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There was once a time when the audience had no input on the overall show when it came to WWE, but the rise of social media and the power that the company has given their fans over the years has made it so that many believe that their opinion on every storyline is gospel.
There have been a number of incidents over the past few years where fan backlash has forced WWE to replace a certain Superstar in a storyline or even change it altogether because the company is somewhat afraid to go against the numbers in their audience.
This doesn't happen often and it appears that WWE has stopped giving into the demand from the audience in recent times since there was a lot of fan backlash when Baron Corbin was named as Kurt Angle's final opponent in a WWE ring, but the company refused to change this match.
#5 Batista's return
Batista returned to WWE back in 2014 and merely days after, he won the annual Royal Rumble match and secured his place in the WrestleMania main event.
The WWE Universe was unhappy about the fact that it wasn't Daniel Bryan that won the Rumble match and turned on Batista, which forced the company to turn him heel, even though he was originally supposed to be seen as the face throughout this comeback.
There were reports that The Animal was originally supposed to win the World Championship in the WrestleMania main event, which was one of the reasons why he decided to return to the company. But Daniel Bryan's backing forced the company to change their minds and end the Showcase Of Immortals that year with Bryan as Champion.
Batista left the company not long afterward when it was made apparent that he wasn't going to be winning the World Championship any time soon.
#4 Undertaker vs Braun Strowman - WrestleMania 32
Anyone who remembers WrestleMania 32 will recall that Shane McMahon took on The Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match that would have won him control of the company, but he lost the match to The Deadman and was later given the job of Commissioner of SmackDown Live anyway.
The reason why this made no sense was perhaps because according to The Inquisitr the original plan was for The Deadman to go one on one with the relatively unknown Braun Strowman, just a year after he had been able to defeat Bray Wyatt on The Grandest Stage of Them All.
Strowman wasn't a monster at this point and the WWE Universe had its reservations about putting him in such a big match so soon, so the company changed it and instead a match was made that was completely pointless in the grand scheme of things.
#3 Hijack RAW
After CM Punk left WWE back in 2014, the company had a number of issues with their fans hijacking matches and chanting for the former star who later revealed that he quit the company of his own free will.
This became a problem for WWE, especially since according to WrestlingInc they were made aware that fans were hoping to "hijack RAW" on a certain episode of the show back in March 2014.
Obviously given that it's a live show, WWE knew that had to do something about it, so they sent Daniel Bryan out and allowed him to "occupy RAW" himself until he was given a WrestleMania match against Triple H.
This was something that the WWE Universe wanted anyway and was a good way to prevent any more issues stemming from a small number of angry fans.
#2 Kofi Kingston as WWE Champion
Kofi Kingston is a veteran right now and has never been pushed towards the WWE Championship because there was a belief that he wasn't the right fit for the spot at the top of the company.
Earlier this year, Mustafa Ali sustained an injury in a match against Randy Orton which forced WWE to replace him in a gauntlet match on SmackDown Live ahead of Elimination Chamber.
This lead to Kingston being given a place in the match and the WWE Universe backing him all the way through, including at the pay-per-view where he should have won the WWE Championship.
The original plan according to GiveMeSport was for Kevin Owens to take on Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania, but after WWE saw just how popular Kingston had become, they decided to allow him to fight for the title on The Grandest Stage of Them All instead
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#1 The Women's Revolution
It has become one of the biggest storylines in WWE history over the past few years and interestingly it wasn't even the company's idea.
The women of WWE were being treated as a joke back in 2015 and after matches that lasted less than two minutes the WWE Universe decided to start sharing the hashtag "GiveDivasAChance" this became a huge Social Media movement and according to Uproxx it allowed a number of female wrestlers to have airtime that they wouldn't have usually been given.
This later transformed into the Women's Revolution and included a number of NXT recruits, but whilst there are a number of women who are ready to stand up and claim that they are responsible for the Women's Revolution, it was actually because of the backing of the WWE Universe.
