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The WWE has produced many great storylines over the years. These storylines have led to some of the most memorable moments in the history of the company. Who could forget about "Stone Cold" Steve Austin rebelling against Vince McMahon and his corporate machine? It was the storyline that defined the Attitude Era and arguably saved the WWF from extinction at the hands of WCW.
More recently, we had the incredible rise of Daniel Bryan as the company's top star and his journey to the main event of Wrestlemania 30. However, for every great storyline there are many that are easily forgotten. They are either forgotten because they were horrible failures or because of the regretful booking decisions, the WWE don't want you to remember them.
Here are 4 WWE storylines that you forgot about.
#4 Vince McMahon's illegitimate son
In the summer of 2007 the WWE spent weeks building a massive storyline around Vince McMahon. It was revealed that the owner of the WWE had an illegitimate son and his identity would be revealed in the weeks to come. The mystery went on for the majority of the summer, and they teased that names like Johnathan Coachman and even Batista could be his child.
On September 10th 2007, Vince invited the entire roster out to the ring for the public reveal. In a suspenseful segment the ring slowly emptied until only his "Son" was left. It was revealed to be Hornswoggle!
However, this wasn't the original plan. Mr Kennedy was supposed to be revealed as Vince's son and this would set up a huge storyline for Wrestlemania. Unfortunately the plans were scrapped after Kennedy failed a wellness policy test the week before. The WWE had invested so much time into this massive storyline that was meant to be a launching pad for a career and instead it became a terrible comedy act.
#3 Shawn Michaels becomes JBL's servant
This dumpster fire of a storyline came at the tail-end of 2008. Shawn Michaels had just come off his incredible storyline with Chris Jericho, and JBL really had nothing going for him at the time.
It began when Shawn announced that he had lost all of his life savings during the global financial crisis and was now broke. He needed a job and JBL offered him one because he was rich. Shawn had to take the job and was forced to do JBL's dirty work.
This ridiculous angle lasted a few months until No Way Out 2009 when Shawn defeated JBL and JBL had to pay Shawn what he owed him. This somehow fixed Shawn's money problems and everything went back to normal.
This whole storyline was weird. Maybe the WWE were trying to appeal to those who were going through a hard time after the financial crisis, but the idea that Shawn needed a job while being employed by a wrestling company was silly. Even for a wrestling storyline, this was a bit of a stretch.
#2 Shelton Benjamin's Mother
Shelton Benjamin is a fantastic example of a wrestler falling short of fulfilling his true potential. His amateur wrestling background and athleticism made him one of the best in-ring performers at the time. He had a number of great Intercontinental Championship reigns, but he could never break into the main event title scene.
His chances of being in the main event ended with the Mamma Benjamin storyline. The WWE hired an actress to play Shelton's mother and try to motivate him after a series of losses. She would slap him and scream in his face every time he lost a match.The storyline wasn't all bad and fans actually enjoyed Mamma Benjamin's backstage skits.
The main problem was that it took away from Shelton's spotlight and slowed him down. Momma was written off TV after faking a heart attack during Shelton's match with Ric Flair. The "Heart Attack" distracted Flair and Shelton beat him to regain the Intercontinental Championship. Shelton explained that Momma was undergoing heart surgery and Ric Flair was responsible for causing it. She never appeared on TV again.
1. Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio fight for the custody of Dominick
Rey Mysterio and Eddie Guerrero are two of the best in-ring performers ever. Both men had stolen the show on more than one occasion during their time in WCW and fans were looking forward to seeing what they could do against each other in the WWE.
Unfortunately the WWE are not fans of putting on lengthy wrestling matches based on just the skill of the performers and love to insert tacky storylines. Instead of a jealousy angle or a bitter rivalry they fought over the custody of Rey's son, Dominick.
It all started when Eddie revealed that he was Dominick's father and he was a result of an affair during his wild years. The whole storyline became a huge family affair with Vickie Guerrero and Rey's wife Angie appearing on TV during the angle.
The plot lead to a Ladder match at SummerSlam with Dominick's custody papers hanging over the ring. I don't think you have to be a genius to realize why the stipulation is nonsensical.The fact that a situation that is usually handled in a courtroom can be sorted out in a ladder match is a prime example of how wrestling can be very silly at times. The match itself was very good but some people struggle to see past the ridiculous stipulation.
