5 unforgivable mistakes made by the WWE this week (6th September, 2018)

This week's WWE shows had considerably more unexpected moments than they usually have - Kevin Owens returned, The Undertaker appeared, The B Team lost the title belts, and R-Truth won a main event match on SmackDown Live

It was most definitely a random week for the company. Many people obviously enjoyed WWE's attempts to pull out some shocks. But of course, there were those who couldn't look past the many mistakes the WWE had made.

But what were those mistakes? Well, we're about to tell you. But before we get there familiarise yourself with last week's mistakes, familiar? Great, let's jump into the 5 unforgivable mistakes made by the WWE this week.

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#5 The Shield getting arrested, charged, and then showing up

The Shield were arrested

The Shield were arrested at the beginning of Monday Night Raw after brawling with their adversaries Braun Strowman, Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre. They were later charged with inciting a riot, criminal damage and disorderly conduct.

Whilst the entire purpose of this was to make The Shield's return to the arena a surprise and get them over as badass anti-authority figures, it was in reality just about the stupidest thing ever.

The WWE is suggesting that The Shield were arrested and then brought in front of a Judge on the same day, which is stupid enough on its own, but they then after being formally arraigned, posted bale, stole a police van, and returned to the scene of their crime. And they're not going to face severe criminal repercussions for this? This storyline was lunacy from the WWE.

#4 Kevin Owens returns

Why did this happen?

The WWE have proven that they have literally no idea how to book a wrestler who 'quits' the company in storyline terms. CM Punk famously left the company with the WWE Title, and we thought we were going to get an epic storyline. In reality we got a few weeks of nothing much.

It was the same with Kevin Owens. He quit on last week's Raw, and we all thought this would be the start of something interesting, something that we hadn't seen before, that he'd come back different, or as a Paul Heyman guy.

Nope, he literally just came back to ambush Bobby Lashley from behind for no reason, which is the biggest and most heart-breaking waste of an intriguing setup I've seen for quite some time. I'm disappointed WWE, disappointed.

#3 Kevin Owens and Braun Strowman

Why are Owens and Strowman working together?

Speaking of Kevin Owens, we need to talk about the ending of Raw and Owen's part in it. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the ending of Raw with all the heel Raw guys ambushing The Shield.

What I didn't enjoy, or understand, was why a man like Kevin Owens who has spent the best part of a quarter of a year embroiled in a vicious rivalry with Braun Strowman (which has seen him thrown off of things from all manner of great heights, as well as physically dismantled) would help Strowman at all.

I understand you wanted all the heels involved, but surely some common sense could have prevailed, and Owens could have been left out of the closing Raw beat-down?

#2 AJ Styles putting his family in danger

AJ Styles did the worst possible thing on SmackDown Live

Last week Samoa Joe made it clear he was planning to invade the home of AJ Styles and put his family in danger. On this week's SmackDown, Samoa Joe was actually at the arena, but that doesn't forgive AJ Styles also being there.

If you think a lunatic like Joe who is fixated on your family and has threatened them is literally going to come to your home, wouldn't you be there to protect them? You wouldn't leave them unattended and go to the arena just on the off-chance that Joe would be there.

And the commentator who suggested that Styles must have brought his family with him to SmackDown Live is just as bad. Ryan Satin from Pro Wrestling Sheet was absolutely right when he likened this to someone saying to a serial killer - "You want to murder me and my family, what's your address? I'll come around". AJ Styles looked like a reckless idiot.

#1 SAnitY losing

What is the WWE doing with this tag team?

I am conflicted. I am happy that Rusev Day won and are getting what is hopefully somewhat of a push in the SmackDown Live tag-team division. Plus, they're something new in a division mainly dominated by The Usos and The New Day for over a year.

But I am not happy, not happy at all, with how one of NXT's most intriguing and best tag-teams - SAnitY, have been booked since their call-up to the main roster. I don't believe they've won a match, and they're literally on the verge of having no momentum at all.

Why is this number one on my list of unforgivable mistakes though? Because I'm sick and tired of great tag-teams from NXT getting called up to the main roster and falling flat. American Alpha, The Ascension, The Revival, The Vaudevillians and Authors of Pain are all super-over tag teams in the yellow brand squandered on the main roster. Enough is enough.