5 of WWE's biggest blunders in 2017

#3 Speed round: poor handling of talent

It took 17 weeks for Emma to come out to say she was going to take some more time to come back out as Emma again.

This list could have had 30 examples purely revolving around the generic concept of a Superstar being mishandled, but I felt it would be better to just highlight some examples in one lump section.

The Good Brothers have completely fallen by the wayside, accomplishing absolutely nothing this year, feuding with virtually nobody and going from top prospects to barely ever even on the show.

Rusev's switch to SmackDown was supposed to start with a Money in the Bank title opportunity, but instead, resulted in a tired rehash of his anti-American feud with John Cena, followed up by a horrible string of squashes with Randy Orton. His crowning achievement has been the catchphrase Rusev Day and teaming up with Aiden English of all people.

Despite bringing him into the main roster, there was no spot for Samoa Joe at WrestleMania. What a massive oversight!

WrestleMania also saw a problem with the pre-show matches not being included on the DVD for some reason, but at least fans were in the crowd, unlike what happened with the debacle at SummerSlam with the empty arena.

Remember when Goldust was going to do something at SummerSlam, but didn't follow through with it at all? Remember that build to Emmalina that went nowhere from October of 2016 to February of 2017?

Baron Corbin started off the year as a mid-carder on the rise when it seemed like he would finally get a push after his Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal win in 2016 resulted in nothing. Sadly, this continued, where he perpetually lost all momentum over and over, including his Money in the Bank cash-in. Now as the United States champion, he has less clout than he would have if he had just won the Intercontinental Championship from Dean Ambrose at WrestleMania. A rumoured backstage altercation with John Cena was said to be the reason why WWE pulled the plug on his push.

Mike and Maria Kanellis were brought onto SmackDown, bypassing a stint in NXT, only to poorly feud with Sami Zayn and fade away into the background. They didn't even hit the ground running, and now that Maria is out with her pregnancy, Mike has nothing to do and no credibility to bank on.

Can you even tell the difference between Absolution and The Riott Squad, seeing as they keep copying each other?

Lastly, we can't ignore how utterly pointless the pairing of Lana and Tamina has been, which has accomplished nothing for either of them.