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WWE has changed a lot over the past few decades, the biggest change has been the fact that many of WWE's storyline ideas are now leaked on social media ahead of the shows which makes much of their product more predictable than it once was.
That being said, WWE has tried its best to plug the leaks backstage and has still been able to pull off a fair few surprises in recent years, which proves that regardless of what happens online, WWE can spin anything to their advantage.
It's hard to fool the "Smart" wrestling fans of the current era, but WWE still tries its best to spin as many storylines into a shock solution so that the WWE Universe has something worth shouting about on Social Media.
In recent years there have been a few times when WWE has been able to fool its fanbase, and here are some of the most interesting.
#5. Seth Rollins turns on The Shield
It was the perfect way to end one of the most dominant factions in WWE history when Seth Rollins took a steel chair to both Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose in order to join forces with Triple H and take his career a step forward.
In the buildup to The Shield's split, there was tension between Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns and all of the leaks surrounding the situation had Ambrose turning on his brothers and finally showing that he was the broken link in the trio.
The night after The Shield were able to complete the clean sweep over Evolution, Seth Rollins picked his moment and decided it was now or never. It was the most shocking split in recent memory and it was able to catch all WWE fans by surprise.
#4. The Undertaker's retirement
The Undertaker has been part of WWE now for more than three decades and even though he's been one of the biggest stars in the company in that time, ever since his streak ended back in 2014, many fans have been waiting for The Deadman to announce his retirement.
Roman Reigns was able to defeat The Deadman back at WrestleMania 33 and after the match, The Undertaker left his robe and hat in the ring and walked back up the ramp. Many believed this was The Deadman announcing his retirement and he was then not seen in WWE for a number of months.
There were also rumors that this meant that Undertaker was returning to the company under his American Badass gimmick, which is why he no longer needed his attire, which was another rumor that never came into fruition. Instead, Undertaker waited a few months and then returned to the company with his same gimmick and picked up a feud with Goldberg, since the WCW star wanted to face Undertaker in Saudi Arabia.
#3. Paul Heyman's Brock Lesnar conspiracy
Paul Heyman has been one of the main reasons why Brock Lesnar has been able to get over as a monster heel in recent years and following the end of the streak back at WrestleMania 30, The Beast Incarnate's advocate proved just how good he is on the mic.
As part of a speaking tour that Heyman was part of following WrestleMania, he started the conspiracy that Brock Lesnar wasn't actually supposed to end the streak that night. Instead, Lesnar acted on his own and decided that no one would be able to stop him if he did make history on that night.
Many fans were so taken in by Heyman's story that there was a belief that this was the truth and many news outlets actually shared the story that Lesnar had gone off-script. To this day there are just five men who know exactly what happened in the ring that night and the WWE Universe is no closer to the truth almost six years after Lesnar ended the streak.
#2. John Cena's hint at retirement
John Cena returned to WWE last night in his hometown of Boston, Massachusetts, where he was seemingly going to announce who he would face at WrestleMania. The former 16-time Champion instead pointed out that WrestleMania matches should be earned and that he was about to step aside and not be part of this year's show because the future of the business deserved it more.
It was a passionate speech that ended with Cena leaving the ring and stating that he didn't know when he would be back but the company was seemingly in safe hands. The WWE Universe bought it, they believed that Cena was walking away and that he was going to concentrate on his acting career instead, so much so that the crowd had no idea how to react as he made his way out of the arena.
It was only when Cena got to the stage that The Fiend made his way out and rumors were proved to be true as a WrestleMania match was made official between the two men who last faced off back in 2014.
#1. Mark Henry fools the world
Mark Henry is now a retired WWE Hall of Famer, but a few short years ago, The World's Strongest Man was part of one of the greatest storylines of all time. Henry made his way to the ring in a salmon jacket whilst Cena was in the middle of a promo so that he could declare that he was retiring.
Henry went on a passionate rant about missing the chance to be WWE Champion and Cena felt so bad for him that he handed him his title and allowed him to lift it whilst the WWE Universe chanted for the star.
Things took a turn when Cena went in to hug Henry to seemingly offer him his goodbyes and The World's Strongest Man then hit him with The World's Strongest Slam and made it clear that he was coming for that Championship.
It was a title that Henry was still unable to get his hands on, but it's also a promo that many WWE fans will remember. That salmon jacket will live in WWE history forever.
