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While the majority of WWE disagreements are dealt with behind the scenes, some WWE Superstars have taken the bold approach of going on social media to criticize the company.
In 2018, for example, a WWE Superstar did not like the fact that they were the only advertised Royal Rumble participant who had been left off the pay-per-view poster.
On another occasion, a WWE veteran posted two tweets to complain about WWE’s cameras missing a major moment during a match.
Over the last few years, some Superstars have also pointed out errors that have been made by WWE’s social media and website departments.
Now, while many of these disputes are hardly likely to land a Superstar in serious trouble with WWE’s higher-ups, it is still a risk for employees to make negative comments about the company online.
In this article, let’s take a look at five Superstars who called WWE out on social media.
#5 Dolph Ziggler called out WWE for botching Edge’s return
One of the biggest WWE moments of 2020 came during the men’s Royal Rumble match when Edge made his long-awaited return to in-ring action.
The 2012 WWE Hall of Famer, who was forced to retire in 2011 due to a serious neck injury, entered the 2020 Royal Rumble from the #21 position.
WWE’s production team tried to capture the excitement of the WWE Universe by showing the reaction on fans’ faces in the crowd when Edge hit the ring. However, in doing so, WWE’s cameras failed to show the moment that The Rated-R Superstar landed his first spear in an official match in almost nine years.
The person who received that spear, Dolph Ziggler, took to Twitter after the event to question how such an important moment could have been missed.
Interestingly, the WWE Network replay of the 2020 men's Royal Rumble match has been edited. That means anyone who watches the moment back (03:39:50 on the WWE Network) no longer sees fans’ reactions during Edge’s spear on Ziggler. Instead, they can witness the moment as it happened via the hard-camera view.
#4 Liv Morgan called out WWE over a ‘trash’ article
Asuka, Liv Morgan, Natalya, Ruby Riott, Sarah Logan, and Shayna Baszler battled it out in a six-woman Elimination Chamber match to determine a new number one contender for Becky Lynch’s WWE RAW Women’s Championship at WrestleMania 36.
Baszler eliminated all five of her opponents to set up a WrestleMania match with Lynch, which she ultimately lost.
In the build-up to Elimination Chamber, one particular sentence on WWE.com was not very well received by Morgan.
“Both Morgan and Logan have shown the WWE Universe new sides to themselves in recent weeks, but neither made as big of an impact as their former leader, Riott, did in her shocking return to Raw.”
The Riott Squad member took exception to the WWE match preview, writing on Twitter that the article was “trash”.
Morgan, who was the fourth Superstar to be eliminated by Baszler, went on to defeat Natalya at WrestleMania 36 in a six-minute match on the PPV’s kickoff show.
She has since reformed The Riott Squad with Ruby Riott.
#3 Dana Brooke called out WWE for leaving her off the Royal Rumble poster
Dana Brooke’s participation in the inaugural women’s WWE Royal Rumble match was confirmed on January 12, 2018.
Two days before the pay-per-view took place on January 28, a Twitter user pointed out that Brooke had been left off the poster.
At the time, only 18 Superstars had been announced for the match. However, WWE’s poster of 20 Superstars did not include Brooke. Instead, it advertised the other 17 confirmed entrants, as well as Alexa Bliss (ineligible), Charlotte Flair (ineligible), and Paige (injured).
Brooke took to Twitter to state, “WWE loves to forget me.”
The former Titus Worldwide member entered the WWE Royal Rumble from the #8 position. She eliminated Kairi Sane during her three-minute appearance before being thrown over the top rope by Torrie Wilson.
That year’s WWE Royal Rumble is best remembered for the debut of Ronda Rousey. The Baddest Woman on the Planet appeared after the match, which Asuka won, and pointed to the WrestleMania sign.
#2 Sami Zayn called out WWE for the new SmackDown introduction
Following the 2020 WWE Draft, WWE updated the SmackDown introduction video to include several new Superstars on the blue brand.
The one-minute introduction now includes the following Superstars: Seth Rollins, Sasha Banks, Big E, Bianca Belair, Jey Uso, Cesaro, Shinsuke Nakamura, Robert Roode, Dolph Ziggler, Rey Mysterio, Roman Reigns, Otis, Bayley, Sasha Banks (again), Zelina Vega, King Corbin, The Street Profits, Seth Rollins (again), Bayley (again), Daniel Bryan, Rey Mysterio (again), Kevin Owens, Big E (again), Shawn Michaels, John Cena, Triple H, The Undertaker, and Roman Reigns (again).
The opening titles do not include Sami Zayn, despite the fact that he is the current WWE Intercontinental Champion and one of the top heel Superstars on Friday nights.
Zayn made it clear on Twitter how he felt about the omission.
As of the time of writing, only one episode of WWE SmackDown has aired since the latest set of roster changes took place.
WWE has been known to make changes to show openings in the past, usually when someone leaves the company.
Only time will tell if Zayn will be added to that group of Superstars in the coming weeks.
#1 Bray Wyatt called out WWE for omitting The Wyatt Family
In September 2018, WWE’s Instagram account posted a list of the 10 best factions of all time.
The Shield, who had only just reunited, were named the best faction in history, while modern-day groups including The New Day, Nexus, and The Undisputed Era were also among the top 10.
In the same way that Sami Zayn took exception to WWE excluding him from the WWE SmackDown introduction, Bray Wyatt did not take too kindly to seeing that The Wyatt Family did not make WWE’s top 10 best factions.
Writing in a since-deleted tweet, Wyatt said “things like this” are why he acts in the way that he does.
“I’m going away now. To find myself. But when I am back, I want you all to remember things like this, that make me do the things I do.”
This list of WWE factions has never been mentioned on WWE television, but it is safe to assume that Wyatt’s cryptic tweet was in reference to him returning to WWE seven months later as The Fiend character.
