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The month of May might finally be in the rear view mirror, but that doesn't mean the WWE Universe hasn't forgotten all the mistakes the company made in that 31 day period. While the company did also have some great moments during that time as well, those instances were far outnumbered by the disastrous mistakes the company kept making.
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With that being said and the hope of a better future for WWE in mind, here are five of the biggest mistakes the company made in the month of May. Keep in mind that some of these will be more obvious than others and are largely based on opinion, but these five moments had the WWE Universe in an uproar after they happened.
#5 Turning Nia Jax heel
It is no secret that WWE is excited to see Ronda Rousey and Nia Jax face off for the right to walk out of Money in The Bank as Women's champion, but WWE's sloppy execution and trouble maintaining continuity has leveled that excitement considerably. In fact, many were bewildered during Nia Jax's exhibition match on Raw that seemed to openly taunt Rousey.
Not only were Jax's constant taunts to Rousey during the one-sided exhibition match a complete departure from the body positive anti bullying advocate WWE has tried to make her out to be, it also featured several plot holes that will be hard to overcome. Unfortunately for WWE, one of those plot holes has to do with Rousey's signature arm bar submission.
Although Jax has stated multiple times that the arm bar seems to have no effect on her at all and is easy for her to break out of, one only has to look back at her matches with Asuka and several other superstars to know that's not the case. Even worse, however, is the fact that Jax has tapped out multiple times to arm bar submissions, which means the storyline has no basis in reality.
In the end, it seems WWE is giving up on Jax and slowly trying to put her back into a heel role, but that doesn't make much sense considering how well she was doing as a babyface the last month or so. Sure, character change and progression is important, but to switch babyface and then back to heel in a matter of months is really hard to follow.
#4 WWE Championship match at Backlash
While it is understandable that WWE would want to get as much out of the feud between Shinsuke Nakamura and AJ Styles that they can, they have made mistake after mistaken trying to do so. in fact, it almost looks like WWE is hesitant for one reason or another to have Nakamura touch title gold at all.
Whether that is true or not remains to be seen and will no doubt be interesting to speculate on, but the fact remains that WWE screwed fans over with a DQ finish at Greatest Royal Rumble and then followed it up with one of the most screwy finishes possible at The Backlash pay per view.
Of course, Nakamura has one more chance to claim title gold at Money in The Bank in a last man standing match, but the finish between him and Aj Styles at Backlash was completely unoriginal. Not only that, it also seemed to do more to stall the feud than to give it another layer to move forward with.
In the end, both Styles and Nakamura hit each other with a low blow, which left both superstars unable to answer at ten count by the referee and forced WWE to rule it a no contest. Unfortunately for the WWE, that decision didn't sit well with fans that were hoping to see a more logical progression to the storyline, but were screwed over instead.
With that being said, and the upcoming last standing match in mind, maybe WWE will pull off the surprise of the century and set things right in the final match by finally giving Nakamura a run with the big belt. Either that, or find some way for AJ Styles to once again retain the title and move Nakamura back to mid card obscurity.
#3 Finn Balor losing to Bruan Strowman
It was one of the most exciting main event matches that WWE has had in quite a while. Unfortunately for Finn Balor, who came up short against The Monster Among, it was also another example of Balor's position in WWE's pecking order and a pretty good sign that WWE doesn't have any plans to put him back into the title picture.
WWE then reemphasized that point a week later when they had Balor defeat Strowman by disqualification after Kevin Owens interfered in a rematch between the two. While both matches did do well in showcasing just how much Balor can thrive in the underdog babyface role, the loss and disqualification win was a huge halt in his momentum.
In the end, the WWE might be using Balor more and more in an underdog babyface role, which does seem to suit him very well, but none of that matters if they don't have him come out with the win every once in a while. In fact, one has to wonder if the WWE Universe will give up on Balor if this kind of booking continues.
#2 Backlash main event
While this failed to beat the number one pick on this list, (more on that later), it was a clear indicator that WWE has no interest in giving up on Roman Reigns and The WWE Universe told the company what they thought about that in return. If nothing else, this segment could be a turning point in WWE's belief in Reigns as the top guy.
Whether this segment succeeds in doing that remains to be seen, but it is worth mentioning that a lot of fans reportedly walked out during the main event match between Roman Reigns and Samoa Joe. It was also a match that really didn't have much energy to it and the result was clear from a mile away.
In the end, it is not known if Vince McMahon and the WWE see this as a turning point for Reigns' future, but it was the first instance of Reigns' inability to get over hurting WWE's bottom line. Interestingly enough, only days after that incident WWE decided to have him lose a Money In The Bank qualifying match, which effectively removed him from the title picture.
#1 Lashley sisters segment
Let us try to forget that WWE dressed three men up in drag and paraded them around as Bobby Lashley's sisters for a moment. Unfortunately for people trying to defend this segment, it's worse even if you look past that detail. In fact, the segment only succeeded in almost completely burying Bobby Lashley and making Zayn look horrible in the process.
With that being said and the absolute disbelief that WWE would even put something so controversial on television today, it should go without saying that this has to be one of the worst things WWE did in the month of May. It might even be worst of the year depending on what the future holds, but it might be hard to top this blunder.
What makes things even worse however is the fact that the segment negatively affected two superstars that deserve better storylines and better booking then this. WWE obviously is trying to overdo The Sami Zayn heel character in a way to garner nuclear heat, but it just looks too desperate to take seriously.
As for Lashley, this was a man that was supposed to eventually take The Universal title from Brock Lesnar and WWE decides to dress up three men in drag and parade them around as his sisters? If that wasn't humiliating and career killing enough for Lashley, he also struggled to get fans on his side during the segment, which could be a huge flaw WWE overlooked.
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