WWE is definitely in the middle of a boom period. But secretly it’s still far from perfect…
2024 has been a big year for the largest wrestling organization on the planet.
Several stadiums have been filled with passionate fans.
The stories are over.
Some of the strongest and most memorable in-ring fights of the decade have broken out.
The overall product hasn’t felt this appealing since the days when the ‘Texas Rattlesnake’ unleashed hell next to a ‘Great One’.
However, even a promotion as on fire as WWE right now still possesses the ability to get things wrong here and there. But with so much well-deserved praise and positivity sent the company’s way this year, some of its most disappointing or frustrating mistakes managed to fly under the radar of a good portion of the fanbase.
Again, none of these mistakes or missteps have been serious enough to completely derail a product that still sells out stadiums and completely destroys them on a weekly basis. But it’s also possible that an already magnificent 2024 would have been even more successful if WWE hadn’t decided to bring certain talents into the company without a clear plan or stick to the same lazy format for a once super entertaining annual event.
So, without further ado, let’s look at the secret ways WWE has dropped the ball at times during an otherwise solid first half of 2024.
12. What was the goal of Bron Breakker’s bidding war?
Full credit to WWE, they didn’t give half a thought to the main roster arrivals of Bron Breakker and Jade Cargill earlier this year.
Over the course of those first few months of 2024, SmackDown and Raw general managers Nick Aldis and Adam Pearce, respectively, did everything they could to convince both stars to sign on the dotted line for their brand.
And in the end, this pair of superstars ended up in the blue program, with Aldis showing off his new big-name signings like a proud father.
But then, despite managing to retain Cargill’s services, Aldis would go and lose his Breakker to the red brand in the 2024 Draft.
That?!
In kayfabe, Aldis and Pearce surely must have known that there would likely be another draft on the way in the coming months, but they still insisted on desperately trying to get these incoming free agents to join their team before ‘Mania 40. And after finally convincing Breakker to become a SmackDown guy and just throwing him into some squash matches, Aldis couldn’t even find a way to get him on that ‘Show of Shows’ card.
So why not wait until draft season to try to land the former NXT Champion and not waste so much time and energy on a bidding war that would become pointless a few months later?
The more you think about this deal mess, the more it makes both GMs look like idiots.
