook her flaws and pretend that she is improving, and she is getting a strong push. I noted last year how she managed to own Sid Vicious in a twitter exchange. However, she replaces Sid on this list. Why? Because she demanded that a referee counted a pin attempt while her opponent was lying face down. No-one is forgetting that any time soon.

Emma is both talented and beautiful. For some reason, her ability has diminished since being called up to the main roster. She is still very capable, but one mistake is stopping her from being taken seriously. Emma was arrested after walking out of a supermarket with a cell phone cover that she didn’t pay for. She was fired and then reinstated after the arrest. She was punished on television by working a long string of squash matches. Now that her punishment is over and the heat is off her, internet fans just can’t get over the shoplifting incident.
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<div class='spoiler_toggle'>Fandango and Summer Rae</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">
First of all, when they “break up”, they forgot to actually do the angle on television, so they rushed it on Twitter. When Fandango cheated on his second dancer Layla with Summer, Summer and Rae reformed Team LayCool (because Summer looks a little bit like Michelle McCool). Even though the original team was awful, the new one did nothing.

The thing that got Fandango over with fans was his theme tune, so they took it away. They got Fandango to start dressing like Samuel Shaw, and replace most of his moves with knee strikes and punches.
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<div class='spoiler_toggle'>Bo Dallas and Adam Rose</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">
Both of these guys got over, but had their pushes stopped suddenly. Even though fans were into them, Vince McMahon thought that they weren’t working. Both men lost their winning streaks to R-Truth with little acknowledgement, and were then in confusing storylines until the end of the year.
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<div class='spoiler_toggle'>Kane</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">
Kane has replace the original Sin Cara as the WWE’s king of botches. At the Royal Rumble, the cameras caught Kane sneaking back to the ring, spoiling his surprise return. Then his match at WrestleMania XXX was so short that it killed momentum before he went after the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Although he had a decent match at Extreme Rules, he will be remembered for the botched finish. The stage hand kept the fire extinguisher on Kane for too long, and Kane was clearly suffocating. Kane got in the ring to catch a breath, and did not see Bryan setting up the planned finisher. When he took the mask off, he suddenly dropped out of title contention. He then became infamous for interfering when a good match was on. For example, when Kane interfered at Money In The Bank, his arrival was spoiled by the Referee pulling Zeb Colter away from the ring just before Kane’s pyrotechnics went off. Then during the Authority’s attack on Randy Orton, Kane is seen falling flat on his face after tripping over Orton’s leg.
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[super_joker]

Love your work Reverend, however I choose to draw my DEBATE sword out with the Paul Heyman's client who is the 1 in the '21 and 1', Brock Lesnar thing...

I think he is the most realistic fighter on WWE, the one with most international credibility, the one who could literally destroy 90% of wrestlers in a real fight.
If Undertaker thought he was deserving enough, doesn't that make him worthy enough? who else can be better for the honor? he even legit hurt Taker....

Undertaker is a big Lesnar mark and has been always, he never defeated him on a PPV basis.

I understand he is not a full timer and maybe this is why fans think he is undeserving, but he has accomplish things no other WWE Superstar will ever, yeah i wish we could see him more... and let's not forget who his wife is...

 

[raghu]

i think its always bad and worst idea to remove kane mask in wwe.
in 2003 he was ic champion and also main eventing fued with hhh for world title.they ruined it.
they did it agian in 2014.

for lesnar i was excited he won wwe title thought that he will appear on every raw since he is the champion.but he didnt even had championship matches on ppvs let alone raw.
but lesnar was the right guy to end the streak.
if streak survived for another year but undertaker is getting old day by day. then who is there to challenge taker on wm.
i would never wanted to see cena end the streak.

 

[CRW&#39;s TKS]

No way was 2014 a crappy year. PWG was amazing, we saw the debut of Lucha Underground, TNA got a little bit better, NXT became quite amazing, NJPW had a fantastic year, tag team wrestling is great (just not in WWE), ROH made the big move to PPV, Shield/Wyatt feud, and so much more. ROH has blown the fuck up in my state of Wisconsin this year with ticket prices and attendance nearly doubling within 5 months.

Everything you've brought up sucked ass, but it's a narrow viewpoint to say that 2014 was "so crappy" just because WWE is fucking themselves over. I've been waiting for WWE to be shaken up by something like this anyways. I haven't even watched it since TLC because I hated the booking so much.

 

[Tired]

Feel free to unleash the debate sword in here as this is the Wrestling & MMA Discussion section. I stand by my comment that 2014 was a bad year for wrestling, although I keep acknowledging it was better than 2013. Things are improving, but they are on such a steep slope that their progress is moving really slowly.

Lesnar only did 2 matches in 2012, but they were really good matches. Lesnar only did 3 matches in 2013, but they were especially good matches. Lesnar did 4 matches in 2014, and half of them stunk. You can blame that on booking, but both made Lesnar look bad. Big Show can put on very good matches, and Lesnar is a guy who has proven that he is strong enough to put on unique matches with Show. But WWE really blew and opportunity in January. Then that Night of Champions match was just cow dung. Most of the roster work 230 more matches per year and don't earn Lesnar's downside guarantee. Lesnar gets too much to be used like he is. And a champion should defend the title at least once every 30 days, because that is what champions do. Isn't this why they took the title away from Daniel Bryan?

As for Undertaker being a Lesnar mark, do not believe that for a second. Undertaker refused to put Lesnar over during his original run because he thought Lesnar was arrogant and disrespectful. Their Unforgiven 2014 match was so bad because it was the only scenario that Undertaker would agree too. Then they did the "broken hand" gimmick because it was the only way Undertaker would allow Lesnar to look like he could beat him. Then he wrote the "Dusty finish" for No Mercy 2013, knowing that it set up the McMahon match and that he would be pulverising Lesnar on the next SmackDown. Then the Undertaker left it until March (and a significant pay raise) to agree to facing Lesnar at WrestleMania XXX. Lesnar had said for years that he would injure 'Taker, so 'Taker refused to work with him. He said as far back as October 2013 that he would happily put Wyatt or Bryan over. As for the decision to let Lesnar end the streak, I do not believe it was Undertaker's call. Unfortunately, 'Taker is too much of a pro to every reveal the truth.

@CRW's TKS: I did acknowledge ROH as "winners" in 2013 because of their rapid growth and potential for 2014. And I noted NXT and Lucha Underground this year. For that other stuff, you have to keep it in perspective. Yes, the indys and internationals are getting more attention, but fewer people are watching wrestling overall. Yes, they are selling out more arenas, but they are also booking smaller venues. Are these companies getting more attention because they are improving, or because older wrestling fans are so put off by WWE and TNA?

I don't want to sound overly critical. I had to keep the lists short. Although there are "honourable mentions".

 

[OLD AGE 03]

as a Latino I share my opinion with raghu and I think lesnar whether it merits be the world champion and having have ended the streak undertaker although who would have preferred to end the streak had been goldberg, yet when I saw Lesnar and the undertaker faced in wrestlemania30 did not know who to support as both are my favorites but the fight was not so good, because what they do is confront them years before and not wait for the undertaker becomes older.
I think Lesnar's not his fault that them to face you all year against the idiot of cena, can making better entertainment against orton or small fights that in raw that lesnar kick his ass to anyone.
because I want to see a fight of lesnar and always look at it then appears again sting I still see the wwe.
the best of 2014 was her debut of sting and the debut of lucha underground.

 

[The NekoMancer]

I don't know what the hell has being a latino to do with sharing your opinion with raghu.

But Lesnar wasn't deserving of anything, not last year. Especially being the world champion. Since that guy is the champion i have seen that belt only ONCE on TV. (I don't know about recent shows since I haven't watched since TLC)

And no, he didn't deserve to be the one to end the streak. It was a huge letdown, because most fans expected someone who needed that big push to do it. Not some lazy part-timer who works 4 matches a year.

And no, 2014 wasn't a bad year for wrestling, only the last 3 months of it were terrible.

 

[Best... Since Day One]

Well, this past year was not the best for WWE...
Lesnar didn't deserve to end the streak, but who could? Because of his gimmick he was the right choice. Heyman was great when he compared the World Title to WrestleMania: once in a year. But wrestling and fan tastes change and the Universe want to see the Title.
About Cena this wasn't his year. I'm a great fan of Cena but this past year he wasn't the best. One of the good thing was the Cena we saw before NoC. No comeback but a superstar who has won 15 world titles deserving the match.
The WWE has suffered for the injuries of Bryan and Reigns. Hope that this new year will be better than previous

 

[OLD AGE 03]

<blockquote class='quote\\_blockquote'><dl><dt>Hairy Old Man From The Hill</dt><dd>Jan 11 2015, 01:02:02 AM</dd></dl><div>I don't know what the hell has being a latino to do with sharing your opinion with raghu.

But Lesnar wasn't deserving of anything, not last year. Especially being the world champion. Since that guy is the champion i have seen that belt only ONCE on TV. (I don't know about recent shows since I haven't watched since TLC)

And no, he didn't deserve to be the one to end the streak. It was a huge letdown, because most fans expected someone who needed that big push to do it. Not some lazy part-timer who works 4 matches a year.

And no, 2014 wasn't a bad year for wrestling, only the last 3 months of it were terrible.[/quote]what I meant is that I share my opinion with raghu, and besides I wanted give namely my opinion as a Latino, and in my lesnar review is not to blame to be put on so few fights, I prefer it lesnar which breaks streak to would have been otherwise, much less cena, that would have been disastrous.
the pokemon and walking cereal box jon cena, it ruined to the company should throw it

 

[The NekoMancer]

It was still pointless to say you're a latino, since it added nothing to your statement, at all.

I'd actually prefer a fighting and defending champion in Cena, better than a champion who just sits his ass at home and does nothing at all to make it worth. The title was just shown to have no effects in someone's main event status, and pretty much looks like it isn't even necessary. which is just not fucking right.

 

[OLD AGE 03]

<blockquote class='quote\\_blockquote'><dl><dt>Hairy Old Man From The Hill</dt><dd>Jan 11 2015, 08:19:28 PM</dd></dl><div>It was still pointless to say you're a latino, since it added nothing to your statement, at all.

I'd actually prefer a fighting and defending champion in Cena, better than a champion who just sits his ass at home and does nothing at all to make it worth. The title was just shown to have no effects in someone's main event status, and pretty much looks like it isn't even necessary. which is just not fucking right.[/quote]damn fairy of the hill bitch, you're filling me patience.

I said I'm Latino, The Reverend simply to know you have opinions on the part of Latin America and I am sure many people in Latin America think like me.

I SAY AGAIN.
Lesnar is not to blame that the general manager or whatever, do not put in a fight either raw or smackdown.
besides that cena nor cena. He has not been 15 times world heavyweight champion, he has been 15 times champion of wwe and every time was almost against orton and edge, not with 15 different wrestlers; the heavyweight world championship had much more prestige than the wwe, and only won it once and in that year yet.

 

[Maximo]

Has the WWE title been anything other then something to ruffle feathers backstage apart from the occasional year?

Intercontinental/US champion is the title given to the best pro wrestler both athletically and mic wise at the time.
The cruiserweight title was given to the title given to the best lighter weight contender.
The tag team title for the best tag team.

And when it was around, the hardcore title was the person most innovative with props.

The WWE title?
Apart from being given to the biggest kiss ass at the time and a few temporary shockers what does it signify?

It's not about merchandise sales or crowd reactions because the WWE title is the cause of those things, the WWE champion is pulling bigger merchandise sales? What a shocker.

It's a cheap way of pushing McMahon's boys.

I'm glad it's not around.

 

[Robb420]

<blockquote class='quote\\_blockquote'><dl><dt>OLD AGE 03</dt><dd>Jan 12 2015, 01:52:32 AM</dd></dl><div><blockquote class='quote\\_blockquote'><dl><dt>Hairy Old Man From The Hill</dt><dd>Jan 11 2015, 08:19:28 PM</dd></dl><div>It was still pointless to say you're a latino, since it added nothing to your statement, at all.

I'd actually prefer a fighting and defending champion in Cena, better than a champion who just sits his ass at home and does nothing at all to make it worth. The title was just shown to have no effects in someone's main event status, and pretty much looks like it isn't even necessary. which is just not fucking right.[/quote]damn fairy of the hill bitch, you're filling me patience.

I said I'm Latino, The Reverend simply to know you have opinions on the part of Latin America and I am sure many people in Latin America think like me.

I SAY AGAIN.
Lesnar is not to blame that the general manager or whatever, do not put in a fight either raw or smackdown.
besides that cena nor cena. He has not been 15 times world heavyweight champion, he has been 15 times champion of wwe and every time was almost against orton and edge, not with 15 different wrestlers; the heavyweight world championship had much more prestige than the wwe, and only won it once and in that year yet.[/quote]People sniffing glue and licking windows have the same thought patterns as you as well.

 

[CRW&#39;s TKS]

<blockquote class='quote\\_blockquote'><dl><dt>The Reverend</dt><dd>Jan 7 2015, 06:07:54 AM</dd></dl><div>Yes, they are selling out more arenas, but they are also booking smaller venues. Are these companies getting more attention because they are improving, or because older wrestling fans are so put off by WWE and TNA? [/quote]All I said was that they are selling way better (as in almost DOUBLE) in my area. That's freaking amazing for ROH and obviously they aren't going to sell out MSG in a year. That's very cynical and ignorant. What is an older wrestling fan? I've been put off by WWE and TNA for 11 years now and watching them suffer the consequences of their abysmal management is making me very, very happy. Especially because it isn't hurting the companies that are more well managed. In fact, it's helping them. And I think that's awesome. 2014 was awesome. Fuck Vince McMahon. :X

edit: Also don't use "fuck Vince" as a way to call me out on being a bad wrestling fan because I am a network subscriber and I do want WWE to succeed, but only if they do it right. If they do it wrong, I hope they get the karma they deserve. I'm currently not watching any of their television shows until they put one out that's good.