10 Times WWE Totally BOTCHED The Booking

Despite all the magic moments WWE has given us over the years, they sometimes botch the booking entirely. From turning Austin heel at WWF WrestleMania X7 through to all of the WCW Invasion storyline, these are times that Vince McMahon and co totally botched the booking of the show.

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[StunnedByWrestling]

Do you agree with my picks for the worst booking botches in WWE history? What would your picks be? As always, if you enjoyed the video or even if you didn't, your 👍 or 👎 are much appreciated!

[braddelisle]

"hey I have an idea, let's set up a real boxing matches and when they don't NATURALLY go the way we want, well punish the winner" dumbest idea ever. Poor Bart Gunn, they did him dirty for NO REASON!

[PlatinumRoseLady]

Brock ending The Streak
Also -
Brock ending The Streak
And finally -
*whips out megaphone*
BROCK. ENDING. THE. FRIGGING. STEAK.

[MrJamBluejam]

Roman never won back to back Rumbles, but I can understand why it feels like he did.

[DomSte]

Vince took EVERY opportunity to BURY WCW, he only pushed ex-wcw guys if they went to WWF before WCW's downfall, bury Sting, bury wcw's PPV to NXT and even buried the Big Gold, the best looking belt of all time, to a generic WWE title.

[MarvelMTs]

HHH being racist to Booker T and then winning was atrocious. Why no one resisted the idea is beyond me. HHH could get the title back at Backlash after giving Booker the title

[criminalmindsgirl]

Even Roman being heel was awful. The same mess...consistent interferences and him barely showing up to defend his title. It was all predictable. If he wasn't related to The Rock or had Paul Heyman as his manager. Dude would be a mid carder

[Skoswanson]

Bro you’re one of my Favorite Channels, Keep up the bloody good Work 👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽

[CreightonRabs]

8:02 In retrospect, the best move WWE made with Roman Reigns was to not only reinvent him as the "tribal chief" and play off of the real-life family history in the industry with the Bloodline angle, but also by pairing him with one of the best talkers in the business in Paul Heyman.

[criminalmindsgirl]

If they wanted Austin to turn heel. They should've just had him turn heel at the Invasion PPV. Not at WM 17

[laurenalexander]

I still think the entire roster should've walked out when Vince didn't cancel Over the Edge

[andrewblanchard]

ROMAN REIGNS
was never meant to be
a main event player

[melanineyedoc]

Uh, I'm pretty sure Batista won the Royal Rumble in 2014 and Triple H did in 2016, so when did Román win B2B Royal Rumbles?

[bluethunder]

Personally, I think Austin did a great job portraying a paranoid, psychotic heel. And he was able to get people to boo him. Look at his promo after Judgment Day and see what I mean.

[mrrobluxo]

Austin’s heel turn was more of a timing thing. Stupid as hell u have him turn in his hometown when he’s extremely over. Another thing was there really was no other credible faces to rival him. Not even the rock who people were starting to sour on when he started going to Hollywood

[americancheez]

I actually loved the Auston heal turn. It wasn’t that plausible, I admit…but the comedy that ensued was golden.

[Kiernanglynn]

The internet community craps on 01 heel Austin all the time. I honestly thought it was entertaining as hell. I know he’s said he didn’t really like it but he was definitely a great heel

[criminalmindsgirl]

No, it made it clear that Hogan was running things. Creative control

[anonamatron]

Actually Yokozuna challenged Hogan, not the other way around.

I somewhat bought this as a kid and remember being happy Hogan got thr belt away from the bad guy but I was totally disappointed Bret lost it and thought it was stupid that the "match" was two seconds long.

I saw Bret with that belt at a house show, and high fived him even after he beat Papa Shango (who I was REALLY stoked to see live). So, I guess you'd say he was my champ.

I liked Hogan a lot back then though because he was the superhero on every VHS PPV I rented.

[robertmoore]

Vince is cold hearted. Most of the problem is all on Vince behind the scenes and everyone still support that guy.