Storytelling is an art. And this art evolves to the core when it comes to the professional wrestling business. Hitting the right chords with wrestling fans through storytelling requires a lot of effort due to the high demands that the fans have.
At times, WWE manages to please them with great stories but in recent times, a majority of their storylines has fallen short.
Vince McMahon’s idea of PG television, bad writing, and random bookings could be the reason for all these problems, but then again, it is hard to pin point an exact reason. The analysis of the reason could be saved for another day and this time around, let’s take a look at some of the most boring feuds in recent times.
#5 Randy Orton vs. Big Show (2013)
This feud happened almost three years back when The Authority angle was in full force. The heart and soul of the whole thing was Daniel Bryan and his Yes! movement and in between this, WWE tried to shove a feud involving Big Show and Randy Orton down our throats.
Daniel Bryan was so close to winning the WWE championship at the 2013 edition of Battleground but an interference from Big Show cost him the title.
Later, WWE decided to move Bryan away from the championship and filled this slot with Big Show, much to the misery of the fans. Big Show vs. Randy Orton ended up getting the Worst Feud of the year award from Wrestling Observer and it says a lot.
#4 Miz vs. Mizdow (2015)
Before the arrival of New Day, Mizdow was the most entertaining act on WWE television.
Damien Sandow delivered some of the best performances of his career during this spell and everyone was eagerly waiting for the blow off between Miz and his stunt double. When the moment finally arrived, WWE booked the feud coldly and it ended up being a buzz killer.
Even after the feud was over, the fans were all set to embrace Damien Sandow in his original form but there too, WWE came a-cropper once again and unfortunately for Sandow, he never got the booking that he deserved.
He was eventually released from the company this year and is having a good time in the independent circuit, having signed to appear in WCPW recently.
#3 Brie Bella vs. Nikki Bella (2014)
This was another feud that went on to win the Worst feud of the year award from wrestling observer. It all started after the much-awaited showdown between Brie Bella and Stephanie McMahon at SummerSlam.
It was at this stage where Nikki Bella shocked everyone and turned on Brie. To this point, the feud was good and it had all the ingredients to be a solid one.
However, WWE later screwed up the whole thing. Nikki had weird explanations for her actions and some included claims such as ‘Brie stole my prom dress’; funny right?
The feud lagged for some time and it had an uneventful ending as well. Afterwards, Nikki and Brie were seen together without no explanation whatsoever.
#2 Team BAD vs. Team PCB vs. Team Bella (2015)
When WWE brought in Sasha Banks, Charlotte, and Becky Lynch into the main roster at the same time, the fans expected something big. With the amount of quality that these three women delivered in NXT, those expectations were spot on too.
The way in which they debuted also gave us false hope. But it was not too late before these three were booked into the same old Diva angles that the fans wanted to a change from.
The so-called ‘Divas revolution’ turned into a string of random matches with no purpose whatsoever. This was followed by turns that destroyed stables and in the end, WWE did try to clean their mess up, but it was already in the history books as a forgettable feud.
#1 Rusev and Summer Rae vs. Dolph Ziggler and Lana (2015)
This is a feud that made no sense whatsoever.
After dominating the mid-card for nearly a whole year, Rusev started cultivating some friction with Lana. This angle did help Rusev get over as a heel but everything went on a downward spiral afterwards.
Fed up with Rusev, Lana would join hands with Dolph Ziggler to rebound from her breakup. Rusev, to counter this, brought in Summer Rae. Things got messy when Summer started to flirt with Ziggler. And then the bomb dropped; Lana released her engagement pictures on social media and WWE decided to melt down this storyline which was already a big mess.
We were left to deal with a worse ending to a bad feud, while Rusev and Lana earned nuclear backstage heat for their actions.
