5 Ideas rejected by Vince McMahon that could have been huge hits

#1 Vince McMahon rejects Kurt Angle's idea to have him face John Cena in his retirement match at WrestleMania 35

On the road to WrestleMania 35, WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle had pitched an idea to Vince McMahon, which would certainly have delighted the WWE Universe. Angle wanted John Cena to be his final opponent, but Vince McMahon wasn't too sure.

"They (WWE) had spent a lot of time building up Baron Corbin and we had to have a match… if I wanted to continue for another year I could have got John Cena, but I didn't want to go a whole other year. I knew I was done."

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Kurt Angle teased an opponent for his final match for a few days, and fans were hoping for it to be John Cena. After all, it was Angle who was Cena's very first opponent in the latter's first match on WWE TV, back in 2002. The duo had quite an impressive outing, following Vince McMahon's "Ruthless Aggression" speech. Angle and Corbin had an underwhelming match, with Corbin retiring the former WWE Champion at The Grandest Stage Of Them All.

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